iantt Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Each to their own I suppose Dal, but i've never had a single issue with supermarket fuels, whether it be petrol or diesel and I have been driving for over 30 years. 37yrs no issues. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stef123 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 in respect of diesel, I only buy from Shell or BP usually. Petrol on the other hand i buy anything. I've looked after a few petrol cars now for around 10 years and not one of them has had any fuel related issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zain611 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 For my mk6 fiesta 1.6 TDCI I use regular fuel and every 2 top ups I use premium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmole Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Last 3 cars over 15 years, all on Shell super stuff. Very clean heads on stripdown, no Cat or EGR issues. Above average MPG on all Wifes Car, Supermarket for 18 years. Filthy head. Fortunately it has no EGR or cat. Lambda destroyed by Tesco Junk fuel that time they killed thousands of cars and denied it The base stock may meet requirements, but the supermarkets don't add the detergents, catalysts, cetane enhancers etc that benefit modern engines My Landrover which is designed to run anything you find (ex WW2 African diesel, biodeisel etc) coughs and splutters when fed the once in desperation by the local Tesco 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunii Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I always use Shell V power & only this .other alternate would be bp ultimate. Car is mk2.5 focus Titanium S petrol. Even on my fiesta mk7 titanium 1.4 tdci i use Shell V power derv. Yunii Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff55 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I am positively amazed folk are happy to pay for premium fuel just to pootle around in bog standard petrol cars when the natuonal average of just regular unleaded has hit an eyewatering 1.20 a litre. I can only summize that those who only use Shell v power or similar fuels dont do more than 50 miles a week - i doubt they could justify the extra expense if they were doing a 200 mile or more weekly commute because it keeps their cylinder head cleaner or some other similar irrelevent benefit...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansallis Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, biff55 said: I am positively amazed folk are happy to pay for premium fuel just to pootle around in bog standard petrol cars when the natuonal average of just regular unleaded has hit an eyewatering 1.20 a litre. I can only summize that those who only use shell v power or similar fuels dont do more than 50 miles a week - i doubt they could justify the extra expense if they were doing a 200 mile or more weekly commute because it keeps their cylinder head cleaner or some other similar irrelevent benefit...... Amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmole Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Quite the opposite. The extra MPG I get from my chipped diesel using ultimate more than offsets the cost, and my engine wont need an EGR replaced or a new cat or DPF as often. Question is can you afford NOT to pay for Ultimate So a normal fill up from yellow light on mine is 40 litres, even at 20p difference, that is £8 more a fill for Ultimate. So £8 is 7 litres roughly, or a tadge over a gallon or 60 miles give or take a bit at normal cruise mpg Running Ultimate gets me about 70-100 miles extra range per tank, so you can see the ultimate fuel is actually cheaper and better for the car, and thats around town. On long cruises, I have had over 700 miles a tank at 70mpg (constant 70 up to Scotland on Mway and back from London), so the saving are even more OK, if I'm hammering around London traffic or heavy footed it probably swings the over way, but for the longer Mway cruises that I normally do it pays for itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furio101 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Shell V-power Diesel Esso Supreme + Diesel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansallis Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 38 minutes ago, madmole said: Quite the opposite. The extra MPG I get from my chipped diesel using ultimate more than offsets the cost, and my engine wont need an EGR replaced or a new cat or DPF as often. Question is can you afford NOT to pay for Ultimate So a normal fill up from yellow light on mine is 40 litres, even at 20p difference, that is £8 more a fill for Ultimate. So £8 is 7 litres roughly, or a tadge over a gallon or 60 miles give or take a bit at normal cruise mpg Running Ultimate gets me about 70-100 miles extra range per tank, so you can see the ultimate fuel is actually cheaper and better for the car, and thats around town. On long cruises, I have had over 700 miles a tank at 70mpg (constant 70 up to Scotland on Mway and back from London), so the saving are even more OK, if I'm hammering around London traffic or heavy footed it probably swings the over way, but for the longer Mway cruises that I normally do it pays for itself Fair enough, you probably have good reason to use premium fuels since you run a diesel and have seen noticeable results. I believe Pete and I were mainly talking about petrol vehicles. I have done my daily commute with regular and premium petrols and not noticed a difference in MPG. I have repeated the test around 10 times now and still not noticed a considerable difference (average of 0.2 MPG greater with the premium fuel). Therefore, for me, it is not economically viable to be using premium fuels especially since I do on average 350-400 miles per week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmole Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Thing is it probably takes 10 tanks full of Ultimate to clean out the gunk from the lower grades before you see the benefit. My car has only had around 10 fills with non Ultimate in its 35000 miles and the downgrade is quite noticeable even when driving. But my chip was initialised on ultimate fuel Try a bottle of Archoil 6400-P in your car. Good stuff that will clean out a lot of the old crud and give you an idea of what a difference additives can make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volts Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Those premium fuels must have these cleaning properties over standard fuels otherwise they would be slapped by the ASA given they advertise the fact So MPG benefit may be negligible or argued. but they must do something. Honest John must drink the stuff he recommends it that much (Shell V Power) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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