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Ahh.. but what type of electricity is it? If it is nuclear generated you will get less mpg in your greenmobile than if it is generated using wind power.
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7th June 2019, 09:21 | #23 |
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7th June 2019, 13:04 | #24 | |
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As my experience is 25 years ago and a lot may have changed since then and fully understand why anyone doing a high mileage would go for the cheapest fuel available as its so expensive now. Being fortunate enough that I can cycle to work my total annual mileage in all cars is no more than 6000. One tip I will offer is if I see a tanker delivering to a petrol station I won't fill up there right after as any sediment and water at the bottom of the storage tank is intially stirred up by the discharge and needs time to settle. |
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7th June 2019, 18:07 | #25 |
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They used to draw fuel at the BP refinery on the Isle of Grain. Along with Fina, from what I recall dad said, all major brands drew their fuel from there. Recall hearing stories from neighbours talking to him, stating that the 'old Prefect or Consul would only run on Shell, where another's Cresta would only run on BP. You don't hear that conversation theses days!!! Bringing this up to date, the same conversation would now be Mr Green's Nissan Leaf runs better on SSE electric, where as next door, Mr Jones gets a better charge and range on Eon power!!! I have near enough always used supermarket fuel in the ZT, although it is petrol, and have used their diesel in the E350. That said, when chatting to them about fuels, the independent Mercedes garage that services it did say that there are less additives in supermarket fuel than in premium brands like Esso etc. Never personally had a problem though. As a footnote, with regards to diesel and fuel prices, there used to be a 1 / 2p difference, but now up to 10p or more in some cases. Greedy wholesalers / retailers I suppose robbing the motorist once again!!! Regards, Dave. Last edited by daveb57; 9th June 2019 at 06:10.. |
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Badditives - Biodiesel
:Yes, but.................something can go wrong
To borrow a saying used by a learned and respected member, "the twoof is out there" (at least I think that's what he said) http://www.mycleandiesel.com/pages/Biodiesel.aspx There was a huge and well reported incidence of bad biodiesel getting to the pumps about 6 years ago. it affected whole fleets of company cars. Things are obviously better now, but using diesel with biodiesel additives is like playing Russian roulette - albeit with a very large chamber. I've got the bullet a couple of times.
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10th June 2019, 09:40 | #28 |
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Remember when we would put tigers in our tanks. I found this on an old VHS tape some years ago and felt it worth preserving.
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10th June 2019, 12:20 | #29 |
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10th June 2019, 18:34 | #30 |
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I remember Fina,and National Benzole. All now long gone into the biggest companies around today.
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