badgera Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Anybody used this? At the moment you can only get in in about 30 select locations, however seeing as Shell was even plugging it on Radio 2 Drive Time last night I guess it will be rolling out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Haven't seen it yet - but it is about time they done something for the diesel market. Will give it a go. Can be no worse than Ultimate Diesel - which is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgera Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Not noticed Ultimate Diesel, must check my local BP stations. Is the performance increase noticable or is it just smoothness and mpg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Smoothness and mpg seem to improve. It is noticeable. Performance might be better, but that is very hard to fathom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgera Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Cool, though I suppose I'd better run the new motor on some cheap stuff first to see what the difference is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I wondered why my local Shell had gone from Extra to low sulphur Derv. I've tried BP Ultimate in the and found no difference at all, apart from the higher cost to fill up. List is here of the locations - * Marlow Road, High Wycombe, HP11 1TB * Portsmouth Road, Woking, GU23 7JZ * V6 Grafton Street, Milton Keynes, MK6 5LY * 101 Ampthill Road, Flitwick, MK45 1BE * Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4TZ * 608 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Al4 0HP * 93-101 London Road, Staines, TW18 4HN * 186-187 High Street, Egham, TW20 9DY * Fourwentways, Little Abington, CB1 6AR * Ramsey Road, St Ives, PE27 6RG * Greenford Road, Greenford, UB6 8QQ * 173 London Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 8LJ * Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 3NS * 96-118 Prince Avenue, Southend-On-Sea, SS2 6RL * Wake Arms Roundabout, Epping, CM16 5HW. * 75 Balham Hill, Balham, SW12 9DP * Fulham Cross, Hammersmith, W6 9NT * A12 Northbound, Langham, CO4 5NQ * Coggeshall Road, Marys Tey, CO6 1LT * Old Road, Clacton-On-Sea, CO15 1HX * Godstone Hill, Godstone, RH9 8BE * Detling Hill, Detling, ME14 3HT * A249 Maidstone Bound, Detling Hill, ME14 3HT * 665 Norwich Road, Ipswich, IP1 6JZ * A229 Northbound, Maidstone, ME20 7EZ * Apex Corner, Mill Hill, NW7 3ET * Stirling Corner, Barnet, EN5 3JT * Reigate Rd, Reigate, RH3 7ET * A1 Great North Road, Peterborough, PE8 6HA * Eastern Ave, Romford, RM1 4SJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 As seen available in Germany on a very recent trip: Funny, I knew I would find an opportunity to post this photo some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Not used V-Power diesel, but I used to run BP Ultimate Diesel in the Allroad TDI after it was tweaked and it returned higher MPG (32 instead of 31) and pulled better. Never had it dyno'd running the different fuels, so couldn't say how much difference it made to bhp and torque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I've just noticed something in the pic I posted of the Shell pumps in Germany: The info is in German/French/English and it's clear what the RONS are and also how many points each fuel awards a ClubSmart card (same as V-Power card in UK). Sums up the difference between Germany and the UK regarding just about everything to do with roads and transport! It's not difficult to improve things here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Posting the octane rating is a legal requirement in Germany. More non-German speaking people visit Germany than non-English speaking people visit the UK. Posting the number of points on your card is a marketing thing - i.e. buy this fuel and earn more points... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgera Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 It's surprising how many garages in this country and fanchises and thus very variable in quality. Shell does seem better than most in my experience, my local BP although newly built and a large garage, nothing ever works and it take's 3 times of asking to get a reciept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayerbloke Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 [ QUOTE ] * Apex Corner, Mill Hill, NW7 3ET [/ QUOTE ] That's the fuel station just off the roundabout, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Posting the octane rating is a legal requirement in Germany. More non-German speaking people visit Germany than non-English speaking people visit the UK. Posting the number of points on your card is a marketing thing - i.e. buy this fuel and earn more points... [/ QUOTE ] ....Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting your post, but are you saying that the lack of useful information, as seen in Germany, is justifiably omitted in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 [ QUOTE ] * Marlow Road, High Wycombe, HP11 1TB [/ QUOTE ] News to me ... will check on the way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 [ QUOTE ] ....Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting your post, but are you saying that the lack of useful information, as seen in Germany, is justifiably omitted in the UK? [/ QUOTE ] I'll assume you're referring to the octane rating, rather than the language or points available for each fuel. Shell run a system of "tent cards" to help raise awareness of specific promotions, hence why you'll see "Ferrari fuel for the road" on most Shell pumps at the minute. This is more cost effective and also easily replaceable (producing tent-cards and other promotional aides for the top retailers is one area of our business). Re the multi-language point - is it not the case that visitors to the UK are "expected" to be able to read and understand English? I am not saying that this is right, but I think it's an expectation. I'm not saying that the octane rating shouldn't be on the pumps - maybe people in the UK are expected to "know" that they only need normal or super-unleaded. I would say that 9 out of 10 people don't care - they just stick in unleaded. The rest (like TsNers) will care about it and those are the people companies like Shell target with their marketing, hence V-Power ads in mags like EVO, CAR and Top Gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I will try this next time I need a fill up. BP Ultimate Diesel does make a huge difference to my Merc diesel ( Euro 3 ) in terms of refinement and mpg, but less noticeable in my Golf TDi 4mo ( Euro 4 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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