Motoring Discussion > Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? Miscellaneous
Thread Author: BobbyG Replies: 11
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 21:14 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - BobbyG
I know I know I know, I just couldn't resist!!!!!! :)

Can I get the award of first ever read-only?????
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 21:20 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Old Navy
Red diesel is best!
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 21:22 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - -
Turn you cheap supermarket fuel into premium by using Millers.....remember your heard it here first folks..;)
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 21:23 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Fenlander
Did anyone ever notice the banner advert over on HJ for a red diesel supplier that popped up now and again. I could think of no good reason to have that on a motoring website...
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 21:25 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - RattleandSmoke
Probably from google adds :)
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 21:29 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Zero
look

on a serious note. I am now using Shell V power, or whatever the good soup is called.

I have done nearly 3k miles in the lancer. It has a fairly low state of tune 16v 1.6 and has been programed on the lean side, I assume for better consumption figures. It has (had) a slightly dead feel when first coming off the idle control valve. The good soup cures this feature, plus gives about 3mpg more on a run. As it only has a small 45 litre tank, filling it with expensive soup does not feel too painful.

So the lancer get alternate tesoburyson regular and shell expensive stuff.

I tried the millars. It was expensive pants.
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 22:17 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Runfer D'Hills
I have one diesel car which definitely runs better and gets much better economy on posh diesel and another one which doesn't. This therefore proves not much I suppose.
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New Tue 23 Feb 10 07:11 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Focusless
>> So the lancer get alternate tesoburyson regular and shell expensive stuff.

Have you tried the Tescos high octane (99?) stuff? IIRC quite a bit cheaper than Shell - might save you a bit, if it works.
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New Tue 23 Feb 10 07:46 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Iffy
...Can I get the award of first ever read-only?????....

Hopefully we'll not get quite so many of those.

Many of the threads that were made read-only on the old place would have been better left to drop down the board as people lost interest/deliberately ignored them.

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New Tue 23 Feb 10 07:55 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Fenlander
>>>Many of the threads that were made read-only on the old place would have been better left to drop down the board as people lost interest/deliberately ignored them.

Yes quite. Out of other car forums, Land Rover ones, Hi-Fi, DIY, Cameras etc the old place was the only one I used where thread locking was a regular issue.

Because it was used so much over there frequent posters would often call for the locking of a thread on the thread involved therefore keeping it at the top longer.
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New Tue 23 Feb 10 16:41 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - Davejavu
Many of you are talking about diesels/fuel economy, about which this clip does not provide much information. Nevertheless, this 'Fifth Gear' study is very telling in terms of performance, related to the car you drive:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDHwCWdrtdg&feature=related
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New Tue 23 Feb 10 16:54 
 Supermarket fuel vs premium fuel?? - R.P.
Had this very argument last night - MX5 Tesco's Finest fuel and Honda Mainstream suppliers, Usually Shell or Esso - Used the V Power diesel no different in economy or perceived performance, my old Golf GTi - drank nothing other than V Power and was a stunning car to drive.
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