I am seriously looking into this as an alternative to petrol. Everyone and a half days, I need to pump RM30 (15.625 litres) of petrol into the van. And if I am carrying a passenger and more stuff, I have to pump even sooner. And the van gives me about a measly 180KM in return, which works out to about RM11.5 per KM. Looking at the past few months, the van guzzled up about RM400 per month. So, this means I am travelling about say, 2800KM per month.
Now, lets assume the claim of RM9.00 per full NGV tank gives me about 180KM and there is a switch (I was told) that I could switch between petrol and NVG which means, when the NGV tank is low pressure (empty) and there is no NGV Pterol station nearby, I could use petrol instead, provided I filled it up first.
OK, lets work out some theoretical numbers:
Petrol
Cost of full Tank-----RM30
Maximum distance-180KM
Cost per KM----------RM0.17
Cost for 2800KM----RM466.67
NGV
Cost of full Tank------RM9
Maximum distance--180KM
Cost per KM-----------RM0.05
Cost for 2800KM-----RM140
The cost of coversion to NGV is Rm3000 or so, and therefore, after the 10th month, it would have paid for itself already
However, all this is too good to be true, right? Yep. So far, after asking around, those using it have made me realise a few things:
1) You might have to join a long queue with the Taxis in the morning and evening. Other times, its a short queue
2) The NGV tank is huge and could take up quite a significant amount of space in the van (maybe 1/3 volume space)
3) Only Petronas has NGV
4) I cannot use my Real Reward card for a lot of points
So, is this the way to go? Time can only tell but just today, while at the Petronas station, already vans are starting to go the NGV way. I spoke to a "mini" bus driver and he showed me two tanks which costs him RM4000 four years ago, and now, he claimed the price would be RM6000 for the same two NGV tanks. Petrol prices have increased and there is the usual fear that
after the election, it would even go up more, which in turn, increases the price of goods.
But should I suggest it? The only one who is on a win-win situation would be me and not the company. Go figure.
Now, lets assume the claim of RM9.00 per full NGV tank gives me about 180KM and there is a switch (I was told) that I could switch between petrol and NVG which means, when the NGV tank is low pressure (empty) and there is no NGV Pterol station nearby, I could use petrol instead, provided I filled it up first.
OK, lets work out some theoretical numbers:
Petrol
Cost of full Tank-----RM30
Maximum distance-180KM
Cost per KM----------RM0.17
Cost for 2800KM----RM466.67
NGV
Cost of full Tank------RM9
Maximum distance--180KM
Cost per KM-----------RM0.05
Cost for 2800KM-----RM140
The cost of coversion to NGV is Rm3000 or so, and therefore, after the 10th month, it would have paid for itself already
However, all this is too good to be true, right? Yep. So far, after asking around, those using it have made me realise a few things:
1) You might have to join a long queue with the Taxis in the morning and evening. Other times, its a short queue
2) The NGV tank is huge and could take up quite a significant amount of space in the van (maybe 1/3 volume space)
3) Only Petronas has NGV
4) I cannot use my Real Reward card for a lot of points
So, is this the way to go? Time can only tell but just today, while at the Petronas station, already vans are starting to go the NGV way. I spoke to a "mini" bus driver and he showed me two tanks which costs him RM4000 four years ago, and now, he claimed the price would be RM6000 for the same two NGV tanks. Petrol prices have increased and there is the usual fear that
after the election, it would even go up more, which in turn, increases the price of goods.
But should I suggest it? The only one who is on a win-win situation would be me and not the company. Go figure.
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That van is similar to the one I am driving now
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