France, fuel and motorways tomorrow

Skillmister · 27 May 2016 at 08:40

My dad is driving down to Perpignan via Belgium/Switzerland over the next few days so wonder if he'll have any trouble. He has an Ampera so maybe a few miles of electric might save him if he's coming up short

thewanted · 28 May 2016 at 17:00

I filled up with super unleaded in the hills above Monaco today without any drama at all. Slightly expensive but no queue.

I don't think it'll be that easy for the next 2 days before my return to the UK though.

Randell Floyd · 28 May 2016 at 17:08

Some family members have driven from Wales to the South of France over the last couple of days, and have had no issues with buying fuel. They noted that the others in the group who went via Paris had mentioned the nearer you get to the capital the harder it was to find, but as you get anything South of Paris it was business as usual.

Arthur Hucksake · 28 May 2016 at 19:33

Out of curiosity, how expensive is fuel in France?

geekman · 28 May 2016 at 19:36

Arthur Hucksake said:
Out of curiosity, how expensive is fuel in France?

You can use this to check particular regions. http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr

My local station which is is far from the cheapest was €1.39 per litre for 95: I usually buy 95 E10 which is a bit cheaper but they were out of stock. Diesel is quite a bit cheaper at around €1.18.

Arthur Hucksake · 28 May 2016 at 20:30

Fair bit cheaper than over here then. (Hardly surprising)

Filled up earlier and it was £1.08 a litre. (1.42 Euros??)

thewanted · 28 May 2016 at 21:59

Arthur Hucksake said:
Out of curiosity, how expensive is fuel in France?

I paid €1.63 for super unleaded which is expensive. I paid less than that at certain stations in Italy.

[GSV]Lemming · 30 May 2016 at 21:41

I drove a little over 2000 miles in France over the last 5 days and filled up numerous times, I only saw queues and outages around Paris itself. I put that down to panic buying and perhaps because there are more people there... Looks like a storm in a teacup.

Either way, it seems to be all headlines as it didnt impact me at all.

thewanted · 30 May 2016 at 21:47

I agree. I filled up 4 times in 3 days and it was business as usual. No stations had queues, and they all had super unleaded. Perhaps they didn't have stock of other fuels, but I had no reason to look.