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Title: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: lady_gti on December 31, 2014, 10:55:30 pm
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For the 1st time since I started driving i managed less the a £1 a litre for momentum. Need it with revo   :wink:
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Kam88 on December 31, 2014, 11:30:58 pm
Where you get the petrol from been a few years since being that cheap ?
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Frenzy on December 31, 2014, 11:35:32 pm
i bought some Momentum for the very first time on Sunday (nearest Shell to where we were at at the time had run out of V-power). With clubcard fuel save points I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was only about £1.04 or so a litre, though to be honest i don't use the car enough to be stung that badly by V-power Nitro at £1.30-high a litre or whatever it is these days.

I was driving back through London so have no real clue if there's a difference in performance, doubt it would be anything more than marginal if there is notwithstanding the cleaner engine aspect you get with Shell over Tesco.
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: dan930 on January 01, 2015, 12:51:14 am
i bought some Momentum for the very first time on Sunday (nearest Shell to where we were at at the time had run out of V-power). With clubcard fuel save points I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was only about £1.04 or so a litre, though to be honest i don't use the car enough to be stung that badly by V-power Nitro at £1.30-high a litre or whatever it is these days.

I was driving back through London so have no real clue if there's a difference in performance, doubt it would be anything more than marginal if there is notwithstanding the cleaner engine aspect you get with Shell over Tesco.

V-power is 1.21 in Basingstoke
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: ROH ECHT on January 01, 2015, 02:03:14 am
Our Premium is now, for the past month or so, below $3/gal...just got premium 93oct for $2.66/gal.
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: th3_f15t on January 01, 2015, 10:52:23 am
Our Premium is now, for the past month or so, below $3/gal...just got premium 93oct for $2.66/gal.

Still far cheaper thank the UK prices! :sad1: Looks like all the news reports of a global oil crash are coming true... Could get interesting.
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Frodo-anni on January 01, 2015, 11:00:20 am
The upto 20p litre saving by shopping at tesco does add up, think i paid £1.107 a litre last week for tesco99, using 4p/l fuel savings.

Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: bennyx_o on January 01, 2015, 12:19:01 pm
Our Premium is now, for the past month or so, below $3/gal...just got premium 93oct for $2.66/gal.

Still far cheaper thank the UK prices! :sad1: Looks like all the news reports of a global oil crash are coming true... Could get interesting.
US is cheaper for Petrol, but the quality is also lower. IIRC, standard non premium/v-power etc is only 91 octane, whereas it's 95 Octane in the UK, with v-power etc being 98 octane.

We don't even get 98 octane here in Ireland :(
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Matthewsimone on January 01, 2015, 12:46:23 pm
V power and Tesco momentum are 99ron
91 and 93 in the states  :sick: wouldn't even put 97 in mine  :grin:
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: bennyx_o on January 01, 2015, 01:52:43 pm
V power and Tesco momentum are 99ron
91 and 93 in the states  :sick: wouldn't even put 97 in mine  :grin:
Wish we had the choice here, it's 95 or nothing! (Although, Maxol used to sell E5 which they claimed was 98 octane or thereabouts, but unsure if it still is)
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: greygti on January 01, 2015, 03:37:18 pm
£1.17 per litre of vpower nitro (north East)

(At the Same garage in the summer of 2012 it was £1.49.9 per litre for vpower nitro !! )
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Alex157_gti on January 01, 2015, 07:28:29 pm
I filled up other day on normal unleaded saved me a tenner!! For 20p off!

Worked out at 94p
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: P3T3R on January 01, 2015, 07:33:56 pm
The only time I remember paying under £1/litre is when I had a moped at 16  :ashamed:
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Dan_FR on January 01, 2015, 08:37:07 pm
You guys neeed to read up on the difference between european and US fuel ratings as they are not the same.

US 91 is the equivalent of our 95 RON from memory
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: ROH ECHT on January 02, 2015, 03:04:26 am
You guys neeed to read up on the difference between european and US fuel ratings as they are not the same.

US 91 is the equivalent of our 95 RON from memory
↑ That's correct...95 RON = 91 octane and 98 RON = 94 octane.
I run 100 octane low-lead about 1/4 of the time here @ $5.35/gal. We have no E85 stations nearby...but I wish there was  :drinking:
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: DaveB@Vagbremtechnic on January 02, 2015, 04:36:01 am
100ll

Used to fly a Cessna with that in it, does it not kill the Cats?
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Matthewsimone on January 02, 2015, 06:47:01 pm
Wahooooo just filled up on tesco momemtum for 1.13.9  :smiley: £55 instead of £67 about 3 months ago, hope it carries on dropping
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: ROH ECHT on January 02, 2015, 08:50:20 pm
100ll

Used to fly a Cessna with that in it, does it not kill the Cats?
I have a catless TB
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: dan930 on January 03, 2015, 12:05:18 am
Just filled up at shell Basingstoke,£1.18 :wink:
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Matthewsimone on January 03, 2015, 09:12:56 am
Just filled up at shell Basingstoke,£1.18 :wink:

Been ripped off there  :grin:
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: KieranED30 on January 03, 2015, 12:26:59 pm
Filled up with shell V-Power Nitro+ Yesterday = 118.9p
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Dan_FR on January 03, 2015, 01:45:43 pm
My local is still 126.9 for Vpower
Title: Re: 97.9p a litre!!!
Post by: Callum45 on January 03, 2015, 02:01:40 pm
116.8p v power for me yesterday