Category Archives: Petrol Prices
How do you fancy just 10 fill-ups a year?
Drivers across the UK can now order one of the world’s most fuel-efficient family cars: the new Golf BlueMotion, which delivers fuel economy of 88.3mpg on the combined cycle, and CO2 emissions of just 85g/km. The new Golf BlueMotion’s fuel … Continue reading
95% of drivers cannot match ‘official’ MPG figures
The vast majority of drivers cannot match the MPG figures based on laboratory-based government fuel economy tests. Research carried out in What Car?’s True MPG analysis discovered 95.5% of drivers fail to hit the ‘official’ figures. The largest disparity between … Continue reading
Budget: Fuel duty frozen
Fuel duty was frozen again the in the Budget, and it’s likely Chancellor George Osborne may well freeze fuel duty rises throughout this parliament. Osborne cancelled the rise which had been planned for September. Significantly, Treasury documents published alongside the … Continue reading
‘Pressure’ on as fuel prices soar
It won’t have missed your attention that fuel prices have, once again, reached record levels. But did you know that ensuring you have your tyres inflated to the right pressure will increaseyour car’s fuel efficiency as well as providing maximum … Continue reading
5 Top Tips on Cutting Your Fuel Consumption
The cost of motoring is on the rise – yeah I know, we sound like a broken record, but it’s true. One area of motoring that has seen a quite significant increase is the price of petrol. To try and … Continue reading
Petrol Prices Forcing Cars Off The Road
New research into the affect that high petrol prices (136p a litre is the current British average) are having on motoring in the UK has thrown up some interesting/surprising results. According to research carried out by the breakdown service Green … Continue reading
Michelin’s £40 Fuel Voucher Offer
Are you sick of the price of petrol? Of course you are. What a silly question. EVERYONE is sick of the price of petrol. Now although we can’t actively help reduce the price – believe me, we’d love to be … Continue reading
The Rise & Rise of Petrol Prices – EU Called to Investigate
The price of petrol has been a constant bane for motorists over the past few years. Prices have reached record highs on a number of occasions recently and this has led The Federation Nationale d’Automobile (FIA) – representatives of 35million … Continue reading
Can Tyres Improve Fuel Efficiency?
As you will be painfully aware – unless you have a)been in a coma or b)been living in a tree house, deep in the New Forest – the price of petrol is continually rising, climbing higher on a weekly basis. … Continue reading
Petrol Prices Forcing Builder to Sleep in Van
The astronomical rise in petrol prices has become so bad for one builder from Doddington, Cambridgshire, that the 3 hour round trip to his work in Essex is now too expensive. To save money, Dennis Stapleton has resorted to sleeping four … Continue reading
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