Shell Vs Tesco

[thaiad24]

I always used to fill up my car (06 2.2 T-Spirit) at tesco until i read on here that different garages do slightly different fuel and that Shell was generally regarded as the best. not only mpg wise but running smoothness too.

I decided to put this to the test since the start of Feb. the outside temp was about 4'c and on my daily journey to and from work which is about 50 miles of pretty quiet roads, i was averaging about 43 mpg using tesco fuel.

I then ran the tank dry and filled up at Shell, straight away i noticed how smooth the car ran compared to usual, again i waited till the tank was dry then again filled up at Shell (i did this to ensure that all remaining tesco diesel fuel was gone). the outside temp was about the same 4'c and i averaged 45 mpg on the same journey

now that the temp is a little warmer about 10'c im getting 48-49 mpg. It costs about 2p a litre more at my local shell but i think that is worth it to get the advantage of a smoother running car and a lot more miles

I for 1 will not be using supermarket fuel again

cheers

[Daveyonthemove]

Its amazing what a difference it can make, but people always assume that all fuel is the same and don't acknowledge the additives that are used.

I'm surprised your Shell garage charges a couple of pence more, all the Shell garages near me run a pricewatch scheme and will match the cheapest fuel in a certain radius ( 3 miles i think) so i pay supermarked prices but get the better fuel.

If you haven't got one already, pick up a 'drivers club' loyalty card as you will get money off vouchers at the pump if you earn enough points each quarter.

I had a £3 of voucher last month, but i have already earned more points this month than i did last quarter because i fill up the works van at Shell, and use Vpower in my car (Vpower is double points at the moment) as well as the bonus points for using 'X' amount of fuel in a period of time, so i should see a substantial amount off in a couple of months.

The way i see it, you still pay the same amount for fuel but every now and then you get it a bit cheaper just for using the card.

[Mistermena]

I'm totally with you on the point about Shell v Super market fuels. Did you use normal Shell derv or the V-Power in your test? The V-power Derv was tested by the Which Report some years ago. They concluded that the V-power Shell fuels have twice the addative pagage as the normal Shell Diesel and so did there V-power Petrol. It gave on average a 6.3% better results than normal Derv.

The only fuel I'd use in a Petrol engined car would be Tescos 99 Ron Super Unleaded, as its made for them from by a company (which I forget there name now) that have links to Motor Sport. Pistol Heads forum use to have lots to say about the fuel and many members used this over the V-Power Shell 99 RON.

When I had my Audi A6 3.2 (Petrol) I always used Shell V-Power. But on One occasion I had to use the Tesco Super Unleaded. I found it in my case not to be as good as the Shell fuel...

[Daveyonthemove]

There was an independant test done on petrol a few years ago, and Tesco 99 had better results than Shell 99, but i think that is the only exception to the rule.

[Pat2u]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

[Mistermena]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

I remember when that happened a long time ago. It was something to do with the valve being burnt out with the Shell Petrol. Shell did pay to the cars to be put right. But still it wasn't a great show for Shell and that fuel at the time....

[Pat2u]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

I remember when that happened a long time ago. It was something to do with the valve being burnt out with the Shell Petrol. Shell did pay to the cars to be put right. But still it wasn't a great show for Shell and that fuel at the time....

It was the supermarket fuel i was referring to, in the lancasher area "dirty fuel" in the tankers which apperently never got cleaned from one fill up to another.

[Mistermena]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

I remember when that happened a long time ago. It was something to do with the valve being burnt out with the Shell Petrol. Shell did pay to the cars to be put right. But still it wasn't a great show for Shell and that fuel at the time....

It was the supermarket fuel i was referring to, in the lancasher area "dirty fuel" in the tankers which apperently never got cleaned from one fill up to another.

I wasn't aware of that situation. But thats not a good thing to happen. I think I recal it now! Wasn't that Morrisons?

[Pat2u]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

I remember when that happened a long time ago. It was something to do with the valve being burnt out with the Shell Petrol. Shell did pay to the cars to be put right. But still it wasn't a great show for Shell and that fuel at the time....

It was the supermarket fuel i was referring to, in the lancasher area "dirty fuel" in the tankers which apperently never got cleaned from one fill up to another.

It was tesco/asda in rochdale, many vehicles suffered in the area.

I wasn't aware of that situation. But thats not a good thing to happen. I think I recal it now! Wasn't that Morrisons?

[Pat2u]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

I remember when that happened a long time ago. It was something to do with the valve being burnt out with the Shell Petrol. Shell did pay to the cars to be put right. But still it wasn't a great show for Shell and that fuel at the time....

It was the supermarket fuel i was referring to, in the lancasher area "dirty fuel" in the tankers which apperently never got cleaned from one fill up to another.

I wasn't aware of that situation. But thats not a good thing to happen. I think I recal it now! Wasn't that Morrisons?

It was Tesco/Asda forecourts in the Rochdale area many vehicles had problem from contaminated fuel.

[Mistermena]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

I remember when that happened a long time ago. It was something to do with the valve being burnt out with the Shell Petrol. Shell did pay to the cars to be put right. But still it wasn't a great show for Shell and that fuel at the time....

It was the supermarket fuel i was referring to, in the lancasher area "dirty fuel" in the tankers which apperently never got cleaned from one fill up to another.

I wasn't aware of that situation. But thats not a good thing to happen. I think I recal it now! Wasn't that Morrisons?

It was Tesco/Asda forecourts in the Rochdale area many vehicles had problem from contaminated fuel.

Now that must have cost a lot to get sorted out! And some very un-happy motorist to boot!

[Pat2u]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

Big deal Mr osbourne 1 pence off a litre, you can shove it :censor:

[Mistermena]

I'll second that one an all! Should never had voted these :censor: in!!!

[Jan&tone]

Dont forget the other bits though, no fuel escalator either..

Actually works the other way too, so it increases 1p a litre, so what.... 60p at tank....

So now we will save 60p a tank for a couple of days till the oil companies increase their prices again....

The whole point is that, like car insurance, we are over a barrel (no pun intended) we need petrol/diesel and the oil companies know it... They will and do charge whatever they think they can get away with....

[Cyker]

It does seem to vary between petrol stations; I tend to use my local Sainsburys (Esp. as they are now the only people that sell derv less than £1.40/L anywhere near me! ) and find it adequate.

I still have yet to try the Shell Fuelsave derv to see what it's like, but I have been sticking in the V-Power every now and then to help give the engine a bit of a clean.

There is a very noticeable difference with the V-Power vs normal diesels - If I'm near empty and know I will be on the motorway in the near future, I will stick some in especially as the Yaris D4D loves the stuff above 2000rpm, but below that it feels a lot more gutless compared to normal diesel (I can drive around at 20mph in 4th and still get a strong accelerator response with normal diesel, but with V-power it's like being in a petrol car ) and it's a bit too expensive to use regularly! :(

[acetip]

people complain about the poor consumptio on some toyota diesels.some are using the super grades,some are adding additives at each refill of the tank,what ever is it costing to run there cars.with the cost of diesel these days.

what with EGR cleanuing,DPFs and DMFs.i am glad in my old age to go for a petrol engine.my boy racer days are long gone (but have the odd moment).no i try to drive as smoothly as possible,cutting down on trying corner faster than the bloke behind.and i enjoy it too.and its easier on the car as well.

each to their own.

[Avensis_dad]

The Shell V-power diesel is at a premium of about 8ppl over their conventional so I need to get around 6% improvement in fuel efficiency to pay which is only around 2mpg. Coupled with the chance of keeping the fuel system cleaner and the better performance I'm sticking with it and have done for 120,000 miles.

[Daveyonthemove]

My local Shell sells it at 5ppl more than fuel save, and because of the extra miles i get from the tank on it, it works out the same over all, so no matter how much i hate paying more at the till, i'm actually no worse off, but i get more money off vouchers for using it (thanks to double points), so technically its slightly cheaper.

[Mistermena]

I'd stick to Shell V-Power Derv any day of the week. More power, less smoke, double the additive package and knowing that I've got the best fuel on the market for my engine.

[Duffryn]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

Big deal Mr osbourne 1 pence off a litre, you can shove it :censor:

The thing is, how many drivers have cut down on mileage or cut their speed since these recent price increases? None as far as I can tell, people bleat at the price but still buy the stuff so from the petrol companies/Government point of view they might as well charge what they like. Could probably double the price, we'd still buy it. Nice little earner, thank you. (Hope Mr.Osborne doesn't read this forum).

[Mistermena]

Never used supermarket fuel for years, it can be as cheap as they want to make it, its not very long ago it had bad press and many of my friends was without there vehicles due to bad fuel from the local outlets.

Lets hope the budget gets the price down a little.

Big deal Mr osbourne 1 pence off a litre, you can shove it :censor:

The thing is, how many drivers have cut down on mileage or cut their speed since these recent price increases? None as far as I can tell, people bleat at the price but still buy the stuff so from the petrol companies/Government point of view they might as well charge what they like. Could probably double the price, we'd still buy it. Nice little earner, thank you. (Hope Mr.Osborne doesn't read this forum).

I hope he does the little :censor: he is! But you're right! They have us over a barrel and the only thing that with help is maybe another Truckers blockage. Because the price of fuel is just getting out of hand...

[Daveyonthemove]

I have!

I rarely drive my car during the week, and i drive slower than i would do normally in order to increase the MPG.

Fuel is not going to get cheap enough to make a significant difference to the average motorist, so its not a bad idea to get in the habbit of saving fuel before it gets even dearer.

The way i see it, that money is better in my pocket than in HM Gov's!

[acetip]

I have!

I rarely drive my car during the week, and i drive slower than i would do normally in order to increase the MPG.

Fuel is not going to get cheap enough to make a significant difference to the average motorist, so its not a bad idea to get in the habbit of saving fuel before it gets even dearer.

The way i see it, that money is better in my pocket than in HM Gov's!

Hi again Dave

in complete agreement with you.

people are saying they use a higher grade fuel to keep there engine clean.it sounds like they are saying the standard fuel is a dirty fuel, which of course its not,its the recycling of the exhaust products that causes dirty EGRs.harsh acceleration makes things worse.driving steady as you do will help.Italian tune up wont clear out the EGR,how can it as its on the inlet side.toyota EGR housing is not the best shape about for smooth passage of the exhaust through it.maybe a good polishing of the surfaces may help, but not an easy job.

super grade diesel wont clean a EGR.

DPFs do a good job of controling emmisions,but at cost of fuel economy.

if there is any further regulations for reducing exhaust products then it i will be the death of diesel cars.

[duncanda]

Recently I did a trip, Edinburgh to Newcastle return and averaged 44mpg with Shell normal unleaded. Two weeks later I did exactly the same trip with Tesco unleaded and averaged 33mpg. Outside temperature on both journeys was within 1 degree and road conditions and weather were very similar. I got the Tesco fuel because I had a "5p off a litre" coupon, but otherwise I normally buy Shell as around where I live the garages and Tesco all sell fuel at exactly the same price.

[Fluffmeister]

The DPF is killing economy on mine, I did a 420 mile run up to Aberdeen on Sunday night for work, for once taking it easy at around 75 on the motorway and still can't get it above 45mpg. I am getting about 42MPG driving it "normally" and using V-Power, the thing is I could get 38 - 40 out of my 2.5 V6 TDi Superb.

I always use V-Power though, mainly because I get better MPG on one hand, and double Shell points on the other hand, giving me a decent amount of money off vouchers each quarter on the V-Power club.