Cheaper Petrol

scheming_gypsy

i aways manage to go shopping when i've got a full tank and then lose the voucher

superhoop

My surefire tips for saving money on fuel:

• Use https://www.aapetrolbusters.com to find out your cheapest stations locally

• If in doubt, buy at the supermarkets who are usually cheaper

• Don't drive out of your way to buy cheap fuel - it can be a false economy

• Take advantage of Supermarkets' loyalty schemes on fuel - Nectar for Sainsbury's, Clubcard for Tesco and Morrisons Miles (which can now also be used at Safeway). Remember you can also pick up Nectar points at BP

• Keep these loyalty cards in your car so you always have them available when needed

Hope these help!

flipflopnick

My surefire tips for saving money on fuel:

• Use https://www.aapetrolbusters.com to find out your cheapest stations locally

• If in doubt, buy at the supermarkets who are usually cheaper

• Don't drive out of your way to buy cheap fuel - it can be a false economy

• Take advantage of Supermarkets' loyalty schemes on fuel - Nectar for Sainsbury's, Clubcard for Tesco and Morrisons Miles (which can now also be used at Safeway). Remember you can also pick up Nectar points at BP

• Keep these loyalty cards in your car so you always have them available when needed

Hope these help!

But aapetrolbusters.com then send you SPAM to registered email address. See the Terms and Conditions.

So don't give them your personal valuable address.

Set up a disposable email address, get password they send, and with email address you never access again and password they sent, login and use aapetrolbusters.com, without contaminating your personal email address.

You only need to read login email address once. Only five searches per day, but good indicator.

MarkyMarkD

They don't send much spam - I think you complain too much.

BUT you can't specify parameters for the e-mail - i.e. distance you are prepared to travel - so I normally end up searching on the site anyway.

Robert_Sterling_3

I think sainsburys have the best deal at the moment of 5p off per litre with every £50.00 spent in store. Our local has unleaded priced at 78.9p so you're effectively getting it for 73.9p with your shopping.

You can buy ten £10 sainsbury vouchers for £95. You can use them to pay for petrols as well as instore items.

AP

My surefire tips for saving money on fuel:

• Use https://www.aapetrolbusters.com to find out your cheapest stations locally

• If in doubt, buy at the supermarkets who are usually cheaper

• Don't drive out of your way to buy cheap fuel - it can be a false economy

• Take advantage of Supermarkets' loyalty schemes on fuel - Nectar for Sainsbury's, Clubcard for Tesco and Morrisons Miles (which can now also be used at Safeway). Remember you can also pick up Nectar points at BP

• Keep these loyalty cards in your car so you always have them available when needed

Hope these help!

The aapetrolbuster website is closing on 09/12/04 - see: http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Travel;action=display;num=1101486612
for information.

They are saying that there are not enough people using it to make it cost effective - what a pity!

I wouldn't mind paying an annual subscription to them if this is what it takes to keep it open.

chemtech

Be careful with cheap fuel, in particular diesel. The supermarket stuff has a lot higher water content. My girlfriend had filled up from a supermarket pump a couple of hours before her car splutted to a halt with clouds of black smoke coming from the back. The RAC man diagnosed the problem straight away and spent 30 minutes flushing water out of the system. He told her if she must use cheap fuel, to fill up with Shell, etc, every 4 tank full. The same goes for petrol cars, put good stuff in now & again.

derrick

I agree I use Morrisons petrol and have never had any problems

betterbargains4u

Speaking as a former petrol station manager, I was amused at some of your comments.
Firstly...the petrol that remains in the hose after you have stopped pumping, has already been charged to you. Therefore, you are not gaining anything from the petrol station..but by all means try to get as much out as you can. As soon as you take your hand off the trigger, the petrol stops being dispensed..but there is a minimal amount left in the hose.
All petrol stations have to have trading standards checks at regular interals...so there is no chance that supermarkets could get away with having water in their fuel. Also all modern petrol stations...whether they are owned by a supermarket or not, have very sensitive equipment that triggers an alarm, if any water is found present in the underground tanks. If this ever happens, the petroleum officer...who is linked to trading standards, must be informed.
However, after being employed by both Sainsbury's and BP Oil, I can guarantee that the supermarket fuels that you buy are the inferior of the two. All supermarkets buy their fuels from the big boys....ie BP,Shell etc. They are never sold the best quality fuel with the best additives. These are reserved for the oil companies themselves.
For instance...Sainsbury's have been buying their fuel from BP for quite some time now, but BP will not sell them their special secret additives, which makes their fuel cheaper to use in the long run!!

lyghthouse

Since getting my first company car last year (diesel), I started recording how many miles I was getting from a tank of fuel and where the fuel was from.

I found that although supermarket fuel may be a penny cheaper than the Shell garage across the road, I could get an extra 50 -70 miles out of a tank of Shell compared to the local supermarkets (Sainsburys and Asda).

I then experimented using Esso, Texaco and BP filling stations to put similar amounts of fuel (based on litres running to the red light coming on). I kept a spreadsheet detailing litres bought, mileage, company etc.

Consistantly supermarket diesel was not as efficient.

Most of my journey's were consistent as I commute to south yorks from Lancashire across the M62 (early in the morning before rush hour til 7pm return).

I now only fill up with branded diesel