ASDA Petrol... thoughts?

Shell is usually the cheapest fuel in my area, though even if it isn't tend to stick to the well known companies rather than supermarket fuel.

May have to do some homework and find out where the leading supermarkets get their fuel from..
 
buckeejit said:
£70 a month a year ago used to get me to work and back
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You need know how many litres you got for your £70 and how far you drive. Otherwise this is completely irrelevant.

buckeejit said:
but I filled my car up with £80 two weeks ago and I needed to fill up again today.
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Again, how many miles did you drive in those 2 weeks? How many litres did you buy for £80?

buckeejit said:
Thing is, where I work now is a shorter distance to the place I worked at a year ago.
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How much shorter? Is it more town driving than the old drive? Is it even done in the same car?

buckeejit said:
I know that petrol prices have gone up but does anyone feel like ASDA petrol isn't the best?
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Surely there is a simple check you can do!

- Fill up in Asda
- Note down your current mileage
- Drive to work for a week (or 2 weeks)
- Fill up again (doesn't matter where)
- Note down how many litres to fill up (this tells you how many litres you used)
- Note down new mileage

Then repeat with fuel from a different garage.

Compare miles driven to litres used, for both garages.

buckeejit said:
I filled up at a BP garage today (2p a litre more expensive than ASDA) but I feel that I get more for my money if that makes sense? I honestly think it's better 'quality' but someone told me that ASDA use the same petrol as BP.

Thoughts?
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Do the above and it'll tell you how many miles you get per litre from each garage.

If you also note down the price per litre for each, then you can see which gives 'more miles per pound'.

Why speculate, when it's easy to measure?!
 
div0 said:
Do the above and it'll tell you how many miles you get per litre from each garage.
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No it won't, it'll tell you how many miles you get per litre from each fillup. There are numerous external factors that could result in a variance even if you follow exactly the same route every day!
 
[TW]Fox;24105700 said:
No it won't, it'll tell you how many miles you get per litre from each fillup. There are numerous external factors that could result in a variance even if you follow exactly the same route every day!
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Of course you're correct - but there's not really any way to eliminate all of the external factors. All I meant is that it'd give him a starting point for how many miles he gets from each garage.

I could have pointed out that he'd have to average the results over a long period of time to start to get a 'true' indication. But I felt that the initial suggestion was such a massive leap forward forward from where he is now, that it wasn't really worth going into such details.
 
Clarkey said:
Petrol is petrol is petrol, makes zero difference where you get it. I use asda petrol because they are cheap and have pay&pump.
I use 99ron in the 300zx because it is a JDM model with boost up and the ECU isn't clever enough to adapt to 95. It's also my opinion that high octane is a waste of your money if your engine won't eat itself without it, this is almost all cars.
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Another Clarkeyism. Incorrect information posted as fact.

The base fuel is sometimes the same (hence tankers for many brands going to the same refinery due to the UK having a nation fuel grid where fuel is carried around via pipes). However the additives are very different depending on the fuel and so are the base fuels in many cases.
 
Filled my Supra with unleaded from Sainsburys, BP, Tesco, Shell, Texaco, Morrisons, Total, Esso and even Shell Vpower when their normal pumps were dry, never noticed a difference.
 
MooMoo444 said:
Even if there is a difference, it's likely to come to 20p or less. Moral is, who cares.
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Only if you have a ~20l thimble for a fuel tank, and the difference is only 1p :confused:

Simon said:
Another Clarkeyism. Incorrect information posted as fact.

The base fuel is sometimes the same (hence tankers for many brands going to the same refinery due to the UK having a nation fuel grid where fuel is carried around via pipes). However the additives are very different depending on the fuel and so are the base fuels in many cases.
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Actually you might notice the word 'opinion' thrown in there if you took the time to read all of them.

Anyway, these additives, what difference do they actually make. In my experience, absolutely none and they have no value to me.
 
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