Just filled up at Shell this morning and the lady behind the counter said I can have a free water bottle as I have spent more than £30 on fuel.
Details of bottle:
Stay hydrated on the road with the water bottle designed specifically for drivers.
This bottle was designed with a purpose. Not only does each water bottle help keep you hydrated on the road, it helps support three major causes: less plastic, less waste and less poverty.
25 comments
myusernamehasgone234
25 Aug 17#1
Thanks were they signs up at all advertising this?
I need to to fill up and a water bottle is always handy.
jai47 to myusernamehasgone234
25 Aug 17#4
Not that I noticed as its so early in the morning, they were still sweeping the forecourt...
I spend £29.50 on fuel and the lady had a chuckle and said if I run back out and top up another 50p I can have a free water bottle. :party:
Hopefully its not a local promo (Uxbridge - West London).
sheilajay
25 Aug 17#2
Great deal thx
summerof76
25 Aug 17#3
Heat added :thumbsup:
Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#5
How does free water bottle support less poverty? Are they referring to motorists who receive the free bottle saving money? Hardly call the typical U.K. motorist using a shell filling station a poverty case. And what makes it worth £8? Is it plastic, aluminum, is it a vacuum design to keep the drinks cool, or is it just another plastic bottle?
less marketing, just reduce the price of the fuel.
delboyd to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#6
Don't blame Shell for the price of fuel, blame the greedy government and their excessive fuel duty.
Infiltrator to delboyd
25 Aug 17#8
Maybe I should've been more specific and said reduce the price of Shell fuel, theirs is always more expensive than the supermarkets fuel - which is partly why they can give away free water bottles which appear to be solving most of the world's problems on its own somehow.
It's the marketing guff I have an issue with.
delboyd to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#7
Hmm, the question is, is it worth the premium? :wink:
Infiltrator to delboyd
25 Aug 17#9
Unfortunately yes, I only use shell v power :angry:
qbs to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#15
Why? Even Shell's claims are littered with maybes. There's no empirical proof that Shell, BP, Esso are any better than supermarket fuel.
omneity1 to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#10
From Shell station Oeijenbraak in the Netherlands I found this:
Buying the bottle makes sense in terms of reducing poverty in this context, giving it away 'free' doesn't make any sense - to me anyhow?
Splodger101 to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#12
Ah, but nothing is free in this world (product wise); someone will pay eventually :wink:
Infiltrator to Splodger101
25 Aug 17#16
Rain water is free, but I now apparently need to spend £30 in a shell filling station to get a bottle to store it in - but at least I know I'm helping the environment and solving world poverty - hang on, what about my exhaust emissions from the fuel I bought, I only bought the fuel as I thought it was the right thing too do to save the planet by reducing plastic and helping reduce poverty.
congrevecv
25 Aug 17#13
how the 'expletive' can it be worth £8, when a bottle with water all ready in it only cost £2?
fahimkhair
25 Aug 17#14
Brought £60 worth of vpower yesterday and wasn't offered or see this. Maybe store specific? I went to Shell Barking (run by shell not third party )
AmyX to fahimkhair
28 Aug 17#22
You're not supposed to bring your own, you're supposed to buy some. That's why!
metoyou123
25 Aug 17#17
Can i ask...is the shell v power worth it? Did u notice any or major differences when u switched from regular to v power? Thanks
Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#18
^
Depends on the car you're using it in, I have a Japanese market Subaru impreza turbo and a mildly tuned saab 9-5 turbo, both respond better to fuel with higher octane rating, the impreza really can't be used with normal unleaded fuel.
steve_bezerker to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#19
This is my understanding of it - Most cars driven by performance and not economy will respond better to the higher octane. For standard 'Road' cars I think Supermarket fuel is perfectly sufficient.
A guy driving around in a Peugeot 207 with V.Power or any 'elite' fuel is laughable though.
I don't have an amazing car - I drive a 2ltr Vauxhall Insignia, the MPG is not terrific by any stretch of the imagination but I do notice that I get a better run from Fuel station fuel than I do from supermarket fuel, but then when I weigh up the cost of both I figure i'm probably getting my moneys worth anyway, so I've stopped caring where I fill up and what I fill up with. I'll generally just do the nearest.
qbs to Infiltrator
25 Aug 17#20
That's the exception when the ECU allows the engine to benefit from the higher RON, though both would still run ok without, albeit you wouldn't achieve quite the same power output. For the vast majority, there's neither need nor benefit. You'd be as well hanging furry dice and installing go faster stripes.
Infiltrator to qbs
25 Aug 17#21
A impreza intended for the Japanese market will run on normal unleaded but you'll be looking at a major engine rebuild pretty quickly, 97 RON is minimum, 99 is good.
Neokiuk
28 Aug 17#23
BPA free? lol i think this is ok but not worth the "RRP" great little bonus for filling up
ayyaz
28 Aug 17#24
It's national
gavin1 to ayyaz
29 Aug 17#25
Not sure. I didn't get offered one when I filled up over the weekend.
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Details of bottle:
25 comments
I need to to fill up and a water bottle is always handy.
I spend £29.50 on fuel and the lady had a chuckle and said if I run back out and top up another 50p I can have a free water bottle. :party:
Hopefully its not a local promo (Uxbridge - West London).
And what makes it worth £8? Is it plastic, aluminum, is it a vacuum design to keep the drinks cool, or is it just another plastic bottle?
less marketing, just reduce the price of the fuel.
It's the marketing guff I have an issue with.
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Depends on the car you're using it in, I have a Japanese market Subaru impreza turbo and a mildly tuned saab 9-5 turbo, both respond better to fuel with higher octane rating, the impreza really can't be used with normal unleaded fuel.
A guy driving around in a Peugeot 207 with V.Power or any 'elite' fuel is laughable though.
I don't have an amazing car - I drive a 2ltr Vauxhall Insignia, the MPG is not terrific by any stretch of the imagination but I do notice that I get a better run from Fuel station fuel than I do from supermarket fuel, but then when I weigh up the cost of both I figure i'm probably getting my moneys worth anyway, so I've stopped caring where I fill up and what I fill up with. I'll generally just do the nearest.