Work and Life

How much do you spend on Petrol?

July 30, 2007

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Since early this year I have been recording my petrol usage in a log book. Besides keeping track of my petrol expenses, it also helps me to determine which petrol is the best value for money. I only pump 3 brands of petrol: Shell, Petronas and Esso/Mobill. Caltex and BP are out of my list because they perform pretty badly compared to others (pickup is almost non-existant and no power) For your information I am driving a Proton Satria 1.3.

Date	Amount (RM)	Petrol Brand	Mileage (KM)
12 January 2007	50	Shell	326
22 January 2007	50	Petronas	300
2 February 2007	50	Shell	320
11 February 2007	50	Esso	355
2 March 2007	50	Shell	327
15 March 2007	50	Shell	306
27 March 2007	50	Shell	367
16 April 2007	50	Shell	302
4 May 2007	20	Petronas	138
22 May 2007	50	Shell	310
31 May 2007	50	Shell	324
11 June 2007	50	Shell	312
22 June 2007	50	Shell	327
6 July 2007	50	Esso	330
19 July 2007	50	Shell	331
29 July 2007	50	Petronas	281

Based on my last 8 months’ petrol usage, I have came up with an interesting statistics.

Total mileage: 4956KM
Average mileage/month: 619.5KM
Total spent: RM770
Average spent/month: RM96.25 (RM24/week)
Average mileage per Ringgit: RM1 = 6.44KM

And now the petrol brand’s performance:

Shell: RM1 = 6.46KM
Petronas: RM1 = 5.991KM
Esso/Mobil : RM1 = 6.85KM

So the clear winner for best mileage goes to Esso/Mobil. But for best fuel power, it must be Shell. When my car is using Shell, the pickup is very good and can reach higher speed easily. The statistics may not be that accurate for other petrol brands because I usually patronize Shell more. Anyway let’s hope the petrol price won’t increase anymore lol, I believe it burns a hole in every driver’s pocket.