Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight

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Wed 21 Jul 2010 18:35
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - Muggy

Making a visit to the Isle of Wight soon; is there anywhere on the island which sells premium unleaded petrol ( ideally BP Ultimate or the Shell Optimax or V-Power or whatever that's called these days )?

Failing that, what about in the Lymington / Calshot area please?

Having problems finding the relevant details by online searches!

Thank you. :-)

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Wed 21 Jul 2010 20:40
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - Singlish

There is a Tescos on the Brading Road, just South of Ryde-I assume they sell their 99 Octane Super Unleaded petrol there. I have only purchased 95 Ordinary Unleaded there before.

Andrew

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Wed 21 Jul 2010 23:14
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - johnny
Shell garage at Pennington near Lymington.
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Wed 21 Jul 2010 23:18
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - bathtub tom

Fill up before you get on the ferry. There aren't enough roads on the IOW to use a tankful and they charge a premium for transporting the stuff across the water. You may as well transport the stuff in your own fuel tank.

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Thu 22 Jul 2010 10:49
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - Muggy

Thanks; won't be doing a lot of driving on the Island and will arrive there with the tank probably still two thirds full so more likely to be filling up after getting back to Lymington - will have more time to spare on the way back anyway, so I'll look at Pennington.

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Thu 22 Jul 2010 11:49
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - Collos25

Out of interest what sort of car do you have that needs 99 super unleaded?

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Thu 22 Jul 2010 13:16
Any - Premium petrol - Isle of Wight - Muggy

1996 Suzuki Swift automatic, 993cc.

Consistently does 50+ mpg combined cycle with premium unleaded compared to 35 - 40 mpg combined cycle on the regular stuff.

Allowing for the price difference at the pump it works out at about ½p a mile cheaper, but more important than that it keeps the engine really clean AND gives me a lot more miles between filling up.

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