fitzy_88

The reason i ask is that the Sainsbury's at the Kingsgate retail park is doing 97 ron for 82.9 pence, exactly the same price as normal unleaded.

I asked the guy before filling up 'that's definately super in that pump'
He replied 'yeah, definately.. believe it or not it was cheaper than unleaded on saturday'

He reckoned it was some fook up at head office.. i told him not to breath a word and promptly filled it... seemed rude not to.

Euan

BUK

the supermarket in my town is the cheapest for fuel

Spax

50 Pence over here for Super Unleaded

Fudgey

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i have been using sainsburys super unleaded for over a year and not had any probs, but it aint a cossy either...

AlexF

Super market fuel is basic fuel...

that is to say there are very few if any additives that you want.

You'll often find plenty of detergent in the petrol... but then again thats cheaper than fuel LOL.

Stick to someone like Esso/BP/SHell for quality fuel

alex

Rs Gus

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sainsburys is bp fuel saw the tanker filling up my local the other week

B19-TRB

Optimax for me!

Westy

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is BP Ultimate good stuff?

Cola

Right everyone.. LET'S GET HIM!

Oranoco

Supermarkets purchase their fuel from the cheaper Eastern block. They have higher levels of conatamenents than other fuels. I will only use Shell Optimax in the RS and if i have to stick anything else in it's Esso Super Plus or as a final resort BP Ultimate. Do use supermarket fuel in the Audi though as I don't really care about it. Anyway sooner it dies the sooner I can transplant the 1.8 turbo lump into it

Paul Eggleton

Watford Sainsburys for the last year, SUL : 81.0 pence

david

I always put Sainsbury's LRP in the S2 and the saph track car, never had any problems at all with it

vroooom ptssssh

Might of known andy puts it in the track car LOL

rstoughy

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Asda unleaded in the cossie every week

Westy

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thought LRP was a no go on these cars

david

I have always run my S2 on LRP, never heard anything bad about it myself

The Gravedigger

I thought LRP was only a problem if you stick it in a car with a cat??

david

It gets run on whatever he can get his hands on

Graceland

shell in the cossie - 4 times a week at 20 quid a throw

Gee

the fuel has to meet mnimum requrement so should be the same i sure that theres an "industry standard"

AlexD

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I think from Memory:

Tesco Fuel is ESSO Fule
Sainsbury's is BP Fuel
Morrison - God Knows !!
Safeway - Esso Fuel I think Although they are now Morrisons,
If its anything like the cheap beer they sell...


Al...

richm

All SUL will comply to British Standard BS7800 for a minimum requirement.

churchy

LRP is proper gutt rot for cars, over time it erodes the insides. Very bad. Optimax for me, but have used Sainsbury's Super before without any probs

Cossiep

LPG 35 per L

churchy

Edited because I'm a blind fool

Cossiep

Correct Autogas around 35p PL cheap motoring

david

Fuck I hope not ive honestly never heard that before time for a change to super I thinks.

On a lighter note though I was at the petrol station the other week and the female attendant ran out and asked me if I realised that I was filling up with LRP as the car didnt look old enough to run on it its a 17 year old escort FFS

vroooom ptssssh

If andy said wank into the filler cap u wuld

david

wouldnt be the first time

churchy

Ey, there was a program on it a long long time ago. At the end of the day you can't replace lead! They showed a pic of 2 turbines out of a turbo. One LRP, one 4star over 7 years. One was fine, one looked like it had been dipped in acid, not alot left of it!!! Did no-one hear about the conflict of releasing LRP at the time of banning 4star because it was shite?

churchy

Harden ya valve seats and switch to optimax/super

david

Intresting churchy will be using super from now but selling the car anyway so fook changing them

jamesXXX

all fuel comes from the same storage tanks in shell at the stanlow terminal, apart from a few minor additives, i should know, i deliver the stuff!!

~nomad~

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had to put supermarket fuel in the frst the other day and it ran awful.

James Raby

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Got some guy that delivers out TESCO fuel

Says only ones to use is ESSO and BP as they have thiere own storage tanks, and not shared like the others (also have better additives in the fuel)

Shell petrol he says is rubbish, uh ok mate...(to a point I was listening)

pauldudley

octane anybody ? bring back 5* not the sh*t pop band high octane fuel with enough lead to sink a kitchin ......!!!!!!....

AJC

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from memory BP ultimate is 97 Ron
and Optimax 98 Ron
so either, or!!!

Eagle

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good ol sainsburys super unleaded for me ..did the last 3 track days on it .. no probs

pauldudley

esso at purfleet surply tesco

Deano

Right Im feel I can answer this one seeing as though its kinda my field

Last year I passed my ADR course and trained as a Tanker driver and was offered a job with BP Fuels working from the kingsbury petrol terminal .

ALL THE PETROL DELIVERED TO SUPERMARKETS ARE THE SAME AS WHAT YOU WOULD BUY FROM ANY SPECIALIST RETAILER eg BP ESSO SHELL .

The supermarkets arent intrested in making a profit from petrol sales at all an in actuall fact sell petrol at a LOSS !

This is because they think by selling the cheaper petrol you will start using their supermarket for your food shop .

Which when you think about it is good economics , if you spend say £75 on a weekly food shop they reward you with knocking a couple of quid of the price of a fill up but theyve already made £50 off you from the shopping