The "Shell V-Power Experience"
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The "Shell V-Power Experience"
So I took my car in for an Oil change, coolant flush and brake flush..Suddenly, the light goes on indicating that i'm running on reserve fuel.
Shell gas station was on the corner and I said, what the heck.
Full tank, $53! Damn...I said. Anyway, I was very happy with how smooth the car was running after the service so I floored it. OMG! My car's like a beast! It just wants to keep on going and amazingly, it has been holding the gears!
What's funny was the whole time when I was on my lead foot stage a G35 coupe was on my right rear quarter panel the whole time!
I didn't realize it until we hit the traffic light. He gave me a thumbs up
and then made a right turn. Lol.
Anyhow, I am surprised with Shell's V-power. I don't mind paying the extra bucks now that my car likes it. I used to get gas from 76 or Valero
..NEVER AGAIN. Hello V-power
..Do you think that the aforementioned service thing had anything to do with how responsive my car is? Just wondering...
Shell gas station was on the corner and I said, what the heck. Full tank, $53! Damn...I said. Anyway, I was very happy with how smooth the car was running after the service so I floored it. OMG! My car's like a beast! It just wants to keep on going and amazingly, it has been holding the gears! What's funny was the whole time when I was on my lead foot stage a G35 coupe was on my right rear quarter panel the whole time!
I didn't realize it until we hit the traffic light. He gave me a thumbs up and then made a right turn. Lol. Anyhow, I am surprised with Shell's V-power. I don't mind paying the extra bucks now that my car likes it. I used to get gas from 76 or Valero
..NEVER AGAIN. Hello V-power..Do you think that the aforementioned service thing had anything to do with how responsive my car is? Just wondering...
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ya the other service prob had somethin to do with it...i doubt that notable a change would b from just gas but i guess its possible...i tried vpower and didnt feel any type of difference 
...mayb 76 and valero just werent good before? i always use exxon but might try using BP soon
...mayb 76 and valero just werent good before? i always use exxon but might try using BP soon
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Hmmm I will have to try it!! Sometimes it seems that the stars and moons line up just perfectly (LOL) and give us a perfect downshift, takeoff and a perfect climb up the RPM's!!! So it could have been one of those times or...maybe the old gas you were getting was not as good as Shells.
I just did a full tune-up on my friend CLK430 (plugs, wires, air filters). She rode in my car and she said that her car did not pick up and have the pulling power that mine did. So I asked her when the last full tune-up was and she had never had new plugs at all since new (2002 CLK430). Needless to say we drove her car after the install and she said that it drove like a brand new car. It wouldnt burn the tires before and now she can easily burn em out at take off from a light. But an oil change wouldnt give you new found power unless the oil was too old and too thick???
Hopefully your power is there to stay...Laters
) and give us a perfect downshift, takeoff and a perfect climb up the RPM's!!! So it could have been one of those times or...maybe the old gas you were getting was not as good as Shells. I just did a full tune-up on my friend CLK430 (plugs, wires, air filters). She rode in my car and she said that her car did not pick up and have the pulling power that mine did. So I asked her when the last full tune-up was and she had never had new plugs at all since new (2002 CLK430). Needless to say we drove her car after the install and she said that it drove like a brand new car. It wouldnt burn the tires before and now she can easily burn em out at take off from a light. But an oil change wouldnt give you new found power unless the oil was too old and too thick???
Hopefully your power is there to stay...Laters
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I like V-Power too. Can't be sure that there is a difference but it sure seems like I'm feeling something. Good to hear others have the same feeling!
Are you using premium Rocko? $53 for a tank sounds like a deal to me if so!
Are you using premium Rocko? $53 for a tank sounds like a deal to me if so!
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Anyway, maybe it was just the service but nevertheless, I love V-power..quick question, where can I get green filters? Part#2247? Thanks again guys..see you around the bay area
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Here in Brazil, We have the more advanced gasoline of the world. Gasoline PODIUM. Podium is the gasoline with higher octanagem among whole marketed now about of the world. This gasoline has low texts of benzene and sulfur in its composition, propitiating a reduction of up to 42% of monoxide of carbon (CO) and, consequently, helping in the preservation of the environment.
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Yes I am...last time I checked premium here in the bay area was $4.05 a gallon. Lol...The thing that I don't like about CA is our ocatane rating. When I was living in Mc Lean, VA, premium octane for V-power was 93 and Sunoco had a premium octane rating of 94!
Anyway, maybe it was just the service but nevertheless, I love V-power..quick question, where can I get green filters? Part#2247? Thanks again guys..see you around the bay area
Anyway, maybe it was just the service but nevertheless, I love V-power..quick question, where can I get green filters? Part#2247? Thanks again guys..see you around the bay area
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HmMmMm.... When i bought the car, the previous owner mentioned that ever since he bought the car brand new, he's always been putting only one type of gas... 91 octane at Chevron cause of it's techron. When he told me that, i got excited. LoL. Even before i owned my CLK, i've been putting 91 octane at Chevron for the past 7 years. I've never pumped anything else unless it was someone else's car. I personally noticed that after many years, my previous car ALWAYS ran smooth compared to other exact same cars i've driven, even ones that were a year or two newer than mine. 
By the way, i was curious...
- What does gasoline with higher octanes than 91 do?
- What's the difference in "racing fuel"?
- Is there noticeable difference as far as performance?
By the way, i was curious...
- What does gasoline with higher octanes than 91 do?
- What's the difference in "racing fuel"?
- Is there noticeable difference as far as performance?
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Can't say if there's actually any noticeable power between the 93-octane premium fuels that I use. Only on very desperate occasions have I ever used anything except Amoco/BP/Shell fuel. My father brainwashed me early that Amoco and shell fuels are always "clean/white gas" and to never just buy whatever is the cheapest. My dad isn't smarter than your dad, in fact he's a downright oaf sometimes, but I'm glad he pounded that advice into my skull.
Hooray clean injectors
Has anyone ever heard that you should never pump gas into your car while the station's tanks are being filled by Santa "Tanker" Claus? I heard somewhere that supposedly, when the station is re-upping, sediment and dirt that's seeped into the station's tanks is stirred-up and ends up getting pumped into your car.
Hooray clean injectors
Has anyone ever heard that you should never pump gas into your car while the station's tanks are being filled by Santa "Tanker" Claus? I heard somewhere that supposedly, when the station is re-upping, sediment and dirt that's seeped into the station's tanks is stirred-up and ends up getting pumped into your car.
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Here in Brazil, We have the more advanced gasoline of the world. Gasoline PODIUM. Podium is the gasoline with higher octanagem among whole marketed now about of the world. This gasoline has low texts of benzene and sulfur in its composition, propitiating a reduction of up to 42% of monoxide of carbon (CO) and, consequently, helping in the preservation of the environment.
That's great to here Andrers83! I keep up with the stock market and I constantly hear about the petroleum advances in Brazil. Brazil seems to be ahead of the world in the petroleum business.
That's great to here Andrers83! I keep up with the stock market and I constantly hear about the petroleum advances in Brazil. Brazil seems to be ahead of the world in the petroleum business.
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Here in Brazil, We have the more advanced gasoline of the world. Gasoline PODIUM. Podium is the gasoline with higher octanagem among whole marketed now about of the world. This gasoline has low texts of benzene and sulfur in its composition, propitiating a reduction of up to 42% of monoxide of carbon (CO) and, consequently, helping in the preservation of the environment.
That's great to here Andrers83! I keep up with the stock market and I constantly hear about the petroleum advances in Brazil. Brazil seems to be ahead of the world in the petroleum business.
That's great to here Andrers83! I keep up with the stock market and I constantly hear about the petroleum advances in Brazil. Brazil seems to be ahead of the world in the petroleum business.
Now here in Brazil, all the cars come out of it manufactures bi fuels, that is to say, it works with gasoline and ethanol.
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I just got service B, w/new plugs and wires. A world of difference. However, the mechanic (an indy) said the cars seem to perform best with Shell (an BP) so maybe there is truth to this.
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HmMmMm.... When i bought the car, the previous owner mentioned that ever since he bought the car brand new, he's always been putting only one type of gas... 91 octane at Chevron cause of it's techron. When he told me that, i got excited. LoL. Even before i owned my CLK, i've been putting 91 octane at Chevron for the past 7 years. I've never pumped anything else unless it was someone else's car. I personally noticed that after many years, my previous car ALWAYS ran smooth compared to other exact same cars i've driven, even ones that were a year or two newer than mine.
By the way, i was curious...
- What does gasoline with higher octanes than 91 do?
- What's the difference in "racing fuel"?
- Is there noticeable difference as far as performance?
By the way, i was curious...
- What does gasoline with higher octanes than 91 do?
- What's the difference in "racing fuel"?
- Is there noticeable difference as far as performance?
A. When the air/fuel is ignited with a spark, a flame front and a pressure wave begin moving across the face of the piston. As fuel and air burn, naturally the combustion chamber gets hotter, but cylinder pressures increase as well. The pressure and heat causes the remaining unburned air/fuel mixture to become unstable. Fuel with a lower octane level has a greater chance of auto igniting. When fuel auto ignites, a second pressure wave starts moving. When the two waves hit, that’s the pinging noise you hear.
Q. What's the difference in "racing fuel"?
A. Basically, the chemical make ups are different. There are many types of race gas, and the ignition systems used to fire them can vary.
Q. Is there noticeable difference as far as performance?
A. The ECU controls timing. If the timing is advanced, you may notice. I doubt you’d notice much between 91 and 93 octane fuel.
