Yesterday the Treasury announced that the planned 2p rise per litre on fuel duty has been postponed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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