Local garage bins Super Unleaded.

[Yipper]

Super unleaded makes up less than 20% of total UK vehicle fuel sales, so some petrol stations, particularly in rural or poor areas, can find it marginal to stock super unleaded.

[MarshPhantom]

Yipper said:

Super unleaded makes up less than 20% of total UK vehicle fuel sales, so some petrol stations, particularly in rural or poor areas, can find it marginal to stock super unleaded.

So they're throwing 20% of their profits away. This is within the M25 and also incredibly busy place most of the time.

[amancalledrob]

Baldchap said:

Not all modern bikes are soulless...

Of course, there are plenty of modern bikes I love. I just don't like any of them as much as I like mine

Edited by amancalledrob on Thursday 8th December 11:03

[Loyly]

markymarkthree said:

Its popular at my new local Shell, every day I see folk putting it in their std cars and when questioned they haven't a clue.

Do you regularly approach people at the petrol station and question their choice of fuel?

[tomjol]

MarshPhantom said:

So they're throwing 20% of their profits away. This is within the M25 and also incredibly busy place most of the time.

One imagines (perhaps naively, but nonetheless) that the operators of the site have made some kind of cost/benefit assessment in order to come to their conclusion not to stock super...

[speedking31]

poing said:

They tested a few performance cars but I think it was the BMW M5 that kept the same bhp no matter the fuel due to a clever ECU.

Should have tried 50/50 petrol/water

[markymarkthree]

Loyly said:

Do you regularly approach people at the petrol station and question their choice of fuel?

Yep!!!
I see it as doing them a favour, as said earlier in the thread yesterday a plasterer in his van was just about to put fancy diesel in his van, he thanked me and moved to another pump. The majority I see are women in smallish cars.
Today it was a chap in a sporty looking Alfa, I didn't say anything as it was probably correct for his car.

[Trabi601]

'Women in smallish cars'

One could argue you're giving poor advice as many of the new small turbo engines will benefit from Super, or in the case of the VAG group cars, it is the manufacturer's recommendation.

[motco]

There's a petrol station about five miles from here that still sells leaded 4 Star.

[DoubleD]

markymarkthree said:

Loyly said:

Do you regularly approach people at the petrol station and question their choice of fuel?

Yep!!!
I see it as doing them a favour, as said earlier in the thread yesterday a plasterer in his van was just about to put fancy diesel in his van, he thanked me and moved to another pump. The majority I see are women in smallish cars.
Today it was a chap in a sporty looking Alfa, I didn't say anything as it was probably correct for his car.

You need a new hobby

[PositronicRay]

DoubleD said:

markymarkthree said:

Loyly said:

Do you regularly approach people at the petrol station and question their choice of fuel?

Yep!!!
I see it as doing them a favour, as said earlier in the thread yesterday a plasterer in his van was just about to put fancy diesel in his van, he thanked me and moved to another pump. The majority I see are women in smallish cars.
Today it was a chap in a sporty looking Alfa, I didn't say anything as it was probably correct for his car.

You need a new hobby

Mark mark @ petrol station earlier.....................

[DoubleD]

Ha ha ha

[markymarkthree]

DoubleD said:

You need a new hobby

Nowt wrong with helping people, although these days some folk see it as weird.

[Jonno02]

Personally, I wouldn't buy a premium fuel. The cupra 290 I have coming will be on bog standard petrol all the way.

Doesn't mean to say it's not got any benefit, but for me, it's regular petrol.

[daemon]

amancalledrob said:

daemon said:

We've no choice here in NI. The highest rated fuel is 97RON. To get higher than that for our previous 370z GT, we used to add an octane booster.

Must be a very high compression engine for that to be necessary. They make a great noise, too

It would run on 95RON if it had to, but it dropped the power by doing so. Wouldnt begrudge it a few extra pennies on fuel

[Jim AK]

markymarkthree said:

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Nowt wrong with helping people, although these days some folk see it as weird.

Think I'd probably tell you to do one actually.

1. My car runs much better on V Power Diesel, used it since new, & one time I had to buy ordinary I actually stopped the car after a couple of miles because it was running lumpy & I wondered if I'd put in petrol by accident.

2. It's my money so il use it as I see fit.

[kambites]

I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone using the "super diesel" pumps. I don't even know what the difference is supposed to be; obviously it's not octane rating.

[Riley Blue]

kambites said:

I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone using the "super diesel" pumps. I don't even know what the difference is supposed to be; obviously it's not octane rating.

'Cetane' is the diesel buzz word roughly equivalent to 'octane' I believe.

[markymarkthree]

Jim AK said:

Think I'd probably tell you to do one actually.

1. My car runs much better on V Power Diesel, used it since new, & one time I had to buy ordinary I actually stopped the car after a couple of miles because it was running lumpy & I wondered if I'd put in petrol by accident.

2. It's my money so il use it as I see fit.

Fair shout, plasterer in van thanked me for saving him money, same thanks received from every other person i mention it to.
I don't have a problem with V fuel i have always used it in one of my Cortina's since its restoration, i just think its a shame a lot of folk waste money puting it in their cars unknowingly.

[daemon]

kambites said:

I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone using the "super diesel" pumps. I don't even know what the difference is supposed to be; obviously it's not octane rating.

Cleaning additives i guess?

I'd a Jag X Type 2.2D and i ran it on regular diesel, but i added Millers diesel additive. Worked out a lot cheaper and i knew exactly what i was getting.