Johnny Mars Bar
Well-Known Member
Even worse was recently when I was waiting for some bloke in a shit tip of a car who was by the third of three petrol pumps but still sitting his his car. When the car by the second pump left he finally moved forward so I took the third spot. He still sat waiting in his car. When the car by the first pump left he moved forward and finally got out and started filling his car - with the expensive super unleaded petrol. He'd been waiting because super wasn't available at the other two pumps but was too stupid to understand that he was wasting his money because there was no way his jalopy was tuned for super.
To be fair premium fuel isn’t really about performance in most cases. It has additional additives that help keep the engine clean.
With that in mind it actually makes a lot of sense to use premium fuel on older engines to keep them going for longer. Even more so with older diesel engines as the additives help keep the DPF and EGR cleaner for longer.