stilover

Called round to get some petrol in Darlington yesterday and every single pump had a Yellow plastice cap over the Optimax hose

Tried to speak to a member of staff who was walking about outside. After repeatedly being ignored after shouting "excuse me" 3 times, a toot of the horn got his attention. Angrily he turned round shouting "No Optimax". Errrr, yeh, I figured that out thanks. I then asked when they were getting anymore? "No idea" was his reply.

How can Shell take the p1ss out of it's customers so many times?? I had to fill up with BP Ultimate @ £103.9 which is a ******* joke.

Rant over !!

Have a nice day

C2forWRX

nads. hope the drout dont spread to teesside

speirsy

I had the same problem just outside of Glasgow, ended up having to drive from my local shell garage which charges 98p a litre, to anther shell garage 10 miles away which was charging 1.05 a litre!!!!!

rigga

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all local shell stations here are fast runing out o everything,not just optimax......... had to try some BP ultimate,and the car hates it,idles all over the shop

Alan MaC

What is going on???

Scuuby_wrx

Theres alwats Tescos 99ron

stilover

Not round here there's not.

StickyMicky

so why did you pester him if you allready knew???

i can sympathise with the bloke, i can put a sign out saying "hoovers not working" or "closed for maintence" and i will also have people sitting there tooting there horns , i just ignore them now TBH

stilover

I was wanting to ask him when they were getting some more. I knew they had non, otherwise I would have filled up

I was moving my car to the side, so to park up, then walk inside. I would have asked in there but as this guy was walking straight past me, I though I'd just ask him.
Yes, he may have been asked 25 times that day, but someone working in McDonalds get asked hundreds of times a day for a big Mac. Would he then say "Here's your big mac, now **** off you c*nt"?

StickyMicky

go on admit, the first thing you were going to say was "is there no optimax"


that poor lad has had people tooting and shouting at him all day
i used to get angry now i just ignore

StickyMicky

even if there was a sign up saying "NO BIGMACS" ???????

"excuse me, when are you getting some more big macs in" ? ???? ?? ??

StickyMicky

i have to say, if there was a big sign up saying "no big macs" and people kept asking me for a big mac, i would start to get a little "wired"

i have had people swerving around the "closed for maintence" sign, and still sit there in a que tooting there horns

then after approx 5 mins of waiting they get ou there car and come and ask the killer question
"are you open"

"errrr nope the sign says we are closed??"

"i just thought you might have opened up, i need a wash

stilover

Sticky

I get the feeling you have a lot of anger inside you. Heve you ever considered a career change ??

suffolkdar

Plenty of optimax down here in the sticks........ Will cost you up wards of 1.04p a litre!, I gave up filling up at £50!

StickyMicky

i want to work at a petrol station ?

MaDaSS

What you want is to be on the orange fill me up light, like me, goto your nearest Shell at the time (Priory), and then turn up to find 6 pumps all covered over and out of fuel of all grades, and a 40ft trailer parked up in the entrance to the place blocking all other pumps till he gets his fuel. At the same time the queue was backing onto Priory Island, and several cars were still queuing anyway too. **** here had to go around and then could not wait as the queue had backed up dangerously onto the roundabout. Poo.
So i thought sod it, i shall chance getting to Watnall Shell Garage and the talkative man there! LOL (some will know him
Anyway i get to Watnall ****ting my pants as my needle is now below the empty bit. I have already done 20 miles whilst on orange light so i am glad to have made it.
FFS if i didnt fill up and still have 7 litres left! LOL.
I know there is always more petrol left as a reserve, but 2 ******* gallons? LOL.
Suffice to say i got collared by the "talking man" and forced myself away.
Yes, its another true story!

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

All this optimax crap is why im fiting a uk ecu to my import, plenty of regular about !!!!!

hetz

ive just been round my local in brum, no friggin optimax arrrghh!!

bp take the **** at 1.03p ltr!!


hetz

STi Lou

They haven't had optimax since last sunday "distribution problems" apparantly and most unhelpful and unfriendly when politley asked if they have any idea on when they will have some in.

I know exactly who you mean though and he's like it to everyone...

chezb

If you wanted to avoid Mr Chatterbox you should have gone to the Shell garage on the island (London Rd and Canal Street) in city centre. It would have been nearer and its cheaper than Watnall too!!

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Bp take the fuffing **** £1.06 a litre for a litre of ultimate I filled the car up with £3 s worth the other day and nursed her the 15 mies to the next nearsest shell garage.

MaDaSS

FFS! LOL. I had done my usual 'memory man' impression and had forgotten all about that one. You are right it is nearer. Oh well, by the time i may need it again i will have forgotten about that one! Haha.

Jimpreza

The super at the tesco near me is only 97ron. seems to work fine in my wrx

Jap Import

I was paying £1.02/L for Optimax down here in South Somerset.
Seems to fluctuate allot in this station, now paying 98p/L Very Happy

clare792000

Same here, they told me that none of the Shells have any except MAYBE Five Ways but i wasnt chancing it all that way when I was almost empty. He did say they should have some this week though.

wolfie28

No Optimax round here (Grantham Area). I was told by the very nice attendant (no joke) that they were told to run stock down because of the introduction of VMAX which is 100 RON. Should be here in approx a week, but be warned no price was available at that time.

Wolfie.

Awesomepossum

Friday the 9th of June at a track day at Knockhil, a friend of mine (Gmac)needed a top up at the local Shell. About 5 miles down the road from the Hill and upon arrival all the Optimax pumps had the yellow stoppers on them. Gmac went into ask what the situation regarding Optimax is. The attendant was told by head office to put the stoppers on the Optimax when stock got down to 500ltrs. The nice attendant told Gmac that they would unlock the pumps to allow him to fill up as they understood the Subaru required the higher grade of fuel, this coupled to the fact that he still had his helmet on. Any Max Power driver came into to enquire about Optimax were told NO in no uncertain terms. After topping his car off the attendant promptly shut off the pump and went inside, the attendant showed Gmac all the literature he had recieved about the new Optimax and the fact it was 100ron

The attendant was told by head office that there would be a new higher rated Optimax and to run supplies down below there normal 1000 ltrs restock point as the next delivery would be the higher rated stuff and the last time this happened was when Optimax was first marketed and they had to purge the tanks of 97ron.

The new fuel was delivered on the 16th of June

Another member(Paddy247) of the Scottish forum has now filled up with the new fuel at this service station and is going to report back on how it performs with his std JDM STI ecu. Price wise it was 102 per litre but this service station is rural and has a bit of a captive market for Knockhill. Performance wise he feels the car is reponding well to the new fuel.

I reckon they will fill the tanks with the new fuel and then promote itwhen the know the tanks have been purged and they really do have a better fuel in the tanks

Possum

C2forWRX

plenty of opti in middlesbrough/guisbrough/yarm

StickyMicky

just filled up again near newcastle

its bloody getting on for £50 a tank now mind