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Title: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: edwardmickey 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!!
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: hotel21 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!!

HtH

B
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Martin_1962 on 04 March 2007, 10:22:20
Shell & BP are supposed to be good.

If you have any and not just Tescos
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Kevin Wood 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.

Kevin
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Marks DTM Calib 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...
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy 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.
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Martin_1962 on 04 March 2007, 16:37:59
Tescos is quiet - went past a BP and all 95RON was sold
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: MaxV6 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....

Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy 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  >:(
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Ghosts in my machine 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.
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Auto Addict 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...... ;)
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy 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  >:(
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: hotel21 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 )
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Auto Addict on 05 March 2007, 11:24:13
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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
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Ghosts in my machine 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]
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy on 05 March 2007, 11:51:08
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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
Trouble is, I did A Level maths (had to do in 1 yr though, not 2), and that means spending a whole year on talking about a number that doesn't exist, rather than the basics ;)
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 05 March 2007, 12:08:27
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Trouble is, I did A Level maths (had to do in 1 yr though, not 2), and that means spending a whole year on talking about a number that doesn't exist, rather than the basics ;)

Which is hugely useful in electronics as it describes the phase (amongst other things)....
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy on 05 March 2007, 12:16:46
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Trouble is, I did A Level maths (had to do in 1 yr though, not 2), and that means spending a whole year on talking about a number that doesn't exist, rather than the basics ;)

Which is hugely useful in electronics as it describes the phase (amongst other things)....
And aircraft design as well apparently....
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy on 05 March 2007, 12:19:04
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Trouble is, I did A Level maths (had to do in 1 yr though, not 2), and that means spending a whole year on talking about a number that doesn't exist, rather than the basics ;)

Which is hugely useful in electronics as it describes the phase (amongst other things)....
Actually, at the time I struggled to see the point (and wasn't explained to well by my incredible smart teacher who couldn't teach).  When I went to collegue to do electronics, I did have an advantage over those who hadn't covered the subject before.
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 March 2007, 15:10:52
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Actually, at the time I struggled to see the point (and wasn't explained to well by my incredible smart teacher who couldn't teach).  When I went to collegue to do electronics, I did have an advantage over those who hadn't covered the subject before.

Sounds familiar. I quit my further maths A level because I couldn't get my head round all this imaginary number stuff.

Then I went and did an Electronics degree. First lecture on first day of first week of first term.... Maths lecture and they're back AAARGH!

I was the only one who knew which end of a soldering iron to pick up though. Not that that really helped until the 3rd year project which was worth about 5% of a degree.

Kevin
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 05 March 2007, 15:42:31
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I was the only one who knew which end of a soldering iron to pick up though. Not that that really helped until the 3rd year project which was worth about 5% of a degree.

Kevin

The poor quality of the modern grads is very dissapointing....theory is reasonable but engineering is real world....I am no longer shocked by the lack of basic skills and knowldege any more....
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 March 2007, 16:08:48
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The poor quality of the modern grads is very dissapointing....theory is reasonable but engineering is real world....I am no longer shocked by the lack of basic skills and knowldege any more....

Most of the guys in my course just memorised stuff parrot fashion, and that got them a 1st in some cases. I can't do that. Once I've understood and used something it's locked up top forever. Until then it's a waste of time me trying to memorise it.

I guess the bottom line is that practical work costs more than churning out reams of notes to memorise so it's that which suffers when budgets get stretched.

Having said that I've had to deal with computer science grads who have never used a command shell. If I had to use a computer 100% using a GUI it'd feel like someone had cut my arms and legs off!

Kevin
Title: Re: Best Petrol Stations
Post by: TheBoy on 05 March 2007, 18:34:43
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I was the only one who knew which end of a soldering iron to pick up though. Not that that really helped until the 3rd year project which was worth about 5% of a degree.

Kevin

The poor quality of the modern grads is very dissapointing....theory is reasonable but engineering is real world....I am no longer shocked by the lack of basic skills and knowldege any more....
Personnel do initial paper shift, and try to put in as many grads as possible for our interviews. Then when we get the CVs we tend to discard most of the grads, as past experience has shown they are all brains, no common sense. They are fine at pure theory, but lost real world.

MCSE's, when I used to be a manager of a Windows team, are also a bloody joke.  My mum could get an MCSE, but I wouldn't let her loose on a server....

At interviews, I'm normally left to do the technical evaluations, an I have a set number of hugely simple questions (things like what 2 DNS records are required for a domain to receive smtp mail), and its shocking that the huge majority of 'experts' do not have the faintest idea....