Traktion Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I've just had a good drive on my first tank full of Tesco 99 petrol and have to say it's pretty sweet! Performance was great and there seemed to be more torque low down too (managed to provoke a little wheel spin in the wet, in forth doing about 40 odd on a bend lol). Seemed to be at least as good as anything else I have tried for at higher revs too. Also, one cool thing is low speed performance... after doing 50 miles on a nicely warm engine, the car would stroll along at about 3 mph with my foot off all the pedals in first gear - no sign of stalling. To test it, I actually manoeuvred into a parking space without using the accelerator! lol! It's probably nicer to the engine to give it a few more revs, but a good demonstration of the low end torque characteristics of the fuel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 nice, hope they get it round here soon is it much cheaper than ultimate or optimax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 mine does the moving bit on sainsbury's 97 too though would love to try it but up here no sign of it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traktion Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 90.7p a litre I think it was. Mine did the moving bit before when cold, but I can't remember being able to pull away from a stand still when warm, just by pulling up the clutch. Anyway, it's pretty decent stuff and a lot cheaper than Optimax/Ultimate around these parts (Southampton). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick U Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Yep, it's all good. Loving the south, although it doesn't quite make up for the house prices!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 90.7p a litre I think it was. Mine did the moving bit before when cold, but I can't remember being able to pull away from a stand still when warm, just by pulling up the clutch. Anyway, it's pretty decent stuff and a lot cheaper than Optimax/Ultimate around these parts (Southampton). no I confirm I can do the pulling away trick normally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 90.7p a litre I think it was. Mine did the moving bit before when cold, but I can't remember being able to pull away from a stand still when warm, just by pulling up the clutch. Anyway, it's pretty decent stuff and a lot cheaper than Optimax/Ultimate around these parts (Southampton). nice,paying 95.8p a litre for BP ultimate, so hopefully tesco's will be launching it nationwide soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoREoD Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 and just in case there are any doubters, the refiners say it has the same additives as Optimax. JohnK (As read in a recent mag. review) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoREoD Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Oh - I should also have said that I've asked Tesco to refine their website to show which of their petrol stations have Super Unleaded and the relevant RON. They say they've passed it to their website design people, but it might help if more people asked! JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek_ZR Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 nice,paying 95.8p a litre for BP ultimate, so hopefully tesco's will be launching it nationwide soon 92.8 for Optimax the now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Znismo Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 [ They say they've passed it to their website design people, but it might help if more people asked! JK Good Idea will email them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 They dont do it at my local Tesco's, I sent them an email saying that they were missing an opportunity.. In Chesterfield we have one station with Shell optimax about five miles out of the centre, one garage that does BP ultimate in the town centre, which is quite arkward to get in/out of. Then a couple more out of town BP stations. If our Tesco did 99 RON it would almost certainly be the most popular place for all performance cars in Chesterfield to fill up. As per usual from Tesco - no reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33r0y Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 You would probably be better off contacting Greenergy, the company that makes the stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traktion Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 Just another comment on here... it's been in my tank a couple of days now and it still definitely seems a lot more pokey at the bottom end; more so than Optimax and even more so than the 95 RON. It's good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 This website has updates weekly as to which stores are getting 99ron each week! Hope it helps http://www.greenergy.com/products/99_octane.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Chesterfield w/c 20/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 This website has updates weekly as to which stores are getting 99ron each week! Hope it helps http://www.greenergy.com/products/99_octane.html thanks for this! and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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