Tesco Super 99 or 97 Octane - Page 2

Nocomplaints1977 · Jun 7th, 2007, 19:46

Will be using Shell from now on! Only trouble is my local on is on a main road and charges over £1 a litre for it just cause they are on the main road to Weston Super Mare. Time to do a little searching for one that doesn't take the proverbial.

acshortt5 · Jun 7th, 2007, 20:21

Having worked at various petrol stations I can vouch that the supermarkets indeed get poorer quality fuel, by the sounds of it Tesco's appears to be worst. Companies like Jet and Esso are generally fueled by Conoco who refine their fuel to a better quality (more additives) Shell & BP of course do their own fuel which is refined even better. Most of the supermarket fuel comes from the continent and generally doesn't get as well refined. We recently had a crisis in the south east (I'm in Peterborough) where silicon was found in petrol. Suprise...it was just supermarket fuel which was affected (and not just Tesco's!)

Regarding the vpower I put a tank in my s70 t5 and while it gave a little bit more performance economy went down. (maybe due to my enthusisatic driving). I find BP ultimate very expensive to say it is only 97 RON.

The best compromise I have found so far is either shell regular fuel 95 RON which gives fair performance for a decent price or Jet Super 97 RON which gives really good economy and decent performance.

Hope this is useful.

v70rade · Jun 8th, 2007, 00:14

I went through a phase of using Tesco 99, for convenience following a house move and within a month I was having cold start idle problems, when i removed the spark plugs (only two months after last checking them), they were quite sooty. I replaced the plugs and switched to V-Power. That was four months ago and I've had no re-occurance. Performance is good and on average I'm getting 2mpg more from the V-Power than any other fuel I've used. V-Power all the way for me!

TheG · Jun 8th, 2007, 01:42

I have to admit, I was happy with the tesco 99 RON stuff until I put V power in. The car is a completely different beast with V power! So much more power, quite a bit more boost, and now there's no more soot over the boot on runs like there was before. I used tescos stuff because there's one near both of the places where I mainly am. I'm going to have to find a shell near my main place, the car loves it!

oh yeah, forgot to add that V power also gives 2-3 more MPG. One would expect this though as tesco stuff is boosted by bioethanol, not high quality fuel.

Jun 7th, 2007, 19:46	#1
Nocomplaints1977 S40R The Yellow Peril Last Online: Nov 6th, 2014 21:25 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chippenham	Will be using Shell from now on! Only trouble is my local on is on a main road and charges over £1 a litre for it just cause they are on the main road to Weston Super Mare. Time to do a little searching for one that doesn't take the proverbial. __________________ 1995 Volvo 850R Slushbox 2004 Volvo S60R 'The greatest British inventions were built by men with flat caps in sheds' - James May

Jun 7th, 2007, 20:21	#2
acshortt5 Volvo Nutcase Last Online: Jul 14th, 2023 12:57 Join Date: May 2007 Location: N/A View Photos By: acshortt5	Having worked at various petrol stations I can vouch that the supermarkets indeed get poorer quality fuel, by the sounds of it Tesco's appears to be worst. Companies like Jet and Esso are generally fueled by Conoco who refine their fuel to a better quality (more additives) Shell & BP of course do their own fuel which is refined even better. Most of the supermarket fuel comes from the continent and generally doesn't get as well refined. We recently had a crisis in the south east (I'm in Peterborough) where silicon was found in petrol. Suprise...it was just supermarket fuel which was affected (and not just Tesco's!) Regarding the vpower I put a tank in my s70 t5 and while it gave a little bit more performance economy went down. (maybe due to my enthusisatic driving). I find BP ultimate very expensive to say it is only 97 RON. The best compromise I have found so far is either shell regular fuel 95 RON which gives fair performance for a decent price or Jet Super 97 RON which gives really good economy and decent performance. Hope this is useful. __________________ Andrew 1998 S70 T5 CD AUTO Previously a 1990 240 GLT-R

Jun 8th, 2007, 00:14	#3
v70rade Proud R owner Last Online: Aug 29th, 2018 09:56 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Salisbury	I went through a phase of using Tesco 99, for convenience following a house move and within a month I was having cold start idle problems, when i removed the spark plugs (only two months after last checking them), they were quite sooty. I replaced the plugs and switched to V-Power. That was four months ago and I've had no re-occurance. Performance is good and on average I'm getting 2mpg more from the V-Power than any other fuel I've used. V-Power all the way for me! __________________ V70 R Phase 3, Laser Blue, 04 C70 grille, OEM Strut brace, RICA 330.

Jun 8th, 2007, 01:42	#4
TheG growl, woosh! Last Online: Feb 5th, 2018 15:46 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London View Photos By: TheG	I have to admit, I was happy with the tesco 99 RON stuff until I put V power in. The car is a completely different beast with V power! So much more power, quite a bit more boost, and now there's no more soot over the boot on runs like there was before. I used tescos stuff because there's one near both of the places where I mainly am. I'm going to have to find a shell near my main place, the car loves it! oh yeah, forgot to add that V power also gives 2-3 more MPG. One would expect this though as tesco stuff is boosted by bioethanol, not high quality fuel. __________________ Tom

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