Tesco 99RON fuel - tested

[Tim Oldland]

Just thought i\'d share my experiences with the new Optimax rival.

First off, as i live near Basildon, the only place i could\'ve got Optimax was at Rayleigh, where it was around 96p a litre. Now there are 2 tesco\'s nearby who sell their 99RON for c.92p a litre.

I\'ve just finished my first tank of the 99RON stuff, and i can safely say its better than Optimax. The Rex runs smoother, boosts better, and certainly goes better than it ever did on the Shell stuff.

The fuel economy also seems about 1mpg better which, as you know in Rex-land, is good news!

Add in the bonus of it beign cheaper, plus an extra 5p a litre off if you do a big shop in Tescos (as i did), its the best thing to happen to jap cars for a long time!

Full list of stations selling it here:

http://www.greenergy.co.uk/products/99_octane_locations.html

Enjoy!!

[<--rYaN-->]

Good to see you had a good experience with it, i\'ve heard a few bad reports of it clogging up fuel tanks etc, even the starlet gts in japan has had problems with it. Strange. Only rumors but on the GTiR OC they seem to have no probs with it, lets hope it stays like that!

[Martiny]

They have tescos in Japan?

[Ada7]

Might have to pop up to sandhurst and get some next time im over that area if its good stuff. At 92ppl and 5p a litre off if you buy in store (usually over £100 of goods i think), its a bloody good deal!!  :chat
Might invest in a large container to keep some in :rollin

Adam

[<--rYaN-->]

Sorry i should read what i type before i post it, it was meant to say FROM japan, and that was just on some forum but thought i\'d mention it so people were aware that there MAY be problems with it, like i said i dont know how true it is and most forums seem to have had great success with it

[Andyp]

I\'ve been using it for about a 8 months now - I really rate it, plus with the 5p off tesco give you per litre for shopping over £50 - Shell can go swivel

[Jono FD3]

Something strainge going on here........ are you guys keeping it on your side of the border? Please share!!! The closest I get is the 97 ron super plus from my local tesco and I\'m being taken up the rear on the price of that: 93p was 101p mind!!

Jono

[robedwards99]

It\'s all I\'ve put in since I got my car a couple of months ago. No problems here

Rob.

[Sy.]

tesco\'s 99 is good ... had no problem with it at all .
and with 5p off a litre .. its even better .

[BlitzBoy]

whoohoo, they just started selling locally here, filled up this lunchtime, and its cheaper, I even might start shopping a Tesco to get the extra discount

[alexb]

I filled up at Dereham (16 miles from Norwich) last weekend. The car certainly seems to like it, driving more smoothly etc and was a few p cheaper than Optimax. The round trip is a bit long just to get some petrol though!

Cheers,
Alex

[gmogle]

Alexb,

They have it in Dereham !!!! Why not Norwich !! Bizarre.

Gareth

[kbareham]

Just a thought - has anyone got any knock figures from the PFC to compare Optimax against Tesco 99 ? You might expect any significant octane difference to show up there.

[allstaruk]

I have been using it for a couple of months now and I can\'t fault it. Cheep too.

[Rotorboy65]

Think the boys on Fifth Gear are doing a survey on different suppliers of fuel. Supermarket versus big oil companies, covering differences in price, mpg and performance. So maybe the Tesco 99 ron will be featured.....cheers Leigh.