I'm new to oil-burners, but have a vRS on order.  I currently use V-Power petrol because I'm a sucker for a red sticker, and with the currently Lego toy cars Shell are offering, it's a no-brainer (these are awesome by the way).

 

What diesel will people use in their vRS TDi's?  I'm buying the car to save on my fuel bill, so part of me thinks I should stick with cheap diesel, but I don't want it to be to the longevity or performance of the motor.  Any pros/cons with using different quality fuel which only applies to diesel?

 

Planning on 10-15k miles / year, and will keep the car for at least 3.5 years.

Edited 15 November, 201312 yr by fiisch

I now declare the can of worms officially open..

I've never had any diesel car (all recent skoda vRS models) run any differently on any different brand or fancy type of diesel or any difference to economy.

 

That's my contribution to this thread before the fuel/winter tyre/engine oil nazi's turn up and tell you you must x or y or else the space time continuum will unravel and we'll all perish!.

What diesel will people use in their vRS TDi's?

 

Red.

any it does not matter, I use BP ultimate as you get double nectar points. Other than this use any it makes little to no difference.

I use the cheapest I can find without going out of my way.

Cheapest

Just use the cheapest. Diesel engines are less picky than petrol, especially performance/tuned petrols which benefit most from higher RON fuel. Plenty of diesels will run happily with the fuel diluted with vegetable oil, although I wouldn't want to do that on a VRS.

ASDA has always been the cheapest in my area...never had any issues whatsoever with 100k+ on the Leon FR clock!

Which ever cheaper derv it runs best on

The one sold by the every little helps store because I get points.

Tesco. Its closest and I pay with Tesco credit card to get extra points off shopping.

 

Ive also put it in the S-MAX for years

I've been suckered in by all the hype before about super plus plus diesel wonder fuels including it needs many many tank fulls to get it through the system and the ecu adjusted to it (no it doesn't).

 

Makes no difference whatsoever to performance or mpg, only difference I've ever noticed was a slightly (and I mean slightly) quieter idle noise.

Standard Shell or Tesco for me of late and there appears no difference in MPG between the two.

 

 

TP

Shell, BP or Esso regular diesel. Never ever supermarket fuel unless nothing else is available. I'm not going to get into an argument here yet again on this topic but trust me it is NOT the same fuel from supermarkets as it is from the premium brands. This is a definite fact.

Edited 15 November, 201312 yr by Timoctav

All of the major Brands and Supermarkets source their fuel from the same refineries. The fuel is exactly the same bar additives which are "added later". There are only about a dozen refineries within the whole of the UK, so most depots and garages are supplied by their closest refinery. Pay more for Shell, BP, Esso etc if you like, but you are only paying for additives which are not really necessary.

 

edit: The Esso Fawley refinery provides 20% of the UK's fuel. Esso owned and Esso  branded station provide only 10% the UK's fuel, so where does the other 10% go? The answer is that Esso and other refineries sell to anyone and everyone.

Edited 15 November, 201312 yr by Orville

... This is a definite fact.

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Prove it.

My Mk1 Octy did 50 miles better to a tank on Shell than it did on Tesco (other supermarket fuels are available) before the beep. As such I have always spent that extra £1 on branded fuel (2p a litre more over a 50l fill). If I go an extra 50 miles that's at least a gallon in my hand at £6.50ish so up £5. You'll never see that in points from the same fill!

 

My Dad is good at saving money and was long an advocate of supermarket fuel. I challenged him to try the Shell challenge based on my experiences up here in Scotland. Back home in Devon with a different car he got the same result and promptly moved off supermarket fuel.

 

When I was at Uni a pal had a petrol Pug 309. That wouldn't even run if asked to drink Safeway fuel, so he had to used brand fuel!

 

However, I trialled V-Power diesel once over regular, no discernible difference.

 

Given the mileage I travel around Scotland I'm a 'full to beep' type driver so never really 'mix' brands in the tank either.

 

Not proof per se, but hey, try it for yourself and your own circumstances. You'll only lose a quid at worst.

 

Niall

I too find tesco fuel = less mpg

Transit van we have 4 ,all do 50 to 70 less miles per fill up at tesco than our normal jet garage so have told drivers not to fill up at tesco

Now why this is the case I have no idea !

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Prove it.

Stuarted I am not going to get into an argument with you. It is futile, and I am sure even if I took the trouble to post proof here you would still not believe it. So I'm not going to waste my time. You have your opinions and I have mine, let''s leave it there.

Shell, BP or Esso regular diesel. Never ever supermarket fuel unless nothing else is available. I'm not going to get into an argument here yet again on this topic but trust me it is NOT the same fuel from supermarkets as it is from the premium brands. This is a definite fact.

So what if it's not the same, there's still nothing wrong with it as it has to meet EU specs so stop your nice taking.

So what if it's not the same, there's still nothing wrong with it as it has to meet EU specs so stop your nice taking.

Here we go! Yes supermarket fuels meet the EU specs and there is nothing wrong with supermarket fuel, but they DO NOT have the patented additives that premium brands add, after the refining process. And it those additives that make the difference and make premium brand fuel BETTER.

Edited 15 November, 201312 yr by Timoctav

Another can of worms opened

 

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Here we go! Yes supermarket fuels meet the EU specs and there is nothing wrong with supermarket fuel, but they DO NOT have the patented additives that premium brands add, after the refining process. And it those additives that make the difference and make premium brand fuel BETTER.

As I've posted before, I've run premium fuels and got around 5mpg LESS.

Line up 10 identical cars and I'll guarantee there will a difference on which fuels they run best on.

Forget the hype, forget your reward points and use the fuel YOUR car prefers

No hype, ( as an engineer I can see through BS) Shell reward points are worth diddly squat anyway. All my cars, without exception in recent memory have been more efficient using premium brand fuels. i am not advocating V Power diesel and the like though, I don't believe that is worth the money and only use high octane petrol in engines designed to run on 98 RON petrol.

The difference is greater with petrol brands than diesel, but their is still a significant enough difference to make it worth while.

Edited 15 November, 201312 yr by Timoctav