What petrol do you use?

Seastormer

Cupra Leon VZ2 300/CBF1000
Apr 25, 2014
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I have the same engine but have only used standard unleaded.

Have previously used higher octane fuel in past cars I have owned with more horsepower and saw no gains, all I saw was my price go up when filling up so I have stuck with standard fuel for a few years now.

I wouldn't spent the extra money on it unless the manufacturer recommends it from stock, just my opinion of course.
Exactly the same as I do, and I found the same results too.
 
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CupraNJ

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Apr 4, 2017
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Momentum 99 in my 300, and the 280. Never had any issues, that I'm aware of anyway. Both cars appeared to run well on it. Whilst it is a high octane, I've no idea if it is worse 'quality' when compared with Shell or BP.
 

onkkel

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Jul 12, 2018
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I always use 98 octane fuel, so either Shell V Power 98 E5 or Neste Futura 98 E5 depending on which station is closer when it's time for a re-fill.
 

KXL

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I've often seen Audi S3, BMW M2/3/4, saw a Cupra, as well as a few supercars fill up at my local Tesco...at first, I was thinking, seriously, you guys using supermarket fuel, if you can afford the car, why put supermarket fuel, then I realised Momentum 99...

Is UK the only European country who have 2x 99RON fuels? Eg..Tesco + Shell?
 
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bgb

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I've often seen Audi S3, BMW M2/3/4, saw a Cupra, as well as a few supercars fill up at my local Tesco...at first, I was thinking, seriously, you guys using supermarket fuel, if you can afford the car, why put supermarket fuel, then I realised Momentum 99...

Is UK the only European country who have 2x 99RON fuels? Eg..Tesco + Shell?

I only found out the new V-Power is 99RON today, they have a blog/questions page that was updated 3 days ago with this info...used to be 98RON.

Still, apparently Tesco Momentum 99 is V-Power 99 in terms of RON with Ethanol mix, but just has different additives for cleaning...

V-Power is still just shy of 10p/ltr different then Tesco, so no thank you lol
 

Butty

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Sep 7, 2018
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V Power mainly but Momentum when i'm feeling poor for a Revo stage 1 car.
 

CupraGeezer

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May 11, 2018
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Tesco Momentum 99 in my 280, based on price and convenience.

Not sure I buy in to the idea that supermarket fuels are poor quality. I ran my Mondeo on Tesco petrol (95 RON) to 175k miles without any problems.
 

JSM Cupra

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Mar 26, 2019
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Well after using V-power for many years and being decidedly against supermarket fuels, I tried Momentum 99 as it was their high performance better quality fuel. I have been pleasantly surprised as I have had no issues at all . In fact the car performs very well with this fuel in addition to the other benefits in terms of being cheaper etc
 

cupra14

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Aug 31, 2017
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Not sure I buy in to the idea that supermarket fuels are poor quality. I ran my Mondeo on Tesco petrol (95 RON) to 175k miles without any problems.
Agreed. Ran last 2 cars (400HP & 200HP) to 136K and 164K miles on nothing but supermarket fuel. No engine problems, but body rust became a pain.
 
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