£99 for a fill up!!!

[sawtooth]

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...

I thought about that as I was driving away

 

[Phil2511]

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.

Thanks for that info Andy. Never knew that. I actually play with a couple of i think BP tanker drivers. So should have asked them lol.

 

[Kellfire]

Thanks for that info Andy. Never knew that. I actually play with a couple of i think BP tanker drivers. So should have asked them lol.

Remember the flip side that for every one person who claims a difference, someone will tell you there is none.

 

[Andy808]

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.

It's the one thing I regret about getting rid of my Rage Rover as it was already converted and cost so much less to run. No loss of space inside as it had twin underslung tanks. Only reason I got shot of it is one of the head gaskets went and it was going to cost the guts of a grand to do it properly. I miss my beast.

 

[Dellboy]

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.

I did lose a bit of space as I went for the biggest tank I could get ( at the time ) so have a 120 ltr one sitting across the van right behind the seats.

I have boxed it in so yesi have lost a bit of space but can still get things stacked in ok and can now stack on top of tank as well.