Is petrol / diesel going to better than money in the bank?

[SDK^]

No doubt the fuel price will surge over the coming years.
When the big oil groups, based thousands of miles away, decide they want more money, then they will manipulate the market/supply infrastructure to work for them.

 

[casper_uk]

How long does it take fuel to go off? Surely it has a shelf life? I take it you aren't worried about it going off before you use it.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Years, I have started petrol engined cars easily on 15 year old fuel. If you are paranoid you can buy and add fuel stabilisers for petrol, but given a sealed drum or a modern fuel tank with a valved charcoal canister breather system it's not a problem. Diesel is even less of an issue as it's far less aromatic. 10 years + for diesel. Not a worry I would have if it's going up in value

 

[mattx4]

I'm already all stocked up

 

[Chris Wilson]

You can get more in those bags with smaller knots, tied higher up, must try harder....

 

[Rroff]

Years, I have started petrol engined cars easily on 15 year old fuel. If you are paranoid you can buy and add fuel stabilisers for petrol, but given a sealed drum or a modern fuel tank with a valved charcoal canister breather system it's not a problem. Diesel is even less of an issue as it's far less aromatic. 10 years + for diesel. Not a worry I would have if it's going up in value

Depends where you get it from - the **** [some] supermarkets are selling can start deteriorating after a year! even and if you aren't careful with diesel it'll start going clumpy and clog stuff up if left too long.

 

[200sols]

You should have been buying about 4 months ago if you wanted to try and time the market.

 

[Uther]

Just use cloned plates when you fill up, it'll be even cheaper.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

You should have been buying about 4 months ago if you wanted to try and time the market.

Yeah but poorer folk weren't dying (as much) then. So where was the buy signal? Commie leftist.

 

[200sols]

Yeah but poorer folk weren't dying (as much) then. So where was the buy signal? Commie leftist.

Opec constricting supply. But one can only now conclude that the OP is more in tune with mainstream news than he likes to think.

 

[Scuzi]

You could do that the airlines and big logistics companies do and buy a set amount of fuel at an agreed rate in advance and then draw down on it over the year. Minimum amounts are in the hundreds of thousands of litres - think of how much you can save!

 

[jaybee]

Wait... invest, in fuel? Not sure if serious. Talk us through your storage solution and how you will sell it back at profit.

 

[Abraxaz1]

Are we gonna ignore the whole shelf life of modern fuels?

Petrol in its current incarnation is like 3months in perfect temperature/atmosphere before it breaks down and you have like a year for diesel.

I doubt op has a cooled container system that is purged with nitrogen

 

[Zefan]

Try to appreciate the true value of your time more dude.

You know this is a serious intervention when it comes from someone who spent a lot of time moderating - and has 42k (auctioned 10k) posts on - an internet forum.

 

[joey1211]

It's the pessimistic attitude displayed in this thread that's holding Britain back. Good on you op, more power to your elbow.

 

[Chris Wilson]

You could do that the airlines and big logistics companies do and buy a set amount of fuel at an agreed rate in advance and then draw down on it over the year. Minimum amounts are in the hundreds of thousands of litres - think of how much you can save!

I asked this question of my heating oil supplier, a well known distributor that people flock to for cheap petrol too. I think they're still laughing, it was a most definitive NO! But I am not an airline....

 

[Chris Wilson]

Try to appreciate the true value of your time more dude.

You know this is a serious intervention when it comes from someone who spent a lot of time moderating - and has 42k (auctioned 10k) posts on - an internet forum.

Now don't you come begging a gallon of juice when the excrement hits the fan old boy, after saying that

 

[Zefan]

Now don't you come begging a gallon of juice when the excrement hits the fan old boy, after saying that

Oh well if it's prepping that's a different story! I am not one but I appreciate the practice.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Are we gonna ignore the whole shelf life of modern fuels?

Petrol in its current incarnation is like 3months in perfect temperature/atmosphere before it breaks down and you have like a year for diesel.

I doubt op has a cooled container system that is purged with nitrogen

I've got compressed nitrogen (inflating race tyres and charging dampers), and given my parsimony it's never hot in the workshops

I started a car last week that's sat with petrol in it for four years and drove it around for 30 minutes, no problem. I wouldn't run a high compression / high boost race engine on it, of course, but it started and ran perfectly. We'll see if my vet's SL55 AMG starts this week, that's sat here not started for eight years with half a tank in it. That's if I can get the batteries to take a charge... I think he's flogging it, 5800 miles from new.

 

[Kenai]

Question is how much you value your time, assuming it will take you some time to brim all these vehicles vs how much you think you'll actually save by buying now vs later.

I'd judge it from the perspective of whether i'd consider doing it as 'work' - if someone said they'd pay me £20 to go and brim 12 cars, not a chance. If it was £200, easy money.