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It’s obvious but driving faster will consume more petrol and just by sticking to the 70 MPH speed limit could save you between 2 and 4p per litre on petrol costs than if you drove at 80MPH, you can save even more on petrol costs if you reduce your speed to 65 MPH.

3. Regularly Check Tyre Pressures

It costs a few pounds to purchase a tyre pressure gauge for checking your tyres, but checking them regularly can save you around 10% on petrol costs, as under inflated tyres means that the engine has to work harder to compensate. If you don’t want to keep going to a garage to top up your tyres, you can now purchase a hand tyre inflator that will run off the cigarette lighter in your car.

4. Car Servicing

An efficient engine will ensure that you make the best use of the petrol that you purchase and it really does pay to either get regular servicing with your local garage or buy a car manual and do some basic checks yourself, in addition to your annual MOT and servicing.

5. Safe Driving Pays

Whilst we tend to ridicule older drives for driving too slow they are probably spending less on their petrol costs because of it. Research shows that driving smoothly and at a consistent speed reduces petrol consumption and also has the knock on effect of saving you money on repairs to brakes and tyres. So next time someone pulls off fast at the lights, just smile to yourself and think about the money you are saving on petrol costs.

6. Remove Excessive Weight

We often accumulate clutter or other unnecessary items in our cars which can often contribute to increased petrol costs by making our vehicles heavier. Give you car a spring clean and throw out any non essential items as this will lighten the load and reduce the amount of petrol consumption. Also take off your roof rack when not in use as this is a heavy item.

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