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Offline M7AXB

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2013, 04:03:53 pm »
Tesco momentum since i've owned it and my mate who owned it before used vpower. No difference between the two although you will get the vpower fan boys saying it's not as good  :stupid:

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2013, 08:07:59 pm »
Another tesco momentum99 as its a lot closer than the nearest shell garage, put tescos 99 in since my first fuel stop and have never used anything else. Don't know if it's made a different as I don't know what the last owner used and I wasn't used to the 2.0 tfsi at the time. Maybes I need to do some tests  :happy2:
« Last Edit: September 04, 2013, 08:16:36 pm by Chris92 »

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2013, 08:09:26 pm »
Yep, V-Power or Tesco momentum. Both are 99RON and that's the highest around. There are various reports of head gasket failures on cars that have run long term on 95RON, but not sure if that's just early GTI's.
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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2013, 09:00:30 pm »
Tesco momentum for me

Noticed a big difference a while back between that and standard 95 RON so only use 99 now
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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2013, 09:08:30 pm »
Yeah, there's defo a difference between regular and super on these engines... esp. mapped.

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2013, 09:38:54 pm »
I've found v-power to be more aggressive but Tesco 99 gives better mpg.

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2013, 09:48:25 pm »
Usually Shell V Power, otherwise Tesco Momentum 99 is the next substitute. While I was in Germany I did fill it up with Aral Ultimate 102 and it felt perkier even though it costed a bomb
« Last Edit: September 04, 2013, 09:59:27 pm by PatchySan »

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2013, 10:25:27 pm »
I've found v-power to be more aggressive but Tesco 99 gives better mpg.

Both of my GTIs behaved the same as this.
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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #23 on: September 05, 2013, 07:16:03 am »
As said v power or tesco 99. Avoid all others unless an emergency esp if your car has been mapped. Mine runs really badly on anything else, you can notice the diff straight away.

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2013, 11:49:42 am »
Always run on shell v power on mine.

Had to once use BP ultimate and actually got slightly better
MPG but didnt feel as 'sharp'. Might have just been an illusion though!

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2013, 04:13:18 pm »
Always tesco 99 or v power. Marginally more than normal fuel and Defo worth it

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2013, 04:58:13 pm »
Tesco 99 momentum or occasionally Shell v Power.. Runs fine on tesco but you can feel the engine runs smoother on Shell tho.
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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2013, 05:09:20 pm »
v power......would rather run out of petrol, take a can back to the car,  that put anything else in. 

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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #28 on: September 05, 2013, 05:40:11 pm »
Tesco 99 momentum for me
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Re: What Fuel is everyone using? Any horror story's??
« Reply #29 on: September 05, 2013, 06:03:36 pm »
Tesco 99 as it is 1 minute away and I get shed loads of clubcard points when paying with a Tesco credit card. They should pay me for this this post.