i was thinking when i filled up with vpower tonight at 96.9p that May 2007 it was only 92-94.9p for the vpower and how close it was getting compared to the 129.9p that i was paying at the height of the fuel price hikes.

FSi engines are built to run on V-Power specifically. See here: Audi Worldwide > Glossary > Engine & Driveline > FSI®

The only fuel that can run properly in stratified charge mode is V-Power. When it does, at part load, the engine can run leaner and use less fuel.

Try it for a couple of tanks and see what it does for your economy. If you spend a long time at part load (i.e. motorway driving) then this can really help the fuel economy. Any petrol car the size of an Octavia that can do 40+mpg is very impressive IMO!

FSi engines are built to run on V-Power specifically. See here: Audi Worldwide > Glossary > Engine & Driveline > FSI®

The only fuel that can run properly in stratified charge mode is V-Power. When it does, at part load, the engine can run leaner and use less fuel.

Try it for a couple of tanks and see what it does for your economy. If you spend a long time at part load (i.e. motorway driving) then this can really help the fuel economy. Any petrol car the size of an Octavia that can do 40+mpg is very impressive IMO!

If you read Honest John paper and web site he keeps on banging on about ONLY using 98, and if you use 95ron you stuff up your VAG FSI within a few years:

In one of his post most clear...

"Use 98Ron or 99Ron. Resort to 95Ron only in an emergency or you will really mess up the FSI engine, which needs the best, lowest-sulphur petrol. On 95Ron, it also loses about 20bhp."

Honest John's agony column - Telegraph

James.

FSi engines are built to run on V-Power specifically. See here: Audi Worldwide > Glossary > Engine & Driveline > FSI®

The only fuel that can run properly in stratified charge mode is V-Power. When it does, at part load, the engine can run leaner and use less fuel.

Try it for a couple of tanks and see what it does for your economy. If you spend a long time at part load (i.e. motorway driving) then this can really help the fuel economy. Any petrol car the size of an Octavia that can do 40+mpg is very impressive IMO!

Indeed, what a load of ball ache. Not to mention our cars hardly ever run in stratisfied mode which is why they have dropped it in favour of regular direct injection.

I live in Dover - and since the two local Shells turned to BP, and Canterbury's Shell garage turned into some other home-brew (total? jet? Q8? I really can't remember) i honestly dont know where the nearest Shell garage is to me! As a result i've had a letter from them telling me i no longer qualify for the 'optimax' club and sending me a 'standard' shell loyalty card. I kid you not!

As a result i live on Tesco 99 (never used to touch supermarket fuel of any kind once upon a time) and the VRS seems fine on it. I do, however, struggle to get average MPG above 30 - the best i have had is a trip to St Mary's Bay, mostly at 50 in 6th on the cruise control and that gave me 33.5!

I am beginning to think it's broken, but dont know what to do. Over about a thousand miles i averaged 26.5 but this is whith a fair bit of short journeys around town. I thought this was dismal until reading a thread on here which suggested i was worrying about nothing.

Any petrol car the size of an Octavia that can do 40+mpg is very impressive IMO!

can quite easily run above 40mpg, nothing hard and on vpower petrol.

Indeed, what a load of ball ache. Not to mention our cars hardly ever run in stratisfied mode which is why they have dropped it in favour of regular direct injection.

I'm with Lummox on this. Where i live i used 95 for a long time. When my car had a stage 1 remap it gave the same figures with a car that was using 99 ron with a remapp.

can quite easily run above 40mpg, nothing hard and on vpower petrol.

I couldn't believe my eyes once when the computer showed 49.8, (though not for long) cruising at over 70mph in 2.0FSi

i couldnt either when i got my car seeing that only holds about a gallon more than my previous car (1.6 astra) that a bigger engine car was doing 5mpg more and cetrainly about 80 miles more a tank.

no doubt they will say its at value prices for finest selection

Bring back 2-star :lol:

no doubt they will say its at value prices for finest selection

Well, whatever they say, we were there 2 days ago and it was a madhouse. Lucky to get out in one piece.

Credit Crunch? What's that? Is it on the Kellogs shelf?

I use V-Power normally and Tesco 99 isn't available in the North East but I did try a tank full of it when we were away in Bournmouth and I have to say I was pretty impressed.

Those that can't tell the difference between 99 and 95 obviously aren't driving their cars hard enough

hey jonno how r u man

i use tesco 99 in durham its good def on a flashed vrs

hey jonno how r u man

i use tesco 99 in durham its good def on a flashed vrs

Too late now dude am running a derv now