The 16th tip has now been added to the main website, it is about remapping (or chipping) your engine. This needs to be done by a professional and isn’t cheap, a quote on my 1.4l Fiesta came back as £299 so you need to invest in order to save money in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

It appears the four day strike by 600 fuel tanker drivers has caused some people to start panic buying at the forcourts. The drivers deliver fuel to Shell garages only so their is no need to worry at all! By panic buying you are only wasting your own time and money at the pump when you don’t need to.

If you want to read more about the strike check out the BBC website.

On Monday evening I emailed BBC Midlands Today - http://www.bbc.co.uk/midlandstoday/ - which is my local news service on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Read the rest of this entry »

The scare of a shortage of fuel after the walkout at Grangemouth oil refinery has sent prices even higher. A forecourt reported on BBC news that its sales where up 15% due to people panic buying. The price of petrol is getting beyond peoples means and doesn’t look set to drop below £1.00 ever again! Will the damn price of petrol ever stop rising?

On March 6th the main website was featured in Canada’s Globe & Mail in an article called “Europeans forced to be more creative about saving fuel”. On Thursday 13th the website was also mentioned in the Times Newspaper in an article called “Troubleshooter’s Budget Survival kit” which gave readers 14 ways to get through the economic downturn. Read the rest of this entry »

There is now enough petrol saving related resources online to allow you to reduce the amount you spend on petrol, to be honest just using our main website Save-Petrol.co.uk for the tips & PetrolPrices for the lowest price is enough to allow you to save lots of money each year! Read the rest of this entry »

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) have released a report saying that rising fuel costs are to blame for inflation running at its highest level since June last year. Average petrol prices rose by 1.3p in January 2008 to 103.9p per litre, compared with a fall of 0.8p in January 2007.

You can read more about inflation on the ONS website, here is the inflation page: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=19

Thanks for visiting our new motoring blog. Our weblog is an extension of our main Save Petrol service. We are going to post entries about reducing motoring costs as well as other driving topics including industry news, general tips and advice, reviews and more. Read the rest of this entry »