Brought new car on Saturday for the wife. A 3 year old A3 with only 2800 miles on the clock. I am now trying to convince her to stop using the shite tesco fuel, won't be going for super unleaded but want her to put a better brand in. What's people's thoughts on this? :biggrin:
Nothing wrong with supermarket fuel. Modern engines can run on absolute shite from the third world. My car gets what its given, but I tend to stick to Shell with the bike as they have Pay at Pump
There's nothing wrong with with supermarket fuel as Matt said. However saying that Morrison's fuel apparently does have a higher percentage of Ethanol I think, and Ford do not recommend it.
Good luck with the Audi, you may need it......3 shite new Audis in a row for me and as much as I was hooked on the brand at the time I eventually gave up. Worst car or bike ownership experience I've ever had. It won't matter what fuel you put in it.
All fuel in an Area is likely to come from the same source. The difference is in the additives, that's what make them brand specific. BP, Shell etc add their own additive when loading a roadcar, Tesco do not use any additives. I can't say if this is a problem or not and I suppose it depends if you believe all the hype about the benefits the additives provide.
I have an Alfa and have it serviced by an independent garage that seems to be very good and I don't think have given me any bull about the car. He recommends not using supermarket fuel and says the car will run much better with "decent" fuel. Have to say that I think it runs better with the major brand's fuel, but that might be my imagination. It is a diesel and the alphas diesels do sound a bit agricultural.
Good point. There is only a limited number of oil refineries around the UK producing road petrol and diesel. Their products are sold widely wholesale from one company to another. The petrol you buy in Tesco might have been refined by Esso, or Shell, or BP ... but it certainly wasn't refined by Tesco because they don't have any refineries.
id like to able to say that, and mean it. somehow troy, i imagine you as terry thomas, pipe in corner of mouth, hand in pocket, perhaps a cravate...no, a white silk scarf.. View attachment 19913 just orf to the gee gees darling...i'll be riding a couple of fillies at 2.30.... in the Aston. x u know it makes sense
Tesco are giving treble points on your Clubcard for all burgers and petrol, starting Monday. The deal's called "Only Fuel and Horses".
They could i suppose but not very cost effective.....transport costs on top of production, ships are expensive as are berthing fees + handling by a 3rd party to load / off load & store then distribute......possible but not likely. Anyhow all supply in Scotland comes from the Grangemouth Refinery and is supplied and distributed to BP, Tesco and all.
I have used Tesco Ultimatum ( 99 Ron ) fuel in our Smart Roadster for about six years, and almost nothing else. I have to say it is the BEST fuel for that car, making noticeable improvement in performance. I have used Tesco 95 Ron Unleaded in my Honda Accord for the same amount of time and very rarely use anything else. I have never had a problem with either. There was a similar discussion on the Smart Roadster forum a couple of years ago - the basic bottom line is this: the vast majority of fuel sold in the UK comes from a very small number of fuel depots. Different fuel retailers - be they major fuel companies or supermarkets - use slightly different additives, mixed to slightly different formulae. The additives are added to the tankers full of fuel just before they leave the depots; the quantities added being controlled by a card system. This information was posted by the engineer who actually designed the card system... Incidentally – the only time I have ever had a problem with contaminated fuel was a few years ago when my old Golf GTi had a lot of problems caused by water in the fuel after I filled it up at a BP garage. I have never trusted BP since…
