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For the person looking to save money on the rising fuel prices, here’s the top most economical cars available in England and the UK. The information has been taken from Auto Express who road tested these cars. 1- Ford Focus Econetic - 85.7mpg 87.5 miles per gallon is an incredibly impressive figure and the test proved that it lived up to and beyond the advertised mpg of 76.3mpg. This car managed to drive for 307.5miles on £20 fuel, so a full tank of £60 would give almost a thousand miles. I think my Toyota Prius Hybrid drank more petrol than this; I use to get around 300 miles for £35 worth of fuel. The Ford Focus Econetic has similarities to a hybrid vehicle; it uses the kinetic energy produced while breaking to provide energy to drive, as well as the petrol that’s being used. The Focus also has the stop start technology where the car switches off when the car stops and starts again at pull off. Other factors making this Ford Focus Econetic more eco-friendly...

With the latest Hybrid car release by Toyota, it’s nice to at last see a Hybrid vehicle that actually looks like a regular designed car. With the new Toyota Auris Hybrid its good as it started life as a non hybrid vehicle. As the technology gets better, where seeing almost all the major car makers looking at releasing Hybrid cars and it’s good to see their planning to make hybrid versions of existing models. There are even super car makers creating Hybrid versions of their cars. Below I’ve done a list of hybrid cars I’m looking forward to seeing on road. VW Golf and the VW Toureg will be released in TDI Hybrid models, which would not only make them great on fuel because their Diesel vehicles, but also hybrid. This is also the case for the Citroen DS5 which should be coming out soon. Next there’s the Mercedes ML Hybrid, which is yet another jeep along with the BMW X5, BMW X6 Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 all of which are meant to be having a innocent hybrid twin of them ...

Personally when it comes to cars and doing maintenance or repairs I’m rubbish. I prefer to buy a car and when a problem occurs I drive it to or get someone to come and sort out the problem. In the past I’ve even just sold a car because I didn’t fancy waiting around for repairs, mainly because I don’t have much faith in Mechanics. Recently I actually considered servicing my car myself, I don’t know why but I think with age I’m becoming more adventurous. So, I went online as I always do and came across Ford Service Kit on Essex Auto Parts website , where they Ford Brake Pads , Ford Brake Discs and many other genuine car parts online . The Ford Service Kit came with an Oil Filter, Air Filter, Odour/Pollen Filter, Spark Plugs. This seemed like a fair bit of parts for the price they were selling it. Then I realised I don’t have a clue what goes where, so I took my car to a garage and got it serviced. So the answer to my own question is; I shouldn’t DIY service my own...