The latest petrol price rises have made us more conscious of where we buy our petrol but importantly how you drive can also affect you in the hip pocket – here’s a few simple tips on how you can make your car go further on a litre of petrol.

First up, many drivers simply judge their speed from the car in front, think ahead, the idea is to make your car flow at a near constant speed, stop/start motoring uses fuel, so look ahead say five car lengths and judge your speed accordingly. Its more meaningful perhaps when you’re on the open road.

Importantly, don’t coast down a hill and plant your foot to get up the other side – best to keep a light throttle downhill and flow the car up the other side letting momentum mostly carry you up. And remember, at 120km/hour a car uses about 20per cent more fuel to one travelling at 100km/hour.

I’m David Berthon.

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