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Drivers warned after all Brits issued 'sooner rather than later' message ahead of 10 week change

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Updated 12:25 4 Jul 2024 GMT+1Published 18:26 3 Jul 2024 GMT+1

Drivers warned after all Brits issued 'sooner rather than later' message ahead of 10 week change

It's not great news for Brits who want to fill up on petrol

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Bad news, according to the AA, the price of petrol isn't expected to come down any time soon due to a rise in the price of a barrel of oil.

While your car runs on fossilised primordial sludge that used to be plankton, it has become somewhat more expensive than it used to be.

The price of a barrel of oil has reportedly jumped up from $80 (£62) to $85 (£66), so don't expect to see the costs at the petrol pump slip back down.

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This comes off the back of a 10-week fuel price drop, with the average cost of a litre of petrol dropping from 150.1p in April down to 144.5p more recently.

Fill up the car 'sooner rather than later', apparently. Don't all rush at once now. (Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Fill up the car 'sooner rather than later', apparently. Don't all rush at once now. (Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images)

While that sounds like good news for British drivers, since the AA says the price isn't expected to drop further then any movement on the cost, you pay at the pump will head in the wrong direction.

This is why Brits are being told to fill up their tanks 'sooner rather than later' to essentially buy at the low point in petrol prices - albeit a price still some way above the pre-pandemic high point of 142.5p per litre.

Either that price at the petrol pump is expected to stay roughly where it is for the time being or it's going to go back up again.

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Meanwhile, if you want to try and beat the system by running on fumes, then know that you can actually make it a decent distance on an empty tank in certain circumstances.

One driver managed to take a Volkswagen Beetle about 60 miles after their fuel gauge had hit zero.

That's because the fuel light comes on when the tank has about 10 to 15 percent capacity left - at which point you should definitely head to a forecourt and fill 'er up.

Featured Image Credit: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty Images/Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Topics: UK News, Money, Cars

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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