i cant spend a large chunk of my salary buying car fuel three times a weekkolkata standing beside his sedan at a fuel station in cossipore soumya mukherjee was pondering over the fuel dispenser machine checking the total cost of fuel moments after he realised he had asked for a fulltank refill and hadnt checked that the days diesel price was rs 10014i generally refill my car tank twice or thrice a month this month i didnt use the car much and the last time i checked at the start of the month diesel was still in the early 90s i realised it has crossed rs 100 per litre only after i asked for a fulltank refill i remember i had stressed on paying more than a lakh extra three years ago for a diesel version of the car to ensure i spend less on fuel but i believe that was a bad investment considering the state we are in now said the techie a resident of dunlop advt on thursday when diesel crossed the century mark in kolkata hundreds of other car owners in the city who had bought diesel cars hoping for better savings in the long run echoed mukherjees thoughts they are in a fix as petrol and diesel prices are separated by barely rs 8 nowsince petrol price had crossed rs 100 i had barely driven my petrol sedan and had resumed driving my old dieselpowered jeep from the garage but now with even diesel crossing the rs 100 mark i believe it is time i get back on my bike i already sent it to get serviced in the morning and tomorrow onwards i will be back on my twowheeler to ensure i make some savings said rajiv sculler a former armyman and a fitness trainer who regularly drives between salt lake and his home at lake gardenswhile those who purchased small cars with diesel engines and drive around 45km daily are now regretting the decision there is still a demand for dieselpowered large vehicles like suvs for various reasons that include greater efficiency and more torque this is particularly so if a person travels more than 50km in a dayrahul chowdhury a 45yearold doctor who drives regularly between his home in new alipore and workplace at kalyani jl nehru medical college said he had bought the diesel version of the suv considering he regularly had to drive for 60kmthe price rise is pinching everyone and i am no exception but i am making some lifestyle changes now i am driving my car only for work and emergency purposes and am cutting down on all leisure rides i cant spend a large chunk of my salary buying car fuel three times a week said chowdhuryalso readpetrol crosses rs 120 per litre in mp district diesel nears rs 110the price of petrol in balaghat which shares borders with chhattisgarh and maharashtra reached rs 11923 per litresee more details advt by tamaghna banerjee tnn published on