Went to fill up with super unleaded petrol today, and tesco was advertising their new super unleaded petrol that is now 99 octane, with a guy from the touring car championship apparenty sponsoring it.

Has this always been the case or was it originally 97?

I never really noticed before, but thought I would give it a try. As the car manual says you should use a 98 Oct fuel.

Forgive me if this has been around for ages LOL

Its been 99 for some time

at least 18 months lol

It's 97 at my local Tesco... unless the sign on the pump is out of date.

Not 100% sure on this but I think Tesco 97 and 99 octane super unleaded are distributed in different areas depending on which refinery area you are in. It's been 99 octane down here on the south coast for quite some time now.

How much do they charge for it?

its been in stockport for a while now think its 104.9 a ltr now but i normally get 5p off per ltr as we do our big shop at tesco !!!

In cardiff it's been 99 since I've owned my octy (feb 06)

99RON here and I think it's currently 106.9p a litre!

The initial roll-out was 13 stations in the south-east 2-3 years ago, the Scooby boys kept the tanks nice and empty so they started a nationwide rollout. It's been 99 round Liverpool for a while, but I've seen some still 97 on my travels. They'll all be 99 eventually.

higher octane is the way forth. its annoying that our useless d*cks for government havent pushed Bio-Ethanol more. It's clearly going to be the future of the IC engine. You can grow it, and it's carbon neutral. Why arn't we all using it. Brazil do.

I wanna get my vRS mapped for E85 when it becomes more popular. Mmmm 105RON yummy!! To date ive only ever seen it in Morrisons stations in the Suffolk area.

Screw oil. I want bio juice.

Oh and it also smells lovely, and is safer for turbo'd cars as it reduces the chance of knock.

I used it in Yamaha R6 and WR450F powered hill climb cars, and it performed excellently. Lovely stuff.

I use Tesco 99 where I can, I find it's the best performace fuel out there, heck with the price of fuel rising the way it is I might as well be a couple of months ahead and buy fuel that makes the car more enjoyable.

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Its been 99 for about 18months id say, i used to use it all the time, good stuff, but of coarse it was alot cheaper then!

Been 99 here as long as I can remember, about £15 a litre I think! and it doesn't make any difference either.

Hmm... I filled up at Tesco this evening and it is 99 Ron, so they have either changed over in the last few days, or (more likely) I am an idiot.

Hmm... I filled up at Tesco this evening and it is 99 Ron, so they have either changed over in the last few days, or (more likely) I am an idiot.

Your an idiot :P:P:rofl:

Thanks MATE :P

Thats pay back for earlier:P

:rofl:

It's still 97 in Long eaton and Toton Tesco's (Nottingham area)....:(

V Power is my preferred fuel tbh, but i'll try some Tesco's

Anyone seen any of this V power diesel shell have been going on about?

Anyone seen any of this V power diesel shell have been going on about?

It'll be like BP Ultimate diesel - I have never used it, but in a 1.8 TD P Reg Mundano estate, even normal diesel was too good for it LOL:rofl:

tesco and shell are both around £1,06 per litre!! rip off big time :(

shell near me is the cheapest, 103.9 for diesel