Unleaded or Premium unleaded

[BenABF]

Being turbocharged you'll see quite a noticable improvement in performance and responce using high octane fuel. simples

[sippo]

So its deciding to go for tesco's or shell then...unfortunately no BP near us. Do Esso do their own super brand?

[BenABF]

From what i gather Esso supply Tesco with fuel so will be the same as what you get there, not sure on the name of it though.

[michael2k6]

I use Shell V power. I did on my 2.0 TDCI Mondeo, which was more economical but no more poke. The Mini (classic 1275 A+ series) that I had was noticable in poke, and I've now got a 240bhp Alfa and that's never had none V power in it. I collect Shell points on V power fuel, which means i get money off other things, It's similar to nectar, but I collect the actual points for free fuel. On average, doing about 2700 miles per month, I get around 9 pounds per month back in vouchers (average).

[Sylv3r]

I used it a couple of times in my previous car - 2.5l Focus ST500. And I did notice the engine was a lot quieter and the drive did seem a lot smoother, not sure if was woth the extra few quid though as didn't benefit from better MPG.

[chappers11050]

We run all our cars on either Shell Unleaded or Shell.V Power. The simple reason is because it is better for the cars. I ran Tesco unleaded once in my old nova, and had to sifen it out again, it clearly didn't like it! And that was standard at the time. My dad has a Vectra 2.2 Sri which benefits from v Power but as the price is higher Tm we use regular shell, but as we are part of the v Power club we still get some points for snacks or free fuel. But on my dads opel manta GT/E exclusive, we always run v Power. Anything pre 1990 will probably benefit from v Power, with mechanical Ecu or carbs. My dad's car originally ran on 4 star, timing was great and managed 220bhp. When the timing was changed to accommodate unleaded back in the day, it lost about 40-50bhp, now Super Unleaded is available we adjusted the timing back and all the power is back, and throttle response is as sharp as ever...