Finding cheaper petrol
The news on petrol prices doesn’t get any better for UK drivers, making it more important than ever to shop around, something we’re not really used to doing, rather responding to the fuel gauge than anticipating where we’re going to buy. Buy as I’ve written before it’s well worth putting a little research into finding cheaper petrol, and there is a plethora of vanilla-simple, Web 2.0-style websites out there pointing you in the direction of your nearest and cheapest filling station.
An AA survey published on 20 May confirmed what most of us might have suspected. That diesel prices in May 2008 saw their “biggest monthly increase in a decade”, with the average price of diesel rising 6.76p, up to more than 124p a litre, in just a month. It’s a staggering price rise and closely tailed by petrol, which is up 4.49p to 112.55p over the same period. Interestingly, the AA also found out that 16% of drivers were deciding to use their cars less - though whether that intention translates into practice is arguable. Petrol is priciest in London, and cheapest in Humberside and Yorkshire, though there isn’t much in it. Anyone on the trail of cheaper petrol certainly shouldn’t be driving hundreds of miles for it.
So what can the beleaguered motorist do? Well our favourite sites include Petrolprices.com and Whatgas, which uses Google maps rather well to orientate users. Intriguingly too, we’ve come across a site called Petroldirect, which promises to save you money by shipping fuel direct to your door. Now I haven’t tried this, and at first glimpse the logistics seem … challenging shall we say, though the fuel is delivered in poly cans rather than a fuel tanker fetching up on your drive! So I’m intrigued to hear from anyone who’s given them a pop in their quest for finding cheaper petrol. Check out our previous posts on Petrol Prices in the UK and Fuel Prices in Europe.
