BerettaSV10 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I think the problem is those motorists that run on 1/4 tanks - wait till it's nearly empty then put another 20 quid in - so if they have filled up they are good for a month so queues should in theory tail off. For as long as I can remember I have run on the full tank system - fill up every week on shopping day - could be 18 quid or 58 quid just depend's on where I have been. Dave Same here fill up on shopping day, doubt it this week gone beserk with the ques and waiting times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I think the problem is those motorists that run on 1/4 tanks - wait till it's nearly empty then put another 20 quid in - so if they have filled up they are good for a month so queues should in theory tail off. For as long as I can remember I have run on the full tank system - fill up every week on shopping day - could be 18 quid or 58 quid just depend's on where I have been. Dave Better for the engine as well, dilutes the **** in your tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 went to day to get some fuel, just couldn't believe what was going on took ages to get to the pump and while i patiently wated :lol: i watched two of our darker cousins fill there cars, then fill what looked like one of them big tins that they get the cooking oil in the other one looked like he was trying to fill something the size of a milk churn he could hardly lift it :lol: never been so much fun cuing for petrol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margun Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) I think the problem is those motorists that run on 1/4 tanks - wait till it's nearly empty then put another 20 quid in - so if they have filled up they are good for a month so queues should in theory tail off. For as long as I can remember I have run on the full tank system - fill up every week on shopping day - could be 18 quid or 58 quid just depend's on where I have been. Dave I fill up every week, 80 quid is 5 days' commuting....in a 55mpg car. If it all goes pair-shaped (which I really don't think it will) I'll work from home over the internet Edited March 29, 2012 by margun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) £45k a year for driving a tanker and they say its about safety and want tougher regs, ******** is it, its about them being worried people will get cheaper transport to move the fuel basically there afraid of foreign truckers taking it over as they have all the other haulage. i have sympathy in as much as the government does not look after the haulage industry here hence they cant compete and that is wrong but im not supporting anyone getting over 45k and wanting a pay rise for 37 hours driving. Edited March 29, 2012 by storme37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 "Call me Dave" tells everyone to fill up their jerrycans. He's obviously totally unaware that, whilst it may be legal to fill up a 20L jerrycan, it's illegal to keep it in domestic premises. Nice one, Dave, you've just sent the country into instant panic and told them to break the law. Until now I spent my whole life voting for your party, in future, guess what?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) "Call me Dave" tells everyone to fill up their jerrycans. He's obviously totally unaware that, whilst it may be legal to fill up a 20L jerrycan, it's illegal to keep it in domestic premises. Nice one, Dave, you've just sent the country into instant panic and told them to break the law. Until now I spent my whole life voting for your party, in future, guess what?!?!? I am sorry but you have got it wrong - the Prime Minister has not told anyone to fill up jerrycans - it was a junior minister, Francis Maude who made that particular mistake. If you want to attack the government [it is in fashion now and the sheep are all doing it - just as they are panic buying fuel] then that is fine but you do no credit to your argument if you cannot be bothered to get your facts right. Edited March 29, 2012 by woodcock11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Easy, charge them £25, if they can't get it in they didn't need to fill up. The panic buyers have drained every petrol station within a 5 mile radius of us so :thumbs: to them There speaks the voice of reason - fortunately, panic buying does not appear to have caught on in Northern Ireland - we are far too sensible and yes, we can pop across to the Republic I guess if our tanker drivers go on strike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 the sheep do as the government say and ask no questions lol how patronizing you call him a sheep who told you to say that lol surely its not your own idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntsman Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 There speaks the voice of reason - fortunately, panic buying does not appear to have caught on in Northern Ireland - we are far too sensible and yes, we can pop across to the Republic I guess if our tanker drivers go on strike I stayed in letterkenny recently and I can tell you the diesel you buy from the local coal yard, works just aswell :lol: and they even pump it into your tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I stayed in letterkenny recently and I can tell you the diesel you buy from the local coal yard, works just aswell :lol: and they even pump it into your tank BRILLIANT - hope you had a good time in County Donegal - don't ask too closely where the diesel comes from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 2x 5 ltr plastic cans, and 2 x 10 ltr metal cans is the maximum you can store at home (for those bad at maths that's 30 litres). Just look at the cost of the cans at Halfords - £5.20 each per 5l plastic cans, then around £10 for the metal ones (and their sales have shot up). An expensive way to hold half a tank of fuel for the average car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Really pleased to see one of my local petrol stations has run out of fuel and the other has just put its prices up to £1.48.9 :blink: Thanks a ******* bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I drove past a BP station earlier and it was £1.46 / l Traffic was queuing down the road . I later drove past the same station and the robbing scumbags had put the price up to £1.50 / l. Now that's profiteering from this situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm going to buy some fuel from aldi I think…….veg oil will do for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzab Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Leaving Luton today the idiots were cueing for a BP. Took me half an hour to drive down a road that normally takes 2mins. Well as ashamed as I am i lost my rag and held my particularly loud air horns on and forced people.out the way and to abandon the que that was holding the road up. funny what a 32ton lorry can do hahaha. I don't do.politics as I believe there all as bad as each other. And are only in it for themselves. I trust them as far as I can throw my lorry!!! It is bonkers how easy panic sets in. Imagine we had another world war 2 we wouldn't last 2mins. As for striking personally don't agree. BUT it is nice to see some people stand and say no. Are they really on £45k + ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-250 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 As said I have plenty of veg, but what's Wrong with using a bike for a few days might do you good. Heres my baby, I'll be mooching on if the weather stays good Otherwise I've 2000 litres of red at work that got delivered last week and itsnkt been touched yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm going to buy some fuel from aldi I think…….veg oil will do for now good plan bio is the way to go maybe lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 good plan bio is the way to go maybe lol haha well I put in 22L of derv so 60L of veg plus some 2stroke and 5L petrol will make a nice cocktail for the landy to run on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRamsay Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Went To Fill Up This Morning At My Local, NO FUEL LEFT, What A ******* JOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 A least the government have made a tidy profit out of all the increased fuel sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Drove a couple of extra miles to a redneck garage on the foot of Snowdon thinking it would be nice and quiet.... ******** to that, there was only one working pump, and the queue went into the 'main' road! Managed to get a tankful thankfully, and after paying the owner put a sign up saying 'sold out'. Unbelievable stuff, the whole country's gone into meltdown... again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) A least the government have made a tidy profit out of all the increased fuel sales Only temporary, robbing Peter to pay Paul. These motorists will not use any more fuel over time, so they might be coining it in now but there'll be a slump when the panic dies down. Makes you wonder at the desperation of pulling in tax revenue early. Saw some pitiful sights yesterday coming back from Hodnet, including a gormless bitch who had pulled across the road to try to get into a petrol station, and blocked the lane of traffic going in the opposite direction. Petrol station was gridlocked with panicking wretches and so she just sat there and blocked the traffic. She should have been fined half a million quid, banned for life and slapped hard Edited March 30, 2012 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I would like to personally thank all the **** head Policemen and followers who shot at Hodnet yesterday. They then bought up every drop of fuel in the County to get back to North Lebanon. Leaving me with no fuel and stuck in the house with the Mrs. Now I'm hoovering Thanks a bunch. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge911 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 the 2 local filling stations owned privately by the same person/family have stuck 4p on a litre yesterday :angry: in my opinion only because of the panic buying !!!. so now i,m away to drive to the one a mile or so away coz they havent bumped the price up ............yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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