I've heard that this is true in France, where petrol and diesel are cheaper in supermarket filling stations than in regular filling stations. They say these fuels can even damage the car engine.
2006-06-15 00:47:23 · 9 answers · asked by jedema 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I don't really know which is better. Anyway, you should definitely avoid buying petrol/diesel from stations that are having very few customers, especially during winter. Condensation appears if the temp difference is to high in the underground fuel tanks (some of the stations do have a solution for this problem). And yes, poor quality fuel can seriously damage your engine, especially if it has common rail or direct fuel injectors. If you have a carburetor you don't have to worry...add a little kerosene in the fuel tank and carry on driving!
2006-06-15 01:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by Choke™ 1 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Not true they usually by in bulk and get a discount or they use the price reduction as a loss leader.
Both the supermarket and petrol station get petrol from the same refinery.
A loss leader is when they discount a product to entice you into the supermarket so that you buy other things that are more expensive.
2006-06-15 07:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This petrol may come from the same refineries, but can be processed differently, making it an inferior quality. In fact many petrol stations get their gas from the same refinery. example are Shell, Amaco, Caseys and B.P. all get there petrol out of the same refinery. Keep in mind, if a supermarket sold inferior gas, they would not be selling gas too long.
2006-06-15 08:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by t g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will find with supermarket petrol it has less additives so not as good quality as example B.P etc... We find that the m.p.g is better if bought from a filling station than from the supermarkets. Hope this helps.
2006-06-15 08:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by REBECCA W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...it's brought in from the same refinieries. The reason it can be sold so cheap is because the supermarket makes most, if not all of it's money by selling groceries and can afford to have the cheapest gas in town.
2006-06-15 08:24:41 · answer #5 · answered by jdm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-16 02:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anne A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the same.
How long do you think Tesco, Sainsburys & co would last if their petrol/diesel was screwing up thier customer's cars.....
2006-06-15 13:53:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They buy it from the same refineries as they big guys, just don't advertise the name so they have the felxibility to buy from the lowest priced supplier.
2006-06-15 07:52:34 · answer #8 · answered by xtowgrunt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, not at all
2006-06-15 12:48:24 · answer #9 · answered by km 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋