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Originally Posted by 960kg
These stories go on and on and on and around in circles and you my friend are just another cog in the wheel!
Do you not realise that companies as we have just found out get taken to the courts for misleading the public, and you make a statement like that.
My Father worked for BP at the Isle of Grain when it was there and i have seen ALL tankers come in and fill at the gantry for just one type of fuel but it is the additives that companies put in it to make them better and not just "shots of detergent"
You have to use Premium fuels for Performance cars ,have you never thought of that, and they will not run properly on ordinary fuels.
I have been fortunate to of owned performance cars most of my life and therefore always use the higher octane and cleaner fuel.
I have used Shell V power or Nitro as it is called now for years and when going back to crap fuel in an emergency the motor performs like crap.
I would rather pay for cleaner fuel day by day than have a wretched great bill at the end of the year because the valves have gone west due to carbon deposits.
If anyone cannot tell the difference when putting a better fuel in there car then they are simply not interested in cars or drive really sedately that one cannot tell the difference or there bum is numb !
Also all this GREEN thingy and DPF`s.......you put your cheap nasty dirty fuel in to burn instead of a Premium grade so then the DPF does a regen more often.....and regen`s burn a lot of fuel to get the temperature up to get rid of the crap and all that has been saved because you think you have a GREEN motor then is all let go at once......so much for Expensive Technology that you the consumer buys.
How is Gillingham by the way as that is where i come from....Lol
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Gillingham is still the same awesome place lol
I'm slightly confused by your statement, as you say and as we both know the fuel is exactly the same as it comes from the same refinery. The additive or detergent is double strength for the bigger companies and single strength for supermarkets either way but meet stringent standards.
If you play close attention one leading fuel supplier which has changed the wording for its v power fuels to "may" help engines achieve more mpg and performance.
I have used both and there is no difference whatsoever, I agree that super unleaded worked better in my Clio sport but there is an obvious answer there which didn't involve paying v power and ultimate prices.
Next time you see a tanker filling up on a forecourt have a chat and see what you find out you will be surprised. They may say nothing in fear of getting the sack!!
I'll throw another point in to strengthen my case, a family member of mine has been a mechanic all his life 40 ish years, and he states he has never had to deal with engine issues as a result of buying supermarket fuels instead of expensive well marketed fuels (note these big companies have F1 cars and rally cars to run)
Next please lol