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Whats the longest time you have queued for petrol this last week or so?

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    Whats the longest time you have queued for petrol this last week or so?

    Just to see who the winner is.............

    #2
    0 mins

    I last put petrol in my car on 22 August (when I last visited the parentals). I haven't ventured to a petrol station since as I haven't needed to.

    However, I will need to drive HWMBO in a couple of weeks' time so I'm hoping this nonsense has calmed down by then or else I won't be getting to St Neots and back.

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      #3
      Also 0 minutes. Filled up last night - 48 litres into a 50 litre tank, so panic buying but out of necessity rather than hoarding...

      Queues around here seem to be rapidly ending, most places have half a dozen in the queue at the most, little worse than normal rush hour.
      Blog? What blog...?

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        #4
        0 minutes. Refused to be part of the problem. I will probably need to top up early next week, so hopefully the selfish idiots have had their fun by then.

        (Just a theory, but if they did a survey, I wonder if there would be a strong correlation with the panic buys and the anti-vaxxers/trump supporters)

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          #5
          I thought my main mower was almost out, and knew my 20l Jerry can was almost empty, so i was about to go out to fill up the can (and look like a panic-buying Tory), but then remembered I had an old 5l plastic can. It was half full, and turns out my mower probably had about 8l in it. Topped the mower up, made up a litre of 2 stroke for the chain saws, etc, and now the cans are empty.
          The mower uses about 4 litres for a cut, so I've got another week before I need to fill. Will throw the can into the car just in case.
          …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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            #6
            0, but I did get lucky as I did a 250 mile round trip on Saturday but fortunately had a full tank before it all kicked off

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              #7
              0 minutes. For some reason the two nearest us have had no queues and if you go odd hours it's fine. The one nearer town has had a short queue but nothing major.
              'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                #8
                0 for me as well (electric) - so a combined zero minutes queue time thus far - big up

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                  #9
                  about 10 minutes up north.

                  Blooming queues everywhere down here but have half a tank.
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by saptastic View Post
                    0 for me as well (electric) - so a combined zero minutes queue time thus far - big up
                    Very strange you've posted the dumbest response on your own thread.
                    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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