V-Power fuel on e46 325i

V-Power fuel on e46 325i

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Boxer87

Original Poster:

46 posts

117 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Just bought myself a 325i

Decided to pay the extra and fill her up with v-power.

I felt a quite noticeable difference in how smoothly the car accelerated and dropped gears!

My question though is; was this a placebo effect???

Or should I notice such difference?? I assumed it would only make considerable difference in high powered turbo cars you see.

Appreciate your replies and any comments on v-power fuel in general!

un1corn

2,143 posts

136 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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My 320d was giving me 40mpg with v-power.

After a tank of normal stuff it's now down to 39 and will continue dropping to 35.

It runs very rich because it's always cold. Suspect broken thermostat but cant be arsed fixing it, but the v-power does make a difference, albeit only small. No difference in performance though.

georgejoshington

397 posts

161 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Maybe you're just getting used to the car; fill it with regular unleaded next time and see you you get on.

TREMAiNE

3,904 posts

148 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Probably placebo - but to me that counts, you think its better, you enjoy the car more. Who cares if its wasted money.

sparks_E39

12,738 posts

212 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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I have the M54 3.0 engine in my E39 530i. I think the engine runs smoother on V Power, but it makes sod all difference to the performance or fuel consumption. I use it sometimes, the engine is definitely quieter at idle with V Power. It's only a couple of quid extra a tank, so no big deal.

nickofh

603 posts

117 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Our diesel dog car / caravan car Croma 1.9 multijet 150 runs and starts noticeably better on v power, so unless there is a mega offer like 10p off per litre I generally run v power in it and occasionally treat my N/A impreza to it. It doesn't seem to make noticeable difference on my non turbo petrol

TheAllSeeingPie

865 posts

134 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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It even states in the manual it'll run better on 97+ fuels, but you won't notice much of a difference other than sound and smoothness.

little328ci

27 posts

168 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Ran a 330 ci for a couple of years and tried all the posh fuels and to be honest the car did seem to drive smoother and just seemed to have more pick up.Did the sums as well and the extra miles per gallon made up for the extra cost , so for me bit of a no brainer really, and it seemed to run the best and give the best miles per gallon on v power compared to all the other posh ones .

Boxer87

Original Poster:

46 posts

117 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Mixed bag of opinions then!

Overall from others opnions then-
Definitely affects smoothness, so more enjoyable to drive
Increases fuel efficiency but probably doesn't cover the additional cost
Doubt it improves performance! Or very marginal improvement

Erdy

100 posts

124 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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My 330i seems a lot less hesitant/jerky on v-power and seem to get more from a tank. Old Octavia vrs it was very noticeably perkier.

DaveH23

3,230 posts

169 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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This is an interesting watch:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTaBngvsPrc

BFG TERRANO

2,172 posts

147 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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My mower was noticeably louder on V Power

mph1977

12,467 posts

167 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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a petrol with a knock sensor should (in theory) run better on the higher octane petrols ...