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Best Petrol Stations
« on: 03 March 2007, 23:37:59 »
With this petrol crisis, etc... I've read the topic with all the technical replies.

Can someone provide a list of petrol stations, ranked say, Highly Recommended => Avoid.

I automatically now assume that supermarkers come bottom!!
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #1 on: 04 March 2007, 00:16:33 »
As explained elsewhere, its probably confined to the SE of England.   Fuel Refineries are expensive to build and run and therefore fuel would be even more expensive if it were hauled all over the contry from end to end.

To answer your question therefore:-

North of Scotland
Not Morrisons or Tesco

but be prepared to pay the haulage levy!!

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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #2 on: 04 March 2007, 10:22:20 »
Shell & BP are supposed to be good.

If you have any and not just Tescos
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #3 on: 04 March 2007, 12:06:39 »
Probably worth sticking to the big names. In addition to supermarkets, avoid all the budget stations with unknown brand names in the SE. Who knows where their fuel comes from and they'll probably be less inclined to write off a batch of fuel than those with a brand name to look after.

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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #4 on: 04 March 2007, 12:09:23 »
Apparantly Morrisons in Welling garden City have a very good offer on at the moment....free lamda sensors with every tank full...
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #5 on: 04 March 2007, 14:57:46 »
I got some in Asda at Wheatley (Oxford) on Friday, car has lost a lot of power.  I would have though they would have taken precautions and got rid of the crap stuff by now, as every agency is going to be testing it. Seems I was wrong.
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #6 on: 04 March 2007, 16:37:59 »
Tescos is quiet - went past a BP and all 95RON was sold
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #7 on: 04 March 2007, 16:55:20 »
Sainsbury's by our place have sold out of all unleaded.

I've only got a little more than a quarter of a tank left......  and I'm unsure as to where's safe and will have any left....

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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #8 on: 04 March 2007, 16:56:01 »
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Sainsbury's by our place have sold out of all unleaded.

I've only got a little more than a quarter of a tank left......  and I'm unsure as to where's safe and will have any left....

I would give Asda at Wheatley a miss  >:(
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #9 on: 05 March 2007, 10:33:21 »
This was from the other day, suggests that it wasn't entirley confined to the south east:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6407447.stm

Apparently ASDA have been supplied by Harvest Energy (one of the culprits) in the SE.

I filled up at ASDA in Derby on friday and if anything the car is better than normal on the unleaded from there. Used 1/2 a tank over the weekend so if I was going to have problems, I would have thought it would have happened by now.
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #10 on: 05 March 2007, 10:51:32 »
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This was from the other day, suggests that it wasn't entirley confined to the south east:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6407447.stm

Apparently ASDA have been supplied by Harvest Energy (one of the culprits) in the SE.

I filled up at ASDA in Derby on friday and if anything the car is better than normal on the unleaded from there. Used 1/2 a tank over the weekend so if I was going to have problems, I would have thought it would have happened by now.

Naw....it only happens on the second 1/2 a tank...... ;)
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #11 on: 05 March 2007, 11:14:41 »
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This was from the other day, suggests that it wasn't entirley confined to the south east:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6407447.stm

Apparently ASDA have been supplied by Harvest Energy (one of the culprits) in the SE.

I filled up at ASDA in Derby on friday and if anything the car is better than normal on the unleaded from there. Used 1/2 a tank over the weekend so if I was going to have problems, I would have thought it would have happened by now.

Naw....it only happens on the second 1/2 a tank...... ;)
I hope not, coz my first half is crap, and I'm off to Kingston tomorrow on the 3/4 tank I have left  >:(
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« Reply #12 on: 05 March 2007, 11:16:10 »
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This was from the other day, suggests that it wasn't entirley confined to the south east:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6407447.stm

Apparently ASDA have been supplied by Harvest Energy (one of the culprits) in the SE.

I filled up at ASDA in Derby on friday and if anything the car is better than normal on the unleaded from there. Used 1/2 a tank over the weekend so if I was going to have problems, I would have thought it would have happened by now.

Naw....it only happens on the second 1/2 a tank...... ;)
I hope not, coz my first half is crap, and I'm off to Kingston tomorrow on the 3/4 tank I have left  >:(

You must have a tank and a half then!  

(OK, tank and a quarter    ;D  ;D  ;D )
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This was from the other day, suggests that it wasn't entirley confined to the south east:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6407447.stm

Apparently ASDA have been supplied by Harvest Energy (one of the culprits) in the SE.

I filled up at ASDA in Derby on friday and if anything the car is better than normal on the unleaded from there. Used 1/2 a tank over the weekend so if I was going to have problems, I would have thought it would have happened by now.

Naw....it only happens on the second 1/2 a tank...... ;)
I hope not, coz my first half is crap, and I'm off to Kingston tomorrow on the 3/4 tank I have left  >:(

You must have a tank and a half then!  

(OK, tank and a quarter    ;D  ;D  ;D )

He never could add up ;D
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Re: Best Petrol Stations
« Reply #14 on: 05 March 2007, 11:24:40 »
I'll just have to keep the tank full and not let it go below 1/2! [smiley=smiley.gif]

What do you bet that Tescos petrol that gets removed from the tanks is just filtered/cleaned up and resold.

They could just sell it as "lawnmower and generator" grade unleaded. I haven't come across a lawnmower with a Lambda sensor yet. [smiley=smiley.gif]
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