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Fuel - Supermarket or Branded?Views : 7949 Replies : 94Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Branded | 52 | 44.07% | |
Supermarket | 44 | 37.29% | |
Whatever I Get to First | 22 | 18.64% | |
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Apr 11th, 2021, 23:03 | #61 | |
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If you cannot feel the difference then perhaps not worth using the more pricey option.
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Apr 12th, 2021, 00:11 | #62 |
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I would guess that the handbook says that 95 is fine, perhaps gives it as a minimum.
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Apr 12th, 2021, 00:28 | #63 | |
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But certainly as far as performance is concerned - Appears to be negligible. Or certainly feels that way.
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Apr 27th, 2021, 08:33 | #64 |
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I only use Shell. VPower or otherwise depending on car 👍
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May 2nd, 2021, 20:21 | #65 |
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no diesel fuel available in the uk is pure diesel it all has a percentage of bio fuel
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Jul 27th, 2021, 10:42 | #66 |
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Whatever is available when I need a fill. I worked in the oil industry for may years and have no technical or moral concerns about supermarket fuel - the care taken with the storage facilities, and the deliigence of the tanker drivers when it comes to putting their load in the correct reservoir make a far greater difference.
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Aug 10th, 2021, 13:44 | #67 |
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I was at a lab testing contaminated diesel (ships) with a top man in the field. he smiled when I asked the difference in fuel . he said they are likely to have come from the same import tanker, and then some companies use additives for more expensive versions of that same fuel.
Some of it is just snake oil.......and differences in performance merely perception. |
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Aug 10th, 2021, 14:18 | #68 | |
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Aug 10th, 2021, 19:29 | #69 | |
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Cause somehow I had better mpg and engine felt more "alive" on German cheap E95 than on any petrol in UK.. Now your post tells me that most probably it doesn't matter where I buy fuel in UK, it will be the same anyway.. Oops.. yet another thing done to "whichever way is easier" standard? Oops2. (Deleted)
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Aug 11th, 2021, 00:25 | #70 | |
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What about the V Power stuff? Is that just produced in the same refinery, loaded onto a wagon & additives pumped into it or something?
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