How to save money on petrol costs

Finding the best deal on petrol or diesel can be a challenge with prices that vary at different petrol stations and brands. There is a fantastic free to download app or website to sign up to that enables you to compare petrol prices in your area.

Saving money is so easy, just go the website or download the app PetrolPrices.com. It is completely free to register your details, just enter your postcode and the cheapest petrol stations in your area for unleaded petrol, diesel, LPG and other fuels. It will display local garages to your postcode (or your current location) and hey presto, you can see where it is cheapest to fill up. The prices are updated every weekday around noon, so the data is very reliable.

You might ask what’s difference between a few pennies per litre? Well it could save you £100’s a year, depending on how much fuel you use. For example if you normally send £50 a week on petrol, it totals £2600 a year, at an average saving of 10p per litre you could save £260 a year!

Don’t forget to use any loyalty cards that you may have when buying petrol, most of the loyalty schemes are free to sign up to. Many supermarkets have a combined petrol and groceries cards, such as Sainsbury's and BP have Nectar cards, Morrison's More Card and Tesco and Esso have TescoClubcard.

Other loyalty schemes include:

Shell: www.shelldriversclub.co.uk

Texaco: www.starrewards.co.uk

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