Petrol and diesel prices at Ballinluig Services ltd

Ballinluig Services ltd, PH9 0LG. A motorway service area, where you have no choice.

What it is charging

• Unleaded: 172.9p a litre, 1.2p over the national average, filed Wednesday 28 October
• Diesel: 201.9p a litre, 3.2p over the national average, filed Wednesday 28 October

Unleaded within 5 miles

• Mfg Pitlochry: 171.9p a litre, 3.5 miles away. 1.0p a litre cheaper: saves 55p a tank, and costs about £1.36 of fuel to get there and back. Not worth the trip.

On a 55-litre tank at 40mpg. The distance is straight-line rather than by road, so a real trip is longer than the one costed here.