CNG powered cars

[Bill Howell]

Yes, I know some will shake their head at this post, but remember, we all have lives outside of protouring. Also, I have been known to think outside the box more than once so that will help explain this. Recently I bought a vehicle that is a dedicated CNG unit. It had expired tanks but only 15K miles on the clock. It was just too cheap to pass up so now I am the proud owner of a 98 15 passenger Ford E350. I have no idea what I will do with it but recently our local utility district installed a fast fill station and currently I can buy a GGE for $2.02. I have become very educated about CNG vehicles in the past month and really love the cost of GGE vs. a gallon of gasoline. I ended up buying a big tank for the van but it will be used in other vehicles down the road (in the bed of a pickup for sure). Tanks are the expensive part of the conversion but since this van was a factory CNG, I figured nothing much could go wrong. It cranked on first turn after sitting since 2008. CNG doesn't gum up or go bad. The biggest draw back I can see is having to preplan trips as there isn't many fill stations in the southeast, but there are enough if you simply do some planning.

I am just curious how many in the pt world have owned or own a CNG vehicle for a daily driver?