Tesco Petrol

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Is it true that Tesco are doing 99RON petrol, and if so, where!! Someone told me that there is a website which tells you where, but I can't find it, for the life of me!

[Pulsatingstar]

Im using it at the mo in the RX7. Seems to be working well enough and considerably cheaper than local Optimax.

99 OCTANE STORES:
Beford 1
Cheshunt Extra
Crawley Hazelwick
Gallions Reach Extra
Gillingham Kent
Lakeside Extra
Ramsgate Manston
Salisbury 2
Sandhurst Extra
Sevenoaks Riverhead
Stevenage Extra
Winchester

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Pulsatingstar said:

Im using it at the mo in the RX7. Seems to be working well enough and considerably cheaper than local Optimax. 99 OCTANE STORES: Beford 1 Cheshunt Extra Crawley Hazelwick Gallions Reach Extra Gillingham Kent Lakeside Extra Ramsgate Manston Salisbury 2 Sandhurst Extra Sevenoaks Riverhead Stevenage Extra Winchester

how did you find all these places??

[Pulsatingstar]

I just copied the list off another forum.

But the one I used is on there, and no-one has said otherwise so I guess its accurate so far.

[mutt]

Lakeside Extra definately has it ... and the Cupra loves it!

[Pigeon]

If "Beford" means Bedford I'll check it out tomorrow...

[mxdi]

Cool, Northants run tommorrow and I'm visiting parents in Bedford tonight, just got to find which Tesco it is

[YarisSi]

Where is tescos in Sevenoaks riverhead. I can never find stuff there took me two runs to fine the kwik fit and I must have gone near or past station area a 1000 times.

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YarisSi said:

Where is tescos in Sevenoaks riverhead. I can never find stuff there took me two runs to fine the kwik fit and I must have gone near or past station area a 1000 times.

Don't know about Sevenoaks, but I went to Gallions Reach lastnight, which is near London City Airport, in a new shopping area, and it indeed was there, 99RON at 85.9p a litre, which is bloody cheap as SUL goes..... The Teg loves it.....

[love machine]

So you all have automatically advancing, knock sensing ignitions then?

I reckon a lot of this whole octane thing is in a lot of peoples heads.

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love machine said:

So you all have automatically advancing, knock sensing ignitions then? I reckon a lot of this whole octane thing is in a lot of peoples heads.

oooh aren't we a clever dick!

whether it's in my head or not, it does seem to make a difference, and even if it doesn't, it isn't much more expensive than regular unleaded!

[KB_S1]

[quote=love machine]So you all have automatically advancing, knock sensing ignitions then?

actually, Yes.

[groomi]

YarisSi said:

Where is tescos in Sevenoaks riverhead. I can never find stuff there took me two runs to fine the kwik fit and I must have gone near or past station area a 1000 times.

It's on the opposite side of the roundabout from the Aston Martin / Jaguar dealership on the run out from Sevenoaks at the bottom of the hill through Riverhead.

I haven't been there to look for this 'magic' fuel, but I'm sure I will before the weekend is out!

[fido]

is there one vaguely near the A3 Kingston/Guildford?

[ yep, both my cars have knock sensors and automatic advance ]

[cptsideways]

Only old school cars dont have automated knock sensing & advance control. 80% of the cars on the road nowadays do.

[mutt]

love machine said:

So you all have automatically advancing, knock sensing ignitions then? I reckon a lot of this whole octane thing is in a lot of peoples heads.

Well I'm no tech - but the filler cap has 95/98 RON written on it ... that'll do me!

As for whether the effects are noticable or not, I ran one tank full through and didn't really notice much of a kick, however when I then switched back to 95 RON juice I did notice a slow down in acceleration (particually at low revs before the turbo kicks in) - I'm now back on the good stuff!

[clubsport]

YarisSi said:

Where is tescos in Sevenoaks riverhead. I can never find stuff there took me two runs to fine the kwik fit and I must have gone near or past station area a 1000 times.

Like he said opposite the Aston dealer....not having a go, but will you really notice any difference in a Yaris?..I would have thought the car was set for 95 octane?

[mcflurry]

88.9p/litre

[mxdi]

Well I found the 99ron stuff at Riverside Tesco in Bedford for 88.9. Filled car up

[YarisSi]

Ahh I thought I might try it once. The yaris ECU is quite advanced so will compensate. Not going to do it any harm and might as well treat me and the car I leave it for big chunks of time while at uni.