Tesco 99 update & Tech info

[swelch]

We are unable to advise on the content of Shell Optimax, however I can confirm that our 99 octane unleaded petrol has a minimum RON of 99 and a MON of 87. It exceeds the British Standard Specifications for BS7800 - superunleaded fuel, and BSEN228 premium unleaded. It contains a high level of a detergent additive which exceeds the level of performance specified by Major European Motor Manufacturers, to help keep engine fuel systems clean.

Here is an updated list of stores which this sell this fuel together with the dates of forthcoming stores, this list from Head office suggests our Portsmouth store should already have begun selling it:

Current Stores Selling 99 Octane Super Unleaded

2008 Abingdon 31/08/05
2030 Andover 26/09/05
2031 Ashford Crooksfoot 11/08/05
2147 Ashford Middlesex 18/08/05
2039 Ashford Park Farm 21/07/05
2041 Aylesbury 2
2055 Baldock 29/09/05
2065 Bar Hill 07/09/05
2072 Barking 13/09/05
2078 Barkingside 10/10/05
2073 Basildon 1 25/10/05
2082 Basildon 2 12/10/05
2080 Basingstoke 03/10/05
2105 Bedford 2 01/08/05
2101 Bishop Stortford 05/09/05
2117 Blandford Forum 28/07/05
2102 Bognor 14/09/05
2126 Borehamwood 20/09/05
2115 Bracknell North 16/08/05
2131 Brent Cross
2122 Brent Park 07/09/05
2141 Brislington 19/07/05
2200 Broadstairs 08/08/05
2152 Bromley By Bow 27/09/05
2160 Brooklands 12/10/05
2163 Burgess Hill 24/10/05
2156 Burlesdon Towers 24/10/05
2166 Bury St Edmunds 20/10/05
2330 Chelmsford 28/09/05
2266 Chichester 13/09/05
2310 Colchester 06/10/05
2296 Colney Hatch 22/08/05
2436 Dereham 27/09/05
2413 Didcot 17/08/05
2422 Dover 10/08/05
2425 Dunstable 01/09/05
2450 Eastbourne 13/10/05
2445 Elmers End 06/10/05
2470 Ely 19/10/05
2532 Feltham 06/09/05
2538 Feltham Dukes Green 11/10/05
2547 Flitwick 02/08/05
2569 Goodmayes 12/09/05
3490 Great Yarmouth 08/09/05
2634 Harlow CL 31/10/05
2639 Harlow EW 27/09/05
2691 Hastings 19/09/05
2654 Hatfield 28/09/05
2651 Havant Langstone 12/09/05
2642 Hayes Bull Bridge 23/08/05
2663 Hemel Hempstead 27/07/05
2675 Horsham 15/09/05
2748 Ipswich 01/09/05
2767 Kettering 31/08/05
3333 Lea Valley 23/08/05
2812 Leatherhead 01/08/05
2821 Lewisham 05/10/05
2833 Littlehampton 01/09/05
2848 Lowestoft 11/10/05
2857 Lunsford Park 21/09/05
2860 Maidstone 04/10/05
2872 Maldon 29/09/05
2877 Martlesham 29/09/05
2889 Milton 18/10/05
2898 Milton Keynes Bletchley 03/08/05
2896 Milton Keynes Wolverton 04/08/05
2885 MK Kingston 30/08/05
2934 New Malden 26/10/05
2919 Newbury 18/08/05
2941 Newmarket 20/10/05
2952 Northampton 17/10/05
2128 Osterley 24/08/05
2994 Oxford 15/08/05
3009 Peterborough 19/10/05
3068 Pitsea 26/09/05
3032 Ponders End 24/08/05
3040 Poole 3 Fleets Corner 20/07/05
3055 Portsmouth 25/10/05
3050 Potters Bar 25/08/05
3066 Purley 07/09/05
3086 Rainham 14/09/05
3095 Reading 15/08/05
3107 Romford 20/09/05
3120 Romford Gallows 21/09/05
3130 Saffron Waldon 17/10/05
3179 Sheerness 06/09/05
3178 Shoreham 19/09/05
3180 Sidcup 08/09/05
3177 Southend 27/10/05
3189 Southwark 04/10/05
3145 St Neots 10/10/05
3240 Stowmarket 28/09/05
3234 Sudbury 05/10/05
3220 Sunbury 17/08/05
3205 Surrey Quays 03/10/05
3235 Sutton Cheam Park Farm 31/10/05
3324 Twickenham 25/08/05
3372 Watford 02/08/05
3436 West Durrington 27/10/05
3377 Weston Flavell 31/08/05
3401 Whitstable 15/09/05
3470 Yeading 22/08/05


Dates For next conversions to 99 Octane

2296 Colney Hatch 01/11/05
3050 Potters Bar 02/11/05
2651 Havant Langstone 03/11/05
2569 Goodmayes 03/11/05
2560 Gatwick 07/11/05
2266 Chichester 07/11/05
2072 Barking 08/11/05
2102 Bognor 08/11/05
3086 Rainham 09/11/05
2675 Horsham 09/11/05
3401 Whitstable 10/11/05
3178 Shoreham 10/11/05
3324 Twickenham 14/11/05
2691 Hastings 14/11/05
2425 Dunstable 14/11/05
3107 Romford 15/11/05
2126 Borehamwood 15/11/05
3120 Romford Gallows 16/11/05
2857 Lunsford Park 16/11/05

I hope this helps.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us at customer.service@tesco.co.uk quoting TES1367893X.

 

[White16valver]

Sweeeet, my local's now doing it!

 

[cat171]

the tesco's in lakeside charge the same price for it as the one a couple of miles away charge for normal unleaded :S
its 93.9p per litre - I use the 99ron now.

 

[Karlos182]

Yeah Inoticed that the ohter day. They've replaced all the old LRP pumps. I wonder if it's any good - and more to the point - if it's any better than Optimax?

 

[jonesyx]

is there any stores in scotland doing it? co-mon 2387 you know ya wana (lol)

 

[Kelly]

I wish they'd do a roll-out in the North West

 

[MATT BLACK]

how come there all in the south ?? ( fackin ell governor - up the apple and pairs mi owld san )

 

[swelch]

My Car is mapped for min 98 ron (supposed to be 100 ron) so I will get an increase in power. Gald it has detergents in it as I would stick with Optimax otherwise. I'm down to Tescos when I run dry

 

[Pete]

Do they have cars up north? :S

 

[Karlos182]

Errr...........more affluent region? (Runs away and hides)

 

[MATT BLACK]

Clios are actually faster in the North

 

[kevinh]

Weird that - the Tesco here in Salisbury has a pump that says its 99ron but not on the list.

Maybe thats why the car felt slow after filling up! Shell cheaper than Tesco here too so keep on the Optimax for now me thinks.

 

[seb]

^^^^ lol

Does anyone kone as link to show how much each petrol statino is charging for this? I am having no luck.

 

[Kelly]

Errr...........more affluent region? (Runs away and hides)

Though most people in London areas don't drive. Anyway - most supercars are bought in the N/W - hence Lamborghini opening a showroom in Stockport.

We need 99RON petrol! :evil:

 

[Ally]

Does the north of the UK not exist in tesco land, ffs...

 

[Bezza4]

don't recognise any as being by me in the midlands / worcestershire

 

[Karlos182]

Neraest one would be Peterborough.

 

[Lucas]

Tesco don't manufacture their own fuel so I'm wandering where they get this 99RON, seeing as none of the major fuel companies sell it here in the UK.

 

[cupra]

see link

http://www.greenergy.com/products/99_octane.html

 

[White16valver]

Interesting to note the difference between summer and winter versions!

 

[Rip3z]

Interesting reads.

Funnily enough I would say that clios are faster up North due to the air being colder?

 

[® Andy]

Get in there

I've always topped up with 99 RON from Winchester when I've been travelling "upwards". Now they've got it at my local Tesco at Burseldon Towers . It's good stuff and I will be using it assuming they've not priced it more than Opti.

 

[Gatecliffe]

Same here I have been using it for a while now and I can tell no diffrence between Optimax or Tesco's super, apart from its 6p cheaper a litre

 

[Karlos182]

So which one is cheaper then?

 

[Gatecliffe]

Shell Optimax round here is 99.9 while Tesco Super is 93.9

 

[clio__chris]

typical!

my local isnt on there and it only has standard unleaded!

 

[Ads_172]

Nothing in the SW, unless I've missed one...

 

[BRUN]

I wish they'd do a roll-out in the North West

yea i know, not a single one anywhere near us

 

[soepy]

It must be like guiness, that doesn't travel well either.

 

[Kelly]

Shell Optimax round here is 99.9 while Tesco Super is 93.9

Optimax is 93.9p here

 

[Karlos182]

Optimax is 93.9p here

Blimey that's cheap! Where you from?

 

[ukaskew]

Nothing in the SW, unless I've missed one...

Nope, none for me here in Westbury area as well, nearest is Bristol I think. Bit of a crapper considering there isn't even Optimax available for 30 miles in any direction.

Plenty of exotica in these parts but they seem to have to make do with the standard stuff as well, I saw a Ferrari F355 filling up with 95 at our local recently!

As a possible answer as to why Salisbury wasn't on that list, iirc Salisbury, Winchester and somewhere else were the original trial locations and therefore have had it for quite some time now, maybe everyone knows about it!

 

[172blue]

Picked up a tank full in Shoreham, West Sussex, at 90.9 last week. That compares with my local Tesco, 10 miles from shoreham, where it is 93.9 and normal is 90.9!!

Seems bit weird, but will now fill up with 99 at 97 prices, can't be bad....oh and BP and shell are another 5-6p on top, I DON'T THINK SO, as this Tesco stuff is great!

 

[Tom_16v]

Too many people have commented that they don't like the tesco 99RON fuel, and their cars run better on Optimax!

I know what I'll be sticking to anyway.....

 

[Day]

Nope, none for me here in Westbury area as well, nearest is Bristol I think. Bit of a crapper considering there isn't even Optimax available for 30 miles in any direction.

Plenty of exotica in these parts but they seem to have to make do with the standard stuff as well, I saw a Ferrari F355 filling up with 95 at our local recently!

As a possible answer as to why Salisbury wasn't on that list, iirc Salisbury, Winchester and somewhere else were the original trial locations and therefore have had it for quite some time now, maybe everyone knows about it!

Salisbury still have it - I put £20 worth on Saturday night

I filled up the day they started doing it, the woman behind the desk said she'd seen some flash cars in that night lol

 

[BenR]

Now somebody needs to find out the MON/RON of optimax so we can tell which fuel is actually better.

 

[stan*]

Ben, its says 99 RON on the pump...its obviously better

 

[BenR]

well doh!!! lol

no seriously, credit due to tesco for actually saying their MON is a paltry 87 lol!

who in the real world gives a crap about RON!?

what is optimax anyway, i've still not found out, or rather, they've not replied to my emails.

 

[BenR]

86.9...........sheesh, why dont i just look at the internet sometimes.

So the RON average for tesco is 93 and 92.45 for optimax..........

So on paper, tesco is better all round......with the benefit of price.

 

[clio__chris]

Guess im in for a bit of a drive to bristol this saturday then

give my car a bit of a xmas present