Lpg

[monty]

I just had my car (volvo 245) modified to run on LPG.

I run a lot of kilometers around town (approx 25000km/year) so the savings are quite substantial!

Installation was only 18000 Baht, but they still use the first generation evaporators, so you end up burning 10 to 15% more gas compared to running on 91 or 95...

You also have to keep a close eye during the installation, they not always follow the same safety rules we are used to in the west!

My car ran about 7km/liter on 95 petrol, now it runs about 6km/liter gas.

Cost per km on fuel: 3.77 Baht

Cost per km on gas: 1.6 Baht

A saving of about 2.1 Baht/liter, in my case around 50000 Baht/year.

Even in the first year I'll save over 30000 Baht after deducting costs for installation...

There are three major drawbacks:

* availability of gas, not to many pumps out of Bangkok (2 in Pattaya were I live, so no problem here)

* due to them using the first generation evaporators you also lose about 10 to 15 % power. Can be noticable on overtaking, especially on highways, but hardly a problem in city driving.

* You'll loose a big part of your trunk to the gas tank! Not to much of a problem in my Volvo since it was already huge to start with!

There are also advantages, apart from the finacial side:

* Engine runs cleaner, less polution

* engine runs smoother due to the much more complete combustion of a gas mixture, compared to the fuel mist a petrol engine has to burn...

[JimsKnight]

Yeah we have the entire VW Caravelle fleet here at the company converted to LPG also.

The 9.15 Baht to the litre is a real boon.

The range using the Gasoline is slightly greater than LPG but it sounds cleaner, is cleaner, to the extent that a catalytic converter is redundant.

Having two tanks for propulsion is a bonus too; run out of LPG, no problem switch to your auxilary power source and off you go!

Does anyone have an english list of where all the LPG stations are in Bangkok and Thailand?

There is another fuel available called NGV (according to a taxi driver) I think its similar to Gasohol but there are no fuel stations outside BKK.

[MarcoH]

Yeah we have the entire VW Caravelle fleet here at the company converted to LPG also.

The 9.15 Baht to the litre is a real boon.

The range using the Gasoline is slightly greater than LPG but it sounds cleaner, is cleaner, to the extent that a catalytic converter is redundant.

Having two tanks for propulsion is a bonus too; run out of LPG, no problem switch to your auxilary power source and off you go!

Does anyone have an english list of where all the LPG stations are in Bangkok and Thailand?

There is another fuel available called NGV (according to a taxi driver) I think its similar to Gasohol but there are no fuel stations outside BKK.

My motto is,, if you buy gazoline car, you drive gazonline

Poor people driving Diesel or LPG

we drive 40000km per year in 95