Supermarket Fuel

[Borris]

Thats my point exactly... there is no proof. It's all marketing spin!

And my point is:

Now that we have agreed that there is no proof, how can you be sure that "it's all marketing spin"?

 

[GrannyJen]

I was working in the Cowley assembly plant, BL insisted that my company had to provide its engineers who worked there with BL cars. We graduated to Maestros when the allegro was phased out, joy oh joy.

Did your windscreen leak? Something to do with faulty bonding on the Maestro.

Mine was partnered with a metro. Every fast run the rear windscreen would smear up. Apparently oil from out of the exhaust pipe

 

[Jay20cali]

Good grief.

That must have been about the time that I worked for the company that made them. Mine used to dump a pint of oil on my drive every 350 miles

My first car was a mini it was the same, stopped the underside from rotting though

 

[Jay20cali]

I was working in the Cowley assembly plant, BL insisted that my company had to provide its engineers who worked there with BL cars. We graduated to Maestros when the allegro was phased out, joy oh joy.

What about the Austin princess ohhh now that was a car I didn’t like. especially with the suspension sag .the Austin agro now has a bit of a following somebody put a agro body on a beetle chassis at a vw show ..it was in hearing aid beige it was actually cool to see

 

[Bellcrew]

Did your windscreen leak? Something to do with faulty bonding on the Maestro.

Mine was partnered with a metro. Every fast run the rear windscreen would smear up. Apparently oil from out of the exhaust pipe

It was a disaster, you name it the car had it, we used to paddle in the footwell after heavy rain!
Mind you it was at a time when company cars were free of government taxes etc so can't complain.

 

[Jay586]

Did your windscreen leak? Something to do with faulty bonding on the Maestro.

Mine was partnered with a metro. Every fast run the rear windscreen would smear up. Apparently oil from out of the exhaust pipe

My dad bought not one but two Morris Marinas in orange. Apparently the 2nd one was so that he could mend it with bits from the 1st. Both had a permanent windscreen leak...

He also bought a green Maestro just after I left hone, I never managed the gears on it & a handle randomly fell off one day.

 

[Bellcrew]

My dad bought not one but two Morris Marinas in orange. Apparently the 2nd one was so that he could mend it with bits from the 1st. Both had a permanent windscreen leak...

He also bought a green Maestro just after I left hone, I never managed the gears on it & a handle randomly fell off one day.

BL thought it was a good idea to run their cars though the factory water test when fully trimmed, any water ingress would take a while to show and not necessarily where the leak actually was, thus the leaks stayed uncured.
Vauxhall for instance put their cars through the water test booth untrimmed with the driver sitting on the spare, they also put a trace in the water to clearly show leaks under ultraviolet light and laughably made good.

 

[Amarillo]

I’ve just counted up and I have owned 25 petrol vehicles and 5 diesels.

Goodness - I'm on only my fifth vehicle:
B reg Ford Orion, petrol
G reg Peugeot 309, diesel
V reg Peugeot 406, diesel
62 reg Peugeot 5008, diesel
17 reg VW California, diesel

And we intend to keep the California for ~10 years.

Follow my blog: www.au-revoir.eu

 

[briwy]

I bet. But you will know exact amperage you got on board and there is no quality of electricity other than delivery methods. And you can charge at home! Or even at the camping.

Or you could carry a fossil fuelled generator

 

[sidepod]

I quite like the idea of adding 2 stroke oil.
Good old fashioned mineral Castrol R would make the Cali smell nice

 

[Jay20cali]

I quite like the idea of adding 2 stroke oil.
Good old fashioned mineral Castrol R would make the Cali smell nice

You can’t beat the smell of CASTROL R..
I run my chainsaw on it

 

[MattBW]

I have a friend who drives a tanker, what he told me is that yes its the same "fuel" but different garages and fuel get different mixes of the additional additives. The supermarket fuel generally is of a poorer quality as its simply a cheaper "mix".

When I picked up my van I was advised that supermarket fuel wasn't recommended. I try to avoid it day to day but will use it occasionally.

 

[MattBW]

Goodness - I'm on only my fifth vehicle:
B reg Ford Orion, petrol
G reg Peugeot 309, diesel
V reg Peugeot 406, diesel
62 reg Peugeot 5008, diesel
17 reg VW California, diesel

And we intend to keep the California for ~10 years.

Follow my blog: www.au-revoir.eu

Interesting to think about...

Y reg Vauxhall Cavalier petrol
B Reg MG Maestro lots of petrol
F Reg VW Golf petrol
P Reg Mazda Xedos 6 - petrol and smooth as...
53 Mazda 6 diesel
57 Alfa Brera diesel
15 California Beach Diesel

 

[B J G]

Well the same delivery tanker filled the tanks at our local Spar garage, with an Esso sign outside, and then went onto the local Tesco’s garage.

And what do people do when abroad?

As has been already said. Fuels are made to a set standard and VW engines are manufactured and tuned to that standard along with all the other engine manufacturers. Agreed, some supposedly premium fuels have additives but the supposed benefits are minimal if any. If they were beneficial then I am sure Vehicle/Engine Manufacturers would specify particular fuels, but they do not.
Most of the evidence is based on anecdotes but truly Evidence Based, no.

Tankers have more than one tank internally so it's quite possible to have different grade fuels for different customers.

 

[Borris]

My dad bought not one but two Morris Marinas in orange. Apparently the 2nd one was so that he could mend it with bits from the 1st. Both had a permanent windscreen leak...

He also bought a green Maestro just after I left hone, I never managed the gears on it & a handle randomly fell off one day.

I had a 1.3 Morris Marina estate. It never let me down, never leaked, didn't rust like a Vauxhall and generally did what it said on the tin. It even started on cold frosty mornings which was more than the Fords did on the drive ways on either side of us. I know that they were basic cars but I found the Marina to be OK. I think they were supposed to be a development of the Morris Minor, a car which these days receives a lot of nostalgic affection. At least the front suspension didn't collapse on the Marina so they must have got something right. I also owned an Allegro for a short time, two Metros and three early Minis. I won't go into minis as they were well past their sell by date when I bought them but both Metros and the Allegro were also OK with no issues to speak of.
None of these vehicles were the height of automotive sophistication, but were they really that bad compared to other manufacturers offerings of the time or do we just like to run down 1970s BL products? If they were that bad then why did anyone ever buy them?

 

[Borris]

What about the Austin princess ohhh now that was a car I didn’t like. especially with the suspension sag .the Austin agro now has a bit of a following somebody put a agro body on a beetle chassis at a vw show ..it was in hearing aid beige it was actually cool to see

My dad had a Princess. Ugly car but it went OK. He had about about ten years trouble free service out of it before it ended up retrieving cables at a gliding club.

 

[T6 CFO]

Sorry thread highjack. Posts above got me thinking of my old motors so I wrote them down while I can still remember.

Austin 1100 (£50 with MOT - knackered sub frame but they all did)
Austin 1100 ( as above)
Ford Popular (as above 3 gears - Blew up near scrapyard)
Mk 1 Cortina ( Loved it - got bigger engine put in etc etc)
Triumph 1300 (first car that cost much and only one that cost me money to keep going)
Mk 2 Cortina ( not as good as the Mk 1)
Opel Mantra (nice motor for it’s time)
Ford Capri (pulled the wife in it so cost me a fortune ) nice motor.
VW Golf (Mk 4. Got taken out by a jack knifing artic on the M6 with me and the two youngest in. Eldest was on a booster youngest in baby seat. We survived the motor didn’t. Result!
Morris 1000 Van. (Great fun, ended up with wide wheels - gave to my brother)
Ford Granada. (Wonderful condition and just after I did the head on it the wife lost it in Bath Park - stolen and never seen again)
Vauxhall Nova. (Good motor which ran for years alongside the
Mk 1 Golf GTI (Ran it for years and a great great motor, crap brakes)
Peugeot 405 Diesel Estate (Family workhorse, had all the bells and whistles which all stopped working eventually but it carried on regardless. Finally died on the way to collect the
VW Touran (First new motor and first Touran in UK with a DSG. Ran it for 10 years, faultless.
VW California

I might have missed one or two. Early years was a case of picking up anything with a ticket (mot) that ran and exchange for £20 at the scrapyard. Cheap motoring and a learning curve.


Mike


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[Bellcrew]

Sorry thread highjack. Posts above got me thinking of my old motors so I wrote them down while I can still remember.

Austin 1100 (£50 with MOT - knackered sub frame but they all did)
Austin 1100 ( as above)
Ford Popular (as above 3 gears - Blew up near scrapyard)
Mk 1 Cortina ( Loved it - got bigger engine put in etc etc)
Triumph 1300 (first car that cost much and only one that cost me money to keep going)
Mk 2 Cortina ( not as good as the Mk 1)
Opel Mantra (nice motor for it’s time)
Ford Capri (pulled the wife in it so cost me a fortune ) nice motor.
VW Golf (Mk 4. Got taken out by a jack knifing artic on the M6 with me and the two youngest in. Eldest was on a booster youngest in baby seat. We survived the motor didn’t. Result!
Morris 1000 Van. (Great fun, ended up with wide wheels - gave to my brother)
Ford Granada. (Wonderful condition and just after I did the head on it the wife lost it in Bath Park - stolen and never seen again)
Vauxhall Nova. (Good motor which ran for years alongside the
Mk 1 Golf GTI (Ran it for years and a great great motor, crap brakes)
Peugeot 405 Diesel Estate (Family workhorse, had all the bells and whistles which all stopped working eventually but it carried on regardless. Finally died on the way to collect the
VW Touran (First new motor and first Touran in UK with a DSG. Ran it for 10 years, faultless.
VW California

I might have missed one or two. Early years was a case of picking up anything with a ticket (mot) that ran and exchange for £20 at the scrapyard. Cheap motoring and a learning curve.


Mike


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Your mention of the 405 brought back fond memories of a very good car and stunning advert.

 

[Jay20cali]

Sorry thread highjack. Posts above got me thinking of my old motors so I wrote them down while I can still remember.

Austin 1100 (£50 with MOT - knackered sub frame but they all did)
Austin 1100 ( as above)
Ford Popular (as above 3 gears - Blew up near scrapyard)
Mk 1 Cortina ( Loved it - got bigger engine put in etc etc)
Triumph 1300 (first car that cost much and only one that cost me money to keep going)
Mk 2 Cortina ( not as good as the Mk 1)
Opel Mantra (nice motor for it’s time)
Ford Capri (pulled the wife in it so cost me a fortune ) nice motor.
VW Golf (Mk 4. Got taken out by a jack knifing artic on the M6 with me and the two youngest in. Eldest was on a booster youngest in baby seat. We survived the motor didn’t. Result!
Morris 1000 Van. (Great fun, ended up with wide wheels - gave to my brother)
Ford Granada. (Wonderful condition and just after I did the head on it the wife lost it in Bath Park - stolen and never seen again)
Vauxhall Nova. (Good motor which ran for years alongside the
Mk 1 Golf GTI (Ran it for years and a great great motor, crap brakes)
Peugeot 405 Diesel Estate (Family workhorse, had all the bells and whistles which all stopped working eventually but it carried on regardless. Finally died on the way to collect the
VW Touran (First new motor and first Touran in UK with a DSG. Ran it for 10 years, faultless.
VW California

I might have missed one or two. Early years was a case of picking up anything with a ticket (mot) that ran and exchange for £20 at the scrapyard. Cheap motoring and a learning curve.


Mike


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Some good cars in there mike
I wish I would of kept some of the old fords and vws I owned
Mk2 escorts
Fiesta super sport
Mk1gti’s
Many Bay windows
There all worth a good few quid now .

Somebody should start an old car thread it would be interesting to see what people owned before there cali’s
There was one about 5 years ago from memory

 

[Jay20cali]

I had a 1.3 Morris Marina estate. It never let me down, never leaked, didn't rust like a Vauxhall and generally did what it said on the tin. It even started on cold frosty mornings which was more than the Fords did on the drive ways on either side of us. I know that they were basic cars but I found the Marina to be OK. I think they were supposed to be a development of the Morris Minor, a car which these days receives a lot of nostalgic affection. At least the front suspension didn't collapse on the Marina so they must have got something right. I also owned an Allegro for a short time, two Metros and three early Minis. I won't go into minis as they were well past their sell by date when I bought them but both Metros and the Allegro were also OK with no issues to speak of.
None of these vehicles were the height of automotive sophistication, but were they really that bad compared to other manufacturers offerings of the time or do we just like to run down 1970s BL products? If they were that bad then why did anyone ever buy them?

My dad and grandad both had marina’s
My grandad had the 1800TC model .
Today’s GTI
Loved it when he put his foot down good cars then that had character .

 

[Hotel California]

Think we got a record here ....
5 pages in 24h time (and still no substantial definitive answer )

It's not witch brand of fuel you fill up with that counts ,
It's the places that the fuel brings you...

 

[T6 CFO]

Some good cars in there mike
I wish I would of kept some of the old fords and vws I owned
Mk2 escorts
Fiesta super sport
Mk1gti’s
Many Bay windows
There all worth a good few quid now .

Somebody should start an old car thread it would be interesting to see what people owned before there cali’s
There was one about 5 years ago from memory

Good shout. I’ve started a new thread

Mike

 

[DGM]

Just had a service done at VW and when collecting I was asked if I use supermarket fuel, I said occasionally and when I questioned why, they just said VW advise you not to use it. Quite a bizarre conversation!

Is supermarket fuel that bad for the engine? Surely if anything went wrong they could not put the blame down to Asda diesel?

Maybe your fuel filter hadn't been changed in the past and was quite dirty looking?

 

[Elmo3]

Mine runs exclusively on Shell V Power diesel. I’ll also adopt a 1 year / 10K miles service regime when the time comes. It’s an expensive vehicle which I intend to keep. Why risk anything else?

 

[crazygrandad]

I have been running mine on Tesco diesel for past three years as it is at the and of my road.

Never had a problem!