GOT ANY GAS MADNESS PICS?

[GraffitiPanda]

i drove around for an hour yesterday only to find 1 QT had gas... after seeing the line of suv's HUGE trucks (filling tanks and tanks) and putting them into the car then filling up the car... i decided im going to start getting photos of this... if ya got any pictures from the "dry spell of petrol" let me know ive got some friends who don't believe me out of state that this is really happening...

ill post some up as i seem.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

It's pathetic seeing people fill up when they don't need to and hording gas. That's the bloody reason we've got the problem we have right now!

[GraffitiPanda]

its sad how ignorant the people we live with in this country are...

God bless America... home of the Rich, stupid, and greedy

[RotorNutFD3S]

I have no pictures, but I sat and watched for a while as it happened. Between the media and idiots, this will not end soon.

[Sawyer]

I stopped at every gas station from the 85 exit and my house. No one has premium!
I've been driving with my gas light on for the past 45 miles and I'm about to leave for work.

I'll probably update later with a pic of me next to my empty gas tank on the side of the road.. :(

[RotorNutFD3S]

Hopefully for you, no HERO unit will be necessary.

[amaff]

This just goes to reinforce my theory that people are idiots. Also, I was able to get a full tank this morning at the QT on Bogg's Rd. I'm going out of town this weekend, so fuel kind of is necessary when you're below a quarter tank and going to be putting about 4 hours worth of interstate on the car in the next few days ;)

[JennB]

after seeing the line of suv's HUGE trucks (filling tanks and tanks) and putting them into the car then filling up the car...


These people should be shot.

I'm headed out of town in the morning and I have enough to get me home from work and probably a good 40 miles up 85 where there should be plenty of gas.

[Doppelgänger]

I swear to God, im going to go buy a megaphone and go heckle these idiots. Anyone want to join? I'm NOT kidding.
Need someone with a 4-door car and a video camera and to load the video up to youtube...

[MeFryRice]

^^ I am game!! I enjoy being an a-hole every once in a while! :D

[Doppelgänger]

OK, so who has the econo-box 4-door car we can use?

[amaff]

OK, so who has the econo-box 4-door car we can use?


The P5 has a sunroof! You can stand up in the passenger seat, that would be AWESOME!

[Doppelgänger]

Sounds like a plan! Tomorrow evening everyone?

[GraffitiPanda]

I'm in let's do it! I got a pic too will upload soon

[jesseealexander]

aww man, wait til next week so we can yell out the sunroof of the e30!!!

[RotorNutFD3S]

Hey, we can pile into my van! It fits 6 passengers and 1 driver! :lol:

[GraffitiPanda]

Just saw a cop car with a big gas tanker pulled over... **** dekalb!

[jesseealexander]

^^^ lol hes making sure he gets his...

[Sawyer]

So I actually made it to and from work!
The update is ~50 miles on "E" and my mom just got a gas can and is going to hunt down some premium for me!
So sorry, no pictures this time!

[Doppelgänger]

Just saw a cop car with a big gas tanker pulled over... **** dekalb!


yay! now my tax dollars go to paying to fill policemans gastanks! and if it's not that, those tax dollars at least paying for him to do personal **** on county time. Should have gotten a picture of this.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I just got off the phone with my dad a little while ago. One of his clients works at a tank farm. She said they're full, but are not allowed to distribute any more than what is scheduled until production in the Gulf picks back up.
This is so f-in retarded...

[nderwater]

My gauge was below empty, so i had to go gas hunting after work tonight. I went to five stations before finding one with gasoline - at $4.60 a gallon, five gallon max! Fortunately my commute to the park-n-ride lot is only five miles round trip, so half a tank will last me quite a while if i limit my weekend driving.

[Doppelgänger]

5 gal limit + oversized SUV = lol & fail

fluck limiting how much gas 'you can get'.... they make the $$ either way....correction, they gouge the price either way.

[JennB]

Well, gas is now out in Asheville as well. Fun! WTF is going on here?

I'm so glad I'm about to head out of town. We've been barely driving the last few days to avoid the lines and prices. Hopefully things will be better by the time I get back.

[Sawyer]

I heard that it's going to be another 1 1/2 to 2 weeks until this is over with :(

[RotorNutFD3S]

That sucks if it's true...

[Doppelgänger]

What is even more unforunate is that the idiots suck us all in on this **** by rushing to whatever place has gas. Thus, in turn, means that unless people like us who are generally smart not to be topping off al of the time, have to do it to or risk not having gas because everyone else had already been there.

There are 2 ways around this.
The first is that when gas stations start getting gas, to NOT sell it/ not let any one know they have it. This way, all the stations around can get gas too. Once al lthe stations in a given area have gas, they all let it be known at the same tome. This reduces any surge of people going to a single station and draining the supply in a matter of hours.

Or

Gas stations to limit every customer to like 7 gallons. This would unfortunatly require babysitters at the pumps to make sure everyone complies and does not fill up external gas cans. Thist would allow other stations to start catching on too.

[ben91]

Don't be a moron. You can't fill a car's tank directly from a tanker truck.

And yes, your tax dollars DO fill policemen's gas tanks. And sometimes they do personal things in their issued vehicles. But not in DeKalb--as their cruisers run 24 hrs/day. Gwinnett has take home cars, and I have 2 friends who are GCPD, and both of them DO drive their squad car on their days off. They are required to be in full uniform to drive the car. And personally, I couldn't give less of a **** if they wanted to drive their cars across the country. Those guys get $34k a year and risk their life everyday. As far as I'm concerned, it's a fringe benefit.

This gas shortage is BS, but luckily the EPA has removed the low sulfur requirement for Atlanta fuel. That should help tremendously.

Of course, 2 weeks ago it was reported our supplies would be back to normal in 2 weeks. Now they're saying it will be 2 more weeks. Whatev.

[jesseealexander]

i just go to the qt at 29 and 316 and get gas. none of the stations around here are out.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Oh wow, you mean the EPA actually did something to help?! lol

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Did I read somewhere about a website that has updated info on gas supplies?

[Doppelgänger]

yeah, it's being advertised on 11alive.com , basically it's a interactive version of Google Maps with updated station info.... almost like atlantagasprices.com

[Doppelgänger]

Oh wow, you mean the EPA actually did something to help?! lol



I'd be willing to bet that since gas prices have gone up and peoples driving habits have changed to the point where Atlanta drivers are driving noticable less, we coould go back to the more pure gast that is free of ethanol and have higher sulfer and still have less emissions. Also, this "non-cocktail" gas that will be coming in gives us better gas milage.

[RotorNutFD3S]

For sure! My car may be dead at the moment, but I sure am glad I can drive the van around on regular gas and not worry about it too much.