It's cheaper because it's a loss-leader for supermarkets: it's sold at that price to entice you in the store.
The quality of the fuel is not the same as super fuels irrespective of what you may think.
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soldierboy001
31 Aug 16#24
And not a very funny joke.
chillyemily
30 Aug 16#23
It was a joke! No need to be nasty.
jacjacatac
30 Aug 16#22
Barry!
m5rcc
30 Aug 16#21
False
soldierboy001
30 Aug 16#20
This has been mentioned before if you read the full threads before trying to make a smart r'sd comment, the car with the bonnet up is a motorist checking his windscreen washer bottle for topping up.:stuck_out_tongue:
dheydl
29 Aug 16#19
I worked much higher up in the organisation. First in the Netherlands then spent two years in the UK. What you say is true but these things tend to be measured using benchmarks set for optimum conditions with scant relation to average driving patterns, whatever the marketing blurb may say. While reported figures may indicate that additive A is better than additive B and both better than no additives at all, the effect is pretty much negligible over the useful lifetime of the car parts affected and the price premium is way out of proportion to actual derived benefit for the average car.
As I said earlier, all this came out years ago and gets rehashed ever other year or so but people will believe what they want to believe.
qwerta369
29 Aug 16#18
Cool story bro
lee2012
29 Aug 16#17
im moving to wales
EazyDuz
29 Aug 161#16
You must have worked on the forecourt. I worked with the chemical engineering team who helped formulate Shells various fuels. We tested them against supermarket competitors and found the competitors due to their lack of special additives, over time left more carbon on the pistons and more deposits in the fuel system.
Obviously Mrs Meg and her submissive husband will still go for the cheaper fuels in their 2001 Fiesta but for everyone else who values their car, it's definitely worth going for the better fuels.
chillyemily
29 Aug 162#15
Has anyone else noticed the picture shows a broken down car after filling up with cheap ASDA petrol. :smile:
But we both know the real truth, and yes it is different. I didn't include it in my other post because one endorsement is enough but I also used to work with ex tanker drivers from Buncefield before it went up in flames and they also said it was not the same, different additives.
kalvinlions
28 Aug 16#11
Good for drivers in that region I say. Here in London we get screwed on fuel(116.9p), we in London subsidising fuel cost for the rest of the country IMO. If the government really want to get the economy going, they need to drop the vast duty on fuel and drop the VAT rate.
srp111
28 Aug 162#10
well my brothers friends uncle says he has a mate who heard from their cousin that it's all the same :confused:
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The quality of the fuel is not the same as super fuels irrespective of what you may think.
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As I said earlier, all this came out years ago and gets rehashed ever other year or so but people will believe what they want to believe.
Obviously Mrs Meg and her submissive husband will still go for the cheaper fuels in their 2001 Fiesta but for everyone else who values their car, it's definitely worth going for the better fuels.
https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/728203575638138880
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cheapest-place-uk-fill-up-11808193