PANIC BUY!
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PANIC BUY!
The wife has just been to TESCO's to fill up with diesel and the forecourt is closed, no fuel!
I've no idea if this is common, or just a problem at our local fuel station?
She ended up getting some after queuing at the local Jet garage for185p a litre!
I've no idea if this is common, or just a problem at our local fuel station?
She ended up getting some after queuing at the local Jet garage for185p a litre!
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Local big Tesco here was out of petrol by lunchtime today.
Sainsbury's were ok.
Sainsbury's were ok.
Even bland can be a type of character 
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Re: PANIC BUY!
I filled the MoHo up at Tesco's on Sunday at 1.66, Monday morning it was 1.71, leaving work this afternoon and it was 1.77.
With the price jumping up like this then it's inevitable that people are going to try and fill the tank before it jumps up another 5p.
I put in nearly £115 on Sunday, that would have been over £120 maybe heading towards £125 today
With the price jumping up like this then it's inevitable that people are going to try and fill the tank before it jumps up another 5p.
I put in nearly £115 on Sunday, that would have been over £120 maybe heading towards £125 today
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Diesel runs out round here, petrol seems to be okay, I think it's old people panic buying, speaking of which, I'll be making sure I've got enough petrol to get home when I go out on the bike at the weekend - which probably requires a lengthy explanation to make sense, but you aren't getting one from me.
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Panic buy, panic buy!
Also pasta and loo roll.
You don't want to be the mug who gets left with nothing, do you?
Also pasta and loo roll.
You don't want to be the mug who gets left with nothing, do you?
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Re: PANIC BUY!
I was putting in £300+ a month. I'm guessing its now £400+Taff wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 7:39 pm I filled the MoHo up at Tesco's on Sunday at 1.66, Monday morning it was 1.71, leaving work this afternoon and it was 1.77.
With the price jumping up like this then it's inevitable that people are going to try and fill the tank before it jumps up another 5p.
I put in nearly £115 on Sunday, that would have been over £120 maybe heading towards £125 today![]()
I don't even fucking commute
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Scrapping my camperbus. 50lt of diesel still on the tank so that will be getting sooked oot at the weekend.
No panic buying and never seen a queue more than three cars deep at our local garages.
No panic buying and never seen a queue more than three cars deep at our local garages.
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Timmy, you're one of those old people now.MyLittleStudPony wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 8:12 pm
Horrid old people! They put the plastic in the sea as well.![]()
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Re: PANIC BUY!
On a positive note,if there's a upcoming diesel shortage there should be less camper vans clogging up the countryside for a few months 
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Does toilet roll come through the Strait of Hormuz?
I’ll panic buy some, just in case.
I’ll panic buy some, just in case.
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I wasn't going to panic buy until you gave the nod.MyLittleStudPony wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 8:12 pm
Horrid old people! They put the plastic in the sea as well.![]()
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Apparently 5% of the gas stations in Oz are out of fuel. NZ is down to about 10 days supply. I guess closing their only refinery wasn't exactly a smart decision...
California has it's own special bullshit gas blend & as we're down to about 8 refineries (from 40), a lot of our fuel is now refined in S Korea... even if it's processed from US crude.
On the upside, Venezuelan crude is now being sold on the open market.
On the downside, at least 3 tankers full of diesel that were headed to Europe have now changed course in the Atlantic.
California has it's own special bullshit gas blend & as we're down to about 8 refineries (from 40), a lot of our fuel is now refined in S Korea... even if it's processed from US crude.
On the upside, Venezuelan crude is now being sold on the open market.
On the downside, at least 3 tankers full of diesel that were headed to Europe have now changed course in the Atlantic.
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Re: PANIC BUY!
The price of oil has gone up for obvious reasons, so the UAE has made all electric car chargers free to use whilst this conflict is going on.
Smearing poo around your bum on bits of paper is a dirty habit, once you stop doing it you'll never go back to it, it's disgusting, if you don't have bidets then you can have a shattaf fitted so you can wash yourself properly with soap and water after pooing.
You'll thank me for this if you get one fitted, all our friends that visit have it done immediately when they go back to the UK.
Smearing poo around your bum on bits of paper is a dirty habit, once you stop doing it you'll never go back to it, it's disgusting, if you don't have bidets then you can have a shattaf fitted so you can wash yourself properly with soap and water after pooing.
You'll thank me for this if you get one fitted, all our friends that visit have it done immediately when they go back to the UK.
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Australia has done its bit too. Of course in the UK fuel prices are rising!IccyV2 wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2026 6:22 am The price of oil has gone up for obvious reasons, so the UAE has made all electric car chargers free to use whilst this conflict is going on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c937n0yxggeo
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Re: PANIC BUY!
Meh,just hoist yer arse into the sink and give it a splash.IccyV2 wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2026 6:22 am The price of oil has gone up for obvious reasons, so the UAE has made all electric car chargers free to use whilst this conflict is going on.
Smearing poo around your bum on bits of paper is a dirty habit, once you stop doing it you'll never go back to it, it's disgusting, if you don't have bidets then you can have a shattaf fitted so you can wash yourself properly with soap and water after pooing.
You'll thank me for this if you get one fitted, all our friends that visit have it done immediately when they go back to the UK.
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