Welcome back to the fourth installment in this 5-part petrol- and money-saving special. This time, we explore non-technical and vehicle-related avenues to getting better mileage!

Oil prices are escalating past US$146 per barrel, as are the prices of almost everything else! Short of giving up riding altogether, Gregory X is pressured to gear up for yet more ways to save money! (Part 3 of 5)

Save money on petrol? It’s time to make some sacrifices, dear biker. Find out how, in the second part of this amazing series!

Across the borders North and South of Malaysia, in Thailand and Singapore respectively, motorists are in a flurry as Kuala Lumpur announced last week plans for a ban on sale of petrol to foreign-licensed vehicles within a 50km radius of its borders.

Resident writer Jane Goh gets to the bottom of the oil barrel as we keep track of this story as it unfolds.

*Tak Boleh = Malay for ‘Cannot’

Owning private transport is proving to be a financial strain for drivers and riders in Singapore. Between perpetually rising ERP prices, road taxes, and oil prices, vehicle owners are hard hit.

Which is why I found this cartoon particularly funny and appropriate.