Supermarket fuel v branded fuel ?

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Its called a price war, simple economics and you will find that prices will match the going rates pretty much by area with the supermarkets under cutting the main brand forecourts by a penny or so if that.

The difference is often 5-8p nowadays. I cant see how supermarkets can undercut branded fuels by that much if they are selling same quality fuel.

 

[stony]

The difference is often 5-8p nowadays. I cant see how supermarkets can undercut branded fuels by that much if they are selling same quality fuel.

The same way they can undercut the local butcher, grocer and offy. They buy in bulk.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Isnt the real truth of it that supermarkets use a mix of loads of different blends or types of fuel that they get on the cheap, rather than the branded filling station selling one type of proper fuel? Or is that urban myth too?

No mate they all fill up from same refineries,then additives are put in but it all start's off to a same British standard so your car should run satisfactory from fuel bought anywhere in the UK.

 

[blueinsa]

The difference is often 5-8p nowadays. I cant see how supermarkets can undercut branded fuels by that much if they are selling same quality fuel.

Standard petrol and diesel is all the same, bar the additives that different brands will add claiming extra mpg and cleaning etc and of course you will pay a little more for a brand than you will say tesco in the same way you pay more for heinz beans than Tesco own. Super unleaded and super diesels are a step up and thats why you pay the extra but trust me, all petrol and diesel before additives are made the same exacting British standards.

Given modern cars and the ECU and sensors that run every single aspect of the engine, do you honestly think we wouldn't have hundreds of thousands of cars broke down every day if supermarket fuel was watered down?

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The same way they can undercut the local butcher, grocer and offy. They buy in bulk.

And supermarket meat is shite compared to a proper butcher, but many folk don't care as long as its cheaper.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

supermarkets are allowed to use vegetable oil in diesel and methanol in petrol. it reduces the tax levy. Methanol is less powerful than petrol and also readily attracts water from the atmosphere which then causes rust problems to petrol tanks. Biodiesel has no downsides except it should be cheaper

The things you learn on here.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Standard petrol and diesel is all the same, bar the additives that different brands will add claiming extra mpg and cleaning etc and of course you will pay a little more for a brand than you will say tesco in the same way you pay more for heinz beans than Tesco own. Super unleaded and super diesels are a step up and thats why you pay the extra but trust me, all petrol and diesel before additives are made the same exacting British standards.

Given modern cars and the ECU and sensors that run every single aspect of the engine, do you honestly think we wouldn't have hundreds of thousands of cars broke down every day if supermarket fuel was watered down?

Fair enough, and i honestly don't know, hence creating a thread. But why would a time served mechanic say that branded is better fuel than supermarket?

 

[i kne albert davy]

Fair enough, and i honestly don't know, hence creating a thread. But why would a time served mechanic say that branded is better fuel than supermarket?

Mechanic's are great like that mate you'll get one saying don't touch this or that engine with a barge pole and another telling how good the same engine is, I've always found mechanics to be a bit like policemen because they only see the worse examples of things they can have a blinkered view.

 

[Helmet Cole]

These rumours about supermarket fuel are started and perpetuated by the owners of all independent filling stations that are being squeezed out of business by the buying power of the supermarkets.

 

[everythingchangesbutblue]

The thread has really depressed me, so much so i think i'm just gonna go bed. It's always been the same with things about petrol, i know it's daft but it really gets me down. I can't even go into a petrol station these days without filling up.