After rising fuel prices, vehicle users complain about the increasingly expensive Pertalite

TIME.CO, Jakarta – Vehicle users flock to complain about the subsidized fuel type Pertalite, considered increasingly expensive. A few days after the fuel price hike, they filed the complaint via their Facebook social media account.

There are at least five accounts that realize that Pertalite is coming here faster wine. A Facebook user also claimed that his vehicle’s fuel needle was reduced even if it was turned off or parked.

Here are some complaints from owners of the vehicles they use subsidized fuel Pertalite type:

“In the last few days the petrol runs out quickly with use not too far away, sometimes it is enough to park it, the fuel needle can be reduced, is there a leak? Where do you usually go? I saw that under the bike there was no dripping and there was neither gas nor gas “, write account Suzuki address Indonesia.

“I think Pertalite gasoline is now volatile, more efficient”, write an account called Ahmad Hartatto.

“My bike is Beat. Buy full Pertalite gasoline, that’s why you now get 12 orders at short distance, gasoline is out, usually there are still 22 orders left. Gasoline is now running out quickly”, write account Go-Jek Driver Community.

“Besides the price has gone up, why do I feel that Pertalite also runs out quickly, when you refill the gasoline amperage, the amperage drops very quickly?” complained about an account called Aby Ya.

“No wonder I feel that way too, do you feel it too? Like the difference between Pertalite now and before. If that’s true, let’s make it viral”, wrote Hisham Mahrus Ali.

Regarding this issue, automotive expert Bebin Djuana was reluctant to comment. Because according to him, Pertamina should explain, if that’s really the case.

In addition, he also said that in the past, fuel oil (BBM) could actually be reduced but the quantity was not conspicuous. He was confused (if it is true that Pertalite is more expensive) why this could happen.

“Before adopting Euro 2, there was actually a decline, but the quantity wasn’t noticeable, but the quality dropped dramatically, so it’s like kerosene and the gas tank is left like asphalt,” he said. Tempo.co.

publisher Tempo.co he also tried to contact Pertamina Patra Niaga’s corporate secretary, Irto Ginting today, Saturday, September 17, 2022. However, until this article was published, he had not responded.

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