lordretsudo

Bloody typical - I've been waiting ages for the local Tesco garage (Ingleby Barwick) to start selling 99 RON. Today I noticed that they finally had the familiar white circle 'Super Unleaded' price up on the board, pulled in and it's 97 RON. It seems weird as there is a nearby Tesco (Marton) which is selling 99 - you'd think it would be easier to supply both with the same fuel grade.

Any thoughts on the 97 stuff? I normally only use 99 or Optimax/V-Max, but I presume this would still be reasonable quality...

MazingerZ

stick to the good stuff ( V-power ), u would be closer to the 100RON mark, specially if you have a JAP import

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

ditto use the 99 stuff, i do, but use octane booster if needs be with the 97 stuff.

andy

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

What car is it? 97 RON will be fine for UK car. I used it in my UK Classic and Bugeye PPP no problem

andy_s37

I had an interview for a job at shell last week with the Catcracker operations manager (it seperates the crude e.t.c) and we got talking about fuel. He said that tesco fuel is produced by shell. Maybe tesco 99 is the same as v-power cos i can't see tesco producing their own additives. Anyone in the Know?

Criss

There both the same price now anyway, but shell is closer for me!

KenS55STI

Tesco 99 ron is produced by Greenergy and contains 5% bio-ethanol according to the tesco website, so not likely to be the same as v-power. Don't know about their other fuels.

nik52wrx

Been waiting myself
Will have to stick with Kirklevington Shell garage.
Am i correct in thinking you drive an STI, therefore isn't 97ron a bit below par
Nik.

Sti_Prodrive

I dont get it! tell me anyone.. whats better for a subaru.. Opitmax? or wat??? Mines a Impreza 2000 Turbo Uk spec !

Any info on that ?????

Sti_Prodrive

come on people... this is scoobynet! not the local pub !

robsw

Same happened at my local tesco, I was gutted to see it was only the 97 ron stuff. However about a month after the garage switched to 97 ron, it changed to 99 ron. So keep on eye out when you pass as they may change to the good stuff soon.

RACK

It's a right drive for me to get some 99ron so I put 97 in and some octane booster. Hopefully the tesco up the road will start putting the 99ron stuff on.

matchmaker

If it's UK spec it should be able to run on 95 RON - any UK market petrol car should be able to run on 95 RON. Higher performance cars will get a performance boost from SUL, though. The ECU should adjust timing, etc, to allow for the grade of fuel.

Bloody hell, I'm turning into PSL