Cost of filling up ?

[steve2003rs6]

Hi mark. Yes 95 was available over here. But I really don’t want to fill up with it unless I have to.
Will see what happens tomorrow.
Even with 95 octane some filling stations are limiting you to £35:00.

[Mark-RS]

So bottom line is there really must have been a fuel shortage ? As here we are a couple of weeks later when pretty much every car should not be full of fuel and sat on a driveway and yet fuel stations are still dry up and down the country, despite the Army being drafted in to help deliver.

So in theory, demand should have dropped massively, as everyone should have fuel by now, drivers should have increased due to the Army...... So err ? What then ? You see all this talk from actual Tanker drivers saying they have the same amount of drivers as they have always had. No European drivers used to drive tankers due to the extra Licences that were needed to carry fuel etc....

Leads me to think, we really don't have any fuel ?

[chunky79]

Must have fuel cause 95 and diesel are still going strong, wonder if those have been prioritised?

[srichards]

The issue started in July from what I can tell. Mostly BP. It got worse over time. Tanks were low due to the switch to E10. They seem to have been caught napping. It went mad when the fact of problems were reported. Something I read said average fill went up about 5 litres. Some of that would just be due to E10 being less fuel efficient as well as making sure an individual wouldn't run out. Also a load of people switched to E5 super so changing buying patterns. Entirely natural behaviour as fuel isn't something you can just go without if you need it to get to work. There was also the university starts of semester so a load of parents would be filling up and transporting them and half the contents of their house to squeeze it into a student room potentially hundreds of miles away from home. That would be another demand spike.

There is fuel. It's just it isn't at the forecourts often enough and some are still being cleaned out before the next delivery rather than making it. Also if more people can't find fuel in their usual station they go elsewhere, usually burning more fuel so the other stations get cleaned out as the demand shifts. Cascade failure I think they call it. Domino effect to us normals.

Someone said BP shares have hiked up 15% so they've been rewarded for their incompetence.

[steve2003rs6]

Nice write up suz.

[chunky79]

Well, I just managed to get some from a site that didn't have any yesterday, although 1 of the pumps was empty already?
Went to 2 of the others from yesterday and they were still out of 99.
The media are cnuts, the created pretty much all this saftness, and then the retards that we are all fell for it. Last 2 years has been entertaining.

[Shoppinit]

You can't blame people for reacting to a lack of essential ressources, real or perceived. One regular person can't affect a change on lots of other people. That's the job of government.

If you want to blame the media for anything, blame them for a lack of honest reporting and scrutiny on the real state of affairs in the country.

[steve2003rs6]

Ok so I have just visited 4 shell/esso forcourts.
Same stations as yesterday
Still Zero 98/99 octane.
I have probably used a quarter of a tank looking for decent fuel.
Is there a alternative. E10 - 95 octane seems to be available. Would this cause any problems or damage.
Could we use a octane additive to E10 ?
At times the uk seems to be a joke.

[chunky79]

You can't blame people for reacting to a lack of essential ressources, real or perceived. One regular person can't affect a change on lots of other people. That's the job of government.

If you want to blame the media for anything, blame them for a lack of honest reporting and scrutiny on the real state of affairs in the country.

Folk are too dumb and gullible these days. The media and social media have them wrapped around their little finger, and the folk that were filling up to just go and park their cars back at home not needing them, they really need to look at themselves. And the woman filling carrier bags up with petrol, unreal.
The media is full of dishonest reporting, politicians are full of it too. Saw it when folk were bulk buying bog roll, they're thick and selfish, simple as.

[steve2003rs6]

WHEN NEEDS MUST.
Just filled up from Tesco. Momentum 99 octane E5.
Never used it before.
Have always used vpower.
And it’s a lot cheaper at 142 p per litre.

I think I will run for government. Agenda will be.

200 billion for decent roads
Scrap road tax
Increase motorway speed limit
Reduce car insurance.
Free fuel for v8 motors. Cars and boats.
Annual holiday entitlement increased to 12 weeks.
Working week reduced to 30 hours but paid for 40 hours.
All overtime at double time.
Quadruple the amount of police on our streets
10 year minimum jail sentence for any deliberate damage to other people’s belongings.

Would anyone vote for me ?

[Mark-RS]

WHEN NEEDS MUST.
Just filled up from Tesco. Momentum 99 octane E5.
Never used it before.
Have always used vpower.
And it’s a lot cheaper 142 p per litre.

This is what you should have been using all along

[steve2003rs6]

Yes mark.
Unfortunately I had a bad experience with water in fuel at a supermarket forecourt years ago.
Pre Audi Rs6
It put me off using them again. Until now.

Also did a Google search on Tesco momentum 99.
Some drivers say they noticed a significant loss of power.

If I am happy with something I rarely switch unless I have to. That’s just how I am.
I am very happy with v power. When I can get it

[chunky79]

I used to use Momentum in my RS6 cause it was mapped on it.
Now Esso supreme is out and better than Momentum I use that, plus the petrol station is only 1 mile away.
Pretty sure about 14 years ago Momentum screwed a fair few cars over by wrotting the fuel lines (sure it was Tesco fuel). Still, MRC recommended it for the car to be mapped on so went with it.

[steve2003rs6]

Will just see how it goes. It was either that or nothing.
And I was getting too low for comfort.

[Mark-RS]

Managed to get some V-Power today, was the only thing available ! £1.56 a litre haha. Chucked in £35, at that price that will do thanks !

I used to use Momentum in my RS6 cause it was mapped on it.
Now Esso supreme is out and better than Momentum I use that, plus the petrol station is only 1 mile away.
Pretty sure about 14 years ago Momentum screwed a fair few cars over by wrotting the fuel lines (sure it was Tesco fuel). Still, MRC recommended it for the car to be mapped on so went with it.

That's exactly why I use it, was advised bt MRC to run a few tanks through it before they mapped it.

But.... Thinking about it, I think it used to be the highest Octane rated fuel ? I'm sure V-Power used to be 98 and BP was 97, Tesco was about the only place to go right for 99, which may be the reason for using it for mapping ?

Now I think they are all 99Ron ?