Supermarket fuel

 

If you believe branded Nurofen is better than just  the same but unbranded Ibuprofen - and people do - then it will cure your headache faster.

That is so true and a very good point!

....I saw a program a little while back about the placebo effect,  very interesting! It said that time and again, the tests can be duplicated and show the same results, a tablet has a certain percentage effect and 2 tablets twice the effect and an injection twice that of two tablets.Amazing how the brain / body works...truly fascinating!   (Sorry gone off topic....but I have had a rather friendly Bailey's.... other cream liquors available)

If you believe branded Nurofen is better than just  the same but unbranded Ibuprofen - and people do - then it will cure your headache faster.

It's the same with different fuels - if you believe Esso fuel is better than Tesco fuel then your car will run faster. 

It's all about belief. A powerful force. Never under estimate it. 

 

It's  awakening  in  lots  of  places  right  now  I  believe 

OK  OK  I've  got  me  jimjams  on  I'm  off to  bed

Sorry  for  going  off  thread

Well, it all sounds like this 'difference' in the base fuel is just another urban myth. But who gains by it, or is it just done for devilment/fun? 

This may clarify the situation.

I can't believe it, you're just buttering us up, CY!

#failed - never can just keep me gob shut!   

Write your comments here...well thank you for the info i will pass on your advice to the AA man im sure he will bin all his tools and advice it does make me wonder why i bothered in the first place posting this

Just to clarify, that post was wholly referring to myself #failing!!

Write your comments here...

If I remember correctly from previous postings,  Chemical Jasper is a qualified chemical engineer who works in a refinery. 

An AA patrolman needs a NVQ level 3 in Vehicle maintainence and repair.   I will leave the reader to decide who has the most credibility on the subject of petroleum product quality.

Write your comments here...the AA man is a friend of mine he trained as a motor mechanic did his apretaship at a main ford dealer worked for ford for aroubd 10yrs untill moving to the AA .his hobby is rally cars he owns and restors old rally cars . the info he gave me came from the AA tecnical team they did a survey on breakdownd in winter

Just because something is more expensive doesn't necessarily mean that it is of better quality, or better in any other way and this almost certainly applies to fuel as well. Another analogy to help prove the point, a few days ago I saw a book in our local supermarket that I knew my wife would like for Christmas but I couldn't buy it then as she was with me. The price was £9.99 and was not a specific promotion price for the book which is not on a 'best selling' list. Yesterday I was out shopping and called in to a well known national bookshop chain. They had exactly the same book - priced at £20.00! I would not be surprised if they had an equal if not better buying power for books than the supermarket has. It is just down to the amount of profit the organisation wants to make.

And who has been in trouble in Australia for trying to convince consumers that a certain painkiller was, if put in different packages,suitable for that specific problem

Well, it all sounds like this 'difference' in the base fuel is just another urban myth. But who gains by it, or is it just done for devilment/fun? 

I think it is almost certainly done from a position of belief, but uninformed belief, same as 95% of the rubbish that is touted as fact on the internet, from Homeopathy to anti-Vaxers.

Its the differenace between correlation and causation - once you have confused the two and decided what you believe to be correct, it is alway very difficult to change your point of view. At least 2 plane crashes have been attributed to pilots doing this, fixating on a single piece of information that is incorrect, even when there is a plethora of other information available - its human nature - it comes back to the fundamentals of religion vs science - having a fixed view or understanding that you dont know and always looking for information to better fit the observed results.  

This may clarify the situation.

I can't believe thats not butter!