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Oh if only he had a crystal ball back then to see future fuel prices!
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Currently '8-less Previously: - Aqua Blue Pearl D3 S8 - Kamut Beige leather, ACC, B&O, factory RSE, solar sunroof, electric blinds, ski bag, Homelink, comfort headrests. - Aqua Blue D2 S8 - Grey leather/Alcantara - D3 A8 3.0 CVT - D3 3.7 V8 |
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True, but you can still get it on the Continent, esp. in Germany, but that's not much use here, sadly...
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V-Power all the way, all my life, always.
Never liked BP for whatever reason. Never filled my car with supermarket fuel. I'm not trying to upset any one who is filling at their local supermarket for whatever reason. But there is a reason why cheaper fuel is cheaper and thats quality. Fuel for your car is like a......cup of tea for a man, would you drink one every hour (like I do) made from a cheap tea bag (something like 100 bags for £1) ??? Once I've seen a whole program dedicated to fuel, 5 brands, 4 cars. From 1liter engine to 4liter petrol. Each car was run on each fuel (tanks emptied each time they were filled with fuel). Road test and rolling road test for BHPs increase. Vpower topped all the tables. Best quality and most power increase (best results on the 4 liter of course)
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2006 D3 S8 5.2 V10 Ceramic Brakes, Bang&Olufsen, DTV, DAB, Rear Camera, BT, TPMS, Soft Close, Auto Boot, AMI , 4 Zone AC, Home Link, All Electric Blinds, Fingerprint, Ski Hatch, Black Extended Leather, Heated Sport Seats, Alacantra, Carbon Trim inc Aluminium Pack 2. 2015 A3 S line 1.4 TFSI - for the missus to keep her away from my car. Standard S-line equipment, no extras. 2006 D3 A8 3.7 V8 - SOLD but not forgotten |
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Shell Nitro has been crucified on the M3 forums as it is making all our cars run like a bag of spanners, particularly hunting at tickover. Quote:
Sorry if it upsets you, but you're just falling for the marketing |
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So what you are saying is that Shell is a **** fuel and Supermarket is the market leader in fuel quality??
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2006 D3 S8 5.2 V10 Ceramic Brakes, Bang&Olufsen, DTV, DAB, Rear Camera, BT, TPMS, Soft Close, Auto Boot, AMI , 4 Zone AC, Home Link, All Electric Blinds, Fingerprint, Ski Hatch, Black Extended Leather, Heated Sport Seats, Alacantra, Carbon Trim inc Aluminium Pack 2. 2015 A3 S line 1.4 TFSI - for the missus to keep her away from my car. Standard S-line equipment, no extras. 2006 D3 A8 3.7 V8 - SOLD but not forgotten |
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Was it actually proven on the rolling road that Shell is s*it by the way??
Did any M3 owner compared them on the rolling road?? So far I've seen this sort of test proving that BP and Shell are the best, haven't seen one proving that they make our cars run like a bag of spanners
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2006 D3 S8 5.2 V10 Ceramic Brakes, Bang&Olufsen, DTV, DAB, Rear Camera, BT, TPMS, Soft Close, Auto Boot, AMI , 4 Zone AC, Home Link, All Electric Blinds, Fingerprint, Ski Hatch, Black Extended Leather, Heated Sport Seats, Alacantra, Carbon Trim inc Aluminium Pack 2. 2015 A3 S line 1.4 TFSI - for the missus to keep her away from my car. Standard S-line equipment, no extras. 2006 D3 A8 3.7 V8 - SOLD but not forgotten |
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Maybe M3's are like most women, over sensitive?
I'm a Nitro fan myself, made a massive difference to my D2 and I'm continuing to use it in my D3
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Audi D3 S8 - 2007 - V10. B&O, Phantom Black, black and silver interior, and still completely standard with everything working as it should Audi TT - 2015 - Ultra |
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Why would you need a rolling road to check if it's hunting on idle, it's pretty bloody obvious
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Maybe there is really something to do with M3s?? Sounds maybe ridiculous but equally ridiculous as bag of spanners. Lets just don't get angry or fight over it and have interesting conversation It's not my intention and I'm sure not your either, just saying
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2006 D3 S8 5.2 V10 Ceramic Brakes, Bang&Olufsen, DTV, DAB, Rear Camera, BT, TPMS, Soft Close, Auto Boot, AMI , 4 Zone AC, Home Link, All Electric Blinds, Fingerprint, Ski Hatch, Black Extended Leather, Heated Sport Seats, Alacantra, Carbon Trim inc Aluminium Pack 2. 2015 A3 S line 1.4 TFSI - for the missus to keep her away from my car. Standard S-line equipment, no extras. 2006 D3 A8 3.7 V8 - SOLD but not forgotten |
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It's an interesting discussion, but if it was that widespread a problem with BMW's (or even just M3's) it would be all over the motoring press and web sites and it just isn't.
What I do know is that both my S8's run better and get/got better mpg on the high-octane Shell petrol, though the old one was mostly run on cooking 95.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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