Well that's me without petrol in the scoob.

Went to around 5 petrol stations near me for some 99ron but all closed with no fuel whatsoever.

And I now don't have enough to go looking.....

Crazy government now getting visas for foreign lorry drivers.

You couldn't write this stuff. Ha ha.

 

I work at tesco and finish very late most nights.
the tankers come around 10pm and the Queues become insane. Then an hour later the station closes as they run out.

Fortunately they keep some back for the van deliveries but wonder how sainsbury will Contin their deliveries- They don't have their own stations where I am.

 

I'm the samemanaged to fill up me Golf and the other halfs Seat after waiting bloody ages to get on the forecourt, my nearest Shell garage for vpower is down the road 5 mile and next nearest is 15 mile away, don't wanna go driving out on the off chance their got any fuel and waste what little i have left driving there and back if it's a wasted journey.

 

Bloody media hype !!! , there is no fuel shortage whatsoever, friend of mine drives tankers for a living , he turned away from 5 stations yesterday as he couldn’t get in the forecourt because of the morons trying to get another £3 worth of fuel in there cars.
the media came away from the co2 shortage that was spread everywhere and now that’s sorted they’ve created another thing to get people reading utter ****e , they all want publicly shaming. It’s all utter nonsense

 

Yeah I'm completely not following the hype.... I just wanna put petrol in the motor.
I'll just leave it now tillit all calms down.
I can cycle to work.

 

British media (TV and print) once again causes panic when there is no need.

When will the government grow some ***** and punish them for inciting panic by using loaded wording and sensationalised headlines.

It is a criminal offence to corrupt public morals or outrage public decency, whether or not the act itself amounts to a actual crime. So get them in the docks.

 

And the Visas and foreign drivers is nothing to do with tanker driver shortages:

BP/Hoyer laid off drivers in the pandemic. Some quit when furloughed as Hoyer is crap to work for (look at the driver reviews on indeed and glassdoor). So the problem is only with deliveries supplied via BP. Other fuel companies were fine (until the press instigated a surge in demand).

Drivers need training and ADR certification to deliver fuel before being allowed near a tanker. So any old class 1 driver can't legally do it.

But of course lorry driver to the press means the same to them be it a 3,5ton dropside Gypo's Tranny or a 44t artic tanker!

 

Big queues around here too.

 

Some people are just plain mad, Tesco near me had no petrol/diesel yesterday but were expecting a delivery at some point during the day, my ex Mrs works there doing delivering and she said cars started rocking up just b4 7am and by 10am the carpark was a third full with cars just parked up waiting for tanker to arrive, said tanker finally arrived just b4 6pmbut some cars had actually stayed there since the morn on the off chance a delivery turned up

 

I went to a nearby Shell in my Passat for diesel. Drove up to pump 1, filled up, paid, and drove off. No problems whatsoever.
......at 4.30am on a Sunday morning...forgot to mention that bit

 

Shortage of drivers is because of the backlog for HGV tests, my brother has been waiting nearly 2 yrs for his, if they fast tracked the tests there would be no need for migrant drivers.

 

I doesn't dare start the scoob up at that time of the morn to go vpower hunting, the neighbors would have a bloody fit

 

It’s all kicking off at the pumps a bit like Mad Max.

 

I thought that the other day too.

Fortunately no one has had their fingers chopped off with a metal boomerang yet altho theres still time for that

 

Does anyoner want to swap some toilet rolls for some petrol, i have 6 x 9 packs of ultra soft deluxe toilet rolls here that i can do a straight swap with you for some petrol. We'd have to do it discretely, we could meet in the corner of a dark car park to do the exchange, let me know if your interested.

 

I've managed to fill in £30 of Esso 99 in my local Esso this morning for £1.55 per lt!

 

Still no bloody vpower in my part of the country, well not at me 2 local ones, 5 miles or 15 miles away, had nowt since last Weds

 

You do realise your cars will run on lower ron fuel . . . just reset your ECU once VPower is back and no kittens will be killed.

 

No problem here with petrol just diesel, never use the stuff. Think they need to limit everyone like they did with loo roll lol

 

I've got 10 bags of pasta and a bottle of hand sanitiser if anyone would like to swap for a gallon of Vpower!

 

I'll raise ya to a tank full of diesel for a gallon of vpower, the Mrs will never miss it outta her Seat as she's working from home and not using the car currently

 

My car's out too and abandoned until it dies down. Luckily I can cycle and use the train for commuting to work. Sod driving. some of the loonies are knifing each other for the last 5 litres now, it's crazy.

 

BP is lowest on my list for places to fill up at , but needs must , Esso do a sul says 99+ , i managed to get both cars filled , they were nearly out of fuel , along with me being nearly out of fuel , it was the 10th petrol station i went to for fuel ,at the other station's it was either empty at the pumps or silly long q’s , it was in berkhampstead herts , hopefully issues resolve themselves soon 👍