Wild at Heart

The sky rocketting petrol prices has sparked off a hot topic - Conversion to a cleaner and cheaper fuel - NGV or sometimes referred to as CNG.

NGV stands for Natural Gas for Vehicles whereas CNG is compressed Natural Gas. Both terms can be used interchangeably.

So I did a quick calculation of my petrol spending for the last few months and average just RM240 monthly (125litres). Yeah, I don’t drive that much, just sending and picking up kids from school.

If I do convert to NGV, I could save the price difference between petrol now at RM2.70 and NGV priced at RM 0.68. Making my savings just RM250 monthly or just RM3,000 yearly.

NGV conversions cost between RM3,500 to RM5,500 and with some banks 24-36 months easy payment plans, I could easily pay the installation costs, with the RM250 savings I get monthly.

So will I do it, well I will go check it out today, as the NGV conversion centre is just 2 km from my home.

Everyone needs to do something about the environment and I guess this is my contribution to green the earth and use a cleaner burning fuel.

Will keep you updated soon.

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