Is there any reason V-Power has gone up disproportionately to normal fuel? It's gone up 10p a litre since January, and has changed from ~4p higher than normal to ~7p higher than normal.
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It's always been 7ppl more than regular unleaded?
Supermarket fuel price war
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It's always been 7ppl more than regular unleaded?
When I first started fueling V-Power it was 117.9 when 95 was 113.9. When the first price jump happened I remember it being 124.9 when petrol was 119.9, but now its gone to 127.9. Pretty sure anyway! Tesco 99 tends to be somewhere in between aswell.
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Tescos will probably add some more water and drop it a penny.
But how would motorway services shaft us then
Still 120.9 for 99 ron at Tesco in York
Whaa!? It's 2p more at my local Tesco...
124.9 at the big Tesco at New Malden for 99...
I saw 1.15.9 at Chippenham Esso jsut off the M4 yesterday coming back for 95...
So far as I recall V Power has always been about 6p/l more which is ok with me ...although I don't use it because it gives me uber amazing performance of doom though, I just like the fact that it's better quality and has some good cleaning additives.
I feel more torques y0 when i use vpower diesel. Not more performance per say, but the car seems more eager midrange wise.
Unfortunatly I never find myself near a 24/7 shell when i need fuel.
Texaco on the other hand the car runs very poorly every time i fuel up there.
Unfortunatly I never find myself near a 24/7 shell when i need fuel.
Texaco on the other hand the car runs very poorly every time i fuel up there.
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morrisons for me as i cba going further then i have to also by the time i need fuel im almost empty lol and its closest to me 
What if we did a blind test where you didn't know whether V-power had been put in. Bet you couldn't tell a difference then.
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Both petrol and diesel are 123p a litre round here it is crippling. Suppose as money is tight I am glad to have a diesel for the extra mpg.
Are they not run as franchises which are allowed to set their own prices?
Not really. I doubt it's mapped for 97-99...
I use it religously in mine and can honestly not notice a single bit of difference. I use it because i had a load of sensors fail (read £800 bill) and MRC thought it could be because the map is for 98+ and i was using a mix of normal and super depending on if I could get it. Not turned back sicne and it's all running ok and has been for over a year now...
I'm reading loads of conflicting thoughts on this. Some people say the 330i ecu's knock sensor adjusts to the ron used and even the manual says the engine is built for 98 ron so I don't know
Other people say there is negligible performance increase but the added detergents used are better for the engine.