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hendrix
12-09-05, 08:55 PM
has anywhere else had garages that have run out of fuel??? here in scunny most of the garages have no unleaded left and only a bit of diesel. i reckon its just panic buying again :roll:
andy
karl Rowntree
12-09-05, 09:15 PM
Tell me about it mate, had to wait 15 minutes to fill the nova up yesturday and now most garages around here have run dry! Not a good sign when some of us are about to attempt to drive to Germany :lol:
Its all the media's fault!
Karl
hendrix
12-09-05, 09:18 PM
yep i blame the media, scaremongering!
a**eholes
the traffic outside my house is fantastic. i live about 6 doors away from petrol station. its funny as.
especially when the police have said they will convoy all petrol wagons out of refineries
its mostly the BBC's fault by only mentioning it today on the news as if its "breaking news" so the fuel lobby appear to be unreasonable cnuts and force joe public out to mass buy fuel when they dont need it....
i saw a 70yr old bloke fill 2 jerry cans aswell as his grim looking metro lmao. i think it does about 30miles a year...
im filled with 60 litres, hoepfully that will do till friday. then ill just forget the rest lol
do remember its a 3 day strike only
scott.parker
12-09-05, 10:03 PM
I might go fill up in an hr or two at a 24hr station.
Scott
STE Novavanman
12-09-05, 10:10 PM
I might go fill up in an hr or two at a 24hr station.
Scott
have you nothig better to do
scott.parker
12-09-05, 10:28 PM
I might go fill up in an hr or two at a 24hr station.
Scott
have you nothig better to do
Err yeah,but i need fuel and it will just make it easyer to do it when less fools are queing etc.
Scott
heh, tescos and morrisons here are queued right up. Mine's already full (filled a couple of days back) and I don't need my car, so can live without it.... :D
But yeahm its bloody crazy, everyone has just crammed into the petrol stations... There's been rumours of action for weeks now, and yet everyone has left it til the last minute to fill up :roll:
scott.parker
13-09-05, 12:36 AM
?30 in and its bursting,but it is 98.6p per lt,silly this is now..
Scott
Ste_Nova
13-09-05, 12:49 AM
do remember its a 3 day strike only
and... i picked up 100 liters before :o
novamadcars
13-09-05, 07:11 AM
i wated for 45 mins at a morrisons garage lastnight 2 find out when its my turn 2 fill up thair out of unleaded this is stupid
Go to Shell an buy Optimax - sure, its more expensive but as nobody else seems to use it (local shell garage gets all kinda cars in, Ferraris, Astons, Nobles, Jaguars, etc and they all use normal unleaded lol) there will be plenty of it about :lol:
I drove to my local shell station and filled up straight away, well pretty much some nobber had a piss and bought some food while i was waiting behind him in the que. It was stupid at about 8-11pm tho cars queing all over the place lol Daft get's panic buying.
sickrabbit
13-09-05, 11:55 AM
( B )dedfords nearly dry , theyve even got people marshalling the courts telling folks to leave the pumps , park up and then pay - the queues are that massive. Thank god Mines now full for ?20 . Three days or not , folks are panicking , and I,ll bet there,ll be a few fisties at the pumps by the end of this Tuesday. And who said television was the drug of the nation ?
filled mine, bloody ?31 to fill it lol
think it was 96.9, drove in and drove stright out lol, no waiting :D
taxitucker1
13-09-05, 01:05 PM
i have just filled up 34.56 robbing t***s
Maybe not the best choice of time to fit the twin 45's on my XE day to day Nova but its done now. Only got ?10 worth of petrol in it so about 50 miles max :o
Using fiancee's 1.4 Polo instead as its much better on petrol, lucky we work at the same place!!
This is quite an interesting read about oil/petrol disputes if you have a few minutes to kill:
http://www.whb.co.uk/socialissues/monman.htm
Al Wilson
13-09-05, 02:29 PM
I'm okay. I've converted the car to run on Heinz bake beans. If they become short supplied, I can run it on Tesco Value beans. Not the same performance, but it will have to do.
:lol:
Mark Beeson
13-09-05, 04:49 PM
topped up the old Nova @ M1 services on route to trax 105.9 per litre for BP ultimate.
The week before I was in Florida . I paid 37p a litre! Sods wouldnt let me bring any back!
Filled up my Xsara 50 L ?47. Its a VTS so itll get me 225 miles Doh!
Maybe not the best choice of time to fit the twin 45's on my XE day to day Nova but its done now. Only got ?10 worth of petrol in it so about 50 miles max :o
Using fiancee's 1.4 Polo instead as its much better on petrol, lucky we work at the same place!!
Pmsl, I'm certainly glad I've not fitted my 40's lol
Not used my car since I came up to Riggy's on Saturday. Used ?20 worth of petrol since it was setup on Friday :o
lol, Oh lee if you see chris before i have chance to ring him, let him know the carbs are gen Nova sport jobbies so I'm going to keep hold of them.
Being rare and all that lol :D
Maybe not the best choice of time to fit the twin 45's on my XE day to day Nova but its done now. Only got ?10 worth of petrol in it so about 50 miles max :o
Using fiancee's 1.4 Polo instead as its much better on petrol, lucky we work at the same place!!
Pmsl, I'm certainly glad I've not fitted my 40's lol
mine was started on monday, however in light of this it's back here and its being started next monday
womble sri
13-09-05, 08:51 PM
i filled my nova up 20 quid yeasterday and it was gone by trhis afternoon put another score in it 2nite and i bet its gone by 2mora. damn twin 40s and me drivin like it should be driven lol
lol, Oh lee if you see chris before i have chance to ring him, let him know the carbs are gen Nova sport jobbies so I'm going to keep hold of them.
Being rare and all that lol :D
Will do but think they are the same as all the other carbs, thought the airbox was the rare thing.
lmfao the fuel protests were a flop, i love it. all that bollocks panic for nothing
lmfao I was thinking that... the "blockades" haven't blockaded anything from what I've heard, and any protesters that did were sharply moved on by the law :lol:
Once again Joe Public has played right into the hands of the government :roll:
apparently the biggest turnout was at a shell refinery where (wait for it ) 12 protesters turned up lol
sickrabbit
14-09-05, 03:20 PM
In reaction to the sillyness of all things currently to do with fuel , I think it,d be a good idea for us all to cycle to work in the morning , and peddle alongside each other at about 10 abreast , thus blocking the road . And if this doesnt work I,ll get a brazillian wax , then a pubic wig , just for the winter like.
Borat for PM - start voting.
Philsutton
14-09-05, 05:45 PM
one thing that comes to mind is get a life you stupid tossers. People get excited at the smallest thing, i mean its only 3 days it should be done for 3 weeks but really hardcore.
I panicked and put some extra air in my bikes tyres, just in case. Maybe I shouldn't have as I feel a bit guilty now.
It's the people panic buying that cause the fuel shortages. If everyone was to carry on like normal it'd be fine.
you want people not to do somethng, then tell them not to do it in the media. They are gauranteed to do it.
Good advertising campaign for any product. Advertise that there is NO shortage and stocks ARE high. By the end of the day, you will have sold out.
My cars been down to nearly the red for a few days, which is when I usually think about putting a tenner in at some point in the next couple of days after.
I didn't bother rushing out to join the back of a 40 minute queue after a plastic box in the corner told me to because I'm not a mug.
Did you and are you?
well the fuel light was on, on monday. Had to get to work for the rest of the week :p and i only waited about 10 mins, which is about the same ammount of time i wind up waiting at the usual station anyway... lol
stations round here ran out, but they got petrol again now lol
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