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Title: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Gene Hunt on August 21, 2009, 01:07:26 pm: :happy2: :smiley: Just been to my local & they have made it 99 ron now !!!! :laugh:. :driver:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: JPC on August 21, 2009, 01:08:56 pm: nice! it was about a year ago to the day nearly that tom was putting 108 ron Vpower into his Edition 30 in Davos, heading for stelvio pass!
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: bacillus on August 21, 2009, 01:12:14 pm: Quote from: Gene Hunt on August 21, 2009, 01:07:26 pm
:happy2: :smiley: Just been to my local & they have made it 99 ron now !!!! :laugh:. :driver:

Ok I'm confused as V Power has always been 99 RON...
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Top Cat on August 21, 2009, 01:14:27 pm: Quote from: bacillus on August 21, 2009, 01:12:14 pm
Quote from: Gene Hunt on August 21, 2009, 01:07:26 pm
:happy2: :smiley: Just been to my local & they have made it 99 ron now !!!! :laugh:. :driver:

Ok I'm confused as V Power has always been 99 RON...

I thought it was 98 RON for V-power and 99 for Tesco. :smiley:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: JPC on August 21, 2009, 01:14:53 pm: wasnt it 98? and tesco was always 99?

being a dirty diesel, i dont really know for sure!
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: JPC on August 21, 2009, 01:15:04 pm: beat me to it! ;)
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: rainking on August 21, 2009, 01:23:38 pm: I thought V-Power had always been 99 RON....

certainly since they changed it from Optimax?
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: bacillus on August 21, 2009, 01:24:45 pm: From the Shell site:

Shell V-Power is also a high performance fuel (99 RON) designed to help you get the most out of every drop. Shell V-Power is formulated to reduce friction between the cylinder and piston rings, a critical area of the engine where lubrication is difficult to achieve. It's designed to help the engine turn more freely, and so help transfer energy from the fuel to the wheels more efficiently.

http://www.shell.co.uk/home/content/gbr/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/v_power_pkg/overview/overview.html
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Greeners on August 21, 2009, 01:25:11 pm: I always thought it was 99 RON too! :confused:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Gene Hunt on August 21, 2009, 01:31:03 pm: I was shure it always had 98 ron on the pump handle ?.
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: JPC on August 21, 2009, 01:34:29 pm: i swear it was 98, maybe not!
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Tarmac_Terrorist on August 21, 2009, 01:49:45 pm: If I recall correctly, the former Shell Optimax was 98Ron but V Power 99.

Tesco is also 99RON but 50% of the Tesco fuel mix is made up of cheap french wine and vodka....apparently..... :grin:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: DanGB on August 21, 2009, 02:09:06 pm: actually 5% of tesco's is bio ethanol.

http://www.greenergy.co.uk/tesco_99_octane/index.html
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: SO8 on August 21, 2009, 02:33:34 pm: Quote from: Tarmac_Terrorist on August 21, 2009, 01:49:45 pm
If I recall correctly, the former Shell Optimax was 98Ron but V Power 99.

:signIWS:

That's as I remember it :smiley:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: VC on August 21, 2009, 02:35:31 pm: well....as long as they dont mess with the mix i'll still be faithful to the Vpower :love:

shame they wont nudge it up to about 102/4 for the price of it :party:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: andrewparker on August 29, 2009, 04:58:50 pm: Quote from: bacillus on August 21, 2009, 01:12:14 pm
Quote from: Gene Hunt on August 21, 2009, 01:07:26 pm
:happy2: :smiley: Just been to my local & they have made it 99 ron now !!!! :laugh:. :driver:

Ok I'm confused as V Power has always been 99 RON...

Shell Huddersfield is advertising VPower as "Now 99 RON", so as a few here have thought correctly, it has only been changed recently.
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Rich on August 29, 2009, 06:57:19 pm: Quote from: andrewparker on August 29, 2009, 04:58:50 pm
Quote from: bacillus on August 21, 2009, 01:12:14 pm
Quote from: Gene Hunt on August 21, 2009, 01:07:26 pm
:happy2: :smiley: Just been to my local & they have made it 99 ron now !!!! :laugh:. :driver:

Ok I'm confused as V Power has always been 99 RON...

Shell Huddersfield is advertising VPower as "Now 99 RON", so as a few here have thought correctly, it has only been changed recently.

I fill up at Huddersfield Shell Garage... its next to John Cottons... that massive Brown building next to it :smiley:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: andrewparker on August 30, 2009, 04:44:30 pm: Quote from: Rich on August 29, 2009, 06:57:19 pm
I fill up at Huddersfield Shell Garage... its next to John Cottons... that massive Brown building next to it :smiley:

I actually use the one in Marsh. That one always seems to be 3 or 4 pence more expensive.
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: SteveP on August 30, 2009, 06:43:12 pm: Was this 99RON message on the top of the pump head?

If so then it just says it's 99RON, nothing about "Now 99RON", I am pretty sure V Power has always been 99 :smiley:
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: bacillus on August 30, 2009, 07:07:26 pm: This is just a new marketing ploy to entice folk to use V Power instead of premium as V Power has always been 99 RON.
Title: Re: Shell V Power now 99 ron.
Post by: Phil Mcavity on August 30, 2009, 09:48:54 pm: ^^agree'd, optimax was 98, V-power always 99.