Hi All
I have here a debate for you all, After speaking to a friend of mine the other day he informed me that he won't go near supermarket fuel as he says it is made form bio fuel and is of a lower grade and therefore says it is bad for your car,
I however regularly fill up at the local superamarket as it is convenient and have always thought that it is the same fuel as is sold everywhere, but it has got me thinking, is there any truth in what he is saying? i know how good this forum is at giving advice so please let me know what your opinions are.
Regards,
Maretz
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Well,I dont know about you, but can you see supermarkets paying out for refineries to produce own fuel,because I cant..
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Steve
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Maretz, I am afraid that you (hopefully) won't get a debate on this!
No offence, but its been debated to the nth degree on here many a time and I don't think there has ever been a conclusion!
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No offence, but its been debated to the nth degree on here many a time and I don't think there has ever been a conclusion!
Agreed! :)
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Unleaded prices near me the other day.
Tesco wanted 1p pre litre MORE then Shell, so for the first time in ages I stuck some of there stuff in the tank.
Also Shell had ran out of the V Power fuel as it had suddenly become very popular, plenty of normal unleaded at the pumps though.
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All fuel sold has to meet the same minimum requirement and it is a legal EU requirement that all engines sold in the EU must be able to run on 95 RON(which is the minimum spec) and,in fact,have to pass a Government observed test to show this.All the fuel you buy,branded or unbranded,is likely to come from the same group of refineries.
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And before someone jumps in with both feet-that is for gasoline;there is a similar spec and tests for diesel.
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With the sole exception of Shell V-Power (assuming the policy is the same as its predecessor Optimax), all fuel has the same, or at least very similar, base stock, and the companies trade it between themselves, supermarkets included.
If any difference exists, it's in the additives put in the tankers as they leave the storage depots (or in some cases put in the tanks from which they load). I say "if", but I do believe that there are differences, and personally I stick with Shell V-Power.
There is anecdotal evidence, and indeed reports from tanker drivers, that the additive packages used by supermarkets have been weaker than those used in the major branded fuels, and I have seen a report of additive-free supermarket fuel; it could be that this is changing or has already changed.
Whatever you believe -- and so much of this is a matter of belief, much to the delight of the fuel companies making claims about the superiority of their products -- there is plenty of anecdotal evidence (not least in HJ's archives) that problems experienced with supermarket fuels have disappeared when those drivers switched to a branded fuel. Equally, there are plenty of reports from those who always use supermarket fuels without any problem at all. Believe what you will.
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As so many people claim that shell etc are better, yet I've owned a car that actually ran better on supermarket fuel than anything else I think the simple answer is this.
Run your car as low on fuel as you dare then fill up with supermarket fuel.
Then repeat this but filling up with shell etc.
Then you can decide for yourself which is better.
Of course V-Power is a different question.
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