Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms The fuel situation in 2026

Arrived at the hotel in Contin ok.
Yesterday's run up through mid Wales, M53/M56/M6 went well. Comfort/coffee break at the Old Station in Welshpool.. Topped up with petrol in Welshpool. No queues or shortage. V-Piwer £1.78 though! Luckily not much needed but put in to ensure enough for the next stage to Gretna. Overnight stay and tank topped up. Stopped inBankfoot just North of Perth. Light lunch and £20 petrol top up. Self service unmanned petrol station.
Major roadworks on A9 so one slow section. Looks a major job there...sign said 2028/2029 timescale. New dual carriageways being put in. Roof down and good weather. No obvious signs of petrol queues anywhere.
A Typhoon went over fairly low in Dalwhinnie area. Saw one earlier plus a Transport quite low.
An enjoyable trip up.
Now for some runs....

If you can find the time to post a pic or two, I suspect that would be appreciated by others as well as myself sospan...If not, no problemo.. (-:

Used to live near Dingwall and go back occasionally.

Depending on whose statistics you believe £1.2 million or £2 million of fuel is stolen weekly in forecourt drive offs. Few get prosecuted.
Should we move to paying before filling our tanks or all pumps only accepting card payments which stops drive offs?

MM

I drove off without paying for fuel...!

T`was due a combination of circumstances, at the time being unused to using card payment, and my good lady who did all the shopping, unusually asked me to buy some milk when heading out to buy petrol, I filled up, picked up the milk and paid by card.... A day or so later I had a friendly call from a policewomen, who suggested that I had not paid for fuel, totaly confused now it took a minute or two to realise what had happened, The young lady suggested that I best revisit the petrol station and make good my bill, which I of course did...

I suspect the police realised that there must have been a senior moment involved...?

My guess is that if one intends to fill up and drive off without paying, to do so in a Morgan with a simple to remember numberplate, may not be the best plan.... Duh..!