Tesco 99 RON

[Apache]

Gosh!!!

[evildwarf]

I bet your GT4 loves that rocket fuel

[gwh200]

And I get to try out all the posh fuel soon.

[stormforce]

And I get to try out all the posh fuel soon.

the fuel is the closest you'll get to posh tho won't it Gra..

[Apache]

Makes a huge difference I wasn't really expecting TBH!

[gwh200]

the fuel is the closest you'll get to posh tho won't it Gra..

Didn't you know rich...were that posh down here, we get out of the bath for a pi$$.

[evildwarf]

Makes a huge difference I wasn't really expecting TBH!

It's surprising isn't it

[stormforce]

Didn't you know rich...were that posh down here, we get out of the bath for a pi$$.

i forgot you mixed with the posh crap didn't you so i take it back then ..

[Sancho]

Is yours a UK model or an import, Andy?

[Apache]

Its an import, so strictly speaking it's mapped to be optimum for 99RON (though the map is wide enough to allow use of 95RON without detonation). I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised! The UK models are around 230-240BHP, but the imports seem to see anything between 270 and 300BHP as standard judging by the rolling road plots on the owners club website. After the Surf, it feels like 3000!!!

From running around on 95, and trying Texaco 97 (no apparent difference but frightening price!) to having a first go of Tesco 99 and finding what feels like an extra 50BHP!

Tesco 99RON petrol by my sister's up in Liverpool is actually cheaper even before applying the 5p/l saving, than normal big name petrol round here!

[hiroler]

So will you be using that fuel from now on or will you stick with the cheaper stuff??

[Apache]

Nearest Tesco is in Worcester, a 15 min drive away, but its worth it when I've got a 5p off voucher to burn off

[Rustinho]

Nearest Tesco is in Worcester, a 15 min drive away, but its worth it when I've got a 5p off voucher to burn off

Damn that Tesco used to be expensive for fuel. It was generally 5p a litre more expensive down there than it is up here (used to visit "in-laws" there until they moved a couple of months ago)

[Sancho]

I put 99 in my surf once and it seemed like a totally different vehicle. I just noticed a 99 written on the inside of the fuel filler flap one day so thought I'd have a crack. More power, better efficiency, much smoother. As I understand it, the ECU 'retards' it when it's on a lower RON so you get less action. I think that's why American cars have massive engines but go so slowly (besides the weight), they're set up to run on 80 something so are extremely retarded...

[Apache]

Dunno how much it is in the Worcester one yet...