missingsid Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 20 minutes ago, Bowie69 said: Asda Highbridge this morning, £30 limit gone, and there was only one other car at the pumps(!) It's over here, and should be elsewhere if everyone behaves themselves. Just tried calling local Asda to be told unprecedented traffic can't answer call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, Bowie69 said: Asda Highbridge this morning, £30 limit gone, and there was only one other car at the pumps(!) It's over here, and should be elsewhere if everyone behaves themselves. The only Garage I know of that's out is the Shell station on the A39 coming into Bridgy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 24 minutes ago, Bowie69 said: Asda Highbridge this morning, £30 limit gone, and there was only one other car at the pumps(!) It's over here, and should be elsewhere if everyone behaves themselves. It was still havoc in Potters Bar when I left yesterday at 5pm. Reduced traffic on the roads though meant that the rush hour was fluid and no jams. I did M3/A303/A30 to Cornwall and there were queues at some stations on the A303, but a number just had cones up to block the pumps still. The Tesco at Launceston had no diesel when I got there at 2130 but Callington Tesco had one car at the pumps and seemed normal so I filled up. Weird. Interesting that the news has moved on to other stuff - it barely got a mention on PM, so hopefully this will die a death now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaklander Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 The two nearest garages to me, both within a mile, don't have fuel today and didn't yesterday either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Anyone going to the Newbury sortout this sunday? Or are we all on fumes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 No Derv to be had in my bit of South Norfolkshire this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Hunter Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 This started out as an E10 petrol thread. What happened??? For the last n pages it's been only about fuel shortages! Should we have a "Bitch Forum"? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 20 minutes ago, Troll Hunter said: This started out as an E10 petrol thread. What happened??? For the last n pages it's been only about fuel shortages! Should we have a "Bitch Forum"? Mike No. Threads develop and encompass current affairs [in the UK in this case]. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Troll Hunter said: This started out as an E10 petrol thread. What happened??? For the last n pages it's been only about fuel shortages! Should we have a "Bitch Forum"? Mike No need, we can bitch and moan at every/any subject. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I'm happy with the chaos, but understand that that there are people who struggle with it. In other words. I ain't bothered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Fuel to Fuel shortage isn’t too chaotic… surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfry Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I went to Clacton on Sea today to collect another bit of unnecessary automotive tat. Filled up with DERV at a small independent @ £1.36 no problem. No queue, no limit Noticed the same at the bigger chain places too. Seems the good people of Clacton dont use their vehicles ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointFive Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 17 hours ago, Troll Hunter said: Disregard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Hunter Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Surely these non-E10 responses should have been headed "OTT", or moved to a new thread. Sorry, but I tend to be a bit old fashioned on these issues, maybe because I'm now 78 y.o. But at least I stirred up a bit of conversation🙂. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Although I have actively participated in the batching it is true that this is an International forum area and the fuel situation is purely a UK thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 10 hours ago, Troll Hunter said: Surely these non-E10 responses should have been headed "OTT", or moved to a new thread. Sorry, but I tend to be a bit old fashioned on these issues, maybe because I'm now 78 y.o. But at least I stirred up a bit of conversation🙂. Mike Understood Mike. This is quite a big issue in the UK at present but appreciate it is could be viewed as insignificant when viewed from elsewhere. Interesting to see how quickly day to day normality is disrupted by a combination of various factors though. Anyway, we are in danger of entering into a meta discussion that will probably prompt more OT stuff. Onwards and upwards as they say. I had to go out to pick some items I'd won in the local auction yesterday afternoon. I wanted to get some Derv but not one place around town [south Norfolk] had any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 As a sort of on topic..... France, unlike Holland, has tankerdriver strikes, blockades, etc. from time to time so out here in the nothings one learns to have your own stock of diesel, petrol and fuel for the heating as they come up almost always when not expected. On average we have some 700 ltrs. in stock. Not to mention the 20 M3 firewood. Trouble with this modern fuel stuff is that you need to keep the stock moving as it does go "off" LPG / CNG would help but is sooo expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Arjan said: On average we have some 700 ltrs. in stock. More than 30l was made illegal in the UK during the last fuel crisis (early 2000s?), unless farmer, haulier etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 4:33 PM, Happyoldgit said: This is quite a big issue in the UK at present but appreciate it is could be viewed as insignificant when viewed from elsewhere If it weren't for this thread I wouldn't have known about it until I was queuing for a petrol station in the UK, so I'm quite happy it was discussed In the end managed (by accident) to find a calm fuel station just outside Exeter where I popped in £30 making it a comfortable trip instead of actually using start/stop and not driving in sport mode all the time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 What's the shelf life of modern Diesel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 44 minutes ago, Nonimouse said: What's the shelf life of modern Diesel? I saw 30-40 days mentioned the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, landroversforever said: I saw 30-40 days mentioned the other day. I wonder why.... is that the additives? The 200tdi will run on pretty much anything - as will most less technical diesels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 This makes for interesting reading: https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/country-sites/en_au/australia/home/products-services/fuels/opal-factsheet-storagehandling.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 In that they say upto a year potentially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 3:15 PM, cackshifter said: But gas and elec - the prices of that will wipe the smile off the EV drivers faces. Do we really need to take sides on this? It's not a holy war you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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