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mukiha
#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:28:36 AM
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Why do we fill our cars with Premium petrol while the manufacturers say most of them should be running on regular?
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Njung'e
#2 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:43:55 AM
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Ignorance.How many,even here in Wazua,know the octane rating of fuel recommended for their cars?
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#3 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:50:32 AM
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Been thinking its for better performance!
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tuvok
#4 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:16:13 AM
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Shell V Power - slightly better economy + performance on a turbo.

Shell KE claim that it has a RON of (was it?) 98.

I've experienced better consumption on a DI engine using shell V Power possibly due to the higher compression ratio that it uses. Specs say it can run on regular petrol (I wish they specified what RON)
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mukiha
#5 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:21:59 PM
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tuvok wrote:
Shell V Power - slightly better economy + performance on a turbo.

Shell KE claim that it has a RON of (was it?) 98.

I've experienced better consumption on a DI engine using shell V Power possibly due to the higher compression ratio that it uses. Specs say it can run on regular petrol (I wish they specified what RON)


When I tested V-Power a few years ago [when they launched it], my car actually consumed more than usual and lost power!
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mukiha
#6 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:23:59 PM
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Later, Shell revealed that V-Power is not about higher octane, but more "detergent" to clean the engine....
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FRM2011
#7 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:37:11 PM
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Forgive my ignorance but I have to ask this; what is octane rating? I always thought premium is just like the name suggests, you know better-quality-and-therefore-expensive. And to imagine I have driven a car for quite a number of years. Tafadhali elimisha mimi.
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Dash
#8 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:40:05 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but I have to ask this; what is octane rating? I always thought premium is just like the name suggests, you know better-quality-and-therefore-expensive. And to imagine I have driven a car for quite a number of years. Tafadhali elimisha mimi.

Mimi pia. This is interesting
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mukiha
#9 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:26:07 PM
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Dash wrote:
FRM2011 wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but I have to ask this; what is octane rating? I always thought premium is just like the name suggests, you know better-quality-and-therefore-expensive. And to imagine I have driven a car for quite a number of years. Tafadhali elimisha mimi.

Mimi pia. This is interesting


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
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Djinn
#10 Posted : Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:29:37 PM
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Dash wrote:
FRM2011 wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but I have to ask this; what is octane rating? I always thought premium is just like the name suggests, you know better-quality-and-therefore-expensive. And to imagine I have driven a car for quite a number of years. Tafadhali elimisha mimi.

Mimi pia. This is interesting


hamna vikipedia jameni? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
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