Fuel Shortages ?

[renault12ts]

This:

Transport minister slammed over confused winter tyre message - Autoblog UK

I wish he was only junior!!

 

[grober]

That's the guy! Caught him again yesterday listing the vast quantities of road grit/salt that were available in depots around the country so everything was OK. Here's at tip Phil. At times like these folks would prefer it to be on the road/pavement to their house not in the depot!

 

[fuzzer]

I heard some junior government minister being interviewed on the radio yesterday "talking b*ll*cks" about winter tyres. Quote :- "you can't use snow tyres on bare roads as they destroy the road surface"

He is kinda right , snow tyres have spikes and shouldnt be used on bare tarmac. Winter tyres on the other hand have a different tread pattern for dealing with the snow and no spikes.

 

[mika]

C63 Fuel

Theres a garage near me which is running low on fuel and is only selling Petrol to C63 owners

 

[grober]

He is kinda right , snow tyres have spikes and shouldnt be used on bare tarmac. Winter tyres on the other hand have a different tread pattern for dealing with the snow and no spikes.

Forgive me for misquoting him as I just caught it briefly on the radio. Here's the verbatim House of Commons statement according to to autoblog "Winter tyres wear out very quickly on normal road surfaces and cause significant damage to those surfaces, so they would not be appropriate in the UK situation". So still talking B*LL*CKS then.

 

[Charles Morgan]

Total eejit - I don't expect the Government to know everything, but I do expect if a Cabinet minister declaims on a subject he either gets it right or acknowledges he doesn't know. Makes all his other statements totally questionable. I am beyond fed-up with a transport establishment that cannot keep trains and roads open, and yet doesn't understand alternatives that would allow the country to keep moving.

 

[markjay]

The minister's lack of knowledge regarding tyres - and probably other motoring and traffic issues - is perfectly understandable.

In a democracy, ministers - unlike public servants - arrive at their positions through political rather than professional appointments. So how is a politician expected to understand the ins and outs of... well, anything, really.

They learn on the job - and the period it usually takes them to learn is just slightly longer than the time that passes until the next cabinet re-shuffle. This is the Peter Principle in reverse - ex-ministers are very knowledgeable people, but those currently on the job are all newcomers to their respective fields....

Of course, they could rely on advice from public servants and other hired experts - but listening to the public servants might indicate that the minister actually believes they know better than him, so a definite no-no, and the advice from the experts the department paid a small fortune for is probably not worth taking anyway - considering that the consultancy firm was only appointed because one of the directors happens to be the minister's cousin's brother-in-law.

 

[mbenz76]

Reports now of shortages in cash machines as deliveries can't get through.

It's crappy reporting of these things that causes people to panic buy/fill up etc. It quickly becomes self fulfilling. Idiots.

Also saw a Porsche Cayenne the other day driving down a nice cleared tarmac road with snow chains rattling as he went! Idiot!

 

[Apial]

He is kinda right , snow tyres have spikes and shouldnt be used on bare tarmac. Winter tyres on the other hand have a different tread pattern for dealing with the snow and no spikes.

Snow tyres do not have to have spikes. My Pirelli Scorpion Snow and Ice tyres are studless.

 

[Ade B]

Until I saw this thread I didn't give fuel supplies a thought - so I've just popped out to my local shell garage and filled up from the last available diesel pump as I've a fair bit of travelling to do Monday/Tuesday. All the standard unleaded has gone!

A few of the nearer BP pumps are covered and there was a queue but at £1.27 a litre I gave that a miss...


Given temps are likely to drop again next week, lets hope the tankers get through in a couple of days..


Ade

 

[mbenz76]

Since the fuel protests in 2000 I always keep my tank full. Rarely let it get lower than 3/4 unless on a big run and even then I fill it back up at the earliest opportunity.

Looking on the news there does seem to be some petrol stations taking advantage of the situation and hiking the price! Typical!

 

[fuzzer]

Forgive me for misquoting him as I just caught it briefly on the radio. Here's the verbatim House of Commons statement according to to autoblog "Winter tyres wear out very quickly on normal road surfaces and cause significant damage to those surfaces, so they would not be appropriate in the UK situation". So still talking B*LL*CKS then.

im sorry i was just having a bit bit of fun

 

[grober]

im sorry i was just having a bit bit of fun

Fair enough Fuzzer there's enough aggro already on the forum tonight.

 

[markjay]

Went in to my local Shell petrol station this evening for my usual (V-Power)... they didn't have any. Also, around half the pumps were also out of unleaded and diesel. So I filled up with unleaded ('fuel-saver' or whathaveyou). But the interesting point is that there were no queues, in fact there were only around 3 cars on the forecourt. So it would seem that supply is somewhat short, but motorists do not rush to fill-up their tanks so there is still plenty for everyone.

 

[steve333]

Went to fill up at my local shell garage this morning only to find a "no fuel" sign outside,also noticed unleaded had gone up 2p a ltr,panic buying=money making for the forecourts

 

[mbenz76]

Passed several petrol stations today and went to the cash machine - no problems at all to be seen.

Local Waitrose car park was absolutely rammed with cars but I put that down to the fact many people haven't been able to get to the shops all week, and that it's the run up to Christmas.

 

[219]

Some areas seem to be fine ; others are either in short supply or completely out .

The other day , when I first posted this , there was no Diesel to be had in North Ayrshire ( a friend with a Diesel car confirmed this as he had to go as far as Ayr to find some ) , with limited supply of unleaded petrol in some stations .

When I got to work in Hamilton (the other side of Glasgow) there were no shortages at all .

 

[fuzzer]

just sounds like deepest darkest ayrshire.

 

[A140driver]

Here, in Dumfries and Galloway, quite a few of the fuel stations have run out of diesel completely, and one or two have no petrol either. We haven't even had that much snow, relatively speaking, so I'd say it's the tankers that can't get through.

 

[mbenz76]

Went to the bank today (big HSBC in Sheffield city centre) as I needed some money (not because I was panic withdrawing!) and discovered out of the 2 cash machine only one was working (other was faulty) and the queue was out of the door.

Apparently it was the only machine in the area that had cash!