Tricks to cheap fuel?

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So i take delivery of my new MY16 Discovery Landmark this week, and the realisation of its atrocious fuel economy is dawning :)

Coming from someone that has paid tax for private fuel, i am completely out of touch with cheap fuel.

My company will give 0.11p/mile for 3L cars (aligned with government) and so i think i will be paying an additional ~5-6p/mile out of my own pocket (just on fuel). SO the goal is to get my fuel costs as low as possible! I won't improve the mpg much (i'm working on ~26mpg) so am looking a fuel deals/cash back etc

Suggestions on best credit card/fuel card for cashback/savings?
Best deals (do morrisons still do 5poff/L when you shop etc?)
any tips n tricks for getting cheap fuel?
 
I pay for all of my fuel with the Santander 123 Credit Card which give me 3% cash back on a maximum combined monthly spend of £100 (So £3 max per month). I also try and fill up a shell fuel stations and use their points card which gives me some money off vouchers every 3 months. Overall though, the savings don't really add up to much.
 
why would you choose to own a vehicle with poor fuel economy if you are worried about the cost of fuel?
 
Buying a brand new fuel guzzler, worried about a few pence either way on fuel. You've got this all wrong.
 
Why are you only getting 11p?
I don't do a lot of business miles in my car, but I get 45p for the first 10000 miles then 25p per mile (the approved rates)
I must have missed something.
 
grudas said:
so you bought a 50k car and now worry about a few pence/mile? for real.
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No, he has been given a company car and the reimbursement rate for his business mileage is about 5p a mile less than his expected fuel cost, therefore he wants to minimise the extent to which he is subsidising his employer on business use.

For real.
 
Make sure you claim the tax back on the difference between 11p and 45p per mile. If you dont do Self Assessment you can do this via a separate form. This should cover the difference to actual cost (at current fuel prices).
 
Wizardskills said:
I pay for all of my fuel with the Santander 123 Credit Card which give me 3% cash back on a maximum combined monthly spend of £100 (So £3 max per month). I also try and fill up a shell fuel stations and use their points card which gives me some money off vouchers every 3 months. Overall though, the savings don't really add up to much.
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This tbh
Altho I didnt realise it was a maximum of £100, I might need to get a second card in my name rather than the

But I must say.... You don't go getting a thirsty car and then start worrying about fuel lol :p

I see around 20/22mpg is a 2.3l petrol, probably 3 full tanks a month.
the most I've seen for a tank is just shy of £70, the lower prices at the moment are helping :)
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
This tbh
Altho I didnt realise it was a maximum of £100, I might need to get a second card in my name rather than the

But I must say.... You don't go getting a thirsty car and then start worrying about fuel lol :p

I see around 20/22mpg is a 2.3l petrol, probably 3 full tanks a month.
the most I've seen for a tank is just shy of £70, the lower prices at the moment are helping :)
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The cards cost £3 a month now, getting a 2nd one for an additional £3pm cashback is a bad idea :D
 
I go through about 4 tanks a month for about 7 months during the year (commuting). I have a nectar card that I use when filling from BP. Each year I accumulate about 25-30 pounds on the card
 
[TW]Fox;29259932 said:
No, he has been given a company car and the reimbursement rate for his business mileage is about 5p a mile less than his expected fuel cost, therefore he wants to minimise the extent to which he is subsidising his employer on business use.

For real.
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alright, calm down ;)
 
Fox has it right. I don't care about the fuel economy or depreciation, just want to bridge some of the gap between cost and the reimbursement to reduce the cost of business miles.

Picked it up today, love it! So I'll take a look at that AA card...
 
I get 14.5p a mile, obviously doesn't get close to covering costs, now I could work out how to same a penny or two a litre but went a different way

By clever use of credit cards with airmile sign up and usage bonuses I built up enough miles to get the Virgin Upper Class returns to Hong Kong within a year

These are £3550 each normally and I paid £880 plus miles

OK so I didn't save 5 grand as I never would have bought them at full price but it makes me feel loads better about the few pence a mile I lose out on while driving :p
 
yeah tbh the fuel card saving doesn't seem to exist at the moment (or be worth it).

Best i found is a garage nearby that will give you 5p/L off if you buy £90, which is slightly more than a tankful, so i think i'll keep filling up there, and not worry about it...
 
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