Fuel!! Grrrrr!

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Ive had to put bloody Supreme Unleaded in my car today for work because of the muppets that are panick buying fuel and there's no normal unleaded left.

Ridiculous! And as much as I'd rather be sunning myself at home, I've had to go to work. Please England, return to normal! Lol.

Haha yeah, means something completely different in these parts, think we'll end it there

Aye..definitely.

p.s. to get back On Topic...
What's happened to all the diesel bikes that were in development?

They're still as rare as a diesel car was in the USA 20 years ago.

Think I'm glad I have no idea what you're all on about - clout !!

Just passed a Tesco superstore garage and there are still long queues, so maybe the trick is go at 2am and hope there's still some left

Wooster wrote:p.s. to get back On Topic...
What's happened to all the diesel bikes that were in development?

They're still as rare as a diesel car was in the USA 20 years ago.

I tried to champion the new diesel Cat last month but all she did was blow blue smoke out her pipes.

On topic I breezed into the garage today and filled the bike no probs, queues at some garages but not at others (same price too). Think we may be turning into Communist Russia where people see a queue and just join it

we are British we must remember, we do like a good queue....

Yer 'clout' is yer vest lol.

ellie wrote:

furball wrote:No panic in the Highlands, ride/drive into any fuel station no que's..

Cool a feck us Highlanders

That's coz your too tight to fork out for a full tank of fuel

OI, :( Wait till the wee mac, i'll be out in the dead of night syphoning you'r petrol tank, while you are tucked up in bed

Davie

LOL.....This is the sort of shortage I like...


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That's brilliant Ellie.

and to make matters worse, some mindless tw+t decided to key my car last night on the way home from the pub. He also did several others in the street with an ariel he broke off another car.

stupid low life :(

I really hope I never catch someone doing that, I don't think I could be held responsible for my actions...

Didn't realise you were in the neighbourhood Ellie

Sorry to hear that, you have to wonder what is in some peoples' heads :(

ellie wrote:and to make matters worse, some mindless tw+t decided to key my car last night on the way home from the pub. He also did several others in the street with an ariel he broke off another car.

stupid low life :(

:( Sorry to here that m8

You have to wonder what (apart from a gallon of 5% proof beer) is going through the mindless gits head at the time they're doing it

0ldcat wrote:

ellie wrote:and to make matters worse, some mindless tw+t decided to key my car last night on the way home from the pub. He also did several others in the street with an ariel he broke off another car.

stupid low life :(

:( Sorry to here that m8

You have to wonder what (apart from a gallon of 5% proof beer) is going through the mindless gits head at the time they're doing it

You have to remember alcohol doesn't give you a split personality as some people believe, it merely relaxes your inhibitions making you more likely to do something you want to do anyway in sobriety but are too scared; i.e. these people are just mindless pricks waiting to happen!!

Snowcat wrote:
You have to remember alcohol doesn't give you a split personality as some people believe, it merely relaxes your inhibitions making you more likely to do something you want to do anyway in sobriety but are too scared; i.e. these people are just mindless pricks waiting to happen!!

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Sorry to hear about your car Ellie.

On the fuel issue. Interested to know what folks habits are on filling up and if their habits have changed recently due to (shh....let's not panic)

I'll start - I hate queueing and hate wasting more time that I need to in Petrol Stations, I love clubcard points.

Car (company) - Let it go nearly empty < 50 miles (occasionally <5 although touch wood I've never ran out) and then think about where I can fill up (preferably enroute & defo to get my points).
Always fill it right up (diesel) being careful not to overfill it though.

Motorbike - Lot less range and I'm paying for every drop / mile. Since I try and remember to reset my trip counter I can work out roughly where I can get to enroute and will pick up my points enroute if possible.

Therefore I spend the least amount of time at Petrol stations and always go from nearly empty to full.

I must admit I broke the habit today when my car was only 1/4 full and I filled her up. In my defence there wasn't a queue there when I arrived or when I left.


Surely the queue's are caused by excessive visits to stations by people who wouldn't normally. i.e. Someone with my 'normal' habits changing to only ever letting my tank get 3/4 full and then filling up again.

That's 4 times more visits to fuel up than previously.

Interested to see how it all pans out. Hopefully it won't affect our Wee Mac trip too much. We might have to commandeer one pump and put set amount(s) in each bike. Who is gonna argue with 28 scary bikers?

I won't have anyone say Ross squeeks when he walks

and if he does . . . . . it's his leathers

It's the mouse!

I always run from full to fumes car and bike. I did fill up when just under half as a completely deserted petrol station presented itself to me.

I will not queue...if I run out the worst that can happen is I have to work from home

I wish I could work from home but I'd be pretty bored lol

My other half snuck out at 5 0'clock this morning to get some fuel from our newly filled local garage as my car had less than a quarter of a tank in and I couldn't get fuel anywhere so thats a plus side

on the negative side we were gonna go for a nice bike ride this weekend with some mates but daren't cos we might get stuck somewhere wiv no fuel hate this country sometimes

I am having to stick to a small loop this Sunday to ensure i don't get stuck somewhere

ellie wrote:I wish I could work from home but I'd be pretty bored lol

I work from home and cabin fever is one of the few drawbacks.
Back in December I helped out another office who were swamped with some technical paperwork and the only time I left the house in four days was to nip across the road for a packet of fags.
On the Friday a call came in for Dingwall and I didn't even check it remotely, I just jumped in the car and drove there to get out of the house.

Piss it!! I'm off out tomorrow to blow the cobwebs, I got a full tank and I'm gonna use it. If I run out or can't find fuel then my friendly recovery guy will just have to come out and fill me up.

I've been on stock check at work all weekend so need to get out, devil may care me ya know

I will take the RD out tomorrow as the cat is not MOT'd yet (must do in time for the weeMac!)