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MAKING THE MOST OF IT! – HOW TO USE LESS FUEL

28th September 2021

Kim Henson offers some tips to help you travel further on less fuel… Whether you drive a new vehicle or old, whether it is petrol or diesel powered, and whether it is large or small, if you are unable to refuel it as often as you are usually able to do, it is useful to be able to stretch the fuel that you do have in the tank to cover more miles. Of course this is a good idea anyway, in terms of … [Read more...]

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