which fuel

[Kiel_GTI]

hey guys.

what fuel brand do you find is better (performance economy etc)?

personally caltex vortex has been the best for me (almost 500km til fuel light came on) however in WA we dont get V-Power.

[pixl]

Mobil and BP are pretty equal in my experience -- Anything else and I find her idle a little rough.

[MJ - polo gti]

Ultima and Vortex.

[Spec83]

Either V-Power or BP Ultimate

[RhysQ]

strictly BP Ultimate only. I have used Shell V-Power once on the Polo and hated it, it ran rubbish. Will never use anything else again. I think sticking to the one fuel has got to be better for the car as well. I relate it to using odd batteries, which can stuff things up...

here are a couple of threads started already on this topic

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=4441&highlight=Ultimate+Caltex+Vortex

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=8717&highlight=Ultimate+Caltex+Vortex

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=13428&highlight=Ultimate+Caltex+Vortex

[poloplayer]

Really? I only use V-Power in mine. Vortex i stay away from, I think mainly psychological factors though. I didn't notice anything extra while using BP Ultimate. Never used Mobil. Tried V-Power Racing once, didn't notice anything either, though Shell have now phased it out.

[Blitzen]

I use BP Ultimate...Cos I have a Fuel Card, and it runs better with it than any other I have tried...

[VW GTI]

I used V-Power for the first 5000kms. Then used BP Ultimate and haven't used anything since (11000kms).

I get 40km/tank extra and I reckon it runs a bit better too (certainly no worse).

[Y2008]

What my car likes to drink

In order of preference:

1. BP Ultimate (smooth and economical)
2. United 98 (I would have never tried it as i had never heard of them previously but was stuck in Yarra Glen and had no choice and the car liked it as much as the BP, also tried a half tank of their 100RON on top of BP Ultimate and the car ran just as smooth but)
3. Mobil (7000 or 8000 cant remember, the 98 one)
4. Shell V-Power (car runs rough)
5. Caltex Vortex 98 (car runs very rough)

That said I mainly fill up with either BP Ultimate or Shell V-Power for convenience.

[Grant]

i've only used vortex 98, because i have a woolworths discount card. plus, the caltex i go to is the cheapest petrol station in my area.

i might have to try bp ultimate

[bluey]

Aren't all the high octane base fuels from the different oil companies the same - they share local refineries. Exact composition will depend on the base crude available, hence expect some random variation.

What is definitely different is the proprietary additive package that is added to the base fuel. On the basis that Techron 1000/5000 (Caltex) seems fairly highly regarded as a fuel injector cleaner, I'm a little partial to Caltex for my petrol car. Apparently BMW injector cleaner is Techron.

(Other oil companies are offering Nulon if you need an injector cleaner - which seemed to do very little for me.)