Tesco Fuel

driverjgp · 26th November 2006, 15:00

When we went shopping the other week Tesco was doing an offer where if you spend over £50 on food you will get a voucher for 5p off every litre of fuel you buy on the pumps, so I thought I'd run the tank down before I fill up to get the most out of the offer, so sure enough the petrol low warning light came on and went to Tesco where I filled up with £46 worth of fuel and with the voucher it bought down to about £43, the point is I felt that the car didn't feel as responsive and as quick as my normal fuel (shell regular) I didn't get as many miles to the gallon either.

Has anybody else noticed a difference when using supermarket fuels?

Zeb · 26th November 2006, 15:05

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Originally Posted by driverjgp

When we went shopping the other week Tesco was doing an offer where if you spend over £50 on food you will get a voucher for 5p off every litre of fuel you buy on the pumps, so I thought I'd run the tank down before I fill up to get the most out of the offer, so sure enough the petrol low warning light came on and went to Tesco where I filled up with £46 worth of fuel and with the voucher it bought down to about £43, the point is I felt that the car didn't feel as responsive and as quick as my normal fuel (shell regular) I didn't get as many miles to the gallon either.

Has anybody else noticed a difference when using supermarket fuels?

Same fuel, different name.....it comes out of the same refinery. I used to see the lorries come out of Fawley refinery...my there were a lot of different companies!

BTW YOU MISSED OUT DIESEL IN YOUR POLL! :-)

Roverron · 26th November 2006, 15:08

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Originally Posted by driverjgp

When we went shopping the other week Tesco was doing an offer where if you spend over £50 on food you will get a voucher for 5p off every litre of fuel you buy on the pumps, so I thought I'd run the tank down before I fill up to get the most out of the offer, so sure enough the petrol low warning light came on and went to Tesco where I filled up with £46 worth of fuel and with the voucher it bought down to about £43, the point is I felt that the car didn't feel as responsive and as quick as my normal fuel (shell regular) I didn't get as many miles to the gallon either.

Has anybody else noticed a difference when using supermarket fuels?

Yes, even though I always add Millers DPP to the fuel, I find Shell Extra to be the best. I also find that Total diesel is no better than supermarket fuel, of which Morrisons' and Asda's were the worst.

Ron

driverjgp · 26th November 2006, 15:11

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Originally Posted by Zebedeedooday

Same fuel, different name.....it comes out of the same refinery. I used to see the lorries come out of Fawley refinery...my there were a lot of different companies!

BTW YOU MISSED OUT DIESEL IN YOUR POLL! :-)

The poll is to just highlight weather super or regular is the most popular amongst petrol users.

driverjgp · 26th November 2006, 15:25

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Originally Posted by Roverron

Yes, even though I always add Millers DPP to the fuel, I find Shell Extra to be the best. I also find that Total diesel is no better than supermarket fuel, of which Morrisons' and Asda's were the worst.

Ron

I agree its the same with the petrol I notice a big difference and if you gave me two cars with the same engine I reckon I can still tell which is running on the supermarket fuel.

chris75 · 26th November 2006, 15:35

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Originally Posted by Zebedeedooday

Same fuel, different name.....it comes out of the same refinery. I used to see the lorries come out of Fawley refinery...my there were a lot of different companies!

BTW YOU MISSED OUT DIESEL IN YOUR POLL! :-)

I live near a shell refinery , and its quite right all sorts of firms take fuel from there . But, I am told that it does not have the additives put in that the Shell branded fuels have . In the case of Vtec , it's the additives that make the noticeable difference imo.

tourerfogey · 26th November 2006, 15:57

chris75 is absolutely right.

Son-in-law is site manager of a Jet outlet (formerly BP) and the branded fuels have different additives than those sold to the Supermarket chains hence the difference in performance - and economy - so, 'cheap' supermarket fuel is often not really as cheap as it seems.

Roverron · 26th November 2006, 16:13

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Originally Posted by Zebedeedooday

Same fuel, different name.....it comes out of the same refinery. I used to see the lorries come out of Fawley refinery...my there were a lot of different companies!

BTW YOU MISSED OUT DIESEL IN YOUR POLL! :-)

I think the additives are added when the tanker is filled. So all may use the same raw derv, but what is in the tankers varies.

Ron

Tootall · 26th November 2006, 16:26

I know for a fact i get more miles per tank from Shell diesel than from a tank of Morrisons fuel.

driverjgp · 26th November 2006, 18:56

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Originally Posted by Tootall

I know for a fact i get more miles per tank from Shell diesel than from a tank of Morrisons fuel.

So it is not just my imagination.

View Poll Results: Do you use regular unleaded or super unleaded?
Regular unleaded	21	61.76%
Super unleaded e.g v-power etc...	13	38.24%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

26th November 2006, 15:00	#1
driverjgp Gets stuck in Rover 75 Club 2.5 V6 Auto Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ipswich Posts: 573 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tesco Fuel When we went shopping the other week Tesco was doing an offer where if you spend over £50 on food you will get a voucher for 5p off every litre of fuel you buy on the pumps, so I thought I'd run the tank down before I fill up to get the most out of the offer, so sure enough the petrol low warning light came on and went to Tesco where I filled up with £46 worth of fuel and with the voucher it bought down to about £43, the point is I felt that the car didn't feel as responsive and as quick as my normal fuel (shell regular) I didn't get as many miles to the gallon either. Has anybody else noticed a difference when using supermarket fuels? __________________ Kind Regards Jason Player Woodbridge, Suffolk Money can't buy happiness. But it sure makes misery easier to live with. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Rover 75 Club Auto K-Series 2.5 Litre Quad Cam 24 Valve in Steel Blue December 2000 Cowley build.

26th November 2006, 15:57	#7
tourerfogey Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	chris75 is absolutely right. Son-in-law is site manager of a Jet outlet (formerly BP) and the branded fuels have different additives than those sold to the Supermarket chains hence the difference in performance - and economy - so, 'cheap' supermarket fuel is often not really as cheap as it seems.

26th November 2006, 16:26	#9
Tootall Gets stuck in ZTT - CDTi Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sat at my laptop Posts: 609 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I know for a fact i get more miles per tank from Shell diesel than from a tank of Morrisons fuel.