Compressed Natural Gas car

Elspode · 07-28-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

He says it cost about $12 to fill up, and the tank lasts for about 200 miles.

My Exploder gets 15 mpg. I just paid $3.79 a gallon today. That's 25.6 cents per mile.

His is 6 cents per mile based on $12 for 200 miles. My meager calculation skills tell me that he's getting somewhere near 60 mpg gasoline equivalent if all the other figures are correct.

Color me envious.

glatt · 07-28-2008, 08:58 PM

Yeah, well, I can't verify these numbers. It's all hearsay. But I don't think he's trying to BS me.

Maybe he pays $12 each time he fills it up, but he fills it up (tops off the tank) whenever it drops below half a tank. There are few places to fill the tank, and if it were my car, I'd make sure the tank never got too low. Otherwise you would be stranded. (It has a standard looking fuel gauge in the dash.)

So maybe the $12 is what it costs to fill half a tank.

Either way, the mileage is good, and he gets to use the HOV lanes, so his commutes are much faster, and it's better for the environment.

07-28-2008, 08:58 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, well, I can't verify these numbers. It's all hearsay. But I don't think he's trying to BS me. Maybe he pays $12 each time he fills it up, but he fills it up (tops off the tank) whenever it drops below half a tank. There are few places to fill the tank, and if it were my car, I'd make sure the tank never got too low. Otherwise you would be stranded. (It has a standard looking fuel gauge in the dash.) So maybe the $12 is what it costs to fill half a tank. Either way, the mileage is good, and he gets to use the HOV lanes, so his commutes are much faster, and it's better for the environment.

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