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With the price of petrol and diesel lowering slightly and the price of electricity likely to double if not more, will the cost of fuelling an electric car remain less than petrol or diesel?
Every time I fill my car up with fuel it throws up the neck even though I fuel up slowly. Any ideas?
I've started experiencing problems when refuelling the tank of my 2011 Jaguar XF. The fuel pump starts clicking when the tank is 1/3 full and it's almost impossible to fill the tank to the top. My local...
It’s getting increasingly difficult to get diesel into my Volkswagen Touran. The fuel delivery pumps continually trip even when filling from empty and I can hear a gurgling noise coming from the tank....
I have a problem with my 2011 Ford Focus 1.6TDCI (old model). When first purchased it gave me 54mpg. 14 months later it has now reduced to 47mpg with the same sort of driving pattern. I have tried to add...
My 1998 MX-5 owned since new and is becoming increasingly difficult to refuel. Any garage, any pump (petrol) no matter how digitally dexterous I am, the pump keeps cutting out. It takes ten minutes plus...
I recently bought a Ford Ka "Studio" and have serious problems when trying to refuel the car, due to the design of the lockable filler cap. The problem is that the filler cap spins continuously and...
I bought a Vauxhall Vectra Exclusive 1.8 2008 in January this year. I haven't used the car much in the past, but now I have started to use it a little bit more, I've noticed when I go to fuel up that the...
I have recently purchased a 2009 Audi A3 TDI 3-door 1.9 diesel and have a problem when refuelling. The nozzle of the garage diesel pump is too large to go fully into the opening of the fuel tank. This...
 

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