Oil strike

OllyM · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:26

Heyford Hill Sainsburys had a queue out stretching well in to the car park for fuel earlier, I filled up at Shell which was busy but not too bad.

SB118 · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:27

Stonedofmoo said:
Get yourself another 306

Soon as some clown buys this Arosa we are

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...

jamief · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:37

People have been panic buying up here since Monday/Tuesday. Saw one guy put a full tank in his Jeep and then proceed to fill as many cans as he could.

People at work saying stuff like "I'm not panic buying, but I put a whole tank in." I asked how much they usually put in "1/3 of a tank". Didn't bother trying to explain that THAT CONSTITUTES PANIC BUYING!

SB118 · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:41

jamief said:
People at work saying stuff like "I'm not panic buying, but I put a whole tank in." I asked how much they usually put in "1/3 of a tank". Didn't bother trying to explain that THAT CONSTITUTES PANIC BUYING!

Actually under official Motors rules, if you don't brim the tank every time, you are a skinflint who can't really afford to run the car.

Booner! · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:43

delete (wrong thread!)

iv-tecman · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:50

Stupid... I needed fuel on monday, I always, and this is being totally honest, I always fill my tank to max each time I fill up. I was on nearly empty according to my fuel gauge, so I filled up as normal...

cost me £57 - it is getting expensive, but I can't be doing with 1/3 tanks or whatever, it gets a full tank, and that lasts me a few weeks on average... Depends on where I'm going..

Its knee jerk reaction to news sensation. Always will be, and will never change. 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....

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???

Parsley · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:09

V-Spec said:
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???

Perhaps he wanted petrol for his mower?

Doonhamer · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:20

platypus said:
Certainly in Scotland, the government has said there is to be no price increase.

Every garage in my town has raised diesel prices by 5p per litre in 48 hours. The government are blowing out there arse.

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.

chucky · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:28

I fill my tank to the brim everytime i fill the car up. Once i reach around 400 miles, depending on where im heading i will begin the process again.

I thought it was ilegal for people to keep over a certain quantity of fuel in their house?

Stonedofmoo · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:30

SB118 said:
Actually under official Motors rules, if you don't brim the tank every time, you are a skinflint who can't really afford to run the car.

LOL

GeX · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:48

aren't there laws in place with regards to protecting the countries fuel supply, yes they were put in place due to petrol blockades etc - but this strike action threatens the fuel supply.. ergo illegal/

iBot · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:01

V-Spec said:
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???

Distance?

I have a jerry can full of fuel for my pressure washer, mower, chainsaw, hedge clippers etc.

doopydug · 25 Apr 2008 at 22:58

There are a few queues around here but no shortages yet.

Monkey Puzzle · 25 Apr 2008 at 23:04

I thought they'd shipped in extra fuel to counter the effects of the strike...

neocon · 25 Apr 2008 at 23:06

every civilisation is only three meals away from anarchy

striking should be illegal

Combat squirrel · 25 Apr 2008 at 23:09

haha nothings happening at yet everyone is being stupid, god help them when we run out of oil.......personally carnt wait for it, time this stupid civilisation got a shake up

AJUK · 25 Apr 2008 at 23:17

if he government really did their job and actually looked after the people they would cut the tax to zero over the strike period thereby really screwing up the supply chain but boosting the sale of the fledgling plastic container industry as the sheep stockpile (that ironically relies on oil). I hope the whole of Scotland grinds to a halt, serves 'em right.