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Vehicles waiting to fill up at a petrol station in Kampung Baru Wednesday night (The Star).
The next time another announcement come along, please consider this:
A 45L petrol tank (a Proton Wira/Satria/Putra's petrol tank capacity)
Price hike RM0.78 per litre x 45L = RM35.10
Thats the maximum amount of money you can save provided you have an empty tank.
Does it make sense to queue for half/one/x hour just to save RM35.10.
Did you know that while you were queuing, you cars' timing belt, alternator belt, air-conditioning belt, compressor and fan, radiator pump and fan, pulleys, shafts, bearings, fuel pump, accelerator, clutch and brake line, engine, brake, gear, power steering fluids , brake and clutch pads and many more individual moving objects / parts / fluids in your cars are involved.
Do u know how much it will cost to maintain/replace these parts???
Not to mention the fuel that you burned while waiting to enter the station. And the time, depending on how much your time is worth.
Unless you really need to fill up because your tank is running empty. Please consider the hidden costs. Obviously, not only are you not saving much, but you also clearly inconvenienced other drivers by causing a traffic jam.
Anyway, we hope that you are happy with the money you saved and will put it to good use.
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Swamped: Motorists inching their way to two petrol kiosks at Jalan Baru in Prai after the announcement by the Prime Minister Wednesday. (The Star)
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3 comments:
For each hour, your car consumes 2 liters at idle. At RM 1.92 per liter before the midnight hike in price, that would be RM 3.84 for that hour. With a/c running and lights on, you can add 15 percent more. This info is for all those morons who had more than half tank already and waited for 2 hours to save money before midnight. So you actually would have saved about RM10 overall, which you blew when the clock chimed at midnight and the gas station closed for the night.
Third world mentality in a nation that spent millions for no good reason to send a man up into space while it's people struggles to pay for food and fuel.
well said indeed ronnie, we have no choice but try our best to get through the tough times then.
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