C 8HEP

the gits have put the price up to 91.9p

didnt take them long from cheaper than optimax to more expensive did it!?

but then again it is 99ron so had to go up some stage. still save on half the amount of booster used in each tank

Ian

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around cambridge way is is about 94.9 to 96.9 for optimax so to me that sounds like a bargin!!!!

C 8HEP

holy mother of god!!!!!!!!!!

jbwrx300

94.9p at Hartshead Moor services this morning. Cue thread changing to who has bought the most expensive optimax in Britain!!!

96.9 for Cambridge
94.9 for Yorkshire Moors

Any more offers!

mid_life_crisis

Too painful to look at the price

4ndy

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The Tesco in Sheffield Information Sticker changed from 99 ron to 97 ron in the space of a week ???

Just assumed that they had fooked up and corrected to 97 ?

scarey

where are you finding it in berkshire???!!

and why havent you told us??!!

saving it all for yourself???!!!

explore

havent even seen it here in dorset even thou we have been told its coming, but the thing is tesco is now the dearest fuel here shell bp and esso are all cheaper, sucks

Lord Bass

my local tesco in manchester has just changed from 4 star to super but its 97 ron and no sgin of any 99 ron is it discontinued?

Moley

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My local Q8 has put their unleaded up to 99.9

But expensive as the Shell garage 4 miles away has Optimax for 93.9

Wonder which one i'll be going to!!!

JPS3290

Is there a list of Tesco garages selling 99 RON ? Wouldnt mind trying some if its available up north?

Cheers

rb5ban91r

just emailed tesco asking for a full list of stores selling it... i await a reply

SirFozzalot

Here is some info from another thread:

This is NOT bull**t. This email came from someone in the team responsible for buying petrol at Tesco HQ. You can tell by the marketing speak!


" Yes its true, another Tesco first, we are trialling a 99 octane super
unleaded petrol grade in 12 sites around the South East of England.

This will be competitvely priced compared to our Oil Company competitors and will be subject to our usual price check so as to ensure we match the lowest price locally for this grade.

It will be labelled as 99 octane and we will therefore always ensure it meets this octane level as a minimum.

So those lucky enough to have scoobies and the like should feel a
benefit in performance without it hitting their pockets too hard.

Roll out to further stores ( in the S.E. area only) depends are how customers respond - so come on down.

We are also selling "standard" super unleaded - 97 octane, in 12 stores based around the Midlands and South Wales, again a trial to gauge customer reaction.

99 OCTANE STORES:
Beford 1
Cheshunt Extra
Crawley Hazelwick
Gallions Reach Extra
Gillingham Kent
Lakeside Extra
Ramsgate Manston
Salisbury 2
Sandhurst Extra
Sevenoaks Riverhead
Stevenage Extra
Winchester

97 OCTANE STORES
Banbury
Bicester 2
Cardiff Extra
Culverhouse Cross
Neath Abbey
Penarth
rdditich Extra
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwick
Worcester

C 8HEP

that is the list! above

stilover

Us peasant's up north, obviously don't have good enough car's to warrant Tesco selling 99 ron up here. Austin Alegro's just don't need it.

icedtoast

I wouldn't use any fuel Tesco or other Supermarkets produce. Still inferior despite the ron.

Optimax may be more but you'll run far better economy and, in my opinion, better performance not to mention better quality of detergents.

Cheapest Shell in Berkshire tends to be the one just off Junc. 11 on the old Reading Road by HP.

Adam M

price of crude oil has gone up this week.

expecting rises in garage forecourts.

supermarket fuel inmho is no worse than normal fuel and from the reports I have seen from those in the know testing tesco's fuel, it has been very well rated.

C 8HEP

lol better performance?!?!. how is it? better economy ? no

it is 1 ron lower than tesco! also if you need 100ron for jap cars and u use 98ron optimax u will need more booster. i would rather use less booster and purer fuel! as for better quality of detergents just becasuse its 'tesco own' and not 'optimax' doesnt mean its bad quality

SirFozzalot

I heard somewhere that it is Esso that produce the 99RON stuff for Tesco.

Just in case you were interested (not even sure if it is true )

G.Mac

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its quite funny litening to folk saying one company fuel is better than another, if you live or work close to a refinary you will see it all comes from the same place just with a different badge.

JPS3290

Just what i was thinking. Its not like every supermarket chain has there own massive oil refinary in the warehouse out back

Only difference is probably any additives added such as in Optimax.

SirFozzalot

True, but different tanks hold different blends, just as 95RON unleaded and 97 RON unleaded are in seperate tanks, so are the different blends, or as mentioned, additives are added when they are loaded into lorries for delivery.

The refinery close to me (not shell) supply local Shell garages, but not Optimax! That all comes from a different refinery.

icedtoast

1 point will still equal better performance, I didn't say it would be significant. A cleaner burning fuel will also give an increased performance and a better economy as it's a more efficient fuel volume per volume.

Detergent wise I base this on reports from a couple of years back so this could easily not be the case now. As far as performance and economy go, just physically driving with the differeing fuels shows for me personally what I'd rather be putting in my cars. Perhaps the percieved peformance gain is more pyschological but the petrol gauge doesn't lie.

Steve777

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91.8 for Optimax in Derby on A52

GREGGYG

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99 octane also at Slough (A4) 91.9p, and Camberley 'The Meadows' 88.9p (junction 4 M3)Tesco's

jonjo

99ron coming to Dover and Folkestone on the 22nd of July...


Joe.....

C 8HEP

meadows 91.9 now

rb5ban91r

exactly what i'm thinking. same goes for most stuff these days, tyres etc

anyway received this off tesco yesterday

Thank you for your email.

I have checked and can confirm that 99 Octane Super unleaded petrol, unique to Tesco this grade is now available in 12 stores around the South East.

It has a very high octane content and will benefit high performance vehicles.

Participating Stores

Bedford 1
Cheshunt Extra
Crawley Hazelwick
Gallions Reach Extra
Gillingham
Lakeside
Ramsgate Manston
Salisbury 2
Sandhurst
Sevenoaks Riverhead
Stevenage
Winchester

We have no plans for it just yet but it hopefully in the future we will roll it out to the rest of the Tesco Petrol Filling Station.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us at customer.service@tesco.co.uk quoting TES1002516X.

Regards

Deepak Kumar
Tesco Customer Service

Tall Paul

Is that the one just up from Wyvern?

M@TT

Tesco's 99 ron has been in Tesco's Colchester (Highwoods) for about 3 weeks now and the GT4 loves it on 88.9p too unless the prices have gone up today !