Petrol

As all of us know that petrol price raise 41% which is not a good thing for us as a driver. But we can't do anything beside cut down our expenses and outing involve car. Most of us already planning for a car pool schedule or taking public transport as a alternative. I was thinking of taking public to college also but when i think further.. It is a wrong idea to come up with. Imagine me walking to Taman Midah bus stop for around 15 to 20 minutes. Then wait for a bus to go Taman Maluri Lrt station. Next take Lrt to Bukit Jalil station and wait for Apiit shutter bus. How long will it take to college from my house? More over it is like turning a big big round to college with me wearing partial formal. Oh no Crazy..

Below is one of the email I got from my friend. I'm not sure how true is this information. But people, no harm trying it especially for me who live near to two petrol station and i have bad habit to smell petrol. I know it is not good for my health. Plus I don't mind standing longer to fill up my tank although it is slow but imagine you are feeding your car. You, yourself also love to enjoy the moment of eating. So why don't let your car enjoy the moment too.. I know la you all must be thinking like "this Cherie mind is not fully grown, imagining car as a living stuff". Haha.. Dun care la.. my time or your time. I willing to reduce my sleeping time to feed my car. No different between sleeping and feeding my car cause both also consider as waste time.

TIPS ON FILLING YOUR CAR(S) (Good information)

I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... But here in Durban we are also paying higher, up to RM7.35 per liters. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money worth for every litre. Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline where I work in Durban , we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period through the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 liters.

Only buy or fill up your car or bikes in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening... Your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific grav ity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a fuel truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy, DO NOT fill up most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.