Whether your car needs fuel or you and your passengers need a pick-me-up, service stations can be a much-needed oasis breaking up the monotony of the motorway desert. Whether it’s over the Christmas holiday period, when an estimated 12 million vehicles crowd Britain’s roads, according to the AA, or during Easter or summer breaks, many […]
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Going up: the rising cost of running a car
Did you wince the last time you were handed the bill for having your car serviced? Maybe a replacement set of tyres seemed to cost the same as a weekend away for two? Does next year’s insurance premium make you want to visit a price comparison website to search for a better deal? If any […]
Are electric cars cheaper to service than petrol or diesels?
For years they were the butt of jokes amongst drivers. But as a new generation of electric cars charges into showrooms, and British drivers prepare for a ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars, from 2040, sales of electric cars have been given a jump-start. In early 2014, an average of just 500 […]
Misfuelling: What to do if you put petrol in a diesel car
In the UK around 15 people every hour pump the wrong fuel into their car. It’s commonly known as misfuelling and if they’re lucky, their journey will be delayed by a few hours and it’ll only cost them a few hundred pounds. For unlucky drivers, the bill could run into thousands of pounds and they’ll waste […]
Premium fuel vs regular: do the sums add up?
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 ‘defend against gunk and corrosion’ or ‘maximise performance’. And of course there’s a suitably […]