Petrol tanker drivers to go on strike
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Same here. Good luck to them. I'll sit out in the sun today and fill up next week. Some people don't listen at all to the news stories- there MAY be a strike, it MIGHT include SOME of the tanker drivers. IF there is a strike it could might not be for SOME TIME YET and then there will be 7 DAYS NOTICE- so do all your panic buying in those 7 days if you need to.
blatantly the Govt is trying to get spending up before the end of the financial year for some statistical reasons. If it is not this, or the usual anti-union stoking, then they truly have just been useless at communicating about the issue.
One of the benefits of being in the sticks is that the stations here haven't increased prices because they know if they do the post shortage boycotts will put them out of business like it did to the ones that raised prices during the 2000 protest shortages.
Can't say I've noticed any panic buying yet in the 2 local BP stations I drive past daily, and has looked normal for the past week or so.
I don't need to fill up yet, and if it did get that bad around here I'll just catch the train into work and wait for all this to blow over. /winchester.
I don't need to fill up yet, and if it did get that bad around here I'll just catch the train into work and wait for all this to blow over. /winchester.
Caporegime
We had a 1.25l Fiesta Flight and we couldn't get much more than 300 miles out of a tank of fuel.
Can't say I've noticed any panic buying yet in the 2 local BP stations I drive past daily, and has looked normal for the past week or so.
I don't need to fill up yet, and if it did get that bad around here I'll just catch the train into work and wait for all this to blow over. /winchester.
You forgot to have a cup of tea/pint!
yeahhh boii!
So what are you going to do when you've used your little stockpile but the strikes still havent started yet? Just pop to the local petrol sta....oh, wait! There's shortages because everyone has been panic buying!
I don't really plan on doing more than 1000 miles between now and after the strikes.
Even though you don't know when the strikes will be?
Likewise. I had an MK6 1.25 Fiesta and 310 miles was the absolute maximum I got out of a full tank. Usually it was between 290 - 300 miles.
Also, 'Fuel Panic: Live Updates': http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2012/mar/29/fuel-panic-live-updates-petrol
People really are going a bit nuts.
All the petrol stations in Stratford have queues backed up.
And 7 days notice tomorrow will take us to Good Friday. Very clever if they do that.
And 7 days notice tomorrow will take us to Good Friday. Very clever if they do that.
Soldato
Even assuming the car had an 8 gallon tank, that's only 39mpg maximum
That is really crap fuel consumption for a small engine. Of course it also depends what speeds you were going on the motorway.
Edit: I suppose the point I was originally trying to make is a lot of people could get a lot further on the same amount of fuel if they drove a bit more economically
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I'll just fill it up with paint thinners if it comes to it. Seems to run fine 
On a more serious note, not really noticed any different around here. My part of London wasn't really affected last time round. I was working in Bath at the time and it was literally dry down there, apart from my tankful to get me up to London that weekend. Once I got up to London it was like there had been no petrol shortage at all. No queues and all stations seemed to have plenty of pez.
On a more serious note, not really noticed any different around here. My part of London wasn't really affected last time round. I was working in Bath at the time and it was literally dry down there, apart from my tankful to get me up to London that weekend. Once I got up to London it was like there had been no petrol shortage at all. No queues and all stations seemed to have plenty of pez.
Don
As it stands there is no strike, that's the thing. If there is a strike ahead (which hasn't been confirmed) you will need to fill up again anyways!! Which is why the whole thing is pointless.
Stop panic buyingg and wait for news. It's likely even if there was a strike that we'd not massively be affected any ways!
Don
Without a doubt, if they are to strike then doing it over the bank holiday is an incredibly good method to get it noticed. However, it is incredibly selfish and probably won't help their cause.
Soldato
Even assuming the car had an 8 gallon tank, that's only 39mpg maximum
That is really crap fuel consumption for a small engine. Of course it also depends what speeds you were going on the motorway.
Edit: I suppose the point I was originally trying to make is a lot of people could get a lot further on the same amount of fuel if they drove a bit more economically
The fiesta has a 9.6 gallon tank so even worse and on par with my 2litre fiesta. He's probably cruising at 80mph
Soldato
Got myself a full tank about an hour ago, with the fuelling turned down that's 650 miles worth... sorted.
About to pop out to post some letters, need some juice too so I am going to take my gun (I haven't go a gun but I'm being internet hard) and shoot people out of my way for I am in the top 1% (I am not in the top 1%, I'm just bigging myself up) so need fuel more than poor people.
Caporegime
Throw some money out of the sunroof as you approach: Should clear the working class out of the way.