pslewis

I reckon it IS!!

AND at 73p/Litre if you buy some groceries - its GOT to be the Daddy!!

Smooth, smooth power!! WOW!

Well, it IS Xmas and the Scoob needs a presseee too!!

Pete

gareth60

Thats what I use in my Sti7, but my local store has only a limited number of pumps and they are at the back

pslewis

I reckon its the BEST petrol I have EVER used - am I mad or is it true?

Pete

Gez

Only way to tell is to put det cans on the engine and give it loadsa ignition advance and see how it does. As for Sainsburys' Safeway petrol etc etc they must get it from one of the big boys as i dont think they have their own refinaries. Saying that i know TESCO's have their own tankers but that doesnt say that they have their own refinaries.

Gez

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

I havent actually seen it over here, but then we dont have optimax either.
But with regards to the mad question, perhaps not mad, but after reading some of your other posts, perhaps insane may be a better choice???

Scooby Dooby Blue

Pete, you're absolutley right!
10 times smoother than that Optimax guff.
The jury was out for a while on Optimax for me as I kept going back to see if the next tank would improve but it simply didn't.

Merry Xmas old boy

Paul

PS Tesco petrol comes from Esso, Sainsburys is BP,dunno bout Safeway and the rest.

Amanda-Jane

Safeway is also BP!

AJ

Veracocha

So BP is generally better then?

I have never noticed a REAL difference between UL & SUL. Even if there is a noticeable difference it will take a tankfull to shine through so you get used to it gradually.

Amanda-Jane

I personally believe that Esso is the best fuel around. My Grandad worked for them for over 25 years and my dad was there for some time too.

I always try to use Esso but had to put Optimax in SB's car on Saturday

AJ

Pavlo

well, I use Sains SUL quite often, otherwise I get strange looks from the Shell dweebs when I try and use my 4p/litre voucher.

slightly off topic, why is petrol in Watford about 4p/L cheaper than where I live (herts/essex border)?

Paul

Gav

i used optimax in my scoob ( uk my00 turbo ) for about 5 fill ups and i noticed that at idol the engine seemed to blip, like it missed a beat. so i started filling up at my local sainsburys on SUL and the car is running so much sweeter. go for SUL any day over optimax....

bigsinky

think yourselves lucky lads n lasses, us here in NI dont have a choice of shell optimax. they dont ship it here and shell say the aint gonna either

cheers

big sinky

King RA

but bigsinky I heard all the petrol in NI is industrial red and green **** supplied by the IRA. Shell are probably in fear of their lives as it is, nevermind rocking the boat with their optimax.

Mungo

Esso SUL gets the thumbs up from me - way better then Optimax.

Redkop

The Sainsbury's near us doesn't sell SUL [4p a litre Petrol Voucher would be wicked to use] and the nearest Shell garage is 15 miles away, so have to use Esso or BP.

I think that Sainsbury's and Safeway's use Texaco as I have seen Texaco tankers delivering to both.

Petrol-Head

Tesco's Sainsbury's and other company's fill up and local depot's (i work for TotalFinaElf), and they fill up at our depot's as well. Petrol.....basically it's all the same 'base' product it has to have the basic ISO standard. Companies like Texaco/Total and Shell etc mix their 'base' product with their own 'additive' either in the tanker or at the petrol station itself.

andycrowther

agree with the comments about sainsbury's sul....i can't tell the difference between optimax and normal unleaded but it's so much better on super...don't use bp sul cos it's 82.9 p per litre whereas sainsbury's is 76.9...big difference!

dan4

You are correct Andy (Petrol-Head). Good to see you still using the BBS. Have a good Christmas mate.

Dan

[Edited by dan4 - 12/24/2002 10:03:12 AM]

V-techland

Good point Gez, Tesco's uses a BP refinery (so that'll be BP then), and from experience (and observing threads on this site), Esso SUL is far and away the best, and Optimax is, well basically, ****e!

Esso fuel has the least additives making it better for cars and worse for people..................................oh well!

Merry Xmas all................................

Petrol-Head

It's your fault Dan...you have a lot to answer for !!!
Ordered your new P1 yet ? or waiting for the new model ?....you earn too much !

dan4

Probably won't buy another Scoob. Looking at Porsches and TVRs, but won't be for a year or so yet!

steve77

Are you really saving anything ? Food isn't exactly cheap at Sainsbury's is it !

Plu the fuel is going to be from a major refinery ans the petrol station will have a high turnover of fuel do to 'The so called Deal'

Again as in a previous thread it will be down to water in the fuel

Spoon

I've heard from a motorsport source that Optimax is actually bad for your car, it apparently coats something or other with an oily film and cloggs. How true is this?
Maybe a tuner can respond with any findings?

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

King RA, What exactly are you talking about. Red and Green refers to diesel, and while diesel smuggling and laundering ( removing the dye from colured fuel )is linked with paramilitaries, it is generally white diesel that is smuggled. There is more profit in it.
There is no such thing as industrial petrol???? We dont have Optimax here, because shell dont be,lieve there is a market for it i assume.
Asides from that, Shell although they do supply some filling stations over her, no longer own any filling stations. Due to the amount of illegal fuel ( or so they claim ) and the cost of forecourt insurance, they just pulled the plug a few months ago, which is why you will see a few stations still all closed up.

One thing in the petrol debate I would like to know, is there was some claims about shelf life of SUL a while ago. Is there any truth in this, as Im sure most stations over here dont sell too much of it, and therefore it would be in their tanks for quite a while.