Gulf Fuel

[Rhyso]

Keh? Define forecourt fuel.

NOT from a supermarket, so basically the major brands.

[Briggsy]

Keh? Define forecourt fuel.

NOT from a supermarket, so basically the major brands.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=forecourt&oq=forecourt&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i59j0l3.2114j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Rhyso]

Keh? Define forecourt fuel.

NOT from a supermarket, so basically the major brands.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=forecourt&oq=forecourt&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i59j0l3.2114j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Wow. Good for you

[phazer]

What is happening with forums at the moment? They're struggling against the tide of Facebook bullsh!t but seemingly every last detail has to be picked apart by pedants. WTF is the point of posting a dictionary definition of a word in this country?

We have so many regional dialects and words that differ you could get properly arsey all the time but let's be right, for the most part we understand each other regardless of regional dialect and variation and to pick at it is to just be a knob for the sake of it.

<sigh>

[Watts]

Strange that as the post you refer to gave me a really good laugh! And the response, top stuff!

[eatontrifles]

What is happening with forums at the moment? They're struggling against the tide of Facebook bullsh!t but seemingly every last detail has to be picked apart by pedants. WTF is the point of posting a dictionary definition of a word in this country?

We have so many regional dialects and words that differ you could get properly arsey all the time but let's be right, for the most part we understand each other regardless of regional dialect and variation and to pick at it is to just be a knob for the sake of it.

<sigh>

Unfortunately, some people are just arsey. Online personas only serves to amplify a personality.

[Briggsy]

What is happening with forums at the moment? They're struggling against the tide of Facebook bullsh!t but seemingly every last detail has to be picked apart by pedants. WTF is the point of posting a dictionary definition of a word in this country?

We have so many regional dialects and words that differ you could get properly arsey all the time but let's be right, for the most part we understand each other regardless of regional dialect and variation and to pick at it is to just be a knob for the sake of it.

<sigh>

Made me laugh and I know it's directed at me.

Perhaps it's rather frustrating when people make up terms that isn't obvious as to what it is i.e. 'forecourt fuel' meaning branded fuels, that's so unclear, it has nothing to do with regional dialects. It's not even an abbreviation of a word to create a new one with another or such like, it's just using a noun incorrectly. If I was talking to him I'd have said the same very thing - what are you on about and why do you call it that.

I assume you all instantly knew what he was on about when using that term then huh.

The joys of a forum.

[I wanted a GTi]

What is happening with forums at the moment? They're struggling against the tide of Facebook bullsh!t but seemingly every last detail has to be picked apart by pedants. WTF is the point of posting a dictionary definition of a word in this country?

We have so many regional dialects and words that differ you could get properly arsey all the time but let's be right, for the most part we understand each other regardless of regional dialect and variation and to pick at it is to just be a knob for the sake of it.

<sigh>

In the week and a bit that we have had here in the UK is there not more important things to get point out/get worked up by than the meaning/phrase of a word?

Maybe thinking all people in society can get on is a bit too much but surely it's not too much to ask that us here can, is it?

[Jimble]

The only 'major' difference i've ever noticed was years ago when i drove to Scotland to drop my neice in a 1.6 astra, filled up with BP before we left, drove 320 miles on that tank with no problems then filled up at the local Texaco, it was what my grandad would call kangaroo juice!! Car ran awful for a week afterwards!! Never had anything similar since but have never used Texaco since either!


@the OP, never used Gulf in my life but very unlikely it'll be any worse than any other.

[Ritchie2]

Companies like BP, Esso and the so called premium retailers pay car manufacturers to recommend higher priced fuels on their cars. That tells you all you need to know about the supermarket vs premium fuel argument. All fuel is made to a minimum standard, premium fuels have additives which claim to improve performance, reduce wear etc but its all subjective.


Personally I use supermarket with an occasional premium as a treat, seems like a happy medium...

As for your trip up to Skye, a single tank of what you perceive as cheap fuel isn't going to matter a jot, even if you believe the hype.