Category - Fuel
Misfuelling: What Happens If I Put Petrol in a Diesel Car?
By Eve McPherson - June 22nd, 2023 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance
If you’ve ever found yourself standing at the pumps wondering how you’ve managed to fill your diesel car up with petrol, you’re not alone.
Putting the wrong fuel in your car - or ‘misfuelling’ - happens way more of...
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How to Check the Real MPG of a Car
By Drew Hickman - September 15th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance
Real world MPG in new cars is often much lower than what manufacturers claim. In 2011, the AA estimated that the average difference between claimed and true MPG was just 8%.
Most drivers could probably forgive that.
However, by 2014, that averag...
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Premium Fuel vs Regular: Do the Sums Add Up?
By Drew Hickman - May 20th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Car Care Made Simple
Premium fuel is a feature of most service station forecourts. Compared to regular petrol or diesel it will usually have a racy sounding name such as V-Power Nitro+, Momentum or Synergy Supreme+.
And there will be various claims that these fuels ...
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