panic buying fuel

[Chrissie]

Can't fill my car up even if I wanted to Got at least another 4 weeks before I can drive

Colli, hope you don't mind, but I'm going to move this to the lounge.

[maccafan]

It's crazy and the queues are snarling the roads up..

Just like New Year's eve and Christmas eve stock up..The shops only close for a bloody day! >

[domesticextremist]

Ridiculous, they haven't even announced a strike, and if they do it
won't be until April7 - most of those queueing today will have emptied
their tanks by then.

I seem to remember there being rumours of a tanker strike about two years
ago causing the same panic - just when fuel prices were at an all time high.

You have to ask yourself cui bono, and why is our government doing
everything it can to make things worse?

[Perpetua]

Yep queues round here as well.

Diesel had just about sold out at the garage I normally use, although I got my half a tank of unleaded all ok.

[Deleted]

Not going to let it spoil my holiday in cornwall next week .. Ill worry about filling up when the tanks empty

[Globalbloke (Tim)]

£190 to fill two cars up only filled them up because we are dropping daughter off with her Nana in Camber Sands on Sunday!

[beeratz]

I had to queue for 45 mins earlier!! I only wanted a tenners worth lol I wouldn't have bothered but my light was on and I'm disabled so have to use my car its ridiculous, almost all the petrol stations round here are closed as they have ran out completely.

[shamreez]

my low fuel lights are up and the local tesco is out of fuel...

Will see some other day and see

[Deleted]

I went to Morrisons today and filled my works van up , it only took 5 minutes to get on a pump , I find it pretty damned annoying when people panic buy , if I can't fill my van up I can't work , my van is a tool of my trade not just an aid to get to and from work. I understand people also need to get to work but is it really necessary to go out and fill up "just in case" . IF there is going to be a strike it's not going to be for another 2 1/2 weeks , and it's reported that the Army are already on standby to take over the tanker driving should a strike occur , sheesh , rant over

[Karma]

Storm, where we stay the public transport is pants, so without our cars we can't get to work. It's even written in my contract that I must be prepared to be mobile and work in any of our locations. DH works full time and does a 50 mile round trip every day to get there and there is no way that he could use public transport

[Deleted]

I understand for the majority karma , I know what it's like in Scotland I have worked there on numerous occasions including the highlands , your lucky to find a garage for miles

[Karma]

I was surprised that the queue wasn't longer but there were a fair few oap's in front of me >

[Deleted]

Chrissie keep the teapot on the boil , Storm is deffo hittin Cornwall for his early summer holidays

[Anne (fuzzy)]

Mar 29, 2012 22:17:12 GMT @storm said:

Chrissie keep the teapot on the boil , Storm is deffo hittin Cornwall for his early summer holidays

Last thing that's needed is a storm in Cornwall in the summer. It's bad enough when the sea 'breezes' start, it can be a chilly place out in the remoter open spaces.



Good job we don't need to go out much, our Subaru's a guzzler

[nicky]

Mar 29, 2012 21:53:11 GMT Karma said:

Storm, where we stay the public transport is pants, so without our cars we can't get to work. It's even written in my contract that I must be prepared to be mobile and work in any of our locations. DH works full time and does a 50 mile round trip every day to get there and there is no way that he could use public transport

You and me both Karma, although i haven't read my contract for twenty odd years lol , but everybody has a right to put fuel in their vehicles whether it be for work or otherwise.