I am also getting one of the new Ford Focus Zetec S’s soon which is a 1.8D so my focus on petrol will obviously drop because I can no longer use it to test methods of petrol saving etc. The rules of saving fuel do apply though for both diesel and petrol so not a great deal will change.

The plan was to have regular posts on this blog about but it will take me many hours to create and publish those posts as well as maintain and promote the rest of the website. With only a few thousand visitors per month it isn’t worth my while. So Ive decided to only post on this blog sparingly. I will still post when the price of fuel moves dramatically.

I still recommend you subscribe to the free updates so you remain in the loop. All I’m saying is don’t expect lots of great reading content to be churned out every week, but you will still get some worthwhile reading and news every now and then.

Thanks, Chris - Save-Petrol.co.uk Owner.

At the silly prices it felt like all money was going on fuel, I litreally felt sick when I put £40 of petrol in a Ford Fiesta! Now the lowest price in my area for unleaded is 94.9p (106.9p for diesel) which I can live with. It should still be much lower but at least it has came down significantly. With Mr Credit Crunch doing his best to hurt all of us another drop in fuel prices would definitely be welcome.

This price drop isn’t gonna suddenly make me start driving more, but at least it will mean a few more pennies in the bank at the end of the month!

Over the past month petrol prices have fell by just 0.25p and diesel prices by 1.32p, despite the price of oil falling. The lower oil price should soon filter through to the forecourts and we should see significant drops very soon (in coming weeks).

Fingers crossed!

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The price changes have taken effect across the UK. This fall follows the cut of 3p on both diesel and petrol which happened last week. The other major supermarkes always act fast by dropping their prices so we will have to see how much by this time!

You can read more on our main sites updates page.

So how far can you actually go when your tank is on empy? Some people just fill up as soon as the light comes on. In my Ford Fiesta the display says I have 50 miles until empty when the light comes on, 50 miles is a long way so I don’t need to go to the station in a hurry.

To solve the problem one website does exist - TankOnEmpty.com aims so solve the mystery “that has puzzled mankind for years”. The website has profiles of all cars and drivers can submit their own stories about how far they have gone on the petrol light. The site is American based but is still a cool site even if you’re in the UK like me, so go over and check it out.

On the main website the new pages include the maths of how much money can be saved by putting our tips into action. We also have a couple of new minor pages including get involved and subscribe via email.

On the money saving side of things we have a new page about when you have a cold engine, and also information on how to get the best price for very cool personalised number plates! This page has been created to go along our series of other ways to save money on motoring which includes our pages on car warranty and car rental deals.

I’ve decided to kick this blog off (won’t be for a few weeks as I’m going away to Greece soon!) by doing a series of blog posts with information on lots of different new eco cars including photos that I took on the day at Goodwood. Not only are the cars beneficial to the planet and the consumers pockets they also look mighty damn fine as well!

If you want to keep up with my blog posts profiling the new cars you should either subscribe to the RSS feed or add this page to your favourites and return at your leisure!

PS The picture in the top left is a sneaky pic of the Land Rover LRX front-end, this will be the first of my eco car profiles.

One of the major ethical dilemmas I face is over how green I am. I try to be green and I believe it’s important to be green. However, I’ve also realised a lot of the more environmentally friendly options are more expensive, and I simply don’t have much money. Obviously, there are things that don’t cost money, and are things everyone should be doing - recycling, turning off lights, not leaving electrical equipment on standby, and using the car only when necessary. Unfortunately, a lot of the other options are expensive.

Some of the greenest people I’ve met are people with money; people who can afford to build their own eco-homes, install solar paneling, and source their own water. These are also the people who can afford to shop locally at Farmers Markets, buy ecological products, and buy expensive recycled products. I buy such items when I have the money. However, the reality is by the end of the month, I don’t have any option other than to buy value items from major supermarkets.

Necessity makes for one of life’s biggest contradictions. It forces difficult decisions and moral uncertainty. Necessity also forces compromise and making the best out of the circumstances offered. I don’t want to make a decision which harms the planet, but I also have to live my life.

Renewing my car insurance last week gave me exactly this dilemma. I spent many hours at the computer looking at different companies, trying to work out which was the cheapest and greenest. I knew I needed to pay by direct debit as I didn’t have enough money in my account for the full lump sum, so this again, through necessity, narrowed down my options.

Finally, I opted for the package that was the greenest for what I could afford. From my research, I knew this wasn’t the best environmentally friendly option, but it was better than some of the others. Compromise eventually gave me the best option.

All kinds of green options are coming down in price, and this is fantastic. I’m luckier than most. I can just about afford the lower end of these services. However, until we get to the point where environmentally friendly products are the cheapest on offer, we will not be able to move to a greener society.