Fuel

[PoloDave]

Saw 5th gear yesterday with an interesting piece about premium vs cheap fuel.

Results done with Golf 6 GTI ed. 35 on both dyno and road test.

fuels tested were BP 95, BP 98, V-power, Esso 98, and the cheapest they could find (some unknown brand)

Winner was V-power with 240.6 hp or so, loser was the cheapest brand, with 235 hp..
During hard driving on road test just slightly noticable, so I'm willing to bet none of us will ever notice anything other than the placebo effect

vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0K5UlmrmZc

[Diesel_vert]

Australia is fortunate that the cost difference between 95 and 98 is only 5 Australian cents per litre.

The average difference in Europe used to be more like between 10~15 Australian cents per litre (before the Australian dollar gained so much strength) depending on the country - I'd bet a lot less people in Oz would be willing to pay for 98 if the difference was as great.

[amazeer]

I've had mine on zero quite a few times. The most I have driven on zero is 25km and still didnt have any fuel surge. I've never read anywhere that officially states how many litres zero is for the polo. For the lancer it is 7 litres. If there is 7 litres in the polo at zero then I would guess 5 of them are usable so still got maybe close to 70kms.