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23rd April 2014, 09:48 PM
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Over the years I've had occasional bad petrol from all sorts of petrol station brands, including Shell.
I'm not a particular fan of Tesco, but I'd expect them to resolve a problem like this pretty quickly to avoid bad publicity (which this article hints that they are doing…). They own all their stations (on supermarket sites), whereas the great majority of Shell stations are franchises, so their standards of customer management are, in my experience, much more variable. I also have a sneaking suspicion that Shell's V-Power was a marketing response to Tesco introducing Momentum 99 in the UK (though I'm happy to be proved wrong on this…): it's the only supermarket chain offering this - the others offer only 97 RON petrol, and some (e.g. Morrisons) rarely have anything other than standard unleaded, which is probably bought on the wholesale market, and which I'd never put in my S8 or Coupe. I still use a mix of Shell, BP, and Tesco Momentum, but would only choose between them on price these days. 
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23rd April 2014, 09:51 PM
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Isn't BP only 97, like Esso? Shell and Tesco are 99 (ish).
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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24th April 2014, 06:41 AM
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I don't have a solid justification but I just don't trust Tesco additives compared to companies 'dedicated' to fuel, anything branded, Shell, BP, Esso, OMV, etc. Octane rating is easy to bump up even I can pour some toluene in the tank, but what about other additives? Or maybe additives are just marketing hype, who knows?
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24th April 2014, 07:54 AM
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Looking at a map of petrol stations around me and it looks Shell and BP is rare.
So I'm stuck with Tescos, Esso or Texaco. I'll finish this tank off of Tesco and I'll try the other two and see what happens. Does anyone know who supplies the supermarkets with fuel? I can't see them making it.
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24th April 2014, 08:02 AM
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24th April 2014, 09:18 AM
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http://www.whatcar.com/News/Detail?t...ticleID=215240
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24th April 2014, 09:31 AM
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That's good to know then.
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24th April 2014, 09:41 AM
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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