Shell V-Power, anyone have tried it yet?

by **boaclub923** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:07 am

i'm crazy fan of mobile gas.
couple days ago, i saw ppl saying new shell v-power gas is 95 octane.
anyway, i found an article which proves that was a false statment...
http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=us-en&FC2=/us-en/html/iwgen/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=/us-en/tailored/shell_for_motorists/fuels/optimax/optimax_faqs_ga_1602.html#12 under "What is the octane rating of Shell V-Power?"

anyway, ppl say it's good, so i tried it today.
i filled 13.403 gallon v-powered gas, (that's nearly full tank)
after my long test running... here is the result
Car: SLE V6 (no air condition on, mostly running on freeway with top speed 80miles)
Total Driving Time: 52min
Total Distance: 58.9miles
Avg. Speed: 67.8mph
Avg. Gas Consuming: 30.5mpg...
i think 30.5mpg is a very high number!!
i used mobile 91gas and run same rout b4, the result was about 28mpg
and when i was running on freeway, i can felt i pick up speed faster than b4!

do i think too much? or it's really better? anyone knows?

by **got sport** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:04 am

All I put in mine is the Shell V-Power.

by **angelo** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:52 am

got sport wrote:All I put in mine is the Shell V-Power.

me too and I don't regret a bit :angel:

by **Lone Solara** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:19 pm

I think Shell gasoline is the best in business, but I honestly don't feel a difference between the old 93 and the V-Power (I almost always use Shell 93 in my car). I think the benefits of the V-Power are long range, with better preservation of the cylinder block and such due to the detergents they use. Performance-wise though I don't think there's a difference.

by **Mole** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:08 pm

sigh...

just be lucky to be even able to use 93 oct.

while our CA pisswater 91 oct is the highest in major stations.

by **JoeB** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:44 am

I'll have to give it a try. I just heard a commercial on the radio about it last night. I used to get 94 octane from the Sunoco station right down the street from my house but they stopped carrying it 2 weeks ago. -JoeB

by **krawzyazn** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:31 am

Mole wrote:sigh...

just be lucky to be even able to use 93 oct.

while our CA pisswater 91 oct is the highest in major stations.

yea used to be 92

by **TRD MCV20L** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:41 pm

krawzyazn wrote:
Mole wrote:sigh...

just be lucky to be even able to use 93 oct.

while our CA pisswater 91 oct is the highest in major stations.
yea used to be 92

dont feel bad. we only have 92 octane in hawaii

by **boaclub923** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:28 pm

i don't get it~ wha'ts wrong with having high octane gas?
why CA only has 91 in all major gas station while i konw other countries have 95 as standard gas and 98 is highest level gas....

by **angelo** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:10 pm

boaclub923 wrote:i don't get it~ wha'ts wrong with having high octane gas?
why CA only has 91 in all major gas station while i konw other countries have 95 as standard gas and 98 is highest level gas....

Yeah, that's how it is in Europe, but they use a different formula for determination of the octane ratings, so their 91 is like US 87...

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