Baltic Blue wrote:

Mike.

And that's NOT a tank!! It's a combat engineer vehicle. Great bit of kit though.

This is a tank!! (we don't wait in queues!!

https://www.facebook.com/Tankersofficial/videos/567652421112545

OMG I'd forgotten what that was like £100+ per week in fuel, I spend less than that a year for electricity in the car now .

I do miss the sound of a V8 though with the very subtle turbo whistle, just a teeny bit. BMW i3 Electric Car
2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone)
2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6

AJ just wait till the 3 day weeks in the Winter when Vlad turns off the tap and there are power cuts everywhere--

How will the snowflakes manage without Internet and Netflix?  2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

Hilarious story in the Daily mail about 20 motorists following a 'Mortar Tanker' thinking it was going to a petrol station Not much hope left for the human race

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1...tanker.htm

First full day out and about after getting covid, woohoo, filled up daughters car today, loads of diesel, all our local filling stations seem to be open, drove straight in, no waiting, but we are in North Wales so it's like being in the boonies

North Cumbria seems ok passed a few stations this morning and all fairly quiet albeit some diesel up to £1.42! Pulled straight to pump in Sainsbury’s no issues £1.34 / litre. 2012 tdv8 Westminster arrived Jan 19 gone Dec 23

200 TDi discovery bobtail gone
RR classic v8 bobtail gone
300 tdi Discovery 3 dr gone

Deleted my original post. On reflection I realised that it wasn't helpful. My apologies.

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Well it didnt really make a positive contribution to the thread, the forum or the UK really, better thats it's out in the trash, move on looking forwards, the past isnt really relevant.

J BMW i3 Electric Car
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2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6

Well done Stan - sanitised and sane. It seems the petrol shortage still exists in London and some of the South but for us boys up here in the North it seems to be largely over.  Geoff

What's people's thoughts on this. Garage a few mile down the road from me on Romford Road forest gate

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thats ridiculous..highest i've seen today was £1.47 for diesel.. ... - .- -.




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Sorts out those that really need it vs those that can wait I suppose.... a delicate line between profiteering in a time of 'crisis' vs charging for convenience such as motorway service station prices being higher than supermarkets.

It's the Uber model - when it's busy, the same journey costs you more. Same with the trains, or ferries. The fact that you need to travel during peak times is your problem.

I'm torn....

People will remember though - make your money when supplies are scarce, but people will avoid (for a while) once things return to normal

Back to normal here in south Derbyshire today. My local to site garage on the A38 was operating all pumps with no queues, even managed to fill up a 5 gal diesel tub for the digger. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Must admit, not much to really shout about around Bristol way. Though I know the bunkering site at avonmouth truck stop has been empty for a few days and Swindon truck stop has limited it's filling to 150 litres. Sorry to on anyone's shoes here who are suffering but I have a great boss who lets me use the fuel card to fill up my fatty. I ask what's the price for the day then I just deduct 20% from the fill then pay him straight back. If only more bosses were more like that towards their employees, they'd get the fuel even cheaper then more they use.

Mines the same mate. He's told all the staff they can fill up on the fuel cards as long as he gets the receipts but there's a catch. Those who have petrol cars can't fill up so he said anyone who fills up with diesel has too go n collect said members of staff. Not a bad deal considering your getting a tank of diesel for free

I wonder how many more companies are allowing their employees to use fuel cards? I wouldn't say it's anything illegal, far from it, that's exactly what they are, fuel cards. Trouble is, the likes of ukfuels and keyfuels, they hit you with a 25% surcharge if you fill with petrol, so no wonder your boss said no to petrol owners filling up.