Old Top Gear Super Unleaded Petrol

Old Top Gear from 1989
William Woollard and Tom Boswell look at the confusion between Superunleaded and Lead Octane petrol and some Lead substitutes drives could've added around the time

This clip was extracted from the episode that was first broadcast on the 21st September 1989

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

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[ysivyboi1]

oo ye u did soz my mistake late eighties i guess

[bajabusta]

when did britain begin the switch from leaded to unleaded?

[ysivyboi1]

cuz its better for the environment

[energymc22]

£1.71 per gallon thats under 40p a litre... those were the days

[Bluenile38]

Unleaded petrol. What a stupid idea, that'll never catch on.

[tjf4375]

Good grief, I'm totally confused - glad I didn't start driving til 1998!

[energymc22]

@kernals12 We even get 99 Octane from Shell ;)

[energymc22]

@voiceofreason2008 I spend £110 to fill my van with diesel every 10 days or so :(

[voiceofreason2008]

@energymc22 i know we now face between £1.38-£1.48 per litre (incorporating petrol and diesel prices) so nearly 4.5 times the amount of 22 years ago and the price of oil although it has increased hasnt increased proportunately

our government takes 80% (could be more now) in fuel duty

i think its disgusting

my car takes £70 to fill up from near empty £70! i could buy two weeks of shopping for that, if petrol was at the price it was then it would cost me about £14-15 i think its extortionate

[kernals12]

wait a minute you Brits have 95 octane, we only have at most 93

[kernals12]

what's with the high octane confusion in Britain, I mean here in America we have no problem with figuring if our cars need regular 87 octane or premium 91 and 93 octane.

[kernals12]

@Bluenile38 yeah, it's been the standard fuel since the nineties and you can't buy leaded fuel anymore

[jaggass]

remember when it was 75p a litre. Back then It was quite costly to convert from 4 star to UL. 4 star was toxic smelly.

[DeWaltDisney]

Texaco Gift Catalog!! I'm still holding out for that Sega Megadrive

[maccagrabme]

20 yrs on and the oil industry is still doing as little as it can possibly get away with.