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I usually buy the cheapest Sainsbury/Morrisons/Asda diesel as their outlets are all about the same distance from home. Last weekend I was in the Lake District and bought the locally available BP brand.

So my average consumption up to that purchase included towing a big caravan from Scotland and quite a bit of roaming around narrow lanes solo. The computer reading was 18.1 mpg.

After fueling with BP and towing back to Scotland the computer showed an overall average of 19.9 mpg. Now, I don't hang about on motorways and dual carriageways so I expect the consumption to be rather poor, though I don't put any faith in the computer's stated figures, just use them for comparison.

This would seem to show that the BP fuel was returning a much better number of miles per gallon on a steady run.

There ya go-

That's about it.  Whatever hills there are up one way are down the other, so it works out flat in the end.

Yup, I always had you down as one. I’m glad I facilitated your coming out of the closet. You are most welcome👍🏻😊

 That would be a Flat Earth Closet I guess . . . ?  I closed the door afterwards anyway.

We have not bought supermarket fuel for a number of years.  When we did use it and then switched to a branded fuel, we did notice a decrease in consumption however the bonus was that both the petrol and diesel cars seem to perform or run better. 

The main reason is not the actual fuel which all comes from the same source, but the additive that is added by the various different brands.  Although the extra mile or tow per gallon is appreciate, a better and cleaner engine is very welcome as less maintenance.  Luckily we all have freedom of choice on how to spend our hard earned cash! 

I always fill up at Morrison’s, my fuel consumption is never the same on the same journey. Traffic conditions can determine how much fuel you use. One day the traffic is heavy meaning I use more fuel due to using a low gear more . Sometimes there is a strong headwind while towing meaning you use more fuel. 

A logical mind at work DT👍🏻. Isolated rolling roads under test conditions will be the only accurate test. The rest is fantasy/inaccurate guesswork. . .But it supplies laughs👍🏻😊

We are lucky as living in a rural area we hardly ever do urban driving and doing brim to brim fills definitely shows a slight improvement in mpg however it is not the mpg but the bonus being that the engine is burning cleaner with the petrol vehicle and also the diesel.  I guess a lot also depends on how often the vehicle is serviced and how it is driven.  There is no doubt in my mind that branded fuel does offer a better mpg and a cleaner engine and I like to think that I am not foolish. 

Just looking at all this again. Does anyone know what relationship horizon fuel services and pump king have ?

Also, who are now the owners of the cards ? And who has all of our details, pumpking or horizon ? 

Can anyone from the club clarify any of this ? And why a shareholder and partner of horizon has over a thousand companies Linked into it ? 

I for one do not like  the idea of my details being shared with that many linked companies.