GolfGTIforum.co.uk
General => General discussion => Topic started by: vaughn on 12 September 2005, 19:20
-
just been down my local garage to fill the mk4 up and they`re queing down the street, thought fook this i`ll go to the next one same again anyone else noticed this today
sounds like they`re going to start the blockades on wednesday :sad:, not that bothered as got to do loads of driving for my job, no fuel no work :wink:
-
whoa.. i panic bought my fuel last thursday.. lol :D
-
been on on reserve since friday.. really must put fuel in soon... :rolleyes:
-
all our local garages are out of fuel, just got a tenner in, bout get me to the shop n back in mine.....
-
Well, a tank of petrol gives me 250 miles to play with, I might have to cut out less important journeys, like going to work :grin:
I seem to remember just before i passed my driving test I had a bike lying around somewhere. :rolleyes:
-
I will be filling up just after midnight when all the suckers have gone home.
-
This was predicted for midweek.......I've already made sure I have enough to get back home from here (in Wales) and into work........guaranteed fuel at work :wink:
-
if i cant get fuel tomorrow, wednesday will be my last day at the office until the panics are over .. hooray for laptops :sad:
-
not really rushin at the mo..... spose id better try and get some to get me car to garage on thursday to get new bits fitted... gonna seem a bit of a twit now its booked in and i cant get it there!!! hope theres some juice left tomorrow....... i cant even go now and have a look cause im plonkin me way through some vodka :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: i could always pis5 in me tank... the amount of stuff ive been drinkin since me leg im sure its got a decent octane rating!!
:laugh: :laugh:
-
been on on reserve since friday.. really must put fuel in soon... :rolleyes:
i`d go and put some in han :wink:, but then again no fuel no work :grin:
-
Down to half a tank and should fill up really but been a remote home worker techy type I'll work from home for a bit! No fuel no work but how long for this time???
PM Tony is going on about rationing to stop it been a problem open your eyes you have the ultimate solution, solve it by dropping the extortionate tax on fuel which is killing any businesses left in this great land! Seems like the government want to run the country into the ground and we're becoming a third world country with very few home bred businesses left and a supposed recession looming :(
Ahhh rant over :) best go top Bessie off! just have to hope I don't cover more than 250 miles, Granny driving ahoy :D
-
panic fuel buying certainly aint happening over here (Belfast) most people are panicing trying to get them & their car home in one piece!!
-
unfortunaltey motorworld is 2 mns drive away.. bout a fifteen min walk.. and asda ain't much further .. but hopefully i'll be lewavin there soon.. asda fuel is still at 92p and the two garages either side of work have got extautionate prices!!.. (cant spell btw)
-
I have jsut filled the mk3 up, so at least me or the misses can get to work, I think us runcorn people are gonna have to share lifts into work till the panic goes away
-
there is a shell station that i can see from my house, there has been a flow of cars in there since i got home from work at 4.30, the forecourt always full, and still going strong :laugh:
madness :shocked:
-
......two garages either side of work have got extautionate  high prices!!.. (cant spell btw)
:smiley: :wink: :smiley:
-
Did my panic buying today, in preparation for Wednesday. Have to cut down on my midnight kerb-crawling trips!!!! LOL :grin: :grin:
-
I read this thread and filled the mk2 up. The pumps were packed out :laugh:
why the f**k is this shortage happening again? Is it some sort of quick money government scam? Never really botherd to look into it :rolleyes:
-
people panick buying, no need really, just f**ks up the people that really need to fill up.
Most people that are filling probably dont really need to
-
It's the same in america. Panic buying has been taking place since that hurricane katrina.
I filled up last week. still got 2/3 of a tank. I'll just bike to work if I run out.
-
aye tis right, but in america petrol is feckin peanuts per litre!!!
damn were screwed over here :angry: :angry:
-
if the government put the price of petrol to £2 a litre would there still be painic buying?
-
queuing out onto the roads here in bristol, was no unleaded at a few garages! :shocked:
-
this panic buying has not been caused by the goverment tho
Its been caused by the oil companies putting the price of oil up, due to a number of reasons, including hurricane katrina, and the threat of a protest at garages / refinaries accross the country
-
i heard there wasn't gonna be protests at garages or refinaries, just a go slow on the roads?
-
^ i heard it was blockades again and go slows.
targetting individual garages unless on a massive scale would acheive nothing. its easier to stop fuel getting out at source and dry the country out that way.
aye tis right, but in america petrol is feckin peanuts per litre!!!
damn were screwed over here :angry: :angry:
judging by reports on my forum.. they pay roughly a third to a half what we do.
we only pay a tiny bit more than most of europe, apart from holland which is actually more expensive than here.
-
I have got a big shell refinary not far from me and they are threatening to protest there, but its all rumours at the min.
But still its the oil companies that are shafting us
-
aye tis right, but in america petrol is feckin peanuts per litre!!!
damn were screwed over here :angry: :angry:
No it aint!! Its the same as over here!!
-
Interesting link for you all - makes you think...................... :undecided: :undecided:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/business_petrol_pricing/html/1.stm
-
Power to the people!!
Mon the revolution
:grin:
-
We need to do summat, or am gonna have to sacrifice the old VR :cry:.
-
ohh well the UK is full of sh!t. sooo much tax and even to wipe our asses as there is tax on toilet paper :laugh:
-
soon as i get the chance im outta here... uk tis gettin pants......
:cool: :cool:
-
Well in the US its about 2.50 a gallon which works out at $.63 a litre but they dont pay as much tax as we do and some places it rose upto about 3.96 which is $1 a litre lucky for them its coming down - prob coz they gettin fuel from Europe :huh:
-
wasn't too amused at these panic buying muppets... had an empty tank but found my way into shell and lo and behold, an empty pump. Optimax! I'll pay 96p a litre to save queuing thankoo hairy munch!
-
Panic buying is goot tbh coz it makes the situation a whole lot worse maybe the government will listen then :undecided:
-
yeah right!!!!, 'n' if mi auntie had bollocks she'd be mi uncle, they won't do sh!t exept carry on fleecing us :angry:
-
Yeah ive got to pick my girlfriend up from manchester airport about a 200 mile trip on friday just filled her car up to the brim after waitin ages in a bloody cue! Nightmare in a week where i need to travel about 400-500miles! :laugh:
-
GREAT just as im about to pick up a car from 150 miles Away the whole country runs out of fuel , if any f**k*r tried messin with me and gettin back with my new car im gunna get industrial on them :evil:
-
errr ok maybe my plan backfired.
Pulled up to a pump, £1.40 later pump runs dry. Wicked. Just enough fuel to get back to stafford methinks.
-
went to me local pants filling station, not one i normally use but i was that low on fuel darnt rick even driving 2 miles!, got there price 99.9p per litre, 7p cheaper than another localish place..... the reson... cause they cant fit any more than 3 digits and a decimal point on there boards!! :cool: pants petrol but the mk4 is now brim filled so i can sit back a know i can get to the place thats fitting me goodies on thursday :shocked:
wasnt a rush buying though, i didnt have to queue or owt :undecided:
-
Down in lovely old Merthyr Tydfil our local Asda ran out of petrol yesterday!!
Also in Morrisons some idiot ran down one of the staff who were trying to direct the traffic into the station!!
It's crazy here!! :shocked:
Had to queue this morning for petrol....anyone thinks the bloody world is ending!! :shocked:
-
i had an empty tank on saturaday so i just filled the tank up, glad i did now as everywhere near me is running out and people queing!! ive also got a very slow puncture on my rear tyre and i needed to go and put some air in it yesterday, but i cant even get near the petrol station unless i que for 45mins!!! just for air!!! :angry:
-
We're going to HELL :evil: in a' hand cart ' :rolleyes:...................................Because we can't afford to drive there :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
What gets me is seeing people sitting there not moving for ages queuing for petrol with their engines running :huh:
I think some people have the MAD MAX attitude like back in the 70s when there was a fuel shortage.....use up 10 ltrs of petrol just to get 1ltr sorta thing :rolleyes:
-
if we go mad max stylee we'll end up driving stuff like this...
(http://www.danphillips.com/personal/burning_man_2000/cars/images/mad_max_car.jpg)
hmmmmm there not really doing it for me..... i wonder if they have airbags as standard??
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
-
i kinda like it. :wink:
Hooooray for LPG! Suckers! :grin:
-
Hmmm I'm not gonna give into it, will be running a bit low tomorrow on way home from work so will try filling up then as usual, could be a very naive attitude but I hate becoming sucked into panic buying of anything.
HOWEVER sunday I've gotta make a long trip in my bus (which aint very economical) to pick up a folding garage to store the golf in this winter. If anything comes between me and the golf protection then I will be mad!!!
-
the petrol strike back in 2000 wasnt too bad for me a my old XR2 could run on unleaded or LRP so i was alright back then... but now i just hope the strike and panic buying doesnt go on for too long  :sad:
-
i couldnt drive back in 2000 but i remember it being crazy
-
I went past a local petrol station yesterday and ther were people filling up jerry cans.......how bloody ridiculous :rolleyes:
-
i've thought about doing that myself.. I haven't seen any signs of panic buying around here yet.. apart from me myself doing it :embarassed:
-
Well if I see anyone else doing it in Bridgy I'll send em down to Taunton :grin:
-
:P
-
people are bl00dy ridiculous... it just makes the situation worse!!
-
There goin crazy round the midlands
Dont know why they bother think positive i say if ya run out ya cant go wk!!!!
Wooo as the buses will eventually it wont get to that these panic people make it worse :undecided:
-
everywhere i tried last night had run out, if i cant get any today i wont be able to get to work tomorrow... and my boss doesnt seem to grasp that if i dont use at least 98ron i wont be driving anywhere at all :grin:
-
lol, it has started up north as well. I work as a forecourt cashier part-time, we get £5 an hour and for the amount of crap we are havin to put up woth it aint worth it. Shame I can't say I can't get to work until our own garage runs out :cry:
-
the word on the street is that newport is dry already!!!
my car is full any way and i got 1/2 a tank in the sportline :cool:
-
im using it as a great excuse not to drive charley to london tomorrow, instead il stay in bed and enjoy my day off!
-
I have a full tank but the cars knackered now there's irony.
for sale optimax £20 a litre... :evil: :laugh:
-
errr ok maybe my plan backfired.
Pulled up to a pump, £1.40 later pump runs dry. Wicked. Just enough fuel to get back to stafford methinks.
PMSL, :laugh: :laugh: No one likes a smart @rse Alex ! :wink: :laugh:
-
Lol, I went to fill up today, was queued back down the road. Went back 10mins later and there was no queue!! Pulled in thinking they must have run out of fuel, waited for one car to refill then got in and put a tankful of optimax in! :smiley:
-
Last at midnight the queue was half a mile long in Pitsea, Essex. I can see a petrol station from my office window and it has 15-20 cars queing since 8.45 this morning.
The thing most of the people panic buying are flipping happy shoppers that use car for 50 miles a week! I do 350miles a week minimum and can't get any bloody fuel! I don't mind doing the mileage as means I get to spend loads of time in my GTi, kicking the ar5e out of her. No fuel means no driving:( Hardley any fuel means I get drive her like a GTi coz she drinks fuel like I drink lager!
Gordon brown - Sort It Out. The queen has enough bloody money with out our taxes!
-
Ive got my golf filled up, my mums bora (shes away for two weeks) filled with diesil and my newly aquired 1.0 Metro (bah!) is filled, I figure i can drive the metro for about 5 months until it runs out, then ill have about two weeks after that till the bora runs dry, then about 15 minites of driving the golf until the entire tanks dissapears lol.
-
Why not intruduce a minimum purchase of £20? Should at least stop those that are just topping up :undecided:
-
Mighty fine idea that Rich, might be a slim chance there'd be some left for me by tomorrow then.
-
:grin:
Got full tank of fuel B can just fill up on base tis cheaper anyways :laugh:
-
walk :wink:
-
walk :wink:
Yeah Right :rolleyes:
-
managed to full ip this mornin.. was limited to £7 at asda.. :shocked: :shocked:
majorly :angry: will ahve to walk to work.. least it will do me good.. tomorrow i find out if my managers positition is permanent if they can ive me good enough wages.. then after thurs sat sun at asda, i'll be walkin to work ful time and having more fuel to go for drives in my baby... get a smile when i drive it (espec in me new chanel sunglasses... mmmm ebay bargain!
quite lookin forward to walkin actually.. just means gettin up earlier!!! ha ha!! no more early mornin forum for me now.. gotta be settin off for a saunter!!
-
Local BP garage has all but run out.....fcking muppet panic buyers :laugh:
-
managed to full ip this mornin.. was limited to £7 at asda.. :shocked: :shocked:
majorly :angry: will ahve to walk to work.. least it will do me good.. tomorrow i find out if my managers positition is permanent if they can ive me good enough wages.. then after thurs sat sun at asda, i'll be walkin to work ful time and having more fuel to go for drives in my baby... get a smile when i drive it (espec in me new chanel sunglasses... mmmm ebay bargain!
quite lookin forward to walkin actually.. just means gettin up earlier!!! ha ha!! no more early mornin forum for me now.. gotta be settin off for a saunter!!
I'm 26 miles from work...........bit too far too walk :sad:
-
tbh, i think they should have started rationing it a few days ago to stop this happening :undecided:
-
99.9p/L here in Wales where Hazel lives. One garage has closed but the other seems ok and no-one in the forecourt either. Not that I need to fill/top up..........just walked down out of curiosity/a beer, to see what was going on :smiley:
-
saturday, ultimate was 99.9, optimax was 97.9.....guess what i filled up with :laugh:
-
I have just been to fill the mk2 up, drove straight into my local shell, was a huge que a few hours previous, people must have all filled up
-
walk :wink:
:undecided: sorry i dont understand
-
fugging tits who are panick buying just went to put some optimax in and they have emptied the garage , lets start a rumor there are blizzards on the way watch all the bread and milk dissapear :grin:
-
fugging tits who are panick buying just went to put some optimax in and they have emptied the garage , lets start a rumor there are blizzards on the way watch all the bread and milk dissapear   :grin:
Good idea! 99% of the British are dumb enough to believe anything I reckon after the last couple of days. Round here (Northampton) most garages have run out of unleaded - people are still bloody queuing though! The rest of the world must just laugh at the UK - not only do we pay more for everything (including fuel) than most other countries, but mass hysteria sets in so easily here........... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
-
all the petrol stations are empty up by me in the valleys! :grin:
(he he, ive got a full tank now and 1/2 a tanking the sportline :evil: )
-
Online news sites are reporting that the protests are a massive flop..
apparently at one refinery only 6 people turned up to picket... and at another 2 people turned up then went home...
doh! ... still shows how fragile things are..
-
It makes me laugh that some of you are getting anoyed at the fact people have drained the pumps when you were on your way to fill up too! :grin: I filled up full, not in a panic but simply being caucious and sensible in case there was a strike.
-
^ that's still panic buying silly! :P
-
I reckon there should be panic buying more often!!! I popped out to grab a sandwich from the BP near work at lunchtime, plenty of parking spaces, empty forecourt, no queing to pay in the shop. Seems like nobody at all needs petrol stations today!!! There were only a couple of people quietly filling up, better be the same story at my local shell garage on the way home coz my tank's in the red.
-
no que's today at any of the petrol stations near me.. shame it didn't really kick off abit, its blockaids and protests that disrupt the country that gets the government listening.. now gordon *skanky* brown wont cut fuel duty at all now :sad:
-
Got to 1/4 of a tank this morning as I haven't bothered to fill up since last Friday. There were no queues at my local garage, business as usual. I don't get this panic buying at all. There was never any real mention of a blockade, that's the tabloids stirring it up. These are just protests after all. Anyway, just so long as I get to Ragley Hall and back on sunday I don't give a $h1t :grin:
-
The tesco I get my super unleaded from usually has cues anyway let alone when there's panic buying!
-
just killed half a tanks worth of juice, had to let me foot go, the restraint was killin me.... :evil:
-
you rich fookers in yas vr6's :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:evil:
-
pmsl, i'd bee rich if i didn't have it ya mean..... :huh: