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The Petrol Panic Has Started

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My son tells me there are queues forming for petrol in the West Mids, is this happening anywhere else?
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  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    Filled my tank up this morning at 7:15AM - the garage I stopped at had no queues, but only had the 'super unleaded' petrol, and none of the 'ordinary' unleaded.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • SEE
    SEE Posts: 722 Forumite
    Filled my tank up this morning at 7:15AM - the garage I stopped at had no queues, but only had the 'super unleaded' petrol, and none of the 'ordinary' unleaded.
    Did they tell you why there was none of the ordinary?
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  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    There was queues at the Morrisons petrol station in Morecambe this morning
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  • rosysparkle
    rosysparkle Posts: 916 Forumite
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    Tesco in Chesterfield had no diesel and no unleaded this morning, so there were queues at the Sainsbury's close by, but not long queues - just more than you'd normally see on a Friday morning.
  • pinkshoes
    pinkshoes Posts: 20,532 Forumite
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    Well we have to drive a looooooooooong way tomorrow morning, so there better not be loonatics panic buying, as the car won't get there on fresh air!!

    Didn't see any big queues on my way home from work though, so hopefully it'll be fine.

    Ironically it's only Shell garages, which accounts for only 10%, so if others are running out, we really do have a nation of hypochondriacs!
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  • sharnad
    sharnad Posts: 9,904 Forumite
    There was hardly anyone at the jet station we went to tonight and the asda we passed on the way was empty
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  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
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    Our Asda is always running out diesel anyway, as only 1/3 of the pumps have diesel in them for some reason!

    I did a shop at Tesco last night and filled up afterwards at 11pm, but had to queue.

    At Sainsburys today, they were queueing all round the car park.
  • alared
    alared Posts: 4,029 Forumite
    No panic buying yet.
    Firstly you need to get a mortgage to fill your tank up and the banks are`nt lending any money at the mo.
  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
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    alared wrote: »
    No panic buying yet.
    Firstly you need to get a mortgage to fill your tank up and the banks are`nt lending any money at the mo.

    You're not joking! I've got a large tank, and can't fill it up if it's empty. At Asda and Tesco, the pumps cut out at £80 - that's not enough to fill my car!
  • SEE
    SEE Posts: 722 Forumite
    sarahg1969 wrote: »
    Our Asda is always running out diesel anyway, as only 1/3 of the pumps have diesel in them for some reason!

    I did a shop at Tesco last night and filled up afterwards at 11pm, but had to queue.

    At Sainsburys today, they were queueing all round the car park.
    Why is diesel now more expensive than petrol? It was always cheaper:confused:
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