Oil strike

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 15:50

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7367488.stm

Not sure if its a coincidence but I really struggled to get diesel this morning, the 3 main local petrol stations were all totally out and I almost ran out completley.. anyone else have trouble getting petrol/diesel this morning :confused:

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 15:54

rofl.. don't tell me people are panic buying already..

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 15:59

nin9abadga said:
but the strike is being said to affect scotland and the north east - why the hell are people panic buying in the midlands?? (if your locations are right)

Well, apparently that refinery serves 30% of the uk's total oil (according to the BBC) so I imagine a vast wedge of it makes it to the Midlands..

I really can't be doing with lame panic buyers wrecking everything again, its just the most stupid thing to do..

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:10

I was a bit miffed, because once I did actually manage to find a station with some diesel, it was 125p... about the highest i've ever paid tbh.

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:29

I used to have an old pug 205 1.8D, I swear I used to get 90MPG out of it, £15 used to last for like a week...

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:55

iv-tecman said:
Monday, I witnessed a bloke filling up his car, then filling up cans and whatever else, might as well have stuck the nozzle in his jeans pockets and filled his pockets with fuel as well, total muppet....

I held my head in my hands as I watched a guy fill a transit van a few years back in the last serious strike/thing, then proceeded to fill 2 jerry cans with a vigilant expression on his face..

ffs, what goods a couple of cans of extra fuel going to do you???

V-Spec · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:23

Corran said:
Perhaps he wanted petrol for his mower?

Well maybe, but considering the queue was backed up down the road from everyone panic buying, I assumed he was doing the same same, but I could have been wrong.