s70rjw

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According to the Telegraph Motoring Section,24/9/05, Griffiths/Owens Imprezas used Tesco 99RON in the Wales Rally GB. The y describe it as being 5% bio ethanol. It will soon be available at 100 stores

Swen6

I already use it, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, and the Tring Rd store in Aylesbury have it and i know there are other places, as they've been posted.

KEVWRX95

And for those stupid amongst us what does bio ethanol exactly mean ????????? I take it it's a good thing.................mapped on Tesco's Crawley by the way

AndyMoody

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Got it in most around Milton Keynes now.

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...762171,00.html

Mr_Wid

Got it in kettering now too!

Terminator X

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Isn't supermarket petrol **** though regardless if it's 99 RON or not ... ?

I wouldn't use supermarket fuel in an old banger let alone a performance car.

TX.

Varboy

I took the same line of thought though I've heard it's good **** ****

Don't know if I could stand the massive queues that have though

BLACK V5

So you think tesco have there own rigs and refinerys do you? It has to come from one of the major oil companies to start with.

Fizz

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most tesco's around here took off leaded petrol and replaced them with..... Diesel.. GRRR most pumsp how have an unleaded and two diesel pumps what's the thinking in that.... no super at all!!!

s70rjw

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What do you base your statement on?..All Supermarket petrol has a BS number so meets the industry standard

Varboy

In defence, I have been told by every manufacturer from whom I have purchased a new car, not to run it on Supermarket.

THere is probably some science behind this, but I dont know what. ? additives in proprietary petrol? or just a collusion between car makers and Shell?

When it comes to something you have paid a lot of money for, it's a far more prudent to 'believe the hype' why bother doing your own experiment and compromising your car?

minted_aye

Ran my sti ppp uk on the tesco 99 ron, must admit it did not like it, changed back to optimax

SiDHEaD

Yes that makes me grrrrrrrrr too. The one in Cheltenham has 95,97 and some black shyte. Still no 99

Trap2Terrorist

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I don't put supermarket fuel in my MY01 WRX either, IIRC they import fuel from Europe, etc. at a cheaper price, therefore making it easier for them to offer it at a cheaper rate.

It may meet the BS requirements but I bet your engine would run 'cleaner' over a period of time if run on BP/Shell/etc.

flat4_ire

get u some 114ron, its the job!!

Terminator X

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I always use Shell as I've heard that it is good quality - Optimax when I had an ITR and an Sti then their diesel now that I have a 330d ...

TX.

Swen6

My mum's fella use to work at an Fuel Depot, it's all the same stuff, i used to have the same narrow minded thoughts

But as stated Tesco's don't have their own rigs, it's supplied my one of the big companies.

Nick Read

I can't believe anyone is really that naive as to believe that 'petrol company' fuel is any better than 'supermarket' fuel. As already mentioned over and over again, supermarkets are NOT oil companies. They do not have their own refineries, all they do is buy it off oil companies and resell it under their own brand, just like Weetabix making Tesco's own brand 'wheat biscuits', Heinz making baked beans for supermarket own brands, and your gas and electricity at home being identical to your next door neigbours regardless of whether you bought it from Scottish Power (for example) or got ripped off by British Gas.

And as far as the thing goes of car manufacturers 'recommending' fancy Shell/BP/etc fuel, of course they will if they've a vested interest in doing so. If you're on the inside, there's bound to be a link somewhere. Car manufacturers have always had links with oil and fuel companies.

If the fuel meets the octane standard that your car requires and it also meets the BS standard, then it is guaranteed to be of a certain quality, simple as that.

tath

Ehh no. Supermarket fuel is cacky european 90RON that's boosted up to 95, 97 or 99. Shell 95RON is refined to 95.

Swen6

So why do all the lorries at the refiney 5mins from where i live, have all variety of brands on, Shell, Total, Sainsbury, Tesco???

tath

The brand is immaterial - cheap petrol has always been lower octane stuff that's boosted. Perhaps that's changed now, but that's certainly how it used to be.

Swen6

Well my Scoob goes like stink so i'm happy and i'll keep using Tesco's Swen6

WRXtra power

And where did you source that bo!!ocks from?

I can't belive after all this time, people are still talking about Tesco99 V's Shell Optimax.

<YAWN>

WRXPete

If all the different petrol sellers are getting their fuel from the same depot, which they are, and not doing anything to the petrol on the way, then it must be the same stuff..
What we really all want to confirm is that Tesco 99 looks after your engine the same way Optimax does, or does Optimax indeed have extra cleaning stuff which is lacking in the 99 ron stuff.

s70rjw

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So why did the Subaru team use it for rally of Wales GB if its so bad? Do you not think they would have put some thought into it? as far as running "cleaner" Nope best its ever run is on 99RON and around 30miles extra per tank.

tath

if it's boring you then why reply?

It's not bollocks, it's how it's always been - i didn't mention tesco99 it could be made from distilled yak *** for all i know.

WRXtra power

What a Tool......... You said

"Ehh no. Supermarket fuel is cacky european 90RON that's boosted up to 95, 97 or 99. Shell 95RON is refined to 95."

Is Tesco's not a supermarket then dumb ***? I'd like to know where you got this info from. You made such a bold statement and just wondered how you could back it up.

If you can't back it up, shut up!

Besides, why would they start with so called cacky 90RON european fuel when they could just use 100RON european fuel and then they wouldn't need to add anything.

WRXtra power

I second this...

If it's good enough for the pro's then nothing anyone says on here can degrade it for general use on an everyday performance road car such as a Scooby.

warrenm2

AFAIK it all comes from the same refineries, but "branded" fuel will have various detergents/other additives in them, whereas "supermarket" fuels will have a cheaper/smaller additive package.

tath

Oooh stop you're making me cry you big girl. I think you meant numb **** as i've spent the evening taking it up the old boy from cockgoblins such as yourself.

edit: and as to where i get my info, my best mate works for:

www.fugro-robertson.com

Go figure pindick.