JODY T Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 All my local shell stations are out and have been for a week, having to drive on 95, not happy.. any one know anything about the shortage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 No issues around my way, Guildford way. I filled the car up yesterday on the way back from AFR. No indication that there were any shortages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Just had a quick look on the interweb and found that they have been having shortages globally of premium fuel since the beginning of the year. There were a couple of threads on pistonheads, dated back to Jan and Feb, where people have complained that their local garage is out of v-power. Looks like its an on going problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richarde7927 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Im in hinckley leicestershire and my local shell garage has been out of v-power for a week to . I had to fill up with bp ultimate. Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 No trouble getting V-Power up here, though the 24Hr Tesco near my work is constantly out of 99RON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hmm somethings up, all the V power pumps were out at my local yesterday, I am not desperate but like to keep it topped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoff Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Popped over to Chris Wilsons last sunday. No V-Power or Tescos 99 ron in Shrewsbury, both out. BP Ultimate was in though. Not checked since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprab1 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 This is what happend in ireland just before shell pulled the plug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 BP Ultimate was in though Dunno about anyone else, but the DC2 seems to drink the Ultimate in comparison to V-Power / Tesco 99RON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoff Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Couldn't say conclusively as it was the 1st time in ages I had driven the supra in decant weather, so, well you know:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aman00123 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Yea same issue up here, all the SHel garages were out of V-Power, back in now though Now i did not know Tesco did 99Ron?! Bring on the 5p off a litre vouchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackso11 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 to be honest, I don't notice the difference between 95, 97 and 99 and I am pretty sue niether can your engine for road use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 to be honest, I don't notice the difference between 95, 97 and 99 and I am pretty sue niether can your engine for road use My car runs noticeably better on 99RON / V-power than it does on 95RON. As that is my situation, I will continue to use them until they run out or I can no longer afford it. BTW, I also get increased mpg out of v-power so it may not be costing me anything at all to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 i could never tell any difference. Glad i have a uk car. 95 works beautifully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 All my local shell stations are out and have been for a week, having to drive on 95 Are Esso, BP, Texaco, Tesco etc etc all out of SUL as well ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Are Esso, BP, Texaco, Tesco etc etc all out of SUL as well ? Good point. I even noticed that the local Sainsbury's has 'SUL' in (97RON) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 And I thought it was just Lncoln that had run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdzC Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 One of my local Shell garages has stopped selling VPower altogether. Both petrol and diesel. When I asked why they said that the VPower tank underground had some issues. It was only fully refurbished a couple of months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Same here in Lincs & Humbs - driving on fumes then a tenner's worth of 95 until I found a Total garage with their 97 stuff. Not sure what's going on. It's getting ruddy expensive though - £1.20 a litre!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 120.9/l of V-Power. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJD Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 to be honest, I don't notice the difference between 95, 97 and 99 and I am pretty sue niether can your engine for road use I didn't think I would, but I certainly noticed. After I finished a tank of 95 and filled up with 99 I could tell the difference before I'd got off the petrol station forecourt. Throttle was much more responsive. Ignition timing I guess - maybe a VVTI thing? I've not run on 95 enough to see if there's a difference in fuel consumption. Back to the OP - I don't know about VPower, but there doesn't seem to be any problem getting Tesco 99 round Cambridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoff Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 V-Power was back last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Still not round here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Still not round here Have you checked the garage on the ring road next to the willy wicket? or there is another on the a370 and tesco in weston does super and there is also a shell garage on the winterstoke road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Yeah I can use tesco 99, but I like vpower, untill this week my engine has never run on anything other than vpower! Hope they don't discontinue it round here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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