Panic buying (fuel) ???
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Jam packed Tobight, I'm going to wait till work tomorrow at 5.30am.

As for the jerry cans, I've filled up a 10l steel one a few times, they just asked me to pay first.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Shell garage accross the road still has queues as I walked over a minute ago, almost as bad as when I drove past it earlier. Crazyness!

Lucky for me my mums a nurse so petrol stations near us keep fuel for them due to needing nurses doc ect so i have never had a problem.

Personally stupid idiots panic buying cause all the problems, keep buying the same as normal and everything will be okay.

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unbelievably busy here,had over 30 cars in queue local tesco

On 30th Aug, 2008 Richie said:
too much my wife says "not that friggin site again" so i pull my pants back up and turn it over to TM. iam on pretty much every day as i lead a sad existance

Just going to work from home. Did want a shake down trip in the mini this Sunday will be a pain if I can't get fuel! ESP now it only has a small tank in.

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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with a bit of a google, there seems to be a lack of clear understanding of the regulations on the storage of petroleum spirit for domestic use, with fire and council authorities suggesting various different storage allowancies, so I tracked down the the actual regulations.

The Petroleum Spirit (Motor Vehicles) Regulations 1929 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksro/1929/9...19290952_en.pdf states for domestic use, a maximum of two appropriate metal containers of 10 litres each can be stored in a suitable garage (Paragraph 5 (d) (ii) ), additional, a maximum of two appropriate metal containers of 10 litres each can be stored on a motor vehicle (paragraph 8 (1) (b) ).

You can store no more than 275 litres of pertoleum spirit on one site (paragraph 6) without the need for a storage licence, and without getting too complicated, it is worked out as the sum of the fuel tank capacity of each vehicle, plus any fuel stored in approved containers not greater than 10 litres each within 20 feet of a building, road or path.

For example if you have 2 cars sat on the drive infront of the garage, you can store two 10 litre metal jerry cans of pertol in each car. The tank capacity of each car plus the jerry cans in each car, plus the two jerry cans in your garage must not excede the 333 litres.

You should rally have a storage licence if you have 20 litre jerry cans, and, they are not storred at least 20 feet away from any building, road, or path, and not bunded such that spillage does not flow out of that storage area in the event of a fire (Paragraph 7)


Where the use of plastic jerry cans is the case http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/630/made the maximum is two 5 litre plastic containers in the garage, and two 5 litre plastic containers in the car.


This is of course my interpretation of these regulations. The regulations are easilly open to interpretation. I see nothing that says you cannot use all metal cans, all plastic cans, or a mix of metal and plastic. The individual container size is undisputable dependant on container material, as is the number of containers and where they can be stored, without the requirement of a licence.

We all know that doesn't happen.

Don't take what I have said here as gospel, read the regulations linked to above and make your own mind up.

DERV doesn't seem to be as harshly regulated.

Edited by Sprocket on 28th Mar, 2012.

penrith is out of diesel apart from morrisons garage apparently

This is bollocks.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I'm going to wait until friday morning. Everyone will have filled their tanks/ cans, the stations will have re stocked and there will be no ques, lol. does anyone one know yet when the strike will take place and for how long? Last I heard the strike will be next week, so what is all the rush to fill up 5 days before? LMFAO

Edited by Sprocket on 28th Mar, 2012.

Colin agree its all balls I'm just going to work from home.... Face time tastic

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

seriously?, I need some in the work van tomorrow.

and i thought we were sensible round here..

Here for the craic..

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Fook the regs no juice you walk do you want that for you personally ?

My wifes cousins run the local filling station and its gone mad - people buying less than £5 at a time to keep their tank full.

Gone past this morning, was 5.30 and every pump was taken and 3cars waiting, fook that, 2nd day of my light being on, fuck it.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

everywhere round here was dry last night too, utter fucking idiots. Had to drain the gallon of fuel that was left in the mini just so me sibling can get to work today.

Seems OK here, went past a filling station (don't often do this in my Shogun!) on the way to work, there were 2 vans and 2 cars there, and a couple of free pumps.

Fuck that, I'll run out and stay home.

Col - Are my 3 plastic cans in the garden shed OK? The shed touches the house...

Panic buying really annoys me.

Oh no 3 flakes of snow have hit the ground! Quick buy all the fucking bread and milk in every shop in the country!

Oh no fuel tanker drivers "may" go on strike. Buy every ml of fuel in the UK!

Oh no! Beer/Cider is going up by 5p! Buy all the beer you can!!! (hang on a minute I may have done this one in the past )

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Well had to fill up today waited for one car in front so normal really. Morrisons was causing a massive traffic jam.... The dude infornt put a squirt in hardly seems worh stopping.

The bloke in the garage said they were selling two days worth in a day said that some prick in the cabinet office said to put a can in the garage.

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

just been to fill up at shell, no queues really but they had ran out of diesel, just unleaded left.

Edited by wez on 29th Mar, 2012.

one day boost will be mine!

Well im in kent with 40miles in the tank and its 120 to get home...there best be some around here!

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anyone else think of this as a way for fuel companies to make more money? I mean really, will they actaully go on strike? Just wish if they do go on strike they make it last a fair few weeks in an attempt to bring fuel prices down :/