Super unleaded v E10 petrol part I. Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 430 mile run to London on Tesco 99 octane 

Such a satisfying video, i know some people hate motorways, but for me there's nothing like a long brisk motorway cruise at night, all the switches illuminated and you can listen to some good tunes, or just drive in silence

£1.00 a litre £4.55 a gallon for normal unleaded in march 2020 in the first lockdown in grimsby dougie. Now £1.45 a litre £6.60 a gallon in dec 2021 for normal unleaded in grimsby. An increase of £2 a gallon in well under 2 years. Top video dougie really enjoyed that.

My 3.2 V6 auto Omega also does around 420 a tank on motorway as well! On my regular runs up and down to various locations in Scotland from Warwick I always try and drive at the quietest times and pretty much do the whole journey on cruise control. Driving it around normal roads sees that drop by 100 miles range!

I used to do about 40k miles a year when I was working, my job took me anywhere from Inverness down Plymouth and all points in between. I used to cover most of these miles at early o’clock or daft o’clock, and some through the night like your trip Dougie. It resonated with me, chunnerin to yourself about other drivers hogging lanes, passing you and slowing down, they are all out there! A great piece of documentary👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

My mum n dad had the 2.5 v6 tourer automatic in champagne, I used to get a shot of it all the time when I was 19 and by god I loved it,thing would shift.They also had a big 2L carlton estate which I also loved 😂 Grew up on vauxhalls from novas, corsas and astra canny beat a vauxhall 👍🏻 Love the channel btw m8 and all the old vauxhall content. OPC for life 👌🏻😉 keep the content coming 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great video . I know the M25 round Heathrow and always try to get there either very early morning or late at night . That way my stress levels stay relatively low …sometimes

Went to Chelmsford from East Kilbride and back on one tank of diesel , Omega 2.2 dti CDX , great car

I was quite chilled out watching that. I'm a weirdo that likes motorways, something quite detached about them. I would t fancy doing that in a diesel Cav though! Looking forward to the North run!

Great vid and all your observations on people’s lane discipline is spot on. I live just off junction 14 near Stafford. Those roadworks have been there for bloody ever! Hopefully they will be finished soon. M6 Toll is great once you’ve paid, it’s like the F1 as the barrier goes up lol

Thanks it's a little different this one. Lot of me moaning about people's driving 🤣

I'm a nighshuft driver and it's a pain in arse drivers who sit in middle lanes especially through the average speed cameras. Half the time I give up and go in the outside lane to pass them even though I'm not suppose to go in that lane in a artic.

Peugeot 407 SW , 2.0 L diesel, 750 miles per tank, 2,200 rpm at 70moh, 160,000 miles on the clock, until covid every year, non stop annual trip to Heathrow from Northumberland and the return leg non stop to Loch Lomond for the same weekly holiday every year. I would suggest my old Frenchie is an equal to your Vauxhall for motorway munching.!

Next time you're going past Preston there's a quite large traffic police station at JCT 31, probably where you saw the Volvo. I remember first moving down here and seeing all the new G20 3 Series there and since, never going over 75 round there! Nice video as always mate.

I use m6 toll if I do trunk run from Essex to Stoke lovley part of motorway that is always quite my pet peeve is middle lane hoggers was in slow lane yesterday on m11 and there was taxi in middle lane doing 50 through the new section they building no cars infront of me not even sure what makes them this is best lane to be in really annoys me I took my minibus on run last week Essex to Blackpool and back took the wife away for her 40th for few days that’s done about 550 miles on tank but quite heavy minibus good content dougie 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

None of the speed cameras on the motorways are there for safety reasons. They are all there to gain revenue. The longer they can drag out roadworks, the more revenue is gained from average speed cameras.

Great vid, loved the commentary of all the hopeless drivers. Got a ST Vec b that I’m putting the MV6 3.0L Omega engine in, glad I’ve got a lightened flywheel for it ! Love your vid’s keep them coming. 👍🏽😎

Love the latest video, I’ve just finished watching all your uploads from the beginning 👍

Ha ha them Gantries are working fine if they are set up to catch you doing 70 in an unnecessary 50 . Very crafty income generator. Loved Mr SAAB canny drive round corners, hilarious. That Omega is perfect on a trip like this.

Good to see u back dougie hope your doing well

Lovely Jubbly Scottie, the further south you come the stronger your accent gets 🤣 interesting to see how the motorway changes after dark though.

Great video, good patter too bud! I loved my omega, it was a 2.2 automatic estate...great big motors bud 😎✌🏼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I spotted a dark green (I think) 3.0l Omega heading northbound on the M1 earlier today... clean as a whistle on an R or S plate can't quite remember.

In 1966 I had a 1956 Vauxhall Velox and was living in Leicester and went up to Scotland mostly on the M6 it took 6hrs to get to Faulkuck but I didn’t keep a record of how much petrol I used but I enjoyed your car trip

I was always amazed that my cav CDX auto would site at 1900 rpm at 60mph. Until I got my vectra c 1.9. And that sits at 1900rpm at 70mph. Such a relaxed motorway car.

I run my Vauxhall Insignia VXR Tourer on Shell VPower or Esso 99, Tesco Momentum as I understand it is Esso 99 with a different badge. Mind you, I would never put that E10 shite in, it simply wouldn't run very well at all. I was away in Ireland for work this last week, travelled all the way from Newcastle to Cairnryan for the Ferry last Friday to be only turned away due to the storm, so drove from Cairnryan to Liverpool to catch the overnight ship - Stopped at Tebay services on the M6 south in Cumbria, had to fill up, the cheeky bastards wanted £1.78 per litre! Also a Road Angel user here, saved my licence a few times whilst enjoying spirited driving :)

My dad had the 3 litre MV6 ex police version way back in the 00s it was so long geared , 40mph in 1st , 70mph in 2nd gear and 110mph in 3rd , top speed was around 155mph but took it forever to get there on a downhill motorway near Milton Keynes lol

That's reasonable fuel economy! I like the Omega, especially your estate. Got this as the Catera, 4 door only, drove one, I love it! 3.0 litre V6.

I live in shitey bolton and stuck with them average speeds in all directions. Cracking vid.!

Vpower is the best fuel, have used it for years, my insignia Sri turbo vx line sits at 60 mph 1500 rpm in sixth. 3400 rpm at 75 mph seems very high must be the gearing.

Yes does need another gear, watching you in the fast lane im wanting to change gear!!

I’ve got a Rover 75 2.5 V6 auto. Since E10 was released I’ve been running it full time of a combination of E5 Tesco Momentum, Shell V-Power & BP Ultimate. I can’t say I’ve noticed much if any difference in performance or fuel economy over the 95 octane fuels, V-Power gives me about 1mpg extra but costs a lot more, Tesco & BP negligible. I’ve put E10 for the first time this week & so far it’s driving no different to normal. On long runs I get about 39mpg or 420-450 miles out of a 64ltr tank & average about 30mpg or 350 miles mixed use driving. I love old 1990’s V6 auto every man luxury cars like Rovers 75’s, Ford Scorpios & Vauxhall Omegas which offer cheap luxo-barge comfort with ultra smooth long distance driving.

Love your videos!!

Love the video mate middle lane hoggers annoy the f**k outta me. I went up the M5 and M6 from Plymouth to Wolverhampton on Tuesday and I lost track how many I had passed/overtaken

Definitely make more videos like this 👌

Smashing it with the videos recently 👍🏻

loved the ride along 🌈😎

I don't rate that 99 Tesco's much, shell vpower makes a bigger difference.

Kept pausing it to read the road signs as you came past where i live, I'm right where the average speed zone is on the M6, I use that bit of motorway daily and it's a right pain in the arse!

Much underrated car the Omega, I've a mint manual 2.5 saloon that's only done 17k

That's utterly decent. To give something to compare it, mine is a 1995 sedan with the 2L 8 valve motor, and the economy is probably in that range. And it's a 5 speed manual. However, there are not so many motorways in Romania, and on the motorway I cruise at 83-86mph (135-140kph) with the car usually full ~ 4 passengers and some luggage in the boot. On regular roads, it is virtually impossible to cruise due to cornering and how others drive. It's a different engine but it also seems to have the same MPG regardless of what you do to it. One other difference : I use 95 octane petrol with 5% biofuel (we're not that "hit" by E10)

Great video dougie cracking car for that road trip..like the smokescreen at the end…..interested to know how the e10 does look forward to your next video….🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍😎

Great video Dougie, I do love a road trip❤️.

She did well good run for her and those gantry signs are stupid amount of times I've gone through them in wagon thinking why ain't they changed them and also road works never seem to be any1 working lol

It’s £1.74.9 for vpower in Basingstoke. Still use it as it’s the best..👍

Brilliant channel. If your ever passing hull feel free to take My 2.5 omega for a test.. unless you feel like swapping it for something lol 👍

Agree smart motorways speed limits normally don't reflect the situation and statistically much more deaths from the omition of the lay-by. Highwwys agency just run advertising campaigns rather than admit they're dangerous. As for the private toll road, if one had the money, it would be interesting to take the government to court over the legality of there claimed duristriction.

I bet it's a lovely drive that v6 omega, my uncle had an elite when I was a kid I thought it was super cool 😂

Great video Dougie, really enjoyed the Jaunt down, just love the noise of that V6. Looking forward to the return leg and if there is any difference using E10.

Bloody lane hogging 🤬 soo many terrible drivers on the road who are completely oblivious of their surroundings

Great drive, long live the omega 😁 glad someone else notices the same type of muppets on the road that i do 😂

Driving to Newcastle from Plymouth on Monday, first time using my automatic diesel sportage so I'm looking forward to actually having fuel left when I get there 🤣😁

I hope a desert spoon is in that tool kit 😁

I remember going up the M1 around Milton Keynes / Northampton a while ago when they'd upped it from 50 to 60 in the roadworks. Makes a massive difference as everybody doesn't bunch up. You get people that drive at 45 in a 50, so at least while they're doing 55 in a 60 they're easier to overtake as you don't lose as much speed either. The M11 is now 60 north of Harlow and that's great in a lorry as it doesn't affect anything. What's your verdict on the truckstop at Ashford then? I had wanted to visit it on Saturday but ended up working until the afternoon (was hoping for a morning finish) and then thought "why am I visiting a truckstop when I'm not at work" 🤣 Safe travels as always

I think it smells VERY SWEET compared to older 4 star and unleaded fuels IT'S almost like they are just adding SUGAR to it to make it "better" more ecologically acceptable in 2022? what is it they are actually adding doing to petrol? any info is appreciated thanks.🧐

Is this LOCKE, part II with Tom Hardy lookalike?

Hi I'm new to the channel what a great video thank you 😊

Cracking video mate, them bloody Saab drivers 🤣🤣 Remaped TTID 🚀🚀

Awesome vid dougie the omega sounds nice reminds me of the vectra b gsi I had..there’s a lot of stupid drivers out there Cana use lanes properly etc no wonder there’s road rage haha 😂

I love your commentary as your driving, your saying the same thing most of us are thinking, people seem to have forgotten how to drive on a British motorway and the M6 around Birmingham is notoriously bad for idiots. Either lunatics thinking its an American freeway weaving all over the place or muppets who sit in the middle lane and do 60. Love the collection of Vauxhalls, my dad had a lovely 2.0 CDX Cav that I learnt to drive in

Hi russ how come your going to London in omega I give you credit risking it in a old Vauxhall’ I would hire one be scared it will break down but all credit to you you got some balls

My little 218i 67 plate has lost approx 5 miles per gallon according to the car’s computer thanks to e10 - about a gallon per 280miles extra now required…

Scary thing is 1 year on the petrol price is £1.47p for E10 and £1.70p a litre for E5 where i live near London not good at all

Did you not get the name off the side of the Eddie Stobart cabs? :) Favourite pastime when heading down the mway.

Good run for the omega giving it a long run does them good some off them drivers tho imbarising lol all the best donny

I've had the pleasure of putting some decent miles on the new Corsa e and I can tell you that it's good the 209 mile range is goo but electric heating and windscreen defrost can be daunting to the mileage count but as of JAN 2022 i can get 209 miles for £7 electricity on my pod point home charger and i just put £50 worth of Tesco momentum in and it said 214 mile range so I am speechless now!!!!?. any thoughts are appreciated all the best from Motherwell.

Also nowadays its impossible to do high speed on the M1 for example as 50mph speed limit all the way from Amersham to Northampton , what i did years back when i had a BMW E36 M3 was put tape over some of my reg number and did high speed lol thats one way to beat the wankers at their own game ha ha , seriously mate over 10 years now on the M1 50 mph average speed limit for no reason

Id have thrown that road angel.out the window miles back all that constant beeping.....id just use mee ed and look at the signs Dougie!there some blacktape over the speedo lpl?

Nice run for the Omega stretch it's legs. 👍

264 Miles on full tank of e10...... 364 Miles on full tank of 99ron or above that is what my tests have told me cheers. 1.8 petrol mk3 mondeo.

The M25. Surely the most hated road in Britain. I used to have to use it daily 🤮

Yessssssss canny wait to watch this

If people lane hog I just undertake them. Creating more of a hazard going round them

6:15 looks like you were just near carlisle [home].

what's the siren noise that keeps sounding, eg at 11:56 ?

Check out the never started, completed Motorway Project the M64. There would have been no need for the M6 Toll

I paid £1.479 per litre for (e10) at my local jet garage yesterday I have used this station for years and my engine management light will NOT STAY OFF!!! mk3 Mondeo 1.8 petrol, LAST 8 months light will not stay off but yesterday I put £50 worth of Tesco's momentum 99 and a £4 bottle of redex injector cleaner in and done over 130 miles through Loch Lomond and the car feels, sounds, mpg better than ever, goes smoother quieter and more economical than e10 and engine management light STILL OFF!!!! ~#Cheap diluted 95ron unleaded using all the waste chemicals wow. Revelation added water in your oil due to vapors so servicing becomes MORE ESSENTIAL!!!......FU*KING GREAT GUYS!. Even with diagnostic software the engine management light would not stay off mpg was and is still terrible at 24mpg....BUT after only one run out through Loch Lomond (130 miles) the light is still off it never sounded so good and smooth power good but mpg up too 27.4! so you think you getting more but you are not cause the cheap diluted fuel uses more and has more consequences when neglected the 99 ron and above will help even when mixed half and half! I hope this helps someone cheers.

Nice vid Dougie, the M25 & M1 are the baine of my life being a night trunker myself… Road works, road closures and diversions make me 🤯 Who did you double man trunk for when you were driving?

My V6 vectra b estate used to 27 mpg.

Is that fuel suitable for the car in case of daily use?

Cool video man. I share your pain I have on the motorway every day. I can’t help getting angry. I call them road zombies. Complete mongs who have no awareness or road manners

Where is part 2?

Where is part 2

my omega 3.0 v6 estate would cruise at 70mph at 2500 revs

Quite shocked at how much you’re getting to a tank in the omega. My mk3 Mondeo 2.5 v6 would only get about 300 miles 😳

That’s seems way too high revving for a car of that class. My 2011 Insignia sits at 1950 rpm at 70. You’d think an Omega would be similar to that.

Before E10 my Mrs use to just put cheap supermarket e5 in her punto. Since e10 came out ive told her to use e5 premium from BP. Bloody hell the difference in how the car drives is brilliant. For a 1.2 8v 65bhp its loving the premium fuel. I use to take the piss on how slow it was, but using the premium fuel has made a difference. Plus shes getting an extra 5mpg now.

My mk5 Golf tdi bluemotion will do 800 miles on a tank if sitting at 70mph. Not as class as your Omega v6 (which is beautiful btw) but does me good on a long journey 👍

How much is the tesco 99 octane petrograd litre ⛽

Definitely 99 octane every time for my old Colt as it coughs and splutters on E10 and MPG is less even though E10 is cheaper ? so yeah E10 is shite to cut a long story short lol

Still better than top gears tripe💯😎

Speed makes a huge difference to fuel economy, you should try a scientific trial, 50 miles should be enough, and 62 mph (coach speed) is a good compromise.

1.66 for unleaded is cheap in July 2022

I commented on a picture you posted about this the other day, not sure if you saw it or not. Me and my work mate both have a 05/06 Toyota Avensis with the 1.8 VVTi petrol engines, we noticed that they are getting 28/29 mpg on E10, which is awfully low for these engines, they were getting around 38/39 mpg before hand, I didn’t even notice the drop until my work mate told me he’d been watching the on board computer, so I tried mine, sure enough I was getting low figures of 28/29 mpg like he was, so he ran his tank down and filled up with super, literally straight away after he drove away from the petrol station, it shot up to 38/39mpg, so it just shows E10 is very inefficient. I’m running down my tank of E10 now, then I’ll try super aswell. Does anyone know if running super in a car designed for normal 95 octane is going to cause any damage to the internals of the engine? Or wear it out quicker? I don’t think so, but just asking the question?

Nooo, I'm going for a munch haha some guy

Don’t you get scared that it will breakdown how many miles on clock

My pet hate is lane hoggers they piss me right off

Just undertake them and give them the finger as you pass 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

Carnt use e10 in my 2.2 omega it runs like a big of shit,loses power e5 only 👍👍

Your car shouldn’t take e10 fuel probs why your fuel economy was crap it to old the vehicle for newer fuel why you should stick to super unleaded