Tesco Petrol

Sully

Hey,
Quick question. What advantage is there when shopping in Tesco and getting petrol in their filling stations?

Cheers

Guy:Incognito

the price?

Dont they give a per litre discount?

byte

And you get Clubcard points too.

Sully

Stekelly wrote: »

the price?

Dont they give a per litre discount?

I thought you got it somewat cheaper, but I cant seem to find anything about it. I asked them, but she wasn't sure. Iv started to use Clubcards now..

ninty9er

Stekelly wrote: »

the price?

Dont they give a per litre discount?

Plus it's cheaper to begin with...I got 106.9 in Clonmel about a month ago when the cheapest along the way from Wexford to Limerick was 111.9 at the railway gates outside Waterford City and around 113.9 everywhere else.

chris85

Sully wrote: »

Hey,
Quick question. What advantage is there when shopping in Tesco and getting petrol in their filling stations?

Cheers

the petrol in tesco is crap, think it mat be a lower grade.

used to buy it and the car was not as fuel efficient at all. quickly stopped using it and much better now without it

Sully

Well Tesco in Waterford were never considerably cheaper in general. Iv noticed they usualy are the same price as Statoil, who I spotted filling their tanks.

Its 113.9 now I believe, while Statoi il 114.9. A local Esso station up at the top of Tramore is 127.9!!

Sully

chris85 wrote: »

the petrol in tesco is crap, think it mat be a lower grade.

used to buy it and the car was not as fuel efficient at all. quickly stopped using it and much better now without it

Iv put in a small amount, and its been working fine..

Trampas

I have seen statoil filling up the tanks in tesco so i presume it is just like going to statoil

mike65

The Teso is crap argument is itself less than well formulated. As said they use Statoil unless Statoil is also rubbish. Anyway I've never spotted any difference. Except in the wallet.

Mike.

Sully

mike65 wrote: »

The Teso is crap argument is itself less than well formulated. As said they use Statoil unless Statoil is also rubbish. Anyway I've never spotted any difference. Except in the wallet.

Mike.

I assume your a regular customer. Do you get more of a discount by shopping in Tesco?

mobby

I use tesco never had a problem with the diesel they supply. Sometimes they will offer 5c off per litre if you spend over €50 in the store.

L1011

Is Tesco's petrol not E5? It is in the UK at least, and E5 *does* give less fuel efficiency.

As it stands my local Esso and Maxol are the same price as the local Tesco, so I'm currently using the Esso - as Maxol is E5 also.

mike65

Sully I don't shop in Tesco, you get a 5% off voucher for every 50 euro spent as far as I recall.

Mike.

L1011

mike65 wrote: »

Sully I don't shop in Tesco, you get a 5% off voucher for every 50 euro spent as far I a recall.

Mike.

Its not a permanent offer and can vary by store. When Dunnes in Maynooth opened I believe it was 10c per litre off if you spent more than 40, with two diesels in the house here we were making sure to break the shop in to roughly 40 euro sized bundles

Cionád

MYOB wrote: »

Is Tesco's petrol not E5? It is in the UK at least, and E5 *does* give less fuel efficiency.

As it stands my local Esso and Maxol are the same price as the local Tesco, so I'm currently using the Esso - as Maxol is E5 also.

I assume your talking about Maynooth? I usually use the Tesco for Diesel and have used the other two every now and then when they have lower/same price to see if i could notice a difference. - i couldn't.

Maybe Diesel is a different, but my dad drives a petrol, and also notices no difference.

L1011

Diesel is diesel is diesel, its the same everywhere.

E5 is proven to give lower fuel efficiency in RON95 mapped cars than RON95 does.

Spit62500

MYOB wrote: »

Diesel is diesel is diesel, its the same everywhere.

My car runs better on Esso and to a slightly lesser extent Maxol diesel. It runs slightly worse on Statoil and TOP. On the lesser brands, the engine smokes more, rattles more, seems to produce less power and is definitely less economical.

I don't think that they're all the same.

L1011

All road disel sold is this country is regulated to the same european standards, any other variations are within range. "Maxol diesel" for one can be absolutely any other firms as its not like they actually have any refineries of their own! Its bought on the open market.

E5 and RON95 are quite different fuels although compatible with each other.

drdre

I always use Tesco in Dundrum.I have also seen statoil and Green trucks unloading at Tesco Dundrum.I dont see how Tesco petrol can be cheapy grade.I havn't had any problems.

Rowley Birkin QC

Filling up in Urlingford mostly lately, 1.11 when you buy a €5 car wash.

chris85

mike65 wrote: »

The Teso is crap argument is itself less than well formulated. As said they use Statoil unless Statoil is also rubbish. Anyway I've never spotted any difference. Except in the wallet.

Mike.

I know well that they are using Statoil but I noticed a significant difference in the fuel efficiencies when i was using it and when i wasnt using it. Considering I was pretty much doing the same route and distance every week and the tesco petrol was not lasting.

I looked at it closely and was looking at about 10-15% less efficient. But everyone here likes proper statisitcs so dont matter.

I know a few others that have said this as well and will not get there petrol at tesco anymore.

I have used other stations for petrol and never had any reduction in economy. I will pretty much go to any other station and will only go to tesco as a last resort.

Just my experience with it, everyone has their own!

_Kaiser_

Reasons for using Tesco:

1. It's cheaper (by a fair margin)

2. You get clubcard points = money off vouchers in the next statement.

3. They occasionally do offers whereby you get a discount on your fuel if you spend over €50 in store.

Never noticed any problems with "quality" either

Pete4779

chris85 wrote: »

I have used other stations for petrol and never had any reduction in economy. I will pretty much go to any other station and will only go to tesco as a last resort.

Just my experience with it, everyone has their own!

This is true in my experience. I would imagine that if you have a small engined car, not performance orientated, than it makes little difference. However, my car knocked with Tesco petrol. It's cheap for a reason. The fuel might all come from Statoil, but the different resellers add their own additives and cleaners/detergents. I will not buy from Tesco anymore - economy and performance were definitely worse with it.

chris85

Pete4779 wrote: »

This is true in my experience. I would imagine that if you have a small engined car, not performance orientated, than it makes little difference. However, my car knocked with Tesco petrol. It's cheap for a reason. The fuel might all come from Statoil, but the different resellers add their own additives and cleaners/detergents. I will not buy from Tesco anymore - economy and performance were definitely worse with it.

Good to see someone else thinks so too. The car i had when buying the Tesco petrol was not a big litre car (1.4L) but the engine was very good and sensitive so I could tell the difference.

I would take a guess that this tesco petrol would not be good for performance cars anyway.

Remember tesco having problems with petrol earlier this year in england. Cars breaking down. And only tesco had the problem, not even their supplier. So must be something different in the fuel.

The good thing about tesco being around for me is that petrol stations near it are forced to keep close to the tesco price

L1011

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

1. It's cheaper (by a fair margin)

0c is a margin, let alone a fair one? Thats the price differential in Maynooth two days ago when I checked (Tesco 116.9, Maxol 116.9, Esso 116.9).

JHMEG

MYOB wrote: »

0c is a margin, let alone a fair one? Thats the price differential in Maynooth two days ago when I checked (Tesco 116.9, Maxol 116.9, Esso 116.9).

You mis-read (maybe). It's Tesco 115.9, Maxol 116.9, Esso 116.9 (today)

If Tesco find they're the same price as the other two they'll have it lowered within hours.

L1011

Was 116.9 when I last filled up, so I suspect they dropped it - minutely - to go below them.

I wonder does the extra distance from here to Tescos and back over here to Esso and back use up 25c fuel. Probably not... but I've other reasons for using Esso as I've explained already

tuxy

I wish I had the option of getting tesco petrol(average price in Nenagh is €1.20), does any tesco in North Tipp do it?

Stark

It was the more expensive of the petrol stations around by me for a while. Even when it's slightly cheaper, I avoid it as my experiences tend to be queuing for ages, driving into a pump, finding they're all out of order, then sitting there waiting for the person in front of me to drive off while a taxi driver leans on the horn behind me.

patrickc

tuxy wrote: »

I wish I had the option of getting tesco petrol(average price in Nenagh is €1.20), does any tesco in North Tipp do it?

how close is clonmel to you? they have tesco petrol now.

DublinWriter

Personally, I do find a difference in performance with Tesco Diesel v. Maxol.

A neighbour recently had to have the engine in his 04 Merc C180 rebuilt *twice* by one of the big Merc dealers. The dealer said the cause of the problem was 'cheap petrol'.

PaulKK

I've noticed a differnence with the tesco diesel also. I found the car to be slightly down on power and to be idling a bit rough also, also definately not as economical on it. Filled up at esso the next time and no problems! I've also talked to others having trouble with the tesco stuff... I'm not sure but it may be due to it being low sulphur "city diesel". I may be completly wrong though.


I drive a passat and ive heard of problems being experianced with an a3 and a saab 95 1.9tid.

Maybe certain engines dont like it as much as others?

Jip

chris85 wrote: »

And only tesco had the problem, not even their supplier. So must be something different in the fuel.

Completely untrue. All the supermarket filling stations, Tesco, Morrisons and Asda, in the same part of the country in England had the same problem which was suspected to be due to a faulty batch of petrol which obviously came from a supplier whom Tesco and Morrisons happen to share.

kaiser sauze

chris85 wrote: »

I know well that they are using Statoil but I noticed a significant difference in the fuel efficiencies when i was using it and when i wasnt using it. Considering I was pretty much doing the same route and distance every week and the tesco petrol was not lasting.

I looked at it closely and was looking at about 10-15% less efficient. But everyone here likes proper statisitcs so dont matter.

I know a few others that have said this as well and will not get there petrol at tesco anymore.

I have used other stations for petrol and never had any reduction in economy. I will pretty much go to any other station and will only go to tesco as a last resort.

Just my experience with it, everyone has their own!

Last resort here, too. Or when I spent all the money on beer.

Pete4779 wrote: »

This is true in my experience. I would imagine that if you have a small engined car, not performance orientated, than it makes little difference. However, my car knocked with Tesco petrol. It's cheap for a reason. The fuel might all come from Statoil, but the different resellers add their own additives and cleaners/detergents. I will not buy from Tesco anymore - economy and performance were definitely worse with it.

My car can stutter horribly when using Tesco fuel. I notice a marked improvement on tickover with Esso and Texaco.

DublinWriter wrote: »

Personally, I do find a difference in performance with Tesco Diesel v. Maxol.

A neighbour recently had to have the engine in his 04 Merc C180 rebuilt *twice* by one of the big Merc dealers. The dealer said the cause of the problem was 'cheap petrol'.

I've been warned not to use Tesco petrol for exactly this reason, by two different mechanics.

Jip wrote: »

Completely untrue. All the supermarket filling stations, Tesco, Morrisons and Asda, in the same part of the country in England had the same problem which was suspected to be due to a faulty batch of petrol which obviously came from a supplier whom Tesco and Morrisons happen to share.

Right. I believe there was too much ethanol in the mix?
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I drive a 2ltr petrol auto and I get approaching 520 miles to a fill with Esso or Texaco. (Mixed driving)

The same fill, while cheaper, at Tesco will only get me approaching 410 miles, again with mixed driving.

I've done the math, based on the price at the time, and because of the better economy I get with non-Tesco petrol it negates any saving I might get at their pumps.

L1011

Too much ethanol wouldn't have cause that serious a problem - it was silicon in it!

I need to actually calculate the mileage fromm esso vs. tesco but my erratic driving practices - 25 miles a day for work then the odd 500 mile a day sprint for football or clubbing - makes overal efficiencies hard to work out.

kaiser sauze

MYOB wrote: »

Too much ethanol wouldn't have cause that serious a problem - it was silicon in it!

I need to actually calculate the mileage fromm esso vs. tesco but my erratic driving practices - 25 miles a day for work then the odd 500 mile a day sprint for football or clubbing - makes overal efficiencies hard to work out.

I couldn't quite remember what it was, thanks.

Saruman

I use them all the time... To be honest i can not see a difference. I had to fill up in esso recently as tesco was closed for some reason. I did not see any difference in economy, it depends on how i drive and where im doing said driving.

I did hear from my boss though, who just moved home from England that there was some scare with tesco petrol in the UK and engines breaking down...

mike65

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405051.stm

Mike.

L1011

mike65 wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405051.stm

Mike.

Thats from before they investigated and found out it was silicon. Tescos put full page adverts apologising in the UK press after that (was a few months after)

_feedback_

wincanton are the distribution company for Tesco & Statoil, the same fuel is delivered to both outlets....

chris85

MYOB wrote: »

Thats from before they investigated and found out it was silicon. Tescos put full page adverts apologising in the UK press after that (was a few months after)

I didnt realise that their supplier was different in England sorry.

Still Should never have happened. A big company like tesco should be choosing a supplier that has the competency to supply goods to the quality desired.

Bad batches should not happen for petrol. The control process to produce the petrol must not have been adequate and tesco should have known this. Tesco would have checked the process before they started getting petrol and they must have not known what they were doing.

The control involved in making petrol is very strict so is very strange that a bad batch is produced.

i am glad other people have seen this problem. Seems to be more on the higher performance cars. I have noticed from people i know that the japenese makes seem to be more sensitive to it. They obviously know good petrol

highlandseoghan

Tesco will be cheaper than all other petrol stations in the area and you can get clubcard points when you fill up and they offer 5c off every now and again but its not all the time.

Petrol is petrol they all come from the same part of the world its just your imagination if you think 1 petrol is better than another. if your still not sure set your gauge and calculate it yourself as long as you are driving the same conditions there will be no difference in fuel except the price.

if 1 garage is 1c cheaper go to that garage. 1c is not alot but over a year it all ads up. in my area 1 garage is 5c cheaper than all the others because i go through 100 litres a week thats a saving of around €300 a year that money is better in my pocket than theres.

ninty9er

Apple Green are more than likely going to be cheaper than a Tesco. Petrol's between 115.9 and 119.9 in Limerick at the moment, but Apple Green are selling at 109.9 or 104.9 with a carwash

tuxy

highlandseoghan wrote: »

Petrol is petrol they all come from the same part of the world its just your imagination if you think 1 petrol is better than another.

So the 100 octane petrol they use in Japan is the same as the 95 octane we use here?

That said for the most part all petrol in Ireland is the same.

tuxy

I have noticed how cheap Apple Green are, I just wish they had more stations.

L1011

highlandseoghan wrote: »

Petrol is petrol they all come from the same part of the world its just your imagination if you think 1 petrol is better than another. if your still not sure set your gauge and calculate it yourself as long as you are driving the same conditions there will be no difference in fuel except the price.

Except for the fact its not. The "petrol" sold in my local Maxol is E5, the petrol sold in my local Esso is RON95 - they're not the same. Even within RON95 standard fuel the actual mixes sold by different suppliers are entirely different - they contain different oxygenates, they contain different detergents, and so on.

And I've done that. I get significantly (8-12%) less fuel efficiency out of what Tesco sells as petrol. It meets European standards, but that's about it. And for once they're not even the cheapest petrol station around here, Applegreen are by about 3 quid a tank.

corkandproud

elviscostello wrote: »

wincanton are the distribution company for Tesco & Statoil, the same fuel is delivered to both outlets....

Have a look at a tanker the next time you pass one, they have 4-6 different compartments. Each one can hold a different mix. How can Shell have two different grades of unleaded?

Each proprietary reseller has its own mix of additives.

So a Statoil tanker delivering to Tesco does not automatically infer it's the same product going to both customers.

testicle

tuxy wrote: »

I wish I had the option of getting tesco petrol(average price in Nenagh is €1.20), does any tesco in North Tipp do it?

No, I think the new one in Limerick (Coonagh Cross) will be doing it, bus as far as I know it isn't yet...

testicle

corkandproud wrote: »

So a Statoil tanker delivering to Tesco does not automatically infer it's the same product going to both customers.

I bet the pub I was in last night watered down the Guinness too...

antodeco

MYOB wrote: »

When Dunnes in Maynooth opened I believe it was 10c per litre off if you spent more than 40

Fantastic marketing ploy by Dunnes there!!

Ive noticed a difference from Shell petrol to esso petrol. Ive even noticed a difference from different Esso's. Reset the gauge everytime and there can be 100Km of a difference in the petrol reading. (Driving is pretty much the same week in week out). On top of that, whether it be my imagination or not, I can sometimes feel the car stutter during acceleration dependant on the garage. Get most of my petrol from the one garage now, and seems fairly consistent.