What fuel are you running in your beast?
As re. Learning ECU's, nowadays its not just the expensive stuff that have them, both my last car Mk5 Golf GTI and the Civic Type R both had them, and so could take advantage of improved performance. I'm not sure on the Polo but if I ever get a chance to find out I'll have a look.
With re. Tesco's Super Unleaded the component that boosts the RON level is a Biofuel component and I always noticed a reduction in performance and economy when using it compared to other Super Unleaded's.
I used to use either Sainsbury's Superunleaded (97 RON) since it was only a penny or 2 higher priced than their regular 95 RON, or alternatively Shell Optimax. However since they released V-Power they changed the difference they charge between Normal 95 and V-Power to 7p per litre, which when you fill up for a tank of say 40L is almost £3 difference, compared to the 5p which although still a little extortionate means another £1 difference on a tank, for 1 extra RON which is only based on additives.
At the moment I'm using Asda 95RON and an Asda Credit Card, which knocks 2p a litre of the cost. I reckon even this is ridiculous 99.9p so anything that reduces that is a bonus, so meaning 97.9p -> about £1 off every tanks worth, on a tank which is on the cheaper end of the high costs at the moment. When and if costs ever come down I'll consider using a few tanks of V-Power or whatever because of the detergents included, but I think its daft to be paying about £5 more for fuel per tank at the minute when 95 RON is so expensive.
With re. BP Ultimate from what I remember the 2 times I filled my Golf with it, it felt really good, even though the RON level was lower than V-Power (97 I think vs 99), it ran really well. But BP's Prices are very high and their stations tend to be where they can milk the most money out of you. If I had a car where it'd make the difference I'd be interested in what the 102RON version of BP Ultimate does
With re. Tesco's Super Unleaded the component that boosts the RON level is a Biofuel component and I always noticed a reduction in performance and economy when using it compared to other Super Unleaded's.
I used to use either Sainsbury's Superunleaded (97 RON) since it was only a penny or 2 higher priced than their regular 95 RON, or alternatively Shell Optimax. However since they released V-Power they changed the difference they charge between Normal 95 and V-Power to 7p per litre, which when you fill up for a tank of say 40L is almost £3 difference, compared to the 5p which although still a little extortionate means another £1 difference on a tank, for 1 extra RON which is only based on additives.
At the moment I'm using Asda 95RON and an Asda Credit Card, which knocks 2p a litre of the cost. I reckon even this is ridiculous 99.9p so anything that reduces that is a bonus, so meaning 97.9p -> about £1 off every tanks worth, on a tank which is on the cheaper end of the high costs at the moment. When and if costs ever come down I'll consider using a few tanks of V-Power or whatever because of the detergents included, but I think its daft to be paying about £5 more for fuel per tank at the minute when 95 RON is so expensive.
With re. BP Ultimate from what I remember the 2 times I filled my Golf with it, it felt really good, even though the RON level was lower than V-Power (97 I think vs 99), it ran really well. But BP's Prices are very high and their stations tend to be where they can milk the most money out of you. If I had a car where it'd make the difference I'd be interested in what the 102RON version of BP Ultimate does
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well i filled up with shell v-power today (is that what its called?!). managed to get 44 litres in!!
i'll see if i can notice a difference over the next week or so...i'm not too convinced it will make much of a difference to be honest!!
107.9p per litre meaning it cost me just over £47 to fill up. whats the most anyone else has ever spent on a tank full for their polo? surely cant be much more than that, my tank was nearly empty!!
i'll see if i can notice a difference over the next week or so...i'm not too convinced it will make much of a difference to be honest!!
107.9p per litre meaning it cost me just over £47 to fill up. whats the most anyone else has ever spent on a tank full for their polo? surely cant be much more than that, my tank was nearly empty!!
The problem with Super Unleaded's is if you were going to notice a difference it would be over a few tanks, not just one.
Re. BP Ultimate 102 >
http://www.bp.com/genericsection.do?cat ... Id=7017179
Re. BP Ultimate 102 >
http://www.bp.com/genericsection.do?cat ... Id=7017179
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I thought that went for all types of petrol surely? thats what i've always thoughtwomble68 wrote:The problem with Super Unleaded's is if you were going to notice a difference it would be over a few tanks, not just one.
I use BP ultimate most of the time, if not that then its texaco high octane or tesco 99 ron