Panic Buying

[jetpilot]

So how have people faired this week?

I put my usually £30 in my daily as i was on the light, it did take about 15 mins queue though, but resisted the urge to fill her up and stock pile!

There are some insane stories in the news, for example, a lady in her 70\'s filling up jam jars

I will say, if ever people moan about fuel prices, this just goes to show the government have got you by the short and curlies when it comes to how much they can add on, people will pay whatever :evillaugh

I am more curious about where all these people have suddenly got to go that they need the fuel! :xconfused

[Will66]

My daily was on the fuel light on Tuesday, because I\'ve not had to go anywhere this week, on leave from work which is nice, I decided to deliberately flaunt the panic buying and see how low I was prepared to get my "miles to empty" figure to go to on my trip computer.  I filled up yesterday, and there wasn\'t a massive queue at the pumps.  I\'ve now got 600 miles to play with before I have to do it again.

The RX8 is staying in the garage, largely because I\'m not planning on using it and it needs to get an MOT.

[chri5]

Have you heard about the woman who was decanting petrol in her kitchen???
She apparently filled up cans but was swapping them into another  container so she could fill her car.

Took me nearly an hour to fill up the other day.
I did enjoy filling up both tanks tho and watching ppl\'s faces lol.

My car had £20 in on Thursday. Once it\'s gone it\'s gone. Not going to rush for more as I don\'t need it everyday now.

[m1tch]

Volvo V40 1.9D daily drive, 2/3 tank to go, should be ok for about 3 weeks until I need to fill up again :rollin

[wolfie1]

i went to fill up the other day and the que was massive! but then i noticed a pump with v power on it that nobody was queing for and got straight in, the reason it was empty was there was no normal unleaded or diesel, yay for rotary power!

[jetpilot]

I also find it quite funny how people are trying to blame the government.....for their own lack of common sense

[boosted]

I\'ve just put £40.00 of 99 Tesco Momentum in and as soon as all the shoppers are home I\'m going out for a drive til it\'s all gone. zoom zoom.

[bimbleuk]

As above I filled my Peugeot 1.5D to full which I normally never do before the panic and that\'ll be at least a month of commuting before I\'ll need more!
 
Not worried anyway as I cycle 40 miles to work and back 2 or 3 days a week anyway so I\'m quite capable of getting myself to work thanks.
 
Only thing is if there was no fuel for transport then all the delegates wouldn\'t turn up so I wouldn\'t have a job anyway

[boosted]

All gone..back down to a qtr of tank he he he!

[L18M]

all fine and dandy down here.
no ques.. no unleaded yesterday but had diesel.
today had unleaded but no diesel.

there goes my idea of sitting on the side of the road after siphoning my leggacy selling 1ltr cola bottles filled with fuel for £10 a pop lol

[m1tch]

All gone..back down to a qtr of tank he he he!

Nice work

[boosted]

Nice work

They got no 99 left now my mate went in in his Monaro!!! most upset......:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle.

[wolfie1]

always though you werent supposed to put tesco momentum in an fd as its chemicals which makes it up to 99 rather than octane

[boosted]

did not know that...just put another £20.00 esso super as wife back from hen do feelin delicate so decided to get out the house for another blast.....cruise into Bath and they got no fuel...eek......cruise out of Bath and got a top up . The Red light on mine tells me you have 20 secs to fill up ......ran out once b4 came close today.......mx5 for rest of week!
 so is esso super 97 better than tesco 99 ?

[Will66]

Octane rating just reflects the knock-protection of the fuel, not how it achieves it.  Tesco Momentum has a lot of bio-ethanol in it though so you\'ll get less fuel economy out of it as it\'s got lower specific energy.