petrol stations price discussion (was ‘chaos’)

tom_e · 3 Apr 2022 at 15:36

Yeah diesel seems to be drying up around here as well, no problem with petrol at the minute.

Trifid · 3 Apr 2022 at 15:38

Tesco station was closed with a no fuel sign outside.

Richie · 3 Apr 2022 at 16:24

Trifid said:
Tesco station was closed with a no fuel sign outside.

What rough area was this? Be interesting to see if it's localised with other posters in here.

Diesel will be a bigger problem than petrol given the huge volume of goods vehicles that use diesel as opposed to petrol being primarily cars/bikes.

muon · 3 Apr 2022 at 16:28

I filled up at Tesco yesterday. I'm guessing people who held off buying are now doing so with 10p price drops.

They were out of everything except for Momentum 99, but fortunately that is what I fill up with anyway.

Trifid · 3 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Richie said:
What rough area was this? Be interesting to see if it's localised with other posters in here.

Diesel will be a bigger problem than petrol given the huge volume of goods vehicles that use diesel as opposed to petrol being primarily cars/bikes.

Essex.

CaptainRAVE · 3 Apr 2022 at 18:37

Richie said:
What rough area was this? Be interesting to see if it's localised with other posters in here.

Diesel will be a bigger problem than petrol given the huge volume of goods vehicles that use diesel as opposed to petrol being primarily cars/bikes.

North London. Doesn’t help that our local depot has been blocked by about 40 unemployed terrorists.

Malt_Vinegar · 3 Apr 2022 at 21:15

Prices dropping here, 161.9 for petrol around Hampshire.
I see no supply issues or closed pumps anywhere!

dlockers · 3 Apr 2022 at 21:25

No diesel or v power here today. Very unusual.

Blackjack Davy · 3 Apr 2022 at 23:25

Last night no diesel to be had at sainsburys or morrisons and morrisons only had E5 it was out of E10. Heard on the radio this afternoon no diesel on some motorway near london? Didn't catch the details. Not sure whats going on.

AWPC · 4 Apr 2022 at 04:56

185.9p E5 in West London right now. On the services its just under 199p! Also lots are running out of HGV fuel now. 2 of the main M25 services are empty of HGV fuel apparently....someone must be topping their fleet of vehicles up constantly.....

Haze · 4 Apr 2022 at 07:29

Shock horror.... The news is scaremongering people about diesel running out, so people are panic buying again....

lordrobs · 4 Apr 2022 at 10:22

Urgh... so that explains the massive queue at Sainsburys this morning.

Journey · 4 Apr 2022 at 11:30

Our local filling station had a huge queue blocking the access road, saw it as I was passing on my morning walk, about 80% of people sat idling with their engines, why?
Looks like some diesel shortages are affecting certain parts of the country, but I guess then people also panic buy petrol as well.

SDK^ · 4 Apr 2022 at 12:23

These ICE cars blocking up the roads again around petrol stations. Think of the children trying to get to school on time in clean vehicles

MikeTheNative · 4 Apr 2022 at 12:28

I'm getting the toilet paper in now, just in case

lordrobs · 4 Apr 2022 at 13:01

MikeTheNative said:
I'm getting the toilet paper in now, just in case

UK survival kit;

4 x 48 pack of bog roll
2 x 15kg sacks of rice
20 x 1kg packs of pasta
Car brimmed with fuel plus 5 petrol cans
"I'm alright Jack" attitude

...sorted.

Nasher · 4 Apr 2022 at 13:22

No diesel in my area, petrol is good though. The cheapest place in town has a queue but nowhere else. Shame you cant just stick cooking oil in modern diesels without killing them.

tom_e · 4 Apr 2022 at 13:34

According to my mrs all the supermarket petrol stations were closed around here this morning. She managed to find some super unleaded in the Esso around the corner for £LOL.
Bit of a change from yesterday when I filled up with petrol at Tesco no problem.

ALD · 4 Apr 2022 at 13:43

Nasher said:
No diesel in my area, petrol is good though. The cheapest place in town has a queue but nowhere else. Shame you cant just stick cooking oil in modern diesels without killing them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60941091

squerble · 4 Apr 2022 at 13:50

I'd love to have access to live sales data from supermarkets to see if everyone is doing a run on sunflower oil now! The local Costco petrol station is showing as "busier than usual" too, so hoping this isn't the start of another panic run on fuel. I'll be smug in my EV but can cause issues for my girlfriend and family etc.

petrol stations price discussion (was ‘chaos’)

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