Cumbrian Shell V power - a rant

[The_Doc]

Running on fumes this morning, late for work and I roll into WHITEHAVEN with 4 miles to go on the trip computer. 997 C2S

onto t'Internet (yes they have it in Whitehaven) to find my local Shell V-power, and see the map above. That's Whitehaven on the far left with the marker flag on it, just next to the rats nest, and Ireland.

Is this some sort of joke?

Do Shell have something against West Cumbria?

Am I going to stoop as low as putting BP Ultimate in my tank?

what is the (first) world coming to?

I might sell my car and buy a trawler ship, fill up with fish oil and sail off to Ireland, or whatever land you can see from the docks here, is it Canada?

And what's worse, yes worse, I got a £2.50 Shell Fuel Voucher WITH FREE deli2go (shudder) Bacon and Cheese Bap yesterday in the post from Shell.

grumble

/rant over

Edited by The_Doc on Thursday 26th May 13:54

[The_Doc]

xjay1337 said:

If only Tesco also sold 99 Octane.

https://www.tescopfs.com/petrol-station-finder?pos...

oooh,

but Supermarket Fuel is made with Arsenic and Mistrust though isn't it?

Does my German Go-wagon drink this muck?

/potentially libellous query

[The_Doc]

Here's what one of the forecourt staff told me last week:

"The base fuels are the same. But the only people to take a supply of 99 octane in the UK are Shell and Tesco - taking 100% of the UK capacity, and importing more from Holland, too!

As for additives - the oil multiples obviously spend a lot more on research, especially those with a heavy involvement in motorsport - whereas the supermarkets take an off the shelf additive pack, which may not even be consistent between deliveries.

Supermarket fuels won't cause the engine to gunk up in the short term, but he said they're pretty confident the non-supermarket additives will stop most carbonisation / varnish type deposits, as well as helping to clean what is there.

The interesting one is diesel - although there's no 'octane' as such - the Nitro+ diesel is definitely significantly cleaner - He said he ran a BMW and didn't suffer with any sooty deposits on the back of the car, and the DPF had never shown a regen cycle! "

interesting

[The_Doc]

spoonerh said:

should you be driving a car like that pulling any crap up from the tank
perhaps you should get yourself a volvo or had you left your credit cards
at home my car holds about £80 worth of fuel
shame on you

Eh?

[The_Doc]

Soooo. thread update.

The Shell garage in the middle of Carlisle has had its tanks filled-in and abandoned by Shell as they couldn't get an insurance requested guarantee that it won't flood out again. Nice to know eh?

So I buy SuperUL from Tesco's, where they have 99 RON and Shell on the A69 east of Brampton. Usually in a ratio of 3:1 visits.

Nobody is really interested in premium petrol in North Cumbria, should have worked this out really as there's no Porsche/Supercar/etc dealership nearby.

The point about UK average non-premium petrol being RON 95 is well made, the US having averages around 87. We should just be happy with what we have. I do believe all the stuff about additives in Branded petrol.

[The_Doc]

I had to expensively repair the Diesel Particulate Filter on my X5 after it finally clogged completely at 80k. BMW wanted £2,400 for a new part. I reconditioned it.

Maybe because I only filled it with Supermarket diesel

For the sake of 3p a liter I'm going to use a variety of sources, eg not only Branded or Supermarket

As for the Porsche, for the sake of 8ish pence a litre, on a £90grand car, I'm happy to spend.