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Super Unleaded in Scotland

GP41

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I'm planning a trip through Scotland in June: Carlisle - Glasgow - Glencoe - Ardnamurchan - Fort William, then across to Grantown-on-Spey and down through the Cairngorms to Edinburgh.

I can fill up at the Shell station near the Erskine bridge and I seem to recall there being a Gleaner station near Ben Nevis that used to sell Super but the next fuel stop I can see is back in Edinburgh. I'm on a tight schedule so can't afford to head up to Inverness where I understand they have Momentum. Are there any other Super unleaded pumps in between? I see there's a Tesco petrol station at Blairgowrie but I don't know whether it does Momentum.

I've reviewed various NC500 posts (some fantastic pictures and videos :eek:) but I'm not heading up that far.

Thanks in advance for any help - I'd rather not be driving Miss Daisy from Ben Nevis back to Edinburgh....
 
:floor: :floor: :floor:

It's Scotland mate. Not the fekin moon.... I'm sure you'll make it....

:floor: :floor: :floor:
 
GP41 said:
I'm planning a trip through Scotland in June: Carlisle - Glasgow - Glencoe - Ardnamurchan - Fort William, then across to Grantown-on-Spey and down through the Cairngorms to Edinburgh.

I can fill up at the Shell station near the Erskine bridge and I seem to recall there being a Gleaner station near Ben Nevis that used to sell Super but the next fuel stop I can see is back in Edinburgh. I'm on a tight schedule so can't afford to head up to Inverness where I understand they have Momentum. Are there any other Super unleaded pumps in between? I see there's a Tesco petrol station at Blairgowrie but I don't know whether it does Momentum.

I've reviewed various NC500 posts (some fantastic pictures and videos :eek:) but I'm not heading up that far.

Thanks in advance for any help - I'd rather not be driving Miss Daisy from Ben Nevis back to Edinburgh....

Great route but I have to say that the part you haven't got time for Inverness & North is even better ...;-)

Ive added a few locations in CAPS where you would have a good chance of 98ron.. maybe someone could add some more definite info in for these locations ...

Carlisle - Glasgow - Glencoe-BALLACHULISH Ardnamurchan - Fort William, then across to AVIEMORE Grantown-on-Spey ,TOMINTOUL , PERTH and down through the Cairngorms PERTH to Edinburgh

Enjoy the drive , keep your eyes open around Grantown on Spey for the Boys in Blue ....good roads = BIB

Terry
 
It won't detract noticeably from the car's performance if you fill up with 95ron once in a while.

In fact I sometimes worry that in stations where demand is lower, and its likely to have been sitting in tanks for a while whether some of the advantage is lost and you'd do better with fresh 95.

And does anyone from trading standards test whether the fuel grades are actually different?
 
Norfolk & Idea said:
:floor: :floor: :floor:

It's Scotland mate. Not the fekin moon.... I'm sure you'll make it....

:floor: :floor: :floor:

Thanks for that valuable piece of worldly advice - much appreciated.
 
911TEL said:
GP41 said:
I'm planning a trip through Scotland in June: Carlisle - Glasgow - Glencoe - Ardnamurchan - Fort William, then across to Grantown-on-Spey and down through the Cairngorms to Edinburgh.

I can fill up at the Shell station near the Erskine bridge and I seem to recall there being a Gleaner station near Ben Nevis that used to sell Super but the next fuel stop I can see is back in Edinburgh. I'm on a tight schedule so can't afford to head up to Inverness where I understand they have Momentum. Are there any other Super unleaded pumps in between? I see there's a Tesco petrol station at Blairgowrie but I don't know whether it does Momentum.

I've reviewed various NC500 posts (some fantastic pictures and videos :eek:) but I'm not heading up that far.

Thanks in advance for any help - I'd rather not be driving Miss Daisy from Ben Nevis back to Edinburgh....

Great route but I have to say that the part you haven't got time for Inverness & North is even better ...;-)

Ive added a few locations in CAPS where you would have a good chance of 98ron.. maybe someone could add some more definite info in for these locations ...

Carlisle - Glasgow - Glencoe-BALLACHULISH Ardnamurchan - Fort William, then across to AVIEMORE Grantown-on-Spey ,TOMINTOUL , PERTH and down through the Cairngorms PERTH to Edinburgh

Enjoy the drive , keep your eyes open around Grantown on Spey for the Boys in Blue ....good roads = BIB

Terry

Thanks Terry - I'll keep my eyes peeled. Aviemore sounds like a good shout.


:thumbs:
 
Norfolk & Idea said:
:floor: :floor: :floor:

It's Scotland mate. Not the fekin moon.... I'm sure you'll make it....

:floor: :floor: :floor:

:floor: :floor: :floor:

I love N&I's posts :grin:

:thumb:
 
When I did the NC500 I had some Millers octane booster with me. I'll be taking more of the same this May :thumb:

That way all I had to worry about was enjoying the driving.....and trying hard not to be the muppet tourist who'd stuffed his Porsche in a ditch or peat bog :grin:
 
New997buyer said:
When I did the NC500 I had some Millers octane booster with me. I'll be taking more of the same this May :thumb:

That way all I had to worry about was enjoying the driving.....and trying hard not to be the muppet tourist who'd stuffed his Porsche in a ditch or peat bog :grin:

:thumb:

Erm, yes, I guess that would be just a little embarrassing :oops:
 
Norfolk & Idea said:
:floor: :floor: :floor:

It's Scotland mate. Not the fekin moon.... I'm sure you'll make it....

:floor: :floor: :floor:

Where most of our oil and petrol comes from :grin:

Hopefully you'll also be able to avoid those horse and carts :wink:

Enjoy 👍
 
Your car will be fine with a couple of tanks of 95, I've been north of Inverness many times and in some places finding a fuel station is a bonus - never mind super! despite the good driving roads the total time on full power will be low (compared to say a track) so with Porsche engines all designed to be OK on 95 I wouldn't worry.

The Highlands are beautiful - choose your route based on time available and roads/scenery rather than chasing down fuel and you'll get more pleasure from your trip.
 
Theres a Tesco at Oban , 1 Soroba Ln, Oban PA34 4HX

Unfortunately google images only shows 1 type of green and one type of black juice.

Have fun!

Definitely worth doing the old military road through the Cairngorms down from Grantown-on-spey towards Lecht ski resort and on to Balmoral
 
Thanks for all the tips.

patpending - it's ironic isn't it. I don't think I'll be all that far from Grangemouth on my drive back into Edinburgh. :roll:

Just one question. What should I mix the cowpats with to get them through the neck of the fuel tank?
 

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