http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk What does the motoring future hold? Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:35:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This morning I reported on Asda dropping the price of petrol and diesel. Well a few hours later it looks like the other supermarkets have followed by dropping prices by exactly the same amount, 2p per litre off unleaded and 4p per litre off diesel. You can read more in ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/31/fuel-price-war-continues-supermarkets-follow-price-drops/ The supermarket price war on fuel continues! Today Asda has cut petrol and diesel prices by 2p and 4p. Unleaded petrol has fallen to 111.9p per litre and diesel has dropped to 124.9p per litre. The price changes have taken effect across the UK. This fall follows the cut of 3p ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/31/asda-petrol-diesel-price-drops-happening-today/ Don't you just hate it when the little orange fuel light comes on and you know you have to go to the petrol station and hand over another load of cash just to fill up! So how far can you actually go when your tank is on empy? Some people just ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/30/tank-empty-how-far-can-you-go/ The whole website has been given a fresh new look, this brings the blog and main website closely together. It's a big improvement and we intend to keep it this was for the next couple of years (who know's what the future holds!) On the main website the new pages include ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/29/new-design-pages-money-saving-tips/ During my day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed I learnt a lot about the new eco cars that are being developed by the major car manufacturers, some are just one-off concepts, others are expected to go into full production. I've decided to kick this blog off (won't be for a few weeks as ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/19/new-series-of-eco-car-profiles-major-manufacturers/ Life if full of ethical dilemmas, and many of the decisions we make in life contradict themselves. I've realised not to be worried about these contradictions. It would be great to live a totally consistent life, but I've met very few people who actually manage to do it. One of the major ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/17/its-not-easy-being-green-dilemma-car-insurance/ Yesterday the Treasury announced that the planned 2p rise per litre on fuel duty has been postponed. There had been a lot of pressure on the government to postpone the rise after the cost of fuel soared over the past year due to high oil prices. The 2p rise was originally planned for ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/07/17/2p-tax-rise-on-fuel-delayed-until-april/ 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 ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/06/25/save-petrol-by-remapping-your-engine/ 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 ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/06/13/day-tanker-driver-strike-panic-buy/ 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.They replied Tuesday morning and by Tuesday afternoon we were filming a small report for the website which will be aired tonight (Wednesday 30th April) or tomorrow (Thursday 1st May). They ... http://blog.save-petrol.co.uk/2008/04/30/bbc-media-attention/