Supermarket Fuel

[koala]

I've had my four year old RX300 for a couple of months now. A loss of fluid due to a faulty seal meant the automatic transmission died within a week. Since replaced uinder warranty seems OK.

I'm trying to work out whether there is a difference in driving smoothness when using 95 supermarket fuel. I know fuel from the majors has additives. It just seems a tad less

using the supermarket brands. Any experiences?

[LexusForever]

Hi Ya

i run my car on Tesco 99 most of the time, and the normal 95 at other supermarkets when i have to, and i hardly ever use the 'Brand' names and i haven't had any problems at all - hope that helps

[aido]

Nowadays they're all very similar - to be honest I wouldn't have thought you'd notice anywhere near the difference between the 95 RON and the 98 or 99 RON stuff you can get - the car is mapped to run on 95 so I'd be inclined to run it on that - you may see better economy on the 98 or 99 stuff but in a standard car I wouldn't personally bother.

Just give it a bit of throttle every now and then to clear all the crap out the back, always looks awesome when you do that for the first time in ages just as someone is right up your arse on the motorway :)

[koala]

Nowadays they're all very similar - to be honest I wouldn't have thought you'd notice anywhere near the difference between the 95 RON and the 98 or 99 RON stuff you can get - the car is mapped to run on 95 so I'd be inclined to run it on that - you may see better economy on the 98 or 99 stuff but in a standard car I wouldn't personally bother.

Just give it a bit of throttle every now and then to clear all the crap out the back, always looks awesome when you do that for the first time in ages just as someone is right up your arse on the motorway :)

thank you all