On 21/08/2015 08:54, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"NY" wrote in message
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"dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 20/08/2015 22:19, Bill Wright wrote:
An expert that I trust says that supermarket fuel isn't as good as
other
fuel. He says it's all down to the additives.

Comments?

Bill

Ask the expert what the others put in that the supermarkets don't and
you will have your answer.

Has anyone (eg a motoring organisation) done any comparisons on mpg
and general smoothness of engine (difficult to quantify the latter!)
for various brands of supermarket fuel versus various brands from
named fuel chains (Jet, Esso, Shell, Texaco etc)?

The only time I've noticed a slightly smoother engine (though no
significant improvement in mpg) was when I accidently filled up with
premium diesel instead of standard diesel - and a lot of that may have
been wishful thinking to compensate for paying through the nose for
the "gold plated" fuel :-) I wouldn't have minded quite so much but
I'd driven past loads of garages on my journey, holding out for the
cheapest garage that I happened to pass, and then when I found a cheap
garage I went and used the premium holster instead of the standard
one. Shame they aren't different colours (eg black versus black with
yellow stripes, or something like that).

Many years back, the father of my then current girl friend was adamant
that he would only use Shell, and never BP as his Rover 110 went so much
better on it. I wasn't popular when I pointed out that (at the time)
they shared a delivery fleet and the same tanker delivered both so they
were the same.

That's not necessarily strictly true; tankers normally have several
compartments. Nevertheless, I agree that the non-premium products might
very well be the same.


Point of the story - it's very subjective and the judgement is coloured
by preconceptions.

Andrew