Car owners in repairs, plan fewer drives, changes mode

Kolkata: Standing beside the sedan at the fuel station in Cossipore, Soumya Mukherjee contemplates the fuel dispenser engine, checking the total fuel costs of the moment after he realized that he had asked for a full tank refill and did not check it on the day the diesel price was Rs 100.14.
“I usually refill my car tank twice or three months.
This month, I don’t often use the car and the last time I checked, at first month, Diesel was still in the early 90’s.
I realized it had passed Rs 100 per liter only After I asked for a full tank refill.
I remember I had emphasized paying more than one extra lakh three years ago for a diesel version of the car to make sure I spend less on fuel.
But I believe it is a bad investment considering our country is Now, “said Techie, Dunlop residents.
On Thursday, when Diesel crossed a sign of a century in Kolkata, hundreds of other car owners in the city who had bought a diesel car hoping for a better savings in the long run which echoed Mukherjee’s mind.
They are in improvement because the price of gasoline and diesel is separated by almost Rs 8 now.
“Because the price of gasoline has crossed Rs 100, I barely moved my gasoline sedan and returned to driving a powerful jeep in the old diesel from the garage.
But now, with even Diesel across the RS 100 sign, I believe it’s time for me to return to my bicycle.
I’ve been Send it to get servicing in the morning and, tomorrow and so on, I will return to my two-wheeled vehicle to make sure I made savings, “said Rajiv Sculler, a former soldier and a fitness coach who regularly pushed between Salt Lake and his house in Lake Gardens.
While those who buy small cars with diesel engines and drive around 45 km every day now regretting the decision, there is still a request for large diesel-powered vehicles, such as SUVs, for various reasons that include greater efficiency and more torque.
This is especially if someone travels more than 50 km in a day.
Rahul Chowdhury, a 45-year-old doctor who pushed regularly among his house in New Alipore and workplace in Kalyani Jl Nehru Medical College, said he had bought the SUV diesel version considering he regularly had to drive for 60 km.
“Rise prices pinched everyone and I was no exception.
But I made some lifestyle changes now.
I drove my car only for work and emergency purposes, and cut down all the recreational vehicles.
I can’t spend most of my salary buying three cars times a week, “Chowdhury said.
With input from Amit Moulick and subhojyyoti Kanjilal