Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
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Well the "panic" buying seems to have started already. Petrol stations round here were lining up round the corner to fill up.
I stuck to my routine and fill up at the weekend so it didnt bother me.
But the interesting thing is going down the motorway between Northampton to Milton Keynes (the longest on the M1 -16 miles) i sat at 75mph the whole way - plenty of traffic about and i did not get overtaken once.
I think people are trying to really take care with speed as well. All the usual suspects the BM's Merc's Audi's etc.... all crawling on the inside lane.
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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tescos was just silly yesterday and people are just putting like £10/£15 in I was empty !! 
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Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
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Its gay isnt it.
I usually stop on the way to work and get a bottle of water or something but the forecourts are so rammed there was no hope.
Stupid really.
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Nick A
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Registered: 28th Nov 04
Location: Hertfordshire
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Same around my way - services selling petrol by stansted airport was sold out of unleaded and sainsburys and tescos are constantly rammed - had to q as im not paying 99.9 at a local texaco!
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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I think im going to have to que to get into work today, theres a petrol station at our supermarket and the traffic was queing all the way in the grounds and well out onto the main road yesterday at only 3pm.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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my local in middle of nowhere had a queue lastnight going back up the road
i didn't need petrol so just drove past, need to get some tonight tho
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Some queues round my way. Asda is now Dry. And some other places in town. Even the Co-op where I work has queues! That's 96.9 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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our local place rations it out, just remembered, so they don't run out, can only buy £15 a time
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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92.9 - filled 2 cars up, might take the corsa too just incase
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dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
Location: Northamptonshire
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it kind of defies the point of blockading it... the petrol company will lose out after the blockade agreed but this spike before will compensate for that so it makes sod all difference to them just a lot of stress for people.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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why do people bother, they cause the problem by buying it all
i want to run out, is a good excuse not to go anywhere 
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Corsa_Carl
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Registered: 8th Oct 04
Location: Darlington
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people r stupid lol
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
But the interesting thing is going down the motorway between Northampton to Milton Keynes (the longest on the M1 -16 miles) i sat at 75mph the whole way - plenty of traffic about and i did not get overtaken once.
Yeah, I had this going down to Devon on Sunday, drove there and back at between 60 and 70, took probably one tank of fuel for 350 miles instead of two... Was a much more comfortable and relaxed journey.
Gonna drive up north later and see how little fuel I can use...
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neiliosxi
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Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
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never went over 2500rpm today 
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