Fuel Premium fuel - better mpg

[cnicolini]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

I've never noticed any difference between these hyped up brands and the basic stuff, only car I've ever known (in my family) to have to use premium stuff was my mums RS Turbo, but that used to pink on anything other thna the good stuff.

Tom

Ford Escort RS Turbo, I remember those days, I owned a white 1988 model for 7 years a few years ago. We also had leaded fuel and better paint finishes in those days!

[Unknownsoldier]

My mum loved her RS, but it kept getting nicked and presumably 'raced'

I like the RS Turbo, one of the only cars I liked in White, it's just been copied to death now though

Tom

[electric]

Originally Posted by cnicolini

I'm luckly to get 25 mpg around town,

My petrol consumption in Hertfordshire has never exceeded 29 mpg. Must be the Herts petrol rather than the Civic

[Coldwarkid]

I use to only get premium you do notice the difference but that just makes you put your foot down more so you lose any saving.

The premium is too expensive now to treat my civic to it, so have just been running on normal, I get 32-33 mpg.

[cnicolini]

Tell me about it I put in around £60 per week!
Should of brought a diesel really like my last car, but I wanted some fun!

[Foggy69]

Both my current Type S and my previous car, a Subaru Legacy, did about 2-3 mpg LESS mpg with Shell premium petrol, compared with the normal Shell petrol

[vlmxs]

I fuel up at Statoil with 95 Ultima, but then I've decided to tank with 98 Ultima (for 500km drive). There were no big difference in mpg, but the engine sounded smooth plus I've got less vibration with aircon "On"...
Still prefer 95 Ultima coz mpg about the same in the city...

[angie4m]

Now I have done my trip (using V-Power and the car is at about 3600/3700 miles on the clock now. Well what a trip i've had in the Civic. Done almost 1000 miles since Friday, which is good going considering it didn't move from Friday evening till yesterday morning and I got stuck on the M6 for 3 and a half hours on Friday. Anyways, been getting 38.9 mpg.......I had done 274.4 miles and the left in the tank was 198 and when I filled it at that point (for the rest of the journey) It only took 25.78litres. I think my having to blast it more than a few times by people dithering in the middle lane had something to do with that. Now done 168 miles since the fill up and i've got 234 left in the tank.

I must say that I am mega impressed with that. I told my mate about that last night and what I had as a left in the tank is usually what he gets from a tank.

Been driving on a mixture of roads....motorway (in rush hour), motorway (after rush hour), some B roads, a lot of A roads both single and dual carriageways. Just thought I'd mention that just incase you thought it was all motorway driving So you can get great consumption when your not in a rush.


On another Point. BP Ultimate is only 97 ron, while V-Power and the Super Unleaded sold by Esso, Tesco & Sainsburys is 99 ron. Forgive me if i'm wrong but I would have thought that the higher the Octane rating the better the fuel burns and the less you use? I am also miffed why V-Power and Super Unleaded is cheaper than BP Ultimate but is of a higher Octane rating

[cnicolini]

Originally Posted by angie4m

On another Point. BP Ultimate is only 97 ron, while V-Power and the Super Unleaded sold by Esso, Tesco & Sainsburys is 99 ron. Forgive me if i'm wrong but I would have thought that the higher the Octane rating the better the fuel burns and the less you use? I am also miffed why V-Power and Super Unleaded is cheaper than BP Ultimate but is of a higher Octane rating

Yes you are correct, I cant see why BP charge more for fuel and its only 97 ron compared to Shells 99. I may switch back and see if theres a big difference! Good point!

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by cnicolini

Yes you are correct, I cant see why BP charge more for fuel and its only 97 ron compared to Shells 99. I may switch back and see if theres a big difference! Good point!

See I was going to give it a Whirl on Friday, then thought bugger that i've been putting 99ron i'm not putting in a lesser fuel at 5p a litre more!