Money saving
I brew my own beer, its easy, only I don`t add one bag of sugar, I add three (somtimes 2 sugars and 2 jars of honey) and top the barrel up with water to make 22 litres.
This increases the alcohol content to about 10%.
The only thing is that its too bloody strong and makes anyone drinking it go blind.
However a 2ltr bottle of pop from Lidl is 19p, so I put 40% eye murderer in and 60% lidl pop, its still strong enough to do the job and it tastes a lot better and you get to keep your eyesight. It works out at about 30p a pint.

Also I have an old Mercedes that runs on Veg oil which is £1 a litre in Tescos at the moment. I also get used veg oil free from various places and once you have sieved bits of chip out of it and bunged it in the tank it drives fine. The car is worth about £200 scrap value and no one would be crazy enough to steal it. I can also abandon it anywhere and not worry about car park dings as they wont make any difference.
Its never let me down as there are no electronics in it to go wrong, just a great big agricultural diesel engine that is good for 500,000 miles. And smells nice when going along too.
It was for sale but I have decided to keep it. www.rat-look.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8730&p=125494#p125494
(Orkstomper, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 10:07, 9 replies)

thats a ripper of a car!
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 10:12, closed)

You did a great job of selling that car

( Another_tragic_case wished he hadn't eaten all the cake, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 10:14, closed)

No I still have it, I quite like it.
I had to tax it and buy a tyre.
(Orkstomper, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 10:20, closed)

See, another
money saving tip we can all benefit from;

'Don't waste money buying a new 12v socket for your car. Remove the jaffa cake from the old one, and put the money towards a holiday in Blackpool'.

Actually, use the money for a holiday in Blackpool. For 5 people.
(username failed moderation, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 10:20, closed)

30p for a pint of undrinkable death-juice?
Why aren't more people doing this?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 10:32, closed)

Surely this belongs in last week's challenge

( AWPS, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 11:18, closed)

All cheap and good on the car front
unless you get rumbled by the police who do occasionally pick up on this wheeze in a regular tank-dipping exercise, then you may get knackered for fuel excise duty avoidance...

EDIT oops, apparently the law has changed and you can do it for the first 2500 litres per year so long as you keep a record/receipts etc. but not all diesels will take straight vegetable oil, some require modifications, some need a preheater before the fuel pump but it's also more viscous in the cold so best use it as a mix...
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 11 Nov 2011, 11:18, closed)

I have indeed been "dipped" by the nice people from HM customs.
Simply keeping Tescos receipts and knowing about the 2500 litre allowance helps (2500 liters = 21000 miles, I only do 4000) as for cold weather I just bung 5% petrol in the tank.
The old Merc engine doesnt need a preheater but I did fit a larger inline fuel filter.
(Orkstomper, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 11:46, closed)

Top hole then :-)
proceed.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 11 Nov 2011, 11:59, closed)

If you're getting the oil for free
it would still save you money if you had to pay the fuel duty wouldn't it?
( thistle, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 21:28, closed)

My Y Reg T4 runs lovely on veg oil too.
But what's this about £1.03/l?
I was in our local big tesco this morning and their cheapest is £1.33/l.
At only 7p/l saving the reduction in fuel economy and power isn't worth it.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 11 Nov 2011, 12:29, closed)

The 5 litre bottles of Sunflower oil are £6 each or 2 for £10, the big round bottles.
Or the 5 litre KTC stuff from ASDA, but I have found that not all stores stock it.
(Orkstomper, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 12:48, closed)

You get a click..
Just for the description of the car - especially as you have "R2D2 and Stormtrooper sticker" as good points.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 18:47, closed)

^^^ This. ^^^

(judgetheobscure used to sweep in butchers' shops., Sat 12 Nov 2011, 0:00, closed)