Depending What You Paid For Your Car

[TWR]

Would you use Super Market's Fuel's? I never had & never will.

[Prudie]

I do because it's convenient and I like the points off (Tesco). I'm not worried enough to change.

[fiction-factory]

I almost always do and have never had any problems. Some say supermarkets don't always put as many additives in but I don't see why any supermarket would be more likely than any other fuel retailer to sell below par fuel - why are they any different?

[mastercraft]

I use them 95% of the time. Why?

[jno]

you're bringing Tesco to its knees!

[woofgang]

I haven't ever since there was all that problem with Tesco fuel and catalytic converters

[bhg481]

I always use the cheapest fuel I can find. I monitor my fuel consumption carefully, keep my cars a long time and have never had any problems or fall-off in fuel consumption.

[equalityforall]

Yes 99.99999999% of the time and I am not worried at all.

[fiction-factory]

I filled up today at 111.7 per litre at a supermarket. The nearby supermarkets were charging 111.9-112.9. The non-supermarket ones were charging 115.9 minimum. The Motorway service station was charging 125.9.
Is the motorway services one really of much higher quality than the Asda and Morrisons ones?

[Old_Geezer]

Tesco ain't cheap for fuel.

Yes usually fill up where it's cheapest. Not seen any problems. Did try the fancy expensive fuel for a while as an experiment. Didn't see noticeable improvements in mpg and no reason to believe engine would benefit significantly.

[equalityforall]

Tesco is 8p a litre cheaper than my local petrol station plus the 20p a litre I get from points once a month - sorry supermarket everysingle time.

I don't earn enough to be fussy where I fill up.

[mastercraft]

Mainly at Sainsbury's for Nectar points.

[EDDIE51]

Never found it made a difference. All fuel comes from the same supplier only difference is the additives that go in as the delivery tankers are being filled.
Most companies use the same 'standard' additive package. A few of the large names have their own additive package. I worked for Amoco in their UK laboratory at one time , we had an additive package but when it was tested we found it made no difference so we went back to the 'standard package' there were no complaints. Never published though for obvious reasons. It saved less than 1p a liter but when you sell 100,000+ liters a day it soon adds to the profit.

[TWR]

F.F. There is no need for the motorist to use the expensive Motorway Fuel, if you pull off near enough any Junction you will find a garage. I understand the Supermarkets fuels do not have the Cleaning Additives, the car I have just got rid of has never had that type of fuel used, each service the plugs were as clean as the day they were put in, my friends noticed his cars plugs were Sooty & the car never run well on "Tick Over" but each to their own.

[Baldric]

///Depending What You Paid For Your Car/// . . . How are you actually linking that part of your post to the question? is there some sort of sliding Price Scale you forgot to add that would help us decide on the answer, or is it just a Lottery?
///Would you use Super Market's Fuel's?/// . . . Diesel yes, Petrol no.

[Baldric]

///the car I have just got rid of has never had that type of fuel used,///

I didn't realise you'd had it from new TWR, no wonder you were so fond of it!

[cazzz1975]

I was parked outside the refinery the other day, coming out were different petrol tankers marked esso, morrisons, tesco and bp. I concluded that there can't be much difference in the brands

[gingejbee]

One car with sooty plugs and another with clean plugs doesn't make a statistically relevant argument.

[EDDIE51]

^^ Exactly my point all fuel is the same , it is just that as it is pumped into the tanker for delivery they put an 'additive package' in with it. The buyer can choose which additive pack they have , most go for the 'standard package' but a few have their own package.
A car that has dirty plugs is far more likely to simply have been used mainly on short journeys where the engine rarely gets fully warmed up than anything to do with the fuel.

[alavahalf]

The fuel may be the same fuel supplied to 'all' at the refinery, but the additive pack makes all the difference.
The last 2 vehicles that I have worn out both did over 400,000 miles and were still running perfectly when I gave them away. Neither of them had any work done on the injectors or pumps in the time I owned them.
Both were owned from new and completed the mileage in approximately 8 years. ( I personally completed the mileage in both vehicles).
Both were run exclusively on Texaco fuel as I was aware as a high mileage user, that Texaco fuel gave me around 10% more miles per gallon than Tesco fuel I had previously been using. Also the car seemed to run easier, or have more power on the Texaco fuel compared to Tesco's (result of additive).
On the other side of the coin the cost of the Texaco fuel was slightly higher, but by only a couple of pence.
Must admit I find it hard to believe that the average low mileage driver would notice much difference. But I usually did 300+ miles per day over the eight year period.
It's absolutely pointless saying " I fill up at the same pump every time" and "I know my car".
The only person who can say there is a real difference, is the very high mileage user who can give more precise figures due to the higher volume of fuel being used.
I'm with EDDIE on this one ... the difference is entirely down to the additive that each retailer adds ... or doesn't.
Personally I have now gone back to Morrison's fuel as the local Texaco garage has now long gone ... along with my enthusiasm to drive more than 2000 miles a week.

[jno]

cazzz, Tesco's has extra horsepower... I wonder what they've added...