What petrol to use

[Dr Bob]

Hi all, I'm picking up my 99 T Standard Elise tomorrow and was weondering anyone's views on the best fuel to use?

Guess it's best to go for premium, but has anyone had any problems, or benefits from brands such as Shell Optimax?

TIA
Clive

[Dr Bob]

Cheers Bonce, I will be enjoying it plenty this weekend, that's why I needed to know about the petrol!

Having said that, I didn't think that the difference between supermarket fuel and standard fuel was really an issue.

I was concerned about optimax as in my previous car (ford puma) this wasn't recommended as a fuel to use each fill up (maybe only 1 in 5), and wondered about anyone elses thoughts and opinions.

Additionally, the car I'm getting is running P-zeros, so i guess any advice is to be a bit easy going if it's really wet?

[Dr Bob]

Cheers all,
I will be taking it easy, and I managed to get the dealer to throw in a training day as part of the deal, soon as tyres need it I'll be changing to Yokos with all the good reports I've read (and they have been designed for the car if I believe everything I read?!).

Fortunately, as I sit here it's sunny outside, so I should get to enjoy the car today at least...

I will be spending quite a while getting used to the car, has to be said, since I've had a few test drives, you can really feel the difference in the way a front wheel drive handles corners, it was really disconcerting the first time I got back in my car!

Again, Thanks everybody