All the gyan in the world ain't gonna help much if one is closed to different opinions!

Call me stupid, but I for one won't solely rely on what a company claims in its advertisements.

And, its not just Ravi who's complaining/complained about Shell quality. I have, Aparajith too has, there would others too, but definitely they are lesser than the numbers of people who are satisfied.

From personal experience of using the three different Shell bunks in Chennai and one bunk here in Bangalore, I can definitely say that the quality of the fuel in the Shell bunk in Bangalore is way better than what one gets in Chennai.

two links which give same information about the RON and implementation:

BS III and BS IV-91 octane
BS II-88 octance

Indian Gasoline Specification by Auto Industry in India.


Currently Delhi (&NCR), Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Agra, Kanpur, Surat and Ahmedabad are Tier I cities.

Be that as it may Praful, you will not get a similar personal jab from my side in response to yours

My point is, one example isn't enough to support the data against. Now we're just arguing semantics here.

I came across the same data, but in the Fuels thread, nabendubasu posted that it's all back to 87 octane now. I think he works in the oil industry sector.



PS: This discussion now belongs in that thread

I know rossi its going OT here, but the compannies just cannot come back to 87 octane just like that, they have to switch to BS IV by 2010 and start this by 2008.

anyways had they swithced to 87 octane my car would have told me(in terms of mileage) which isnt the case so

May be the Company is hell bent on superior quality of the fuel, so is BP, IOC, and IBP; but the particular dealer may not be.

Exactly my point Praful!

OT: Good to see that you finished what you started!
ps: Jab eh?, more like a poke actually!!!

@Sumit bhai: Did you get that mail? Still wondering how it different between tier's of cities?

Nope looks like I deleted that mail from my inbox
Anyways we can again shoot a mail to them for our queries. The problem is, I lost that link too .
Now searching for the link

Call it what you want, the forum is no place for it. You clearly did not catch on to my last post where I wanted to avoid such things. And as to who started what is evident by their respective posts. If you want to continue trying to go one up on whatever I say, please by all means do so, I will not be a party to it.

@Sumit: Please continue the discussion in the fuels thread.

If anyone has anything to contribute to this topic, take it to the fuels thread in the universal threads category. This thread has run the course of it's life.

Topic locked

Govt may cut petrol prices next week

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) With the assembly polls in major states concluding, the government may slash petrol price next week by Rs 10 a litre, diesel by Rs 3 per litre and domestic LPG by Rs 20 per cylinder in line with fall in global oil prices.
"Polling in Rajasthan will end today and with it electioneering in four major states. And so a revision in fuel prices is likely to be taken to the Cabinet at its next meeting scheduled on December 11," a government source said.

For the first time in three years, state-run Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are selling petrol at a profit of Rs 14.89 a litre and diesel at Rs 3.03 per litre.

But they continue to lose Rs 17.26 on sale of every litre of kerosene through public distribution system (PDS) and Rs 148.32 per 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder.

"The Congress-led coalition is keen on rolling back the Rs 5 a litre hike in petrol, Rs 3 per litre increase in diesel and Rs 50 per cylinder hike in LPG prices announced in June. As oil firms continue to make losses on LPG, some of the margins on petrol may be used to bring down the cooking fuel price," the source said.

Polling in Jammu & Kashmir --one of the six states that went to elections-- would end on December 24. "When even Election Commission thought it appropriate to announce results of the elections in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram (on December 8) without waiting for polling in J&K, the government, too, is inclined to cut fuel prices," he said.

State-run oil firms have seen margins turning into positive zone from November 1 but the government did not want to revise prices as the Model Code of Conduct for elections was in place that bars it from making any announcement that could be seen as appeasing voters.




Source : Press Trust of India

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...?OpenDocument:)

Topic Approved.

Yes, they are supposed to cut down on the petrol prices, but don't know WHEN! Their "next week" just doesn't seem to arrive..

P.S: @abhishek: This kind of thread already existed on the 'old' xBhp, which surprisingly is not there anymore. If I find it though, will merge it with that thread.

Thanks.

Hey Aryan, I guess u mean this thread :: http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/coffee-l...rol-price.html

But its been locked by our beloved R1-mod!

Yes that is the one. Thanks Apar.

Re-Opening the thread for discussions.

Cutting prices by as much as Rs.10/- a litre seems quite unlikely to me, really. A Rs.5/- cut would also bring smiles to our faces, I believe!

Aryan, the oil companies are now earning RS. 15/- profit on each liter of petrol which is very huge margin. After cutting rs.10/-, even 5 rupees a liter is very huge for them. It would be unfair on the government's part if they do not reduce at least rs.10/- per liter. Now, the barrel rate is below $44.

But then what about the huge losses they have been incurring in the past few years?

If they do go ahead and reduce it by Rs.8/- to Rs.10/- a litre, then nothing better, actually! Rs.44/- a litre for normal petrol sounds TERRIFIC, not to mention more weekend trips..