Should car owners stinch(save) when it comes to fuel???

AE86tofu SG

well personally i used to work at a petrol station (shell) for quite some time and i've seen many cases where large,luxury or high performance cars come in and Pump 92!!!!(92 is the octane lvl. currently avail ones are 92,95 and 9 Cool and i think 2 myself:" how come the owner got $$$ 2 buy car no $$$ to pump fuel?" here is a list of cars i've seen doing so:
1.Mercedes E and S class
2.BMW M3,328i
3.slivia S14
4.skyline BNR32

Your thoughts anyone???[/code]

Ronan_ SG

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Well, they have all the right in the world to pump whatever grade of fuel for their car, even coconut oil simply because it is their cars and their money. Smile

I don't think it is appropriate for us to comment what grade petrol they should go with. Surely you don't expect the rich to be in a suit, wear rolexes and eat abalone at top notch restuarants all the time.
It is their freedom.

For the same reason, you don't expect the 'not so rich' to be in shorts and singlets all the time and drive only dae***, suzu** cars.

AE86tofu SG

well not ture as given tt i’ve spoken to many mechanics they explained 2 me why it’s not reccomended 4 ANY car 2 pump 92(except 4 those really really old ones like 20yrs+) it’s a bit technical and it’ll damage the engine by doing so…...

Ronan_ SG

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What can you do if you see a man in armani suit and tie, wearing rolex with a mounblanc pen drinking from a public tap or eating from roadside hawker?

Now imagine the man in suit is the luxury car and water from public tap is grade 92 petrol.

Do we tell him he should only drink premium beer to quench his thirst since he is rich? I hope you get my point now.

jinfa SG

got many people go JB just to pump petrol Laughing

AE86tofu SG

No i'm not asking him to do that... all i'm saying is this: Y save a few dollars now when in future u'll hafta spend a few thousand overhauling yr engine becoz of the damage done by pumping the wrong fuel? BTW almost everyone in SGP pmps 98

AE86tofu SG

Oh BTW… the price per liter for 92 is $1.192 while 98 is $1.295… Not much diff. at all…...

[email protected] SG

the point is......... beer n water can both quench thirst.... not that u drink beer u will live longer... but u pump 92 u r gonna wear out your engine faster.....you're missing the point and that is a totally wrong comparism man........
The whole point is why some ppl r so cheapskate as to think only of short term gains... when u need to overhaul the engine its gonna be worse than having to pay a few cents more for better quality petrol which helps lessen wear and tear.... or how come they can spend so much $$$ to buy a nice car but are so cheapskate that they cannot spend a bit more to take proper care of their expensive car?
In fact... its also about common sense already.....

No_regret SG

How u know wat they do to their car. They might have additives in their petrol tank that will work better with a lower octane petrol than a high 1 leh?
And btw, 95 ron is sufficent for most vehicle.

[email protected] SG

I don't think so..... esp in the case of the dumbass who mix 98 n 92... u're not supposed to mix petrol of diff rons... thats even worse... the mixture will become unstable. anyway, the thing is these ppl don't EVEN pump 95! if we had 87 here they'd pump it.

AE86tofu SG

yeah true.. some ppl calculate how much they save a yr…so stingy.. i even served a cutsomer who took out his calculator when i told him got 8% discount on petrol

AE86tofu SG

U try 2 tell that to the soprts cars owners lar...And i'm talking abt Hardcore ones like those tuscan,testarossa,F355,Audi sport quattro and diablo owners... they dun even pump standard 98... they come and pump V-power.... plz lor... even a commerical van can pump V-power... y that M3 owner pump 92??