The Way I See It

Diesel will go up by RM1/litre, RON92 up by RM0.74/litre and RON97 up by RM0.78/litre

It’s confirm.

You’ll be paying RM2.70/litre by midnight tonight!

From NST

The new price of petrol is RM2.70 per litre beginning midnight tonight, it was announced a moment ago by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad. Diesel will go up by RM1 per litre while the price for ULG 92 per litre went up by 74 sen. The 78 sen hike or 40 per cent increase for the ULG 97 petrol is still below the antiticpated RM4 per litre price projected earlier and among the cheapest in Asia.

And the usual recycled excuse. Problem is, our salary scale is also amongst the cheapest.

I don’t usually recommend this as the savings are minuscule but if your car is running on low around this time, brim it up to full before midnight. Doing so will yield considerable savings. Like for my car with a 40 litre tank, brimming before midnight tonight will save me RM31.20. The bigger the fuel tank the more you’ll save.

Previously a full tank costs RM76.80, with the new price I’ll have to fork out a whopping RM108!

Looks like it’s hard times ahead.