OUCH, gas prices.
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i filled up the buick last night for $3.19 a gal. i watched a station go from $3.09 thurs evening, to $3.19 fri morning, to $3.25 fri evening.
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There'* a lot of country'* that use LPG for cars. The US wont do it because LPG can explode. We all know gas wont do that. Can you see me rolling my eyes here. I don't think you will get as much power from it, but for daily driving, it would be a great alternative. Would make a nice project car.
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we went over lpg and cng which sound like such better alternatives although their range isn't as good for smaller cars and it takes a lot of pressure to keep them in the most efficient state.
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I don't seeing it work for highway driving or very long distances. But around town and stuff it would be nice. We have a LPG forklift where I work for outside.
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The EPA has kept CNG conversions out of legal reach, you have to get any CNG converted car to inspected to EPA standards. The certification costs 10,000 dollars. CNG is a ton cheaper than gas, and even while they have a shorter range, Americans used to drive cars that went 6 miles on a gallon of gas, thats just the way I see it though.
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I do almost nothing but city driving due to school and work where the fastest I go is 55 and thats just to get to town so I thhink i could benefit from it, be nice if the car could be a duel fuel system
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hell i've put over 4k on my car this month and have seen the prices raise in different states. the last time i filled up was just north of milwaukee and it was $3.359 i took on 12.851 gallons for a lovely total of $43.17 and looky there i got to go fill her up again. may go get ethanol this time it'* only $2.47 here