Snuffy said:
Well, I have never seen any vehicles go up in an explosion. So, I guess they are doing something right as many have it.
Rocky, 18,500 pesos. I swear I go through that in about 2 months using regular gasoline. So how much will I save using the Propane? Halves the life expectancy of engine...gee that is a horrible stat. Are you sure about that? I see lots of nice SUVs with propane. The other option is selling it and buying a small vehicle.
I don't have stats.
I'll tell you what managed to convince me.
My friends at Espaillat, told me not to do it, specially with an older motor, as it was almost like giving it the kiss of death.
You can well imagine that they have a trememndous amount of experience in cars, knowing what to buy and what to avoid, with nothing to gain and nothing to lose by what they told me.
I still couldn't understand the discrepancy of opinions, so I got to rethinking it a bit, then decided to go to the propane station near Sosua.
As we are good clients, by way of our restaurant consumption, and I had developed a rapport with the owner, I thought he might give it to me straight.
Everytime I go there, most of the clients are the public cars filling up, so who better to know than him.
I had previously noticed that the exhaust sound from those cars was different than normal, a bit like the sound of an inboard/outboard dielsel boat engine.
I asked him his opinion.
He replied that it definitely damaged the engines and reduced their life expectancy.
I asked him why so many drivers still converted.
He told me that they could not afford to provide the public car service otherwise, and as they are plain little Jap engines, they aren't that hard or expensive to rebuild.
In other words, it was still more economical for them, what with the tremendous amount of mileage they do everyday.