Supermarkets jam a load of filler into their petrol or they buy lower quality juice, or something.
The stuff's shit. My engine pinked like a motherfucker the one time I put supermarket petrol in. It was Sainsbury's too, nothing like Tesco pikey stuff.
( Kroney, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:49, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I've noticed.
Or rather, my car has.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:49, Reply)

Really? I haven't.
Then again, I never use proper petrol stations. Maybe my little car is too fucked now to notice any difference.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:51, Reply)

How old's the car?

( Kroney, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:53, Reply)

It's an R reg.
Battered to fuck on the outside, full of dog hair on the inside, I don't clean and polish it more than once a year, and would never be able to sell it.

On the other hand, it's a diesel with 75k on the clock, engine runs really well, and it's far too good to scrap.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:56, Reply)

...but enough about Mr b3th

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:58, Reply)

Yeah, it won't be anywhere near as sensitive.
It won't be relying on a bunch of sensors taking readings within certain parameters in order to balance the fuel/air mix.

Which is why mine and badger's cars are such screaming nancies about their fuel. Supermarket fuel is lower quality so it doesn't give out the right readings. The sensors report faults and the ECU goes into safe mode because it thinks the engine is about to explode.
( Kroney, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:59, Reply)

Oh god, no, there's nothing electrical under the bonnet.
Proper old clunky beast, my little car.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Nov 2012, 11:02, Reply)

It really depends on how new the engine is.
Diesels that meet Euro IV are a lot more sensitive to fuel quality hence they have to have electronic matrickery to deal with shit. If I put supermarket fuel into mine, pretty much every time I get about 20 miles down the road and get a "bing" and a message on screen saying "warning! reduced performance mode" and the car won't rev above 3000rpm or drive above 55mph until I refill with better fuel.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:54, Reply)

Your car is a screaming gayer

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:56, Reply)

I imagine instead of a ingnition key, there's just a smooth set of balls he has to tickle correctly

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:58, Reply)

hahaha!
2 stroke
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:58, Reply)

Actually I have to rim the ignition.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 11:04, Reply)

Absolutely.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 11:02, Reply)

Although when I lived in filthy hertfordshire
The Tesco near me sold 100 octane unleaded. That was a good laugh in the S2000 or in my housemate's 911.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Nov 2012, 10:51, Reply)