Petrol's Up 41%, Diesel 40% Since March — Did It Change How You Drive?

CEYPETCO's own price history shows Petrol 92 climbing from Rs 293 a litre on 1 March to Rs 414 by 1 October, and Auto Diesel from Rs 281 to Rs 392 over the same seven months — both fuels peaked near Rs 434/Rs 407 in late May before easing slightly. That's a 41% jump for petrol and 40% for diesel in under a year, yet traffic on the roads doesn't look any lighter. One side says the price barely matters: fuel is a small slice of total ownership cost next to leasing, insurance and parts, so people just grumble and keep driving the same car the same way. The other side says it's quietly reshaping the market — more people chasing hybrids and small-capacity petrol cars, fewer joyrides, carpooling creeping into offices that never bothered before. Did this actually change your habits, or did you just absorb the cost and carry on? If you switched — fuel type, smaller engine, fewer trips — tell us what the real monthly saving turned out to be once you did the math. මාර්තු සිට පෙට්‍රල් 41%කින් සහ ඩීසල් 40%කින් ඉහළ ගිහින් — ඔයාගේ රිය පාලන පුරුදු වෙනස් වුණාද?