Effective Sept 01, vehicle owners will be offered a new blend of petrol RON 95 and the cheaper RON 92 will be phased out.
“By Sept 1, RON97 will be the alternative petrol and a premium product.
Instead, the RON95 petrol will be the choice petrol for consumers and be rest assured, the product is of high quality and is good enough to be filled into even luxury and high-powered cars,” said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Why he has to label RON 97 as "premium product". The reason is simple. This petrol is going to cost 20 sen more than what we are paying for the same product right now!
Why claiming RON 95 as "high quality enough"? Simply because it is obviously a lower quality petrol than what we are currently having (RON 97).
No doubt that we are paying 5 sen less for RON 95 (RM 1.75 per liter), but we are forced to settle with something with lower grade obviously. Why so, you can refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating for information about RON rating. The higher the number, the greater the power it is going to offer. For ease of reference, Shell v-Power is of RON 100.
In conclusion, we have been forced to suffer a quality loss with lower quality petrol effectively Sept'09, by paying 5 sen /liter lesser. And that there is a sharp 11% increase of our usual petrol RON 97 from RM 1.80 to RM 2.00.
Thanks again to the ever effective Malaysian government.
3 comments:
Why blame the Government? ... Blame the increase in world petrol price. Government has give us option with a cheaper petrol. Ron95 is nothing different than Ron97 since the amaount of octane counts is negligible during engine combustion. Try it yourself.
As usual the govt take us for fools. Imagine we are getting lower quality petrol for the same price. Come on we are not idiots. I wonder how CPI can be negative-dont dupe us again
If there is less corruption we would be paying less for petrol be it Ron 95 or 97. So much money goes down the drains or towards lining pockets of politicians while the masses continue to suffer and struggle. Not that the govt cares even tho it professes via catchy taglines.
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