Fuel Protests.. bring it on!

needmorespeed · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:03

every one down here seems to think there's already a petrol shortages as the petrol stations round here have been jam packed and several stations ran out

McBain · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:22

Great, panic buyers ahoy.

lordrobs · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:30

needmorespeed said:
every one down here seems to think there's already a petrol shortages as the petrol stations round here have been jam packed and several stations ran out

Sainsbury's was mad on Saturday, I went and got my shopping first, came out and there were only a handful of cars... and no unleaded. Still had super though

Haven't noticed it in too many other garages yet though. Shell round here seems to be the only place bellow £1 a litre.

Firestar_3x · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:31

V-Power at our local shell is 105.9 and that was a week ago, no doubt more now, need some tonight since i have nooooooo fuel left, least super will be the last to sell out!

McBain · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:36

Not surprised, paid 115.9ppl for super a few weeks back ... it's likely well over that now.

PiKe · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:36

Re: the lorry blockade

Isn't it illegal to drive knowlingly that you're going to run out of fuel? And don't diesels require priming if they run completely dry?

Firestar_3x · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:49

Road legal Tanks into london, love to see what it takes to move a few of those when it runs out of juice

OllyM · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:50

McBain said:
Not surprised, paid £115.9 for super a few weeks back ... it's likely well over that now.

Over a hundred pounds a litre? That's... pricey!

I saw BP Ultimate for 124.9p/l at a motorway services the other day though. :eek:

Firestar_3x · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:53

OllyM said:
I saw BP Ultimate for 124.9p/l at a motorway services the other day though.

soon it will be cheaper to run my car on alcohol....

McBain · 12 Nov 2007 at 14:55

OllyM said:
Over a hundred pounds a litre? That's... pricey!

I saw BP Ultimate for 124.9p/l at a motorway services the other day though.

£1.15

daz · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:00

Firestar_3x said:
soon it will be cheaper to run my car on alcohol....

What do you think the most common biofuel is?

Stonedofmoo · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:02

PiKe said:
Re: the lorry blockade

...And don't diesels require priming if they run completely dry?

Old mechanical ones did. Modern common rail diesels use electric pumps so if you keep priming/cranking the system it will come back through.

PiKe · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:28

Stonedofmoo said:
Old mechanical ones did. Modern common rail diesels use electric pumps so if you keep priming/cranking the system it will come back through.

It's just not all that long ago on Top Gear when Jeremy drove from lands end to john o'groats in a Jaguar he said if he runs out of fuel, he couldn't simply just fill it up...

[TW]Fox · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:29

PiKe said:
It's just not all that long ago on Top Gear when Jeremy drove from lands end to john o'groats in a Jaguar he said if he runs out of fuel, he couldn't simply just fill it up...

I dont know what Top Gear you watch but the one we watch had him in an Audi A8 4.0 TDI from London to Scotland

PiKe · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:32

[TW]Fox;10471552 said:
I dont know what Top Gear you watch but the one we watch had him in an Audi A8 4.0 TDI from London to Scotland

It was a while ago, my memory is fuzzy

Stonedofmoo · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:41

Same fuzzyness applies to the diesel pump comment

West · 12 Nov 2007 at 15:59

I hope it happens too.. we really shouldn'y be paying such a rediculas ammount for petrol.

greengiant · 12 Nov 2007 at 16:25

I found an old till reciept for petrol at 75p / litre. 4 year or so old reciept!

Baz · 12 Nov 2007 at 17:04

Third Opinion said:
Unfortuneatly this dictatorship, opps sorry I mean Government have made most types of fuel protests illegal. Any action that may cause the disruption of fuel supplying is now a criminal offence.

So, if 10,000 people were blockading, they would arrest all of them?? :confused:

Better fill up tonight, still under £1/L here, or at least it was on the way to work this morning :eek:

jpmonkey69 · 12 Nov 2007 at 17:15

mglover070588 said:
the PM has increased tax recently by 2p ish on fuel, obviously to compensate for smokers quitting since the ban. So now I am paying smoker tax and I dont even smoke

Oh FFS, with one hand you were voting for a smoking ban, and with the other you were putting wafting away smoke and putting two fingers up to my human rights... to smoke in the same place I drink a beer.

Now you complain you have to pay a little extra tax from all the people who have quit smoking!

There's no pleasing some people!