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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Del Boy on 31 March 2012, 19:48:42
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Nearly all the garages in Ashford are out of fuel, Shell ran out this afternoon, Tesco went yesterday, Sainsburys went this morning, BP went this afternoon, only a couple of the back street garages have fuel. Most people are so low hunting for it, a few have ran out.
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Same here , all folks filling up at BP and suprise suprise they put the unleaded up by 2p so now its 139.9 >:( and they had no diesel at all ::)
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I can last until probably middle of next week until i need to worry about fuel.
Started work this afternoon with fuel comp saying range 580miles .....tonight when i came home it was saying 490miles :y
Usually it never says more than 180 miles ::)
Mind you that made a dent in my wallet on Fri evening when i queued for 20mins then brimmed it....£100 :o
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I can last until probably middle of next week until i need to worry about fuel.
Started work this afternoon with fuel comp saying range 580miles .....tonight when i came home it was saying 490miles :y
Usually it never says more than 180 miles ::)
Mind you that made a dent in my wallet on Fri evening when i queued for 20mins then brimmed it....£100 :o
Surely you can make that back with one decent 'detour' ;D
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something about that corner of kent del....we were down in dover and it was just down the coast direction...the b.p at junc tion as fuel if you are coming this way... :y
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something about that corner of kent del....we were down in dover and it was just down the coast direction...the b.p at junc tion as fuel if you are coming this way... :y
Nice one :y
Currently using my little Toyota Aygo, it's best on fuel around town ;D
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i filled up last monday and its still full ;)
oh the joys of using my bike ;D the govt get enough money so im cutting down my portion and cycling :y
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that was ment to read junction 6 m20....bloody i phone .. :y
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Its just madness....I overheard a lady at the community centre telling her friend she had queued and managed to fill the tank... squeezed ten pounds in...moron
They should make it minimum amount payment £30...that will soon stop the b*******s >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Its just madness....I overheard a lady at the community centre telling her friend she had queued and managed to fill the tank... squeezed ten pounds in...moron
They should make it minimum amount payment £30...that will soon stop the b*******s >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Now that is the best suggestion I have heard in relation to the whole sorry situation, Nice one..... :y :y :y
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Its just madness....I overheard a lady at the community centre telling her friend she had queued and managed to fill the tank... squeezed ten pounds in...moron
They should make it minimum amount payment £30...that will soon stop the b*******s >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
one garage round here is doing this already £25 limit per day,unless you have an account with them then you can fill it up. ;) seems to have stopped them queing :y
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The only place that I can reliably still get fuel at is the BP at Gatwick South terminal. Up until this morning the only fuel that they've had since Friday has been unleaded 8).
It seems that 95% of the people who get fuel there drive diesels ::) It isn't too often that driving a big thirsty petrol car has its' advantages :D I'll bet that there are a few LPG drivers quietly chuckling to themselves too :y
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The only place that I can reliably still get fuel at is the BP at Gatwick South terminal. Up until this morning the only fuel that they've had since Friday has been unleaded 8).
It seems that 95% of the people who get fuel there drive diesels ::) It isn't too often that driving a big thirsty petrol car has its' advantages :D I'll bet that there are a few LPG drivers quietly chuckling to themselves too :y
Oh yes ;)
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Its just madness....I overheard a lady at the community centre telling her friend she had queued and managed to fill the tank... squeezed ten pounds in...moron
They should make it minimum amount payment £30...that will soon stop the b*******s >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
one garage round here is doing this already £25 limit per day,unless you have an account with them then you can fill it up. ;) seems to have stopped them queing :y
You misunderstand, we were talking about a Minimum purchase ie you can't Q to put in a tenners worth, cos they will charge you £30 regardless...... :y :y
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What about things with diddy tanks that can't take £30s worth of petrol? (Bikes etc - I saw another thread elsewhere that suggested £50 which would even rule out small tanked kit cars like our own Westfield owner)
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What about things with diddy tanks that can't take £30s worth of petrol? (Bikes etc - I saw another thread elsewhere that suggested £50 which would even rule out small tanked kit cars like our own Westfield owner)
SWMBO's Smart won't take £50 worth of even 97Ron ;)
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never ceases to amaze me how stupid so many people are inasmuch that they simply "follow the crowd" without thinking for themselves. This whole fuel "crisis" thing would be laughable if it werent so annoying. I work for one of the major supermarkets. Quite aside from the fact that our fuel prices are considerably cheaper than the likes of BP/Shell/Total etc etc our tanker drivers are not part of the union involved and there is no problem re fuel shortages at the moment.We got low at times but never ran out-though of course for those garages that did this was due to their inability to re-supply quickly enough and not because the companies didnt have the fuel. Actually there is no fuel shortage full stop and any Union action would be over a week away in anycase. So what did we have over most of this week? Massive queues with half the people filling up normally and the other half squeezing in £5!! Basically people panicked and very quickly this led to all the local garages running out which in turn led to all these panick stricken folk to go to the supermarkets which in turn led to some of them running out. Oddly enough, having crammed as much fuel into their cars over Tues-Fri by Saturday trade was back to near normal. Could this be because all these people didnt actually use their cars more than normal and suddenly realised that they didnt on reflection need to spend ages in frustrating queues for fuel they didnt need? Or is it just me? ::)
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It's not done my business any good... I was expecting to have a busy few days but that didn't happen ::) Then, of course, garages started running out of fuel so no misfuels to deal with. ::) Then people didn't need to fill up like normal, so no work ::) Been a bad weekend without a single job :'(
Only good thing is that we have friends staying and I got to spend time with them :y
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What about things with diddy tanks that can't take £30s worth of petrol? (Bikes etc - I saw another thread elsewhere that suggested £50 which would even rule out small tanked kit cars like our own Westfield owner)
SWMBO's Smart won't take £50 worth of even 97Ron ;)
£44.68 last thursday was the max in the company puddle jumper took from fumes.....
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I struggled to find mention of this on any more .. reputable news outlet, but;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123573/We-bring-government-Truckers-vow-halt-Britains-traffic-support-striking-tanker-drivers-blockading-refineries-motorways.html
'We can bring the government down': Truckers vow to halt Britain's traffic in support of striking tanker drivers by blockading refineries and motorways
So .. expect more queues at the pumps tomorrow if this news hits more outlets?
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It is the Daily Mail, of course. ;)
Then again, plenty of people read it and believe it. :o
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I struggled to find mention of this on any more .. reputable news outlet, but;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123573/We-bring-government-Truckers-vow-halt-Britains-traffic-support-striking-tanker-drivers-blockading-refineries-motorways.html
'We can bring the government down': Truckers vow to halt Britain's traffic in support of striking tanker drivers by blockading refineries and motorways
So .. expect more queues at the pumps tomorrow if this news hits more outlets?
12 year old piccy.
Good research..... :y
Not..... ??? ;D
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Ok ok, here's one without the 12 year old pictures: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/truckers-pledge-to-join-fueltanker-drivers-and-enforce-petrol-blockade-7606795.html
And a brief mention in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/01/fuel-tanker-firms-union-talks
No idea if either of those can be considered a reputable news outlet either.. In fact, does such a thing exist?
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The govt need your money! So what do they do? They scaremonger the population by using the media for their propoganda! Theres going to be a fuel shortage they say and like blind fools half the country panic buy, instantly boosting the govt coffers to the tune of £80,000,000 a day! If your stupid enough to believe their crap then I have no sympathy for you! Its our country, we voted for them, they should be working for us and not us for them! Where are the fuel protesters now that were paying £1.40 a litre? Isnt it time we spoke for ourselves before we become to poor to be able to do anything about it?
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The govt need your money! So what do they do? They scaremonger the population by using the media for their propoganda! Theres going to be a fuel shortage they say and like blind fools half the country panic buy, instantly boosting the govt coffers to the tune of £80,000,000 a day! If your stupid enough to believe their crap then I have no sympathy for you! Its our country, we voted for them, they should be working for us and not us for them! Where are the fuel protesters now that were paying £1.40 a litre? Isnt it time we spoke for ourselves before we become to poor to be able to do anything about it?
Pretty much what I was thinking. Fuel sales have been dropping as the price has been increasing, so yeah......frighten the nation into thinking there's going to be major fuel shortages and 'hey presto', fuel sales rocket and money starts pouring in to the government coffers again. No doubt when the chancellor Dick Turpin slaps another 3 pence on litre of fuel in the August budget, he'll happily point out that everyone had enough money to fill their cars up when they thought there was going to be fuel shortages! >:(
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What about things with diddy tanks that can't take £30s worth of petrol? (Bikes etc - I saw another thread elsewhere that suggested £50 which would even rule out small tanked kit cars like our own Westfield owner)
Lets be honest...I think common sense would hopefully come to the surface here.
I also think even small cars have tanks large enough to take over £30.......I think £50 is a bit too high. :y
I remember our local garage doing the £30 during the last strike....petrol always available after. He did it in sympathy with 'normal drivers'. I went in to fill my van and he said he was having cases of women going into top up, then going shopping in Beaconsfield and coming back and putting another £5 or even less in. He was really miffed and on the side of workers/sensible people, albeit his business was to sell petrol. He was quite jovial about it...top man :y
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Still hardly anywhere in the town had fuel today. Had to use a local ESSO for Unleaded Only garage which had any unleaded, and Sainsbury's for diesel, as you can guess they were the only ones who had diesel >:(. Beyond a poxy joke, there isn't even a strike yet! Governments profits have gone up hugely, people are paying the £1.50 a litre for fuel, and they're thinking great, it's pathetic. All my cars are low, apart from my trusty little Toyota Aygo, albeit I feel like a wally driving it, but the fuel economy is good :y
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??? What fuel shortage ? been passed loads of garages in Newcastle today-no problems , might be just a local thing to you?
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??? What fuel shortage ? been passed loads of garages in Newcastle today-no problems , might be just a local thing to you?
Much the same in South Durham and Stockton..... :y :y :y
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Sanity seems to have been restored down here now :y :y
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Sanity seems to have been restored down here now :y :y
Did news of the shortages even reach down there? ??? ;)
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Sanity seems to have been restored down here now :y :y
Did news of the shortages even reach down there? ??? ;)
They've got telegraph stations and all sorts down there, you know! ;)
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Sanity seems to have been restored down here now :y :y
Did news of the shortages even reach down there? ??? ;)
They've got telegraph stations and all sorts down there, you know! ;)
Ahh .. moved on from the signal fires, then! ;D
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Sanity seems to have been restored down here now :y :y
Did news of the shortages even reach down there? ??? ;)
They've got telegraph stations and all sorts down there, you know! ;)
Ahh .. moved on from the signal fires, then! ;D
Lol, cheeky buggers,and yes we had the same madness here as everywhere else :y
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If you call £143.9 a litre sanity :( :(
The local CoOp had put it up by 3p a litre from Friday when I filled up yesterday money grabbing barstewsards >:(
At least I didn't join the idiots who queued last week just got fleeced instead :(
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If you call £143.9 a litre sanity :( :(
The local CoOp had put it up by 3p a litre from Friday when I filled up yesterday money grabbing barstewsards >:(
At least I didn't join the idiots who queued last week just got fleeced instead :(
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methinks you might have that wrong .. by a fairly large factor .... :)