WTF is with the price of V-Power at the moment?

[HJMS123]

andrewparker said:

I've yet to feel any difference between V Power and Momentum and the cost difference here is 4p, so I generally go to Tesco.

This!

Momentum is a fair amount cheaper than Vpower, that and the fact there are literally no shell garages in Coventry.

[Riley Blue]

GregK2 said:

Gazzas86 said:

Around here, Tesco Normal UL is 99p/ltr and Tesco 99 momentum is 102p/ltr,

Are you sure of the momentum price? Seems low.
Been a steady 99.9p for regular and 104.9 for momentum all around my area.

It's 104.9 here (Chesterfield), has been since late December. I just checked back, it was 123.9 last August.

[J4CKO]

jayemm89 said:

J4CKO said:

I put Tesco 99 in my CLS and then went back to normal unleaded and it felt flat, few miles and it sorted itself out and seems back to full strength.

Anyone else experienced that, its like the Dog after leftover roast dinner, doesnt want to go back to his dog food !

It isn't unheard of - modern cars are fitted with knock sensors etc... and will adjust their timing to compensate. It stands to reason that the car will have become "used" to 99 octane - and the first few gulps of 95 might leave sour taste until it adjusts

Yeah, that was my theory, it felt more noticeable than I was expecting.

[Gazzas86]

Riley Blue said:

GregK2 said:

Gazzas86 said:

Around here, Tesco Normal UL is 99p/ltr and Tesco 99 momentum is 102p/ltr,

Are you sure of the momentum price? Seems low.
Been a steady 99.9p for regular and 104.9 for momentum all around my area.

It's 104.9 here (Chesterfield), has been since late December. I just checked back, it was 123.9 last August.

Yea, I filled up late last night, outskirts of Portsmouth.

[Heaveho]

The Evo can't tell the difference between Momentum or Nitro, and it's generally so crap on fuel that I can't face doing the maths on the consumption, but I've started exclusively using the higher quality diesels in the van, and it's both noticeably more lively and better on fuel ( 40 - 50 miles per tank ) than when using the cheaper stuff. I'd pay more just for the extra speed, anything that livens the van up is worth the weight in gold!

[GregK2]

Gazzas86 said:

Riley Blue said:

GregK2 said:

Gazzas86 said:

Around here, Tesco Normal UL is 99p/ltr and Tesco 99 momentum is 102p/ltr,

Are you sure of the momentum price? Seems low.
Been a steady 99.9p for regular and 104.9 for momentum all around my area.

It's 104.9 here (Chesterfield), has been since late December. I just checked back, it was 123.9 last August.

Yea, I filled up late last night, outskirts of Portsmouth.

I call custard
Can't find it below 104.9 nation wide on petrolprices.com

[thecremeegg]

Go to Sainsburys - £0.99p for 95 here and £1.03 for 97

[giblet]

110.9 per litre at Horsforth Shell last night

[Wills2]

All that jazz said:

I usually stick V-Power in my Focus ST as it makes it a bit more responsive and nicer to drive but just went to fill up now at Shell at Morley, Leeds and it's 120.9 whereas normal unleaded is 102.9 !! For as long as I can remember there's always been about 7-9ppl difference between the two so why is it suddenly 18ppl?

fk the responsiveness! It's getting normal unleaded in til the price comes back down!!

Is it roughly the same price difference in your areas too?

V-power is 109.99 at the Shell station in Saltaire, that's a silly price you're paying.

[Liamst]

I only ever use V power as there is a shell 2 minutes from my house, never even look at the prices of the normal fuels these days as you realise just how much extra you spend, I got vpower at a different garage a couple of days ago at 107.9 I thought this was very cheap and had to make sure I had the right pump in my hand!

even at 125.9 I wouldn complain I have paid as high as 143.9 for Vpower 2 years ago!

[philmots]

I'm glad I read this, I've noticed the same..

I mainly fill up at Shell, Garforth but sometimes Castleford and sometimes Wetherby..

Garforth always used to be 8p more, just recently it's always 12p.. Castleford was 11p the other week. Not filled at Wetherby in a few months now but wasn't aware so I'd guess it was normal.

I actually emailed customer services to see what their RRP was if you like, but no response.. I realise the garages are franchises so will have some freedom when it comes to pricing but there must be some guidelines if it means no one is actually buying their flagship fuel.

I'll most probably keep putting it in my car, but at 8p I'd put it in my lasses too as it does improve it. 12p, no..

[Podie]

I paid 115.9 for V-Power last week.

Boggo 95 is around 102.9

[Shaoxter]

GregK2 said:

I call custard
Can't find it below 104.9 nation wide on petrolprices.com

How did you filter for prices of just V Power?

[DaveH23]

Just filled up about 10 mins ago 109.9 for Vpower and I think it was 101.9 for the watered down stuff.

[GregK2]

Shaoxter said:

GregK2 said:

I call custard
Can't find it below 104.9 nation wide on petrolprices.com

How did you filter for prices of just V Power?

You can't but you can filter for Super Unleaded within 20miles of a specified area.
It's the price of momentum I was interested in and as that generally seems to be the cheapest, comes on top of the lists.

[Sheepshanks]

QuartzDad said:

101.9 and 113.9 for the diesel at my local Shell.

Same here - Chester. It was 120 the fill before that.

With a VW EU6 diesel loaded with emissions equip I'm terrified of using anything else!

[All that jazz]

Wills2 said:

V-power is 109.99 at the Shell station in Saltaire, that's a silly price you're paying.

I didn't pay it as I noticed the price next to the nozzle just before I picked it up. To be honest I usually don't bother looking at the price at all and have always assumed that the price will be around 8p more than normal but I definitely need to pay more attention in future!

Regarding filling up elsewhere, it largely comes down to convenience for me. My route to work doesn't go past any garages at all but there's a bunch of BP garages and Shell garages slightly off route. BP fuel has always had the BP "tax" applied it where they charge about 5p more per litre than anyone else so I won't use them out of principle but Shell is usually a sensible price and I use that much of it that the £4 off fuel vouchers they keep sending me keep me sweet.

Things may have changed but when I was a site manager for Repsol many years ago we were not allowed to change the price of the fuel as it's set by the petro co, not the franchisee, so the 120.9 at that site is (probably) set by Shell.

[Riley Blue]

I was in Renfrew last week and happily drove into a Shell filling station for some V-Power. Not only did they not have it but their normal unleaded was 103.9. Everywhere else I looked in Scotland was the same, several pence more.

[MrBarry123]

Shell 95 Unleaded - 99.9
V-Power - 108.9
Momentum - 104.9

Seems pretty standard by the looks of it.

[Sillyhatday]

As has been said. Id just used a full tank driving home from Scotland. Called in at the fairly local Jet garage. Hold your breath... I picked the wrong pump and started to fill the thing from totally empty. The readout said £75 (thereabouts). I actually checked my car wasn't leaking fuel at this point (todays prices and £45 is enough to fill it). So I stopped filling and the price on screen was £1.70 per litre! At that, I immediately stopped filling and just paid. I felt so ripped off, as I'd not seen I picked the high octane and the regular at this time was about £1.35 per litre. I quite like there regular fuel though, it laasts ages.

Todays prices though. My nearest Shell garage was 101p and think the super was 115p. I don't quite remember.