Jofftastic

A couple of days ago I wrote about the increasing cost of fuelling a car and whether the petrol / diesel price difference really is worth it any more.

Since then I’ve spotted an article by Autocar magazine stating that the eagerly-anticipated Skoda Fabia Mk2 vRS may not use a diesel engine, instead relying on a turbo-powered petrol engine to provide any hope of sportiness. This reminded me about a feature written by well-known performance motoring hack Peter Knivett for VW magazine Golf+.

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Thanks to my lack of motoring last month, I’ve been able to see the true difference a month has made on fuel prices in the UK.

Here in Peterborough I was paying 115.9p a litre at the end of April yet just 30-odd days later the price at the pumps is 130.9p!  What the hell happened in the world whilst I was in hospital?  I go away for a few days and the whole economy shuts down!

Similarly, the price of petrol has risen too from a paltry 106.9p to 115.9p/litre so why has diesel increased at a higher rate than petrol?

I find myself partially to blame…

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When you hear that Dom at Dodo Juice has created a high end car wax and that it’s called Supernatural, you just know it’s going to be bloody good, but in typical crazy dodo style, they’ve gone one further and created a highly desirable product not just for it’s impeccable list of ingredients but because it’s the complete high end wax package.

With all their new paint cleaners and shampoos you wouldn’t have thought they had enough time to worry about waxes but Dodo Juice are dedicated and wouldn’t let a little thing like time get in their way.

This limited availability wax will compete directly with high end waxes that are so prestigious within the car detailing industry I can’t mention their names for fear of lawyers hunting me down.

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