Diesel Drivers....

[BBL]

Clicky (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081208/tuk-supermarkets-cut-diesel-to-below1-6323e80.html)

That is all...

[Proffitt]

Dont drive a diesel but thats well good :y:

Im loving the price drop in fuel :D

[Luke]

Woop :D

Lowest it's been since I bought the 307 at end of January. Will cost me £58 to fill up now.....was costing me £77 back in July.

[BBL]

i will be saving aswell, just thought i wuold let you guys know :y:

[Luke]

Knew it went down yesterday, but I didn't think many people would be interested on here :P

[BBL]

i see it yesterday but thought it was just a misprint at tesco, checked today and thought would post on here lol

[David]

Wut wut?
Looks like I'll be filling up on the way home :D

[Luke]

You still on the same tank from weekend David?

[David]

Sure am.

[BBL]

ill be filling up on my lunch :D

[Luke]

Sure am.

Not bad at all....!

I filled up over a week ago now and still got 3/4's left.

Replaced that bulb you told me about, then driving home by headlight popped! Well gay!

[David]

Reckon I've done about 400 miles on about 35 litres...

[Luke]

Reckon I've done about 400 miles on about 35 litres...

Should reset the trip computer, noticed it was on 1139 when I drove it on Saturday lol. To be honest, I'm starting to put in £30-£40 a week because as I said doing that uses less fuel.

On £45 I got 53mpg around town.
Full tank I got 41mpg around town.

Makes a massive difference.

[smiith]

SWEEEEEEEET... doubt it will get to that in whitby

[David]

Never bother resetting the trip... Always forget lol

[BBL]

:hijack:... lol

[Luke]

:hijack:... lol

Lol....sorry mate.

Not many Diesel drivers on here so we can chat about them ;)

[Chris]

I noticed my local Tesco was at 99.9......... bout blady time!!!! :y:

It's the missus's turn to fill the car up, so I'll see if she's done it when I get home tonight!

Chris :)

[BBL]

Lol....sorry mate.

Not many Diesel drivers on here so we can chat about them ;)

this is true, derv club ftw lol

[BBL]

I noticed my local Tesco was at 99.9......... bout blady time!!!! :y:

It's the missus's turn to fill the car up, so I'll see if she's done it when I get home tonight!

Chris :)

which parkwood you live in chris? maidstone or medway? or is there another one lol

[Chris]

which parkwood you live in chris? maidstone or medway? or is there another one lol

Rainham (Medway) one...... my girlfriend comes from Loose near the Maidstone Parkwood.

Chris :)

[BBL]

Rainham (Medway) one...... my girlfriend comes from Loose near the Maidstone Parkwood.

Chris :)

kl i live near morrisons in maidstone and work over on gillingham business park lol

[David]

Kinda related to the thread but...
I have a Shell card. I bought 700 litres and got £3.50 off. Woop.
Anyway, do Tesco/Morrisons/Asda do a similar one? If they do, do I get more money off than the Shell one?

[Luke]

Kinda related to the thread but...
I have a Shell card. I bought 700 litres and got £3.50 off. Woop.
Anyway, do Tesco/Morrisons/Asda do a similar one? If they do, do I get more money off than the Shell one?

What did I say on Saturday about the Shell card been shit? LOL.

Tesco - Clubcard Points
Asda - Not Sure
Morrisons - Miles Points - for every litre of fuel you get 15 points, so once you have 4995 points on your card you receive £5 voucher off everything in Morrisons (except Cigs).

I have used it for best part of 3 threes now and get a voucher every 2 months. That is 333 litres for every £5 voucher.

[David]

So I'd get £5 off morrisons fuel?
Clubcard points; can they be used on fuel too?

[Luke]

Or see this....

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Morrisons_Miles_Card__5645622

[Luke]

So I'd get £5 off morrisons fuel?
Clubcard points; can they be used on fuel too?

No, you can't off money off fuel from what I am aware. Tesco, I'm not sure as I hate their fuel lol.

[Chris]

No, you can't off money off fuel from what I am aware. Tesco, I'm not sure as I hate their fuel lol.

Doesn't it taste too good or something??

[Luke]

Doesn't it taste too good or something??

Lol...Dad used it on Mondeo, said it didn't run aswell as Morrisons and just with the problems in the past with it been contaminated. Plus Tesco is like 7 miles away from me :D

[Karl]

How can you hate something if you've not used it personally? o.O

[Luke]

How can you hate something if you've not used it personally? o.O

I mean from what I have seen in the past, you know what I mean. Dislike shall we say is a better word....

[Karl]

I thought Tesco fuel was alright personally?

What is it that makes fuel good or bad from places?

the only thing I been told is dont fill up if theyre pumps just been filled up as it will of stirred all the crap up from the bottom of the tank?

[Luke]

I thought Tesco fuel was alright personally?

What is it that makes fuel good or bad from places?

the only thing I been told is dont fill up if theyre pumps just been filled up as it will of stirred all the crap up from the bottom of the tank?

Supposedly, fuel should be same wherever you go but I'm sure a few will agree there cars run differently on fuel to others (Leckie - Shell is ok, but supermarkets is shit for him IIRC).

Morrisons is good as they use Shell, BP and Texaco for there fuels. I ain't sure who Tesco use.

It could of been a bad batch my Dad got, not sure but from that and couple of other stories I heard about Tesco not been the best, that is why I stay clear. I guess when you find something, that is what you stick to and trust.

[Karl]

I thought Leck filled up with Supermarket 95 (which is gonna be shit as his and my motor are 98+ ron specific.)

[Luke]

He uses Shell Normal Unleaded now, or he did anyways.

[Barry123]

knew I should've kept the 5 door...

[David]

Morrisons is good as they use Shell, BP and Texaco for there fuels. I ain't sure who Tesco use.

Surely its not good to mix 3 'different' fuels?

[Luke]

Surely its not good to mix 3 'different' fuels?

Like I say, they 'should' be all made to a certain level of standard. I don't know how Morrisons refuel there pumps, but when I worked there I seen invoices for fuel all the time - mostly £25k ones lol. I'd say they use BP the most though.

That might of changed now and they may only use one, but thats how it was when I worked there.

[Barry123]

Morrisons is good as they use Shell, BP and Texaco for there fuels. I ain't sure who Tesco use.


hear mi nowwwwww

The major players, ESSO, Shell, BP for their basic fuels all use each other to supply them (this saves on transportation costs and keeps the pump costs down)... HOWEVER I heard recently that the delivery trucks sometimes hold selected additives in a separate tank and then mix it once they collect the fuel from the refinery... allowing different players to sell slightly different fuel types - which is why some find Shell's basic fuel better for instance...

Supermarkets have two supplies, the major players (albeit a downgraded version from the basic - less additives basically, still meets BS requirements though) and Greenergy (Tesco use Greenergy exclusively)... hence why they got mullered when Greenergy cocked up the additive mix for their petroleum and caused thousands of cars to go shit... not sure if tesco are still with Greenergy after that little affair...

The Premium Fuels are formulated by the companies themselves, hence the additional cost (both cost from R&D, raw materials & transportation).

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[bark]

Looks like i'm definetly heading for a diesel cupra now :p

[Luke]

Looks like i'm definetly heading for a diesel cupra now :p

Ibiza or Leon?

I'm hoping it drops to at least 95p a litre, that would be nice I guess. It's much better for me at the minute though, getting £80 for bringing people to work a month.

[David]

Buy a diesel A3... :D

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190438

[Viper]

i think they dropped the prices the day after i filled up

bastards!

[bark]

Ibiza the 150 version :p

[Harv]

With the petrol discussion, i've heard that shell, BP, Esso etc tend to be a 'better fuel'. Thats why most people say that 'shell 95' seems to run well even on cars that are meant to have 98+ ron. This is because when the oil is refined, sometimes a 'batch' of petrol may have more than standard 95 ron in, yet shell will still sell this as Standard 95 ron petrol. Iirc, sometimes it can even have up to 99ron but still be in the 95 ron pretrol tanks.

Its because its almost impossible to guarantee a fuel with an exact amount of ron in. Yet 98 ron may have up to 102 ron in it.

This is why competition cars (escpecially track cars + rally cars) use special fuels which they buy in barrels. Its because this fuel is guaranteed a pretty much exact amount of octane or ron. A family friend owns his own Focus WR1 rally car and has to use this 'special fuel' which is just over £2.50 a litre iirc. He says the car sometimes doesn't run well at all on Shell fuel but sometimes runs fines. As they can't guarantee the mix, they have to use the special race fuel which is near enough the exact mix throughout. He says that when accelerating on shell 98 fuel, you can feel the car pulsing instead of a constant acceleration due to the 'poor fuel mix'.

Thats what i've been told anyhow lol, by someone that knows there stuff through and through, although most of the stuff flew over my head.

As for diesel, my dad will be happy now, its about time its starting to fall :P.

[Luke]

Sounds a good explaination to be honest Harv.

Diesel should be still lower, but under a pound is much better than £1.31 a litre.

[bbewekim]

Just the clarify :P the diesel ibiza cupra is 160 ;) a very good buy as it has FMIC and awsome brakes :D. Remap it straight away ;). My FR TDI is running 185 and its pritty nippy :).

Fuel sucks still :( Vpower is still 108.9 :( WTF when petrol is like 88.9 or w/e(standard fuel) & Vpower is like 95p!!!!.

I'm still undecided on if Vpower improves anything on a derv, but i can only do better or the same as the standard fuel right?

[bark]

Just the clarify :P the diesel ibiza cupra is 160 ;) a very good buy as it has FMIC and awsome brakes :D. Remap it straight away ;). My FR TDI is running 185 and its pritty nippy :).

Fuel sucks still :( Vpower is still 108.9 :( WTF when petrol is like 88.9 or w/e(standard fuel) & Vpower is like 95p!!!!.

I'm still undecided on if Vpower improves anything on a derv, but i can only do better or the same as the standard fuel right?

Yeah I wasn't unsure as to whether it was 160 or 150, it appears parkers rate them as 150's.

You got for a revo remap or a chip?

Edit: I now know what FMIC stands for :y:

[bbewekim]

Yeah I wasn't unsure as to whether it was 160 or 150, it appears parkers rate them as 150's.

You got for a revo remap or a chip?

Edit: I now know what FMIC stands for :y:

Nah the world is far beyond revo mate :) When i first got in the scene i thought it was revo this and that and its really not. P-Torque map all the way. Probably one of the best mappers in the country at the moment. Ive run a tuning box which is currently forsale and got 160bhp out of it from 130. and now have a map running 185 from 130bhp :). Better power delivery and smoother.

Map produces 160bhp from 2k revs whereas the box would produce 160 at 3750rpm.

[Elliott]

Not bad at all, just filled a full tank today though.
But ill do some missions so i use it up

[BBL]

was waiting for the should of kept the saxo from sayer...lol

[Elliott]

Sayer should of and kept his pennies.
Aint it just me and Vipezzz with dervs now?

[BBL]

i was going to say fair few dervs on here then realised you meant saxo derv lol i havent seen that many knocking about on here tbh

[David]

Why are they called dervs?

[Luke]

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