cunning plan
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Whenever someone had said that Supermarket fuel had been diluted I never believed them, but then because BP had always been a good few pence more than the supermarkets I have never really filled up there. My local BP is now at 1.02p, the same as Shell / Tesco etc. So now there is no real reason not to fill up there, so the last two full tanks I have put a full 60 liters in the Ford.
Obviously, the goal at the moment with the daily driver is to conserve as much cash as possible which means changing gear early and going everywhere in 5th with the accelerator not going down passed 5mm
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Normally, town driving I get about 33/34mpg and 425/430 miles out of the tank.
First tank of BP fuel I did 480 miles with fuel left in the tank but as I was doing a long trip I had to fill up early. This was also a trip to Norfolk, so that's a two long stints of 50/55 behind a lorry in 5th gear on the A605 - so probably where the car is its most economical.
So, already thinking that there IS something to the theory about supermarket 'cheap' fuel with additives I decided to fill up again at BP which again was the same price as everywhere else. This time, town driving around MK with a few trips to Northampton, driving economically - 515 miles!!! I think I could have pushed for 520 miles! That is 90 MORE miles on BP fuel than other brands including Shell.. On a run, this could equate to big savings..
This is nothing really compared to my buddies' VW Passat 1.9 TDi which is getting 850 miles out of a tank.. So Diesel is what you need for your daily driver!
Figured I would post up my findings as I think they are quite interesting and it might help someone else get a bit more MPG..
arty0021:
Obviously, the goal at the moment with the daily driver is to conserve as much cash as possible which means changing gear early and going everywhere in 5th with the accelerator not going down passed 5mm
:Normally, town driving I get about 33/34mpg and 425/430 miles out of the tank.
First tank of BP fuel I did 480 miles with fuel left in the tank but as I was doing a long trip I had to fill up early. This was also a trip to Norfolk, so that's a two long stints of 50/55 behind a lorry in 5th gear on the A605 - so probably where the car is its most economical.
So, already thinking that there IS something to the theory about supermarket 'cheap' fuel with additives I decided to fill up again at BP which again was the same price as everywhere else. This time, town driving around MK with a few trips to Northampton, driving economically - 515 miles!!! I think I could have pushed for 520 miles! That is 90 MORE miles on BP fuel than other brands including Shell.. On a run, this could equate to big savings..
This is nothing really compared to my buddies' VW Passat 1.9 TDi which is getting 850 miles out of a tank.. So Diesel is what you need for your daily driver!
Figured I would post up my findings as I think they are quite interesting and it might help someone else get a bit more MPG..
arty0021:
