Give us a 3 cylinder 800cc compound turbo diesel built like a brick shit-house and you can have your cake and eat it to.

Power when you want it, great fuel economy when you don't.

 

My buddy ended up with a CNG vehicle almost by accident. Lucky stiff . To bad it was a Ford probe. But hey, I'll take it !

 

The problem with CNG vehicles around here is CNG's limited availability. We had only two stations in our 3 county area. They are at tow Gas company garage locations BUT do sell to the public. You have to have an open account with them and it is self service. When you are done you write your account and amount on a clip board and once a month they send you a bill. The gas company use to also have their own CNG vehicles but they phased them out a few years back after the government dropped the incentives on GNG motor fuel.

 

So, CNGs kind of a looser now. That's good to know. And kudos to the 800cc Twin turbo idea. But nhaaa.. that makes to much sense.

 

I do not think it is a loser now. Just is some parts of the country it is hard to find. In others it is readily available. CNG here is sold in Gasoline Gallon Equivalent. So you buy "one gallon" of energy for about 1/3 of the price of regular gasoline. It really is a good deal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent

 

But will it do the same job as a gallon of gasoline ? Or near the same job ?

 

It is suppose to. That is why it is sold in GGE. The amount of energy is the same in BTUs as one gallon of non-adulterated (non-ethanol) gasoline.

I have a pilot friend with one and he loves it. The local "gas" station is just down the street from my hangar at the airport. Another pilot here also has a full size van running on CNG.

I have never used CNG and have only driven his CNG car for a few miles. So all of my knowledge is second hand.

You do loose some trunk space since the gas tank has to go somewhere.

 

I'd go for it if it was cost effective for me. I hear your car is just a bit more sluggish on CNG. What does GGE mean ? something gallon equivelant ?

 

Gasoline Gallon Equivalent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent
Gasoline gallon equivalent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is not the whole story but it is close enough unless you are trying to tune an engine to get every last mpg or slightly extra performance out of it.

 

Find it curious that the EPA can declare E15 OK for 2012 Hondas while the manufacturer specifies no more than 10%. So then when you have trouble from using the 15% does the EPA cover the damages when Honda won't?

Does the EPA use specify straight gasoline for it's published, and often way off, estimated mileage numbers?