Warning for drivers over ‘easy’ mistake made every three minutes which could cost you £1,000s – how to avoid

DRIVERS have been warned over a simple mistake which could leave them thousands of pounds out of pocket – as new data shows a surprisingly high number of us are doing it.

Motorists can land themselves in all sorts of trouble by putting the wrong type of fuel in their vehicles at a petrol station, known as “mis-fuelling”.

New research by comparison website GoCompare, exclusively for The Sun...