100 RON Petrol

[space_cowboy]

87p I wish petrol was this cheap where I live in Lovely Essex. 96.9 and thats just standard 95Ron

[Matthew C]

Paul-C said:

Fatboy said: AC79xxx said: Are octane boosters safe to use i.e. will they knacker the engine in the long term? The higher the octane rating, the better for the engine - your car may not be able to take full advantage of the extra octane rating, but it certainly won't do it any harm. The Octane Booster to use is Millers. Adds up to 3 octane and is the only FIA approved one. I've tried them all and its genuinely the only one that makes a real difference. I have found that using Millers CVL actually pays for itself due to better mpg!

What you want is tetraboost. Ruins cats though (and IIRC you need a ceramic lambda sensor).

[Pigeon]

FTOeire said:

you guys might want to read this before messing about with toluene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene

No need to get hysterical about it, it's a major component of cellulose thinners (and the other major component is the chemically very similar xylene). You're not going to contract the galloping lurgy just by pouring a bit of thinners into your tank.

[Mr MXT]

I just spotted this thread when I was googling octane booster.

We were complaining when fuel was 87p a litre!

[Pints]

Mr MXT said:

I just spotted this thread when I was googling octane booster.

We were complaining when fuel was 87p a litre!

I saw the price in the OP and nearly fell over myself trying to get to the car keys so that I could go fill up... and then I spotted the date.

[Tonberry]

paul r said:

Sorry if this has been done before but has anyone heard about the new 'Ultimate Unleaded' from BP? It came out today and is rated at 100 rather than 98 RON and costs about 87p???

Will this make much difference??

[Shaw Tarse]

Pints said:

Mr MXT said:

I just spotted this thread when I was googling octane booster.

We were complaining when fuel was 87p a litre!

I saw the price in the OP and nearly fell over myself trying to get to the car keys so that I could go fill up... and then I spotted the date.

That's 87p for "premium" stuff!

[vit4]

Jesus Christ. Currently at 134.9 for the 95RON from the local BP

[jrampton]

Again found this post while googling 'Octaine Booster' petrol currently at 139.9.

Apparently Toluene is what you need to add to boost the octaine levels of fuel, its the aditive used in octaine boosters in small amounts but the old F1 Turbo cars used to use it back in the day.

[vit4]

This thread makes me die inside.

[Tonberry]

Tonberry said:

paul r said:

Sorry if this has been done before but has anyone heard about the new 'Ultimate Unleaded' from BP? It came out today and is rated at 100 rather than 98 RON and costs about 87p???

Will this make much difference??

[XitUp]

I just read that and popped a stiffy. Then I saw the first post date.

[maxdb]

Haha same here I thought someone missed off the pound sign .

[The fatboy]

Some said ordinary small engines don't really spot the difference on different RON.

Mine is a Honda Civic 1.6 without any idiotic mods of any thing else, I have only use Shell regular 95 and V-power 99, which I could notice a slightly power and response improved on V-power, but slightly noisy at speed despite it's nearly 10p higher than regular, but the double points for the fuel card I still prefer going for it.

[sebhaque]

I too got excited when I saw the price. Then saw the thread was from 2003. Balls.

FWIW I've run super in all my cars, the ZS (1.6) didn't seem to notice much, but all the decent metal prefer it. Doesn't stop me chucking it in everything I own though, force of habit and I like to think I look after my engines.

[43034]

XitUp said:

I just read that and popped a stiffy. Then I saw the first post date.

Same!

Bugger