£99 for a fill up!!!

Got a Nissan X trail out here and by putting in 97 as opposed to 91 it's more economical per mile for me to use the more expensive.
Filling up in UK is gonna be a mega shock as for last 5.5 years been paying around $2.08 /L so around 1.04 GBP. Petrol prices are pretty much the same everywhere here apart from the really remote areas and even then not majorly more.
 
triple_bogey said:
According to tests, the high octane fuels(97 or above) has no benefits on normal road cars.
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I use V-power in my car. When I tank up with v-power compared to supermarket fuel I get about 40miles more per tank. The engine runs alot smoother too.
I feel no power difference but I do notice a smoother delivery. It costs about £5 extra to fill up with v-power, that 40miles would cost me close to £10 with supermarket fuel. For me its a no brainer.
 
Interesting topic.

Never heard of fuel sold from different sources giving variable returns in mileage, surely there should be some kind of disclosure or transparency rather than just the price!

I try very hard with all my purchases to support independent sellers and stay away from Supermarkets, after-all, I believe those independent businesses, which include franchises of blue chip brands, contribute a lot to the system whilst the big boys have head offices in Luxembourg and further abroad to escape and exploit tax loops.

But the taxes and cost of fuel hasn't stopped or slowed down new car sales, there up 12%.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20220214

Maybe the government should concentrate on getting these big corporations to contribute more in taxes rather than placing all the burden on us?
 
I have no sympathy whatsoever for people with high performance cars who complain about fuel prices.

My wife drives a 1.3 Fiesta and it costs pennies to run on fuel, insurance and tax.
 
Phil2511 said:
I would have thought the Shell driver having a different card for Shell and Asda would be for accounting/billing purposes.

Never heard of Gulf Fuel. What about the additives? Could you explain this part?

I drive for a living so am genuinely interested if I thought it could save me money.
Tried BP ultimate before but saw no saving.
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Down here all fuel coming into the Plymouth depot is delivered by boat to two tanks, one for diesel and one for petrol. This is a base fuel with no addatives just a base fuel with to correct octane. When a driver goes to the depot to collect fuel the connect the relevent line to the lorry and put a card into the delivery point that tells the pump which company to charge and how much addative to add to the fuel. This used to be done manually by the driver before adding fuel to the tanker.
The addatives help with fuel burn to get more out of the fuel, smoothing engine running to stop pinking, reduce engine wear which all help increase engine efficiency meaning you use less fuel per mile than fuel with less addative.
 
The treasury needs to raise XXX billions in taxes and currently motorists are the easy target... Previously it was the drinker/smoker but they've now gone to ground... Believe there's still more to be had from the motorist... When I see all the 'Chelsea Tractors' either sticking to 50mph on motorways [to save fuel] or removed altogether from urban roads then I'll know fuel taxes have topped out...

Don't necessarily agree with how the goverment is currently managing 'the situation' but believe it would be very similiar no matter which party was in charge...
 
MegaSteve said:
The treasury needs to raise XXX billions in taxes and currently motorists are the easy target... Previously it was the drinker/smoker but they've now gone to ground... Believe there's still more to be had from the motorist... When I see all the 'Chelsea Tractors' either sticking to 50mph on motorways [to save fuel] or removed altogether from urban roads then I'll know fuel taxes have topped out...

Don't necessarily agree with how the goverment is currently managing 'the situation' but believe it would be very similiar no matter which party was in charge...
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Since the coalition there have been at least 3 if not 4 3p/L tas rises postponed or scrapped all together. That's 12-15p per litre. Virtually all rises in price have been through the increase in crude prices over the past few years and with the price of crude dropping recently that's why the price at the pump has dropped, it just hasn't dropped as much as you would have expected.
 
Andy808 said:
For starters what the hell are you doing filling up in Tesco or any other supermarket?
I know there is a member on here that will disagree but you will not get the MPG from supermarket fuel as you will from a petrol station. Everyone who has done a MPG test has found a huge difference in consumption up to 30% more miles on petrol station fuel.
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Link please to the news reports that supermarket fuel is a 30% swizz..........
 
was told years ago that vw motors with the fsi engine should drive with the hightest octane fuel as this will help preserve the engine and ensure it runs at its best,
 
Kellfire said:
97% of stats are made up...

For everyone who sees a difference between the premium petrol, someone else sees no difference.
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The discerning group of motorists that is scooby.net voted Tesco own brand 'premium' grade petrol as the best available...

As a side note the 'experts' reckon that you should not 'fill up' beyond the half mark as to do so costs in fuel economy dragging the extra weight around...
 
Got my van, which I use for work, converted over to LPG 4 yrs ago, cost £1500 to do but made that back in savings in the first 6 months.

At the moment I'm only paying £0.75p per ltr :thup: and with no loss of power ( not that my van had any ) and a drop of about 5-7% in mpg, so a no brainer really.
 
Dellboy said:
Got my van, which I use for work, converted over to LPG 4 yrs ago, cost £1500 to do but made that back in savings in the first 6 months.

At the moment I'm only paying £0.75p per ltr :thup: and with no loss of power ( not that my van had any ) and a drop of about 5-7% in mpg, so a no brainer really.
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Lpg is the best fuel to be using right now if you are doing over say, 10k miles a year. There has been a fair amount of research and development into lpg systems and compared to 1st and2nd gen systems, the current products are great. The only downside is that you do lose a little storage space. Not much of a trade off really, pity my two guzzlers (god I hate that red top sensationalist term) only see around 4k a year each otherwise Id have gotten them both done.
 
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