Diesel variations

[trevskoda]

Maybe things have changed, can only state what I witnessed.

Used to be £500 here and all Belfast taxi drivers kept an envelope to hand to customs should they be stopped, then the gov caught on and upped the fine & added confiscation, this came into force about 5/6 years back, garda down south were first to do this and they are very strict, second offense vh gone and jail.

 

[jagmanx]

Red diesrl ?
Buy a tractor and tow a caravan.
Stop on muddy sites and charge £10 a go for towing out those who get stuck !

 

[trevskoda]

There used to be a chap in north belfast who after getting pulled for red in the car decided to use one of his quarry large dump trucks to go down to his office as you can go 6 miles on red derv if farm registered, he did this for over 2 years at 15mph holding up half of north Belfast.

 

[st3v3]

Most engines are set to give best fig on fuel at 56mph from my days in the trade, lift your right foot a tad and things will improve, I get 30mpg at 55 but boot on 60 plus and it drops below 25mpg with ease on my big bus.

Yea, Nothing new. The escort cosworth had a speed sensor on the gearbox, it's sole purpose was to lean off the mixture at the fuel economy testing speed. Developed in the late '80's.

 

[ShockedFox]

Yes there ARE differences in fuels from different places (petrol stations)
Most branded stations will have extra additives added (foaming/detergents etc)
Although they come from the same tanks/refineries tanks.

That said they all have to conform to set standards so fuel performance wise there isn't that much difference....

I doubt most of us can carry out tests in day to day driving that will return accurate enough figures to detect a difference of A few MPG.

Fuel stations should be held accountable indicating the source of their fuel as well as all the additives and ingredients contained into the fuel we buy...the same way food suppliers have to....our vehicles are expensive and we as consumers should have the right to know what we are really putting into our vehicles fuel tanks...

 

[mistericeman]

Fuel stations should be held accountable indicating the source of their fuel as well as all the additives and ingredients contained into the fuel we buy...the same way food suppliers have to....our vehicles are expensive and we as consumers should have the right to know what we are really putting into our vehicles fuel tanks...

They are....

There are strict standards fuel producers have to abide by...

It's a like buying a tesco basic or a Marks and Spencers finest...

Want the fuel with the all singing and dancing additives...

Buy branded (even IF only occasionally)

Want basic... Buy supermarket own brand.

 

[Scotia]

Supermarket petrol quality: what you need to know - Which?

Filling up at your local supermarket petrol station can often be cheaper than choosing a branded forecourt. But should you be worried about exactly what’s going in your tank?

www.which.co.uk

 

[trevskoda]

They are....

There are strict standards fuel producers have to abide by...

It's a like buying a tesco basic or a Marks and Spencers finest...

Want the fuel with the all singing and dancing additives...

Buy branded (even IF only occasionally)

Want basic... Buy supermarket own brand.

They are all the same, you are being told porkies.

 

[mistericeman]

They are all the same, you are being told porkies.

They might be over where you are Trev....
But over here, the supermarket brands lack certain additives...

I've a good friend that works Shell.... And confirms it.