petrol stations price discussion (was ‘chaos’)
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if only there was a company in the world that specialised such a thing in real time called palantir
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Because usually there is no need to monitor stock levels as in the last 20 years I can remember 3 shortages (Fuel blockades in 99ish, the start of lockdown and this one) all of which were really just a result of panic buying. Why would anyone fund and develop a way of monitoring it that nobody would use?
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The local stations are only letting people with fuelcards use the hgv pumps, i filled my minibus with it earlier, £120 in about 10 seconds! I'm gonna use it more often.
You tend to let the car run down to fumes when you cover a reasonable mileage. Mine probably isn’t heavy compared with many but I tend to cover around 22-28k/year depending on my workload/clients. I’ll always brim and then run into the reserve over and over, this isn’t being cheap or stupid, this is to minimise fuel stops.I can't understand why some people run cars on the fumes - Why don't they fill up to half a tank when ever it gets low. - just keep between quarter and half.
I remember the last fuel crisis in 70's and from then I always have a full tank - Some say it lowers your mpg rate (weight) but I don't care - must be same as those who run on fumes saying they get more mpg. So I run three quarters to full all the time. So I don't get caught out like now.
Each to their own.
Current car has a 100L fuel tank which is bliss. Comfortably over 800miles between fills but I still run it into the reserve
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Robin Reliant
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Nothing open on the way home from work this morning. Dad (retired) has half a tank in his car so he added me to his insurance for one week and I'll just borrow his car the next 2 nights to finish these shifts off. Not back till next week after that, so hopefully next time I get in my car it'll be a queue/hassle-free drive to a station for a full tank.
Reliant Robin.
I have to go to Costco later this evening. With two thirds of a tank, I have enough fuel for a couple of days but Friday might be touch and go.
If the fuel station is relatively quiet, do the OcUK Motors Morality Rules permit me to top up my tank tonight so I don't have to bother filling up later this week?
How long am I allowed to queue up before I move from 'I was here and it was just convenient' to 'panic buying moron'?
There was no queue at all by the time I came out of the store, so I filled up as I usually do with nice cheap fuel.
With loads of Jerry cans rigged up in the back for the extra range
Managed to jump out on my lunch break to the local Costco, queued for about 45 seconds and did a long-reach fill that made me feel bad inside for letting the hose rub against the boot lid so much! Glad I managed to get in though, used a bit of fuel hunting around for some last night so was getting a bit close to empty!
I'm not sure what I found more funny this morning;
The queue jumpers that thought they were something special by diving through the car park to find the forecourt was shut or the multiple car drivers trying to fill up in the HGV section only to realise that the commercial nozzles don't fit in domestic cars. Thank god the Hilux can take the larger nozzles. Was weird filling up the 70ltr tank in a matter of seconds surrounded by hgvs.
The queue jumpers that thought they were something special by diving through the car park to find the forecourt was shut or the multiple car drivers trying to fill up in the HGV section only to realise that the commercial nozzles don't fit in domestic cars. Thank god the Hilux can take the larger nozzles. Was weird filling up the 70ltr tank in a matter of seconds surrounded by hgvs.
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The shell garage still has fuel apparently or they've had another delivery the queue was stretching for miles down the road at six this evening at 10pm just now theres still a queue a mile long. Everywhere else is dry other than maybe sainsburys theres something going on not sure what can't afford the fuel to drive around the car park to take a look theres pumps in use but by barely anyone maybe only cars that can use the hgv nozzles? Or essential services? Not sure.
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Few days and it will all be back to normal
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Went on a fuel hunt, also felt like a drive, 6 garages later the "big" Tesco had fuel, big Alton Towers style snaking queue, however only took 20 minutes.
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Hopefully, otherwise it could be the bus to work for me.
If tesco have some, i'll still only be filling 25L as normal, for my own mental sake.
Eh? Why would you make a point of maximising how often you have to visit the petrol station?