V Power Or Momentum Tesco C63

[RickMM]

There are two separate issues here.
One is to do with the “engine cleaning” additives that top notch fuels provide. Shell is a specialist hydrocarbon fuel producer, whereas Tesco sell baked beans. I suspect there’s a reason why Momentum is cheaper than V Power, and it’s not to do with volume of sales. Ok, Tesco could sell fuel as a loss leader, but I trust Shell more that Tesco when buying petrol (but I still get my beans from Tesco).
The second point is octane rating. If they are the same (99) then there shouldn’t be any difference in performance. Whether or not some of the other super fuels (e.g. Esso or BP) which are 97 octane perform noticeably worse, personally I can’t say that I’ve noticed any difference. In theory the anti-knock systems in the car should prevent potential damage caused by lower octane fuels (<98) but will ultimately cause a reduction in power.

 

[John]

Personally, I think Shell use clever marketing to charge more for basically the same product.

Same as Apple.

 

[RJ C63]

Shell is the only fuel refined as super unleaded.

 

[ChrisEdu]

And in the case of diesel, octane ain't gonna matter. So, which fuel then? I still go V-Power.

 

[automaniaman]

Momentum is my fuel of choice. The nearest Shell station to me is 14 miles away, so I'm not going well on shell...

 

[Flackadder]

I religiously used V-power (and previously Optimax) for years, but I've found no perceiveable difference between Shell V-power and Tesco Momentum, and both are 99 RON in the UK.

Our petrol cars require 98 RON minimum, so I avoid other brands of super unleaded in the UK as they typically have 97 RON. Whether our cars would run differently I don't know.

Well, I am surprised you 'really' have to ask.

Me. I have a good idea where I will fill up next time.

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

Do you know what really grinds my goat, off topic I know but- being a shell club member why do they only send a quarter of the points redeemed to vouchers and not the entire balance?

 

[RJ C63]

The shell points are always a quarter behind actual total to date.

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

The shell points are always a quarter behind actual total to date.

Yeah they're backdated, but I keep track of the points total each month and they only ever send me 1x £4 voucher, even though I had around 3000 odd points back at the cut off date

 

[John]

Yeah they're backdated, but I keep track of the points total each month and they only ever send me 1x £4 voucher, even though I had around 3000 odd points back at the cut off date

I don't even think about them to be honest - they are not worth the effort.

 

[leef44]

Shell is the only fuel refined as super unleaded.

I was under the impression (from other forums) that Tescos gets its fuel from various sources which includes Shell. The difference being that this is before certain cleaning agents or performance additives. So you're effective getting the same performance but Shell fuel has the added benefit of the latest technologically researched cleaning/performance agents. The net benefit is that you maintain the performance of the engine in the long term.

 

[Bigrichw]

MRC Tuning have seen better performance from Mo99 than V-Power. Apparently the quality of Shell can vary by each garage


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[st13phil]

Apparently the quality of Shell can vary by each garage

This is a pure guess, but I suspect that there are volatile compounds in the additive package that deteriorate with age. If that's the case, then a filling station with a low usage rate of V-Power is probably not a good bet.

 

[ecain63]

^^^^ I'd heard similar

 

[John]

I heard this from a GT-R driver - that all 99RONs drop depending on age.

Best to use a high turnover garage.

 

[Oxonmb]

Used both in my M3 and could not tell any difference, apart from the wallet.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I religiously used V-power (and previously Optimax) for years, but I've found no perceiveable difference between Shell V-power and Tesco Momentum, and both are 99 RON in the UK.

Our petrol cars require 98 RON minimum, so I avoid other brands of super unleaded in the UK as they typically have 97 RON. Whether our cars would run differently I don't know.

Well, I am surprised you 'really' have to ask.

Me. I have a good idea where I will fill up next time.

Ask what?

 

[developer]

I just use the money off vouchers (the last one was £12).

Everything else is too complex or irrelevant.

 

[Conrod121]

Apart from power increase is there any difference in putting in 95,97 or 98? Best I can find is 97 around where I live here in N.Ireland which is what I always use from Star or Go.

On the fuel cap it does say min. 93ron but preferred 98ron.

What damage could it cause?

 

[Terry_]

This is an interesting thread.
I've never even considered tesco fuel before now! Only use V power and a short squirt of the esso supreme when I'm out of juice. Will try the tesco fuel