cng vehicles

[scrappy 10+ year member]

Does anybody have any experience with cng(compresses natural gas) vehicles? I have been checking these out lately. Natural gas is relatively cheap out west. The main thing that concerns me is the danger of it when in a crash. The civic gx looks nice but i would hate to be locked in to a cng only vehicle and have that shoot up like gasoline has. What do you guys think about these.

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[Einzee 10+ year member]

The only concern I would have is the availability of the fuel. It sounds dumb but in reality, you will have to find a "service station" or places to fill up.

 

[Joseph M 10+ year member]

actually a guy i worked with just converted his car over. its a 2002 dodge truck, the 4.3 i think?

 

[scrappy 10+ year member]

There is a few stations around my house.I wouldnt take a car like that on a long road trip since sometimes its hard enough to find gasoline in rural places. I seen a couple photos of cars that got burned and the cng one almost had no outer shell at all

 

[scrappy 10+ year member]

http://www.firetrainingresources.net/items/CNGAutoFire-FIREFIGHTERNEARMISScompressedpics.pdf

Here is a link to some of the pics

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

it's harder to store gas, and takes more room to store enough to last. liquids are easier and take up less room. ohh!......exploding would **** too.