Guy
Member Since: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Sitting Down, Facing Front
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Slimer wrote:Hmmm, anyone actually seen it for sale anywhere?
Look, I only write the stuff...
Mind you, it's a good point. I need to fill up tomorrow and I will be passing the Shell garage in downtown sunny Swindon, so I'll have a look.
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Guy
Member Since: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Sitting Down, Facing Front
Posts: 1264
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Cliff H wrote:Didn't you hear, Antiqua have banned him because they heard that he was going to be wearing thongs 
That's a scary thought - an RRS driver with a fake tan from furniture polish in a thong 
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| 28th Mar 2006 4:48 pm |
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Guy
Member Since: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Sitting Down, Facing Front
Posts: 1264
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I think we'll be the judge of that...
Martin is setting up an 'Adult' section of the gallery: you can post the photo there and issue passwords.
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| 28th Mar 2006 5:09 pm |
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Guy
Member Since: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Sitting Down, Facing Front
Posts: 1264
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Why? Because most small children scream when they see an RRS?
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| 28th Mar 2006 5:22 pm |
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Martyn
Member Since: 25 Mar 2006
Location: Ely
Posts: 18
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So far have not seen any real difference between Tescos and the local Shell (tried both). However it makes a big difference somtimes with the BMW120d It goes from 50mpg down to arround 45mpg at Tescos! Performance does not seem to suffer though!
Martyn 06 Reg Discovery 3 TDV6S Auto Silver with Leather
2014 BMW M135i (on order)
07 BMW Z4M Roadster
02 Suzuki GSX1400
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| 28th Mar 2006 5:28 pm |
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tony bennett
Member Since: 28 Jul 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 565
 
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Very annoyed wrote:Are there any products that you can mix with the diesel that help with mpg and wear & tear?
Hi,
Yes they are called diesel additives.
You can buy any number of types in a motorshop
But if you go to discoparts on the web (I am no connection)
They sell the real good stuff, I think its called millers from memory but please don't make me wear thongs if I'm wrong  regards
tony
05 "Battlestar Galactica"
In 7 years ownership
09/13 New Battery (I did that)
11/13 new alternator. (I did that)
2 x EGR Blanked. (I did that )
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| 28th Mar 2006 5:46 pm |
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lee01277
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Shed
Posts: 821
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I really can't put a fag paper between any type of diesel. By far the most of my weekly miles is motaway, and i see 30 mpg or better most of the time using the cheap and chearful stuff..
However, I'm one of the 65 ( just keeping away from the trucks ) mph guys who can't see the point of getting from a to b 20 mins quicker by doing 80...
Give me a wave as you zoom past me on the M40 .. ..............Somewhere in-between my old D3 and what's to come next .........
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| 28th Mar 2006 11:13 pm |
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dldisco3
Member Since: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Hasselt
Posts: 191
 
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I've tried Shell regular diesel and Shell extra diesel (as it's called in Belgium)
The engine sounds the same, as it doesn't make much noise anyway.
Mileage: about the same, a few kms more on extra it seems.
Price: .10 EUR more / liter for the extra.
So far, driving more relaxed has helped more for the L/100KM or MPG 
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| 29th Mar 2006 7:24 am |
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SimonW
Member Since: 17 Nov 2005
Location: Basingstoke, Hants, UK.
Posts: 39
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I always use BP ultimate, performance so much better and I think quieter, than when using the odd tank of something else.
But paid 100.9p tonight!! ouch
"BP Ultimate Diesel has the highest cetane number in the UK at a guaranteed 55 minimum and typically higher. Ordinary diesel sold in the UK has a cetane number of 51" Nov '54' TDV6 SE Manual 25,000 miles - Excellent !! Don't buy an Auto until you have driven a Manual !!!!
'89 Classic 3.5i
Prev:
'00 4.6 RR Vogue,
'98 300Tdi 90 CSW,
'99 Freelander
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| 29th Mar 2006 10:26 pm |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10438
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Quite often I drive long trips sometimes 3 or 4 tank fills in one trip. I will drive till the tank is empty and fill up to the top and off to go again. Within a few miles of filling, the mpg will change some times for the better sometimes for the worse. I fill up with what’s available when I’m empty. So my experience with fuel is it will make a difference to your mpg if you go for the cheaper stuff. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 29th Mar 2006 11:03 pm |
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Baldrick
Member Since: 15 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin
Posts: 76
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I've raised this topic again as the other night for the second time I saw a Statoil Truck filling up the tanks at the only Tesco station in Dublin (that I know of). So.......... my question is, based on the information posted above, do I take it that if its in a statoil truck that it is statoil diesel? 2007 MY Irish spec S+ TDV6
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| 17th Oct 2006 10:51 am |
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JMC
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Aberdeen-Angus. Where the Bull* comes from!
Posts: 6417
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Baldrick wrote:do I take it that if its in a statoil truck that it is statoil diesel?
NO! Whilst I'm not suggesting that this is absolute, the assumption should not be automatic. 
If it were in the UK I could tell you why, but I am not up to speed with regards to wholesale fuel movement in Eire.
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| 17th Oct 2006 11:02 am |
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Baldrick
Member Since: 15 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin
Posts: 76
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What way does it work in the UK? 2007 MY Irish spec S+ TDV6
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| 17th Oct 2006 11:12 am |
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