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[Closed] is it me or are Shell having us on?

gonzy · 2013-10-18T13:18:37Z

in the past i've always every once in a while treated the car to a full(ish) tank of shell v-power as i thought it do the engine some good. we recently bought a new car (ford c-max) and as our last car did not give you a fuel range we never thought anything of it up until now....you see, the c-max tells you the fuel range so when i filled it up with a full tank of shell v-power i was shocked to see that the range on full only said 394 miles! previously the range had said 487 miles on a tank of regular shell unleaded...this got me annoyed as last night i filled up again at the local sainsburys and this time it says 427 miles... maybe its down to the engine computer assessing the amount of fuel compared to my style of driving i.e. gear change pattern etc or could it be that i may have gone to a dodgy shell garage that was palming off regular unleaded under the v-max label...but i presumed that v-max would give you improved economy and performance....or have i got it wrong?

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trail_rat

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edlong - i had a v6 gmc acacia - could make the onboard computer tell me 4mpg - of course thats instataneous as oppose to trip but - whats the point in instantaneous MPG reading to a driver - the trip mpg is what you want.

it was a hire car on company fuel so the game was how low does it go without breaking the law.

Posted : 18/10/2013 4:23 pm

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