Sainsbury's Petrol Racism????

Interesting time this evening. After waiting in a queue for several
minutes at the sainsbury's petrol station in South Ruislip it became
my turn to fill up. Lo and behold after 6 tries the pump still didnt
work so I went into the kiosk to enquire why.
The response was TAKE OF YOUR HELMET. no please or why or sorry,
When I enquired why I was told it was company policy....
Q1... Wearing a flip front helmet open faced for several minutes gives
a fair oldview of my fizzog...... why the problem.
Q2... Why did they serve the West Indian in front on a honda Bros
without a problem when he didnt take his full face helmet off or even
open the effing visor. (Black Hands.... that how I knew).
Was the fact the staff in the kiosk were also black a clue, or were
they just natural ass holes.
Tesco here I come.....

 

nehpetsthegrey wrote:

Sainsbury's petrol is not of the highest quality.
You will be better off at Tesco.

 

So everyone with "black hands" is "West Indian" then? And you feel free to
imply that others may be racist?

Tony

 

"off"

no please or why or sorry,

Probably the usual reason - "They do because they can"

I once saw an Australian. I knew he was, even though he had a crash helmet
and leathers on, because he has suntanned hands......

They were 'merkins??!!?? And arseholes too! Unlucky!

Now that's just fucking stupid - who in their right mind *chooses* to give
money to that Shirley Porter bitch?

Dave

 

Now I knew a pair of brothers in Edinburgh during the late 80's. One
of them was a bit of a pyro'. Had trouble with his employer, a petrol
station near Leith Walk. He let a pump run on, filled the forecourt
with fuel and retired a safe distance and.......!

OK so he got 6 years for it but it was a very satisfying act. Now I'm
not suggesting you do this to Sainsburys, heavens no.

'Hog

 

Twice I've been refused petrol at Sainsbury's because I was sat on my bike
(both times with my helmet and gloves off), once on an XT and the other when
I had a ZX10r - neither of which had a centre stand. The reason they gave
was that I might spill petrol on the hot engine and cause a fire which would
be bad if I was sat on the bike. I no longer buy petrol from Sainsbury's.

 

Yup, the BP station on Scotswood Road has just started that policy too,
just nicely as winter starts, and of course all the thieving hooligans
start to ride motorbikes then don't they?

They did me a favour actually, they were charging 95.9, but I ended up
at the Shell over the Redheugh bridge, and it's only 87.9 there.

 

Why, why, and with what can you prove it? Since having a discussion
over the merits of bp ultimate diesel[1] where supermarket fuel was
rubbished but no actual proof was brought, can you back up this claim?

Ideally, I'd like to see any of the following[2]:
* Dyno charts showing the same engine running on different fuels (and
additives if available)
* Independant lab testing of similar engines run on premium fuel
(BP/shell/whatever) and various supermarket fuels.

Anything like "well, I reckon my car is happier with it in, and it
always runs shite on saino's crap" isn't quite what I'm after. If
anyone can help then please do.

[1] the usual thing of it didn't make much, if any difference, but
there could be something, but is it psychological? In other words,
entirely scientific.
[2] t'other chap was banging on about using bp ultimate + an additive,
and how his engine would last 25% longer than one run on supermarket
fuel, how his would be so much cleaner/smoother/faster than mine. Not
a scrap of proof though.

 

Christofire emerged from their own little world to say

I missed it last night but Fifth Gear on Ch5 looked into posh petrol.
there's also a report from the NEC bike show by Charlie Boorman.

It's on again at 11.55 tonight.

Top Gear, with the Isle of Man thing, is also repeated in a few mins on
BBC2

 

No mention of it on the website, so I'm not expecting it to be the
definitive decider of if it's actually worth it, or more woolly
reasoning of "it might be".

 

Is there actually much difference between the various brands of petrol ?

 

Christofire emerged from their own little world to say

They tested 3 cars with 3 types of petrol on a dyno. They only measure bhp
so no info in extra mpg or cleansing properties.

Fuel types: 95 RON undeclared supermarket; Shell Optimax & BP Ultimate

Car1 - a supermini shopping trolley. Same bhp regardless of fuel.

Car2 - mid-range car. Can't remember make. Marginal increase in power with
posh petrol. 5 bhp IIRC

Car3 - a slightly sporty car. Golf GT maybe. The car manual claims that the
engine will produce more power with a higher octane fuel. Produced 135ish
bhp with 95RON. About 150 with the BP posh stuff and a bit more with the
Shell Shite.

The test seemed quite well organised. They allegedly reset the ECUs to
factory settings and did several runs to get an average.

These results are interesting but don't provide the conclusion you seek.
Write to your MP....

 

That's all I have. After twice filling up at Sainsbury and then within
a mile noticing a lack of power, which didn't return until the next fill-up
and ecu reset, I'm not going to try it again.

 

I believe it's more to do with storage and turnover.

That and the supermarket brands have fewer additives which make for a
shorter shelflife and a less stable burn. Supermarkets have a higher
turnover which makes the fuel 'going off' less of a problem.

 

You normally fill up there? It's always seemed outrageously expensive.

Ah-hah!

 

Car 1 was a clio with no changes with any petrol

Car 2 was a golf GTI slight changes max of 5bhp gain

Car 3 Scooby Imp gained about 15 bhp

HTH

Ken
B12

 

I'd like to see an extension of the same test run with supermarket
super unleaded, to reveal what advantage it enjoys over standard
supermarket unleaded, and how it compares to the leading brands of
super unleaded.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Christofire amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Sainsbury's Fuel is cheaper than Texaco. That's a good enough reason to
use it.

Also, I don't keep my vehicles long enough[1] to see if the 25% engine
life claim is true or not.

[1] The ol' ratbike's been head of the fleet for a number of years now,
mind. Longest I've ever kept any vehicle, that is.

<Sniff>

 

It depends on where I am when the tank get low. I normally have to fill
up every 4 days, so it's usually either near home, or near work. The BP
is like, half a mile from work, and I find it ain't worth diverting
around the side roads to save a few 'p'.

Still was tonight too, although the BP has dropped to 89.9 now.

 

Sainsburies at Whiltlet bay 93.9 but 5 p per litre off os wifey does
shopping there.

Never been refused serving, I allways sit on bike and wear lid when
filling up.

Just sit there and shrug shoulders whilst a queue of cars forms , im
sure they will come to attend you..


Ken

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