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@matt_201

RISING costs represent a multi-pronged attack on the motorist. It’s the price of fuel that typically hits hardest, and new record average prices have been making regular headlines for months. British motorists were paying a little over £1 per litre during the early days of the pandemic – premium grades are more than twice that now at some filling stations.

There are many other areas of increasing financial strain beyond fuel, of course, and there’s no doubt the cost of owning and running a car is taking