New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

[OrangeDave]

Recently, Shell has changed the formulation of its V-Power petrol. Sold under the name V-Power Nitro, they claim to have increased the additives by 25%. My Roadster runs smoother on it, but lacks responsiveness. Has anyone else tried it? When the tank runs dry, till try a different brand, Has anyone else tried this?

[S700TRB]

I filled up with it yesterday but not gone far to say yet. But a mate put it in his for two and found it ran rough. So filled with Texaco 97 and now ok. Off to hambach next week so will have a good run to find out how it performs
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[lalli_d1]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

iv always filled my forfour with shell v-power and since it changed to nitro+ and i havent noticed anything different over the v-power and the nitro+

[SATAN 59]

Been running with it for some time now with no problems, always feels good.

[problemchild1976]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

Engine seems to run more freely with nitro and not really noticed any power issues.

JJ

[137699]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

My roadster has dropped fuel economy since V-Power became V-Power Nitro+.
I am unimpressed and have stopped using it.

[problemchild1976]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

surely thats more to do with the ambient air temps increasing in the last month??

no change on the BRAB

JJ

[137699]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

Err JJ, every other fuel I have used has shown improved mpg since the weather got better - vPower is the only one which has got worse.

I'm actually getting better economy from Morrisons 95 std unleaded though admittedly the car runs better on Nitro+ than mozza's 95.

[problemchild1976]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

Fair enough - I was sort of alluding to bhp dropping off a bit in hot weather and right foot compensating

The sun (and good music) normally makes my driving more sprightly than the overcast and dreary

I can also see how lower performance can offer better mpg

Like I said - no issues with the BRABUS and love how much smoother the car revs (almost softer)

Anyone noticed a random increase in nitro+ cost over old v-power??

JJ

[lalli_d1]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

its about 5p more here in leeds.
my MPG on my 1.1 has remained roughly the same on nitro+.
i used to get around 40-45 MPG and its roughly the same. over the last 30,000 miles it averaged 42.58 MPG.

[Ashley]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

25% more "additives" means 25% less actual fuel in it, think about it

[Thrumbleux]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

25% more "additives" means 25% less actual fuel in it, think about it

That'll be 25% more additives than before - still a very small fraction of the total. And it's not a given that there will be less fuel. Add 2-stroke oil to petrol and the volume remains unchanged as the petrol absorbs the oil into its interstices.

[problemchild1976]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

just filled up after my first full tank of nitro+

255miles from this tank and its normally 220miles (I have given up checking MPG as it gets too depressing)

JJ

[Blip]

When I bought Blip I asked seller if it took super unleaded and he said no just normal so just stuck normal in but after reading this and the manual will be changing straight to super duper stuff.

[137699]

Re: New Shell V-power Nitro - feels odd

Yes the Brab fortwo is designed to run super.