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Unleaded & LRP
Hellfire - 12/9/05 at 05:01 PM

Can an unleaded vehicle be run on LRP for a short period of time. Some garages by us have already run out of unleaded

paulf - 12/9/05 at 05:16 PM

Not if its fitted with a cat, the filler nozzlle wouldnt go in the tank anyway.
Paul.

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Can an unleaded vehicle be run on LRP for a short period of time. Some garages by us have already run out of unleaded

john_p_b - 12/9/05 at 06:09 PM

as paul says really. even if you were clever and got it in the tank you'd cause hundreds of pounds of damage in a fairly short time that wouldn't show up for a while. can't believe the panic buying ppl are doing already!

JoelP - 12/9/05 at 06:16 PM

someone should execute the protesters...

DavidM - 12/9/05 at 06:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
someone should execute the protesters...


No doubt they'll have a law in place by the end of the week allowing them to do that. Although there's probably something in the new anti terrorist laws that would do nicely.

David

suparuss - 12/9/05 at 06:46 PM

takes the wee this. i agree with the lorry drivers etc cos fuel costs way too much.
what does my head in is the old codgers filling up jerry cans for their 1.4 diesel cars so they can go to the corner shop at their own convenience. and when i run out of fuel in my big 4x4 (its the only car i can use for both work and as a general comuter and i cant afford to run both a van and a car) i cant get to work and earn my bread.

Jon Ison - 12/9/05 at 06:47 PM

with the jobs ive got on i'm looking at 2k miles minimum this week, will i get them all done ?

JoelP - 12/9/05 at 06:51 PM

its a vicious circle, makes me want to go out and fill all 4 cars/vans up to ensure i can work all week!

Bastards...

Deckman001 - 12/9/05 at 06:52 PM

I used 3/4 of a tank today , and need to go to Dorset tomorrow, so that'l be another 3/4 of a tank, all the petrol stations near me had a dirty great queue, what's the point of all these people filling up their cars when they only do a couple of miles a day ??? P's me off that i can't get to work 'cos of all these panickers !!!!

Jason

[Edited on 12/9/05 by Deckman001]

Russ-Turner - 12/9/05 at 07:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Deckman001
need to go to Dorset tomorrow..... all the petrol stations near me had a dirty great queues mad:

Jason

[Edited on 12/9/05 by Deckman001]


No queues down here mate.

andyps - 12/9/05 at 08:02 PM

We have a car which needs LRP so don't go pinching all of that if you don't need it. I may be relying on that car later this week when all the unleaded has run out - worked well for me 5 years ago.

indykid - 12/9/05 at 08:07 PM

at least they can't panic buy LPG

i'd like to see you get that in a jerry can.
go lpg

tom

David Jenkins - 12/9/05 at 09:04 PM

I went out this evening to fill up my wife's car (not panic buying - she was down to a quarter-tankful) and it was the only car on the forecourt - there had been queues earlier, but they'd gone mid-evening.

So I recommend going out very early in the morning, or late in the evening and, please, only if you need it!

rgds,
David

Deckman001 - 12/9/05 at 09:12 PM

I'll try at 5am then on me way down

Jason

Triton - 12/9/05 at 09:33 PM

Last time we had W*****s knicking fuel at night......judybutts no doubt

steve_gus - 12/9/05 at 10:05 PM

can you actually still buy LRP?

I havnt seen a pump in Northants / Herts area with LRP the whole of this year.......

All you get is 95 and 98 grade unleaded, and diesel

atb

steve

marktigere1 - 13/9/05 at 08:28 AM

Last fuel 'crisis' I was driving an LRP MK1 Fiesta.

I still remember driving past a BMW 550 doing 45 mph

Who had the last laugh that day

Mark

David Jenkins - 13/9/05 at 08:32 AM

Steve,

You'll be lucky to find super unleaded round this way - only a few supermarkets have it. Otherwise you have to pay for Optimax or the BP equivalent.

Last time I went into a German petrol station they had 3 grades of unleaded on offer...

DJ

quote:
Originally posted by steve_gus
All you get is 95 and 98 grade unleaded, and diesel

smart51 - 13/9/05 at 09:12 AM

It's not the panicers that are the problem it is the protesters. Protest against the govenment if you have problem against them. Don't take it out on us.

Syd Bridge - 13/9/05 at 09:31 AM

For anyone in Soton area, I brought my youngster home from hospital yesterday, and filled up at the Texaco along Millbrook. 93.2/L no queues. Was cheaper further along at the Shell, and they have Optimax. Tesco on the Winchester road, just up from the Millbrook roundabout was 93.9/l

David Jenkins - 13/9/05 at 09:35 AM

Smart51,

That's what makes this protest so misguided and unfair.

The only people who will suffer are those who need the fuel to go to work, or to run small businesses. The oil companies and the government will barely suffer, as they'll just get their revenue a few days later. Maybe the oil companies will lose a penny or three on their share price - big deal.

Who gave these protesters the right to screw up peoples' lives?

I wonder how many small businesses will go to the wall if this takes hold...


David

[Edited on 13/9/05 by David Jenkins]

andyps - 13/9/05 at 12:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve_gus
can you actually still buy LRP?

I havnt seen a pump in Northants / Herts area with LRP the whole of this year.......

All you get is 95 and 98 grade unleaded, and diesel

atb

steve


I only know one station round here that has it, and that is a supermarket. I guess sometime soon I will have to start buying the additive instead, or get a new cylinder head.

steve_gus - 13/9/05 at 08:00 PM

one thing to remember.

its not actually the protesters fault.

All they said they would do was to do go slows on certain roads, and hold meetings outside of fuel refineries.

They have stated they have no intent of blockcading. People are just assuming the worst.

atb

steve