NGV User

Comes January 2012, another RM 150 ++ will go

2011-12-21T16:43:00.000-08:00

So to all NGV user, comes January prepares yourself to dish out RM 150 to install new kit to your existing NGV system. The so called leakage detection kit is compulsory to be installed in all NGV.
It a good safety system develeoped by local company. I wonder there's such thing in other part of the world.

Source : Kosmo

puspakom b5 change of ownership inspection

2011-11-17T18:50:00.001-08:00

I done my inspection at Puspakom Desa Tun Razak. This is my story.

Below is what I gathered from Puspakom website on their operation hours.

Operating Hours

Monday to Friday :
8am - 6pm
Every Saturday :
7am - 1pm
Off Day :
Sunday

I off as early as 10 minutes before 7 am since it was stated that they start from 7 am. When I reached there, I have to asked a taxi driver where to do B5 inspection, unfortunately he didn't know about it. So, I went straight to the main gate, nobody was there and I asked one fine guy and he showed me where to line up. By the look of it, I'm the first one in line.

To be continued....I have some urgent matters to deal with.

This is my ads in Mudah.

2011-11-13T18:52:00.000-08:00

Price : RM 8 500	Make: Proton	Model: Wira
Reg. year: 1997	Mileage: 200 000 - 249 999	Transmission: Auto
Engine Capacity: 1500 cc
Accessories: Solar Film, Sport rims, Alarm, Central lock, Adjustable steering

Proton Wira Aeroback 1.5 GL Auto 1997 utk dijual.

Interior cantik. Sport rims cantik

Ia dilengkapi dengan NGV. Jimat minyak. Sesuai utk buat kenderaan pergi balik pejabat. (Option: kalau tak nak pakai, tanggalkan saja)Kos pasang NGV pun lbh kurang RM 4,000.

Saya nak jual sbb dah beli myvi baru.

Area: Cheras

Call XXXXX: 01X XXXXXXX

(Petronas terdekat isi gas di Bandar Tasik Selatan,sebelah LRT,Komuter,ERL)

# I'm gonna delete the ads by today.

I sold my NGV wira

2011-11-13T18:45:00.000-08:00

Mmm, it a kind of sad day to bit farewell to old friend, Wira Aeroback NGV to another owner. This morning I completed change of ownership procedure in JPJ Bandar Tasik Permaisuri.

I done my Puspakom inspection on Saturday. I'll blog about it in much more detail in later entry. Well. life must go on. Tara to my wira for all the years.

I'm sorry to all those guys that call me and offer to buy my car. There's one guy from Kluang, Johor that was really interested to buy it. I'm sorry the car goes to the first person that viewed the car in the evening of the same day it advertised in Mudah. Thanks for calling anyway.

Puspakom inspection

2011-11-09T23:55:00.001-08:00

Right, I'm going to do transfer of ownership Puspakom inspection this Saturday. I'm going to Puspakom Desa Tun Razak.

Let's see how it goes.

Address & Contact

No. 1 & 3, Jalan 1/118C,
Desa Tun Razak
Industrial Park,
56000 Cheras,
Kuala Lumpur.

Tel : 03-9171 4592
Fax : 03-9173 6199

Operating Hours

Monday to Friday :
8am - 6pm

Every Saturday :
7am - 1pm

Off Day :
Sunday

farewell to my old friend- my wira ngv

2011-11-08T23:31:00.000-08:00

The time has come to let go my 1997 1.5 GL Auto Wira NGV. I had a wonderful time using gas. I remembered vividly when I converted my car to NGV in Suria, Batu Caves. I opted for the largest tank available; 60L.

Immediate problem aroused from the rear suspensions. Apart from that, not much of a problem.

Until last year when the gas inlet start giving me some problems then I changed it. Then the switch lights (to indicate how many gas remaining in the tank). The switch still work but when using petrol, the timing is way off.

I used my wira everyday to work until lately.

I advertised my car in MUDAH and received plenty of calls. Hopefully one lucky buyer will get the pleasure of driving my WIRA.

Good bye friend.

fill up gas

2010-05-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday is my 2nd time refilling gas with a not so new gas head. It's fine, no more gas sound escaping from the nozzle.

Next week is school holiday. Honestly, I really like school holiday because the road is less congested. So, going back and forth from works is a breeze.

I'm thinking of going camping somewhere near water fall or stream. I need to bring herbal insect repellent to get rid of mosquitoes. Better safe then sorry. With dengue, chikunga (I'm not sure it is the correct spelling), better be prepared. Or better brings insect killer, coil, lemon grass concentrated, uv based mosquitoes killer......

NGV Gas inlet changed

2010-05-23T17:55:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, I went to Suria NGV. I changed my leaky gas inlet. It cost me RM 150. That one is not the new one, it used part. The new one cost about RM 280. I changed the rubber rings twice in the old part before I decided to change to a new one.

I tried to refill on Sunday and it's working. One problem solved but there's another one or two.
First, my meter is not working.
Second, I cannot use petrol.
Ahh..Life is full of challenges.

I thought of doing service package of RM 88 for Iswara and RM 98 for Wira offered by Suria. It includes tapet adjustment, oil filter, air filter, oil and tuning. May be next month...

still not working

2010-05-18T18:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I fixed my car. As I mentioned before, I cannot use petrol. Now, they said, I have a problem with my newly changed carburettor. Ok, I accept that.

When I refill my gas, the outlet pipe burst again. I have no choice to switch to petrol. Now, suddenly it's working. Unfortunately, I cannot switch to gas. Confuse.

I will go to other installer later this week.

Fixed my ngv

2010-05-17T01:15:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, I fixed my NGV system. I cost me RM 30.00. It's working but I cannot use petrol since the tuning is so slow, the engines stops. I think I need to go and find another NGV shops to fix this.

My right lower arms also had been changed. It cost me RM 55 and another RM 35 to get it done. Now, my alignment tends to go right. Everything goes wrong with my car...

my ngv is not working

2010-05-14T01:11:00.000-07:00

My car's ngv is not working. Since last time I wrote in this blog, I replaced my carburetor with generic China made one since the original cost a lot more. The mechanic did not really know how to fit it properly.

Now, I cannot switch on my car on gas. Pity. More money to spend on petrol 2 to 3 times more money spend on fuel. Normally, 1 week I spent about RM 30 to 40 now, RM 30 for 2-3 day only.

I will try to fix it this Saturday. If not, headache. In the meantime just drink alkaline water from my best water filter, Hai O.

Let see if I can fix this problem next week.
To all of you have a great weekend. Hope mine will.....Tara

O ring to the rescue.

2009-11-18T00:37:00.000-08:00

It seems like been a long time since I'm writing in this blog. Nothing really much happened to my ngv car. It seems working fine except small small item. Yesterday, I simply replaced my O ring. It cost me RM 2.00. A simple O ring that I think you can get it in hardware shop for 50 cent. This is second time, I replaced it. I just get it from the pump attendant.

I think it is vital to check it since I noticed when I lock the hose to my inlet pipe, I can hear gas escaping. I may be wrong but it may well happens. So, you lose some gas to the environment and not to your tank. For me, it is important since less gas in, less mileage and I need to refuel more often. I wish I can put 2 gas tank to my car so that I don't have to refuel every 2 day or less. Then, it's not practical. Heavy and taking up some much space.

Less than a week to go

2009-09-14T22:42:00.000-07:00

Eid is coming. Service your car for long journey home to beloved hometown. I'll like to share with you of getting the most of using NGV (gas). I frequently go down south particularly Kota Tinggi, Johor for work. I normally fill up gas at Subang Airport's Petronas (where else) and petrol too. I managed about 190 km. That's from Subang Jaya (NKVE) to over Ayer Keroh exit. I really push it until the end...I'm not recommend you to do this.

When it's about to go out, I pull my car to the highway kerb and change to petrol. Next I continue my journey until Ayer Hitam where I refuel the gas. It's really near the toll booth. Exit the highway. Turn right (traffic light) and go about 100 to 200 metres from there on the right. You can see Shell first on the right before you see Petronas. It's a huge station and rather new but only one pump (two hoses). It's really convenient because of not many car waiting.

Once refilled, I continue back the journey back through highway. Exit Kulai, there's two Petronas station with gas. One on the right (from highway through Kulai town), and one on the road to Kota Tinggi.

There you go, Have a Safe Journey and Happy Hari Raya.

Weird crash

2009-09-11T16:33:00.000-07:00

Accident do happens. As many believe and we always see it. But weird accidents really open up your mind. How it's happens and a lot of unanswered questions. So, let's have a look at some of it, just enjoy and leave the questions unanswered. Do we really need to know.

Find out more.

What a video...ha...ha...ha.....

2009-09-10T16:08:00.000-07:00

No offense to women drivers, this video is really amusing. I can't stop laughing. It's all about driving. This that happens out of ordinary. Some of it, I really can't believe it's really real thing.

Check out this video...It's really good

2009-09-10T01:43:00.000-07:00

Take your precious 38 minutes break and really sit down before you watch it. The best video I ever watched. Why some people make and some don't. Wow, the power of visualisation and the most important thing is the following up with action.

Enjoy and may this change your life to the better.

Petrol price goes up and up and up

2009-09-01T22:03:00.000-07:00

Have you heard in the news, the new petrol RON95 will be selling at RM 1.80 from previous price of RM 1.75. RON97 (the existing fuel) is now considered PREMIUM fuel and sells at RM 2.05.

My point is people will select RON95 regardless what others say, simply because of the price.

Good news is the gas price for NGV user is still the same. Petrol price had been increased drastically, then decreased gradually and the gas price is still the same. I'm really glad that I'm NGV user.

Funny photos...c'mon have a break

2008-11-28T17:00:00.000-08:00

Have a little break...look at this photos.

I can't imagine myself driving these kind of car to my office everyday...but it's fun anyway.

More from this Russian site

Scare off...

2008-11-27T17:30:00.000-08:00

Now security has come so handy. Take some action and folds...literally. Check this foldable CCTV.

Kenn Munk created this cool looking CCTV out of paper. So guys, you can do it too and stick up your wall. Start printing and relax in the urban jungle and deter any predator.

A total loss...

2008-11-27T17:28:00.000-08:00

It's one thing about buying a good expansive car. You'll definitely think you are untouchable. Look at me...I can afford it and my car has more stars of NCAP with a lot of gizmos in it...ABS,airbag, side airbag, blah..blah...blah..

But the truth is you are what you are.
Drive carefully and responsibly. Don't let these things happened..I bet although the driver survived or gladly survived, the impact must takes its toll to the body. Human body is only a soft flesh wrapped around bones.

It's scary but luckily the driver survived. So to all of us, 'Drive Carefully'. More photos in here.

Balik kampung time...

2008-09-27T22:18:00.000-07:00

It's a festive season once again, as in Malaysia, we're blessed with 3 or 4 major festivities such as Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Hari Raya and Christmas and no matter what your religion is, festive season is the moment where we all celebrate the unique situation that not really happened in other part of the world.

NGV user having enjoyed the saving part of using compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel, surely, would want to still using it when travelling back to our kampung or urban 'kampung'. Unfortunately for us, there's no where we can show off our huge gas tank at the back of our car. Speaking with, almost all NGV refuelling station located around Klang Valley.

Here is the list from Petronas on where about of the stations but it still not updated. I noticed several newly opened stations were not listed in there.

Check out NGV stations. It's worth to print out and put it in your dashboard.

I had experienced on our journey back to my kampung in Perak. I filled up the gas tank together with my petrol tank. I filled up at NGV station near Selayang. I drove all the way north and let the gas run dry. Caution, when the gas ran out, the power cut almost immediately, you must direct your car to the emergency lane on the highway. Be be prepare when the indicator light turned red.

Anyway, I managed to drive it just after the old Jelapang tol plaza on the way up climbing the steep slope. I drove around 180 km on a single full tank journey whicwas about a little bit more than RM 10.00. What a drive. That the interesting part to tell anybody who's willing to ask or interested.

The non-intersting part was it's only one way. Continuing the journey to and back from kampung was on petrol. So, the saving is only partial but at least it helps.

So, to all fellow NGV user, filled up your gas tank and enjoy the saving albeit half way. Happy holiday and safe driving.

Happy Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to all muslims and to all non-muslims, enjoy the long holidays and indulge yourself in the festive moods.

Refueling your NGV...manners

2008-09-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

Refueling compressed natural gas (CNG) is a litte bit different from refueling petrol. It takes about twice the time taken to fuel up your tank gas. Adds up to waiting several cars especially behind those taxis, easily it takes 10 to 15 minutes.

Acknowledge this, efficiency of operator with the help the car owner is quite crucial. As most of NGV user are male; it should not be a problem for a little help to speed up time.

Roughly I listed several things that should be in practice i.e unwritten rules:

1) Release your hood while waiting, so that when it comes to your turn, the operator can open it straight away. Some taxis even open the hood which I would not prefer as you will drive your car through small opening in between the hood.

2) When you reached the refueling station, go out and open the hood, if the operator is busy on others. It's fine if the operator is not so busy, he can do it for you. Cut the crap. Throw your ego away. It's after all, the cheapest fuel at hugely subsidize price of 68 sen per litre. So, you in it because you are not bother mixing around with those who need it.

3)Sometimes, when you open your hood, the operator will get the hose and start refueling.

4) If still no operator available, go grab that hose. Press that 'START' button or switch. Then, latch it to your inlet valve and turn on the switch. That it, easy.Relax and watch for the meter. Prepare your money and some loose change.

5)After your gas tank fully filled, the operator will unhook it. Now, you hand in your money and you can close your hood. You wait for your change and off you go. I normally reset my speedometer, so I know when exactly I have to refuel.

6) If not operator available, unhook it yourself, close your hood and hand in your payment.

p.s
This guide is intended for some user which new to NGV. It's not trying to ridicule anybody. After all, even when you refueling using petrol, you have to do everything by your own. It not an issue actually. Just to make life easier for us and everybody. "Happy Driving".

This is whacky..

2008-09-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

Are you afraid of ghosts? Well, afraid no more. Look at this Thai's commercial. It's so funny. Well, it's a kind of truth that ghosts exist in the dark. In light, we aren't afraid of anything...

Mobile DJ

2008-09-05T15:04:00.000-07:00

Nothing on the radio to satisfy you. You wish for a DJ to cheer up your day. The answer may be here. Call Olaf. He may not be so busy to come to your house in his Mobile DJ and entertain you. Nice one Olaf.

A portable car...

2008-09-05T06:36:00.000-07:00

From this to...this one.

Car in the suitcase. Or rather a small mini tricycle. It's such a novelty thing to have. No specific uses but if you have extra cash then why not. But it's not available in the market.

I rather go for a fold-bicycle.

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This sounds like a different kind of fun...

2008-09-04T22:32:00.000-07:00

Roller coaster always associated with high speed, high adrenalin kind of fun. Those who are afraid of trying roller coaster, FEAR NOT! You can still enjoy roller coaster in Japan, but in a different kind of approach. PEDAL-POWERED ROLLER COASTER.It may sound dull but I guess it shared the same thrill you got when you on board the conventional roller coaster. Just look at the track if you don't believe it. Just hop in and cycle it. The best thing, you'll enjoy the experience and at the end of the track, I'm sure you'll pretty exhausted. What a good way to exercise and having fun in the same time.

Check out more in this site.

It's a car or big boy toy?

2008-08-21T23:25:00.000-07:00

Stand up! Introducing Flatmobile, the lowest street car as recognized by Guiness World Records. It's only 19 inches (48 cm ) tall. Hei, I like to have one, cruising around my town... NOT in a city though, you definitely gonna suck in exhaust fumes from other vehicles.

Word of caution, other driver may not notice you on their side mirror and you will be flat out in the flatmobile if they change lane. No...

Find it more in George's space

Weird Accidents

2008-01-20T00:42:00.001-08:00

You will definitely scratching your head when looking at this photos.

How come the huge ball end it up on top of that pity car.

Look at that truck...Hey you, truck driver, prepare for a big dough...The owner want it back as good as new...

Seriously if you want more check this out...

Bye 2007, Hello 2008

2008-01-01T09:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome 2008. Thanks 2007.

In 2007, I was introduced to compressed natural gas as a substitute to petrol or gasoline. I'm more attracted to low price of gas rather the green sides that finally convinced me to installed conversion kit on my 10-year-old Wira Aeroback. Despite all the negative and skeptical views from close friends, I determined to go ahead.

Now, after about 6 months into NGV, I'm a fairly satisfied customer. Of course, in all things, you will only know the whole truth when you are in it. After all, its not all roses in using compressed natural gas. There's some regular maintenance that you need to do every 20 000 km or 3 to 4 months.

Besides that you need to bear with waiting in lines, limited number of refilling stations (especially you are out of KL), increase car weight, less car boot space, increase awareness to availability of remaining gas in the tank while driving, limited amount of gas can be refilled at one time and a whole lot more.
(Wait for my 6-month review on using gas)

So, 2007, I'm quite content with it and hello 2008. Hope it will bring more joy to NGV user.

Happy New Year everybody...

Not from NGV tank...what a relief

2007-12-02T22:00:00.000-08:00

Blast scene

I just read something that relief me from imagining terrifying thing happens to me while refueling.

The blast in NGV Refuelling station in Jln Jambu Jerteh, Jinjang was not linked to compressed gas in the tank.

It was an oxy-acetylene gas tank kept in the boot of a Mercedes-Benz that exploded at a Petronas petrol station here on Thursday and not the car’s NGV cylinder, a Petronas Dagangan Berhad statement said yesterday.

The statement said the NGV cylinder was found intact.

“Based on our initial investigation and as reported by the customer, the probable source of the explosion was from a gas cylinder used for welding (normally containing oxy-acetylene gas) kept in the boot of the customer’s car, and not the NGV tank as reported,” it said.

Read more

However, please remind the existing rules: No hand phones, smoking and cut off that engines...

In addition to that, no flammable items in the boot such as cooking gas tank, wielding gas or petrol in a container.

NGV Explosion in Malaysia: Scary

2007-12-01T09:25:00.000-08:00

What a blast...

It gives me a fright to think about it. Now, it happens in Malaysia, as reported in The Star:

KUALA LUMPUR: A man cheated death when an NGV gas cylinder in his car boot exploded at a petrol station in Jalan Jambu Jerteh, Jinjang here.

The 3.50pm incident occurred after the man in his 30s had just finished refuelling his Mercedes Benz at the petrol station.

Although the car did not catch fire, its rear was damaged.

It was learnt that the driver had been talking on his mobile phone immediately after pumping gas into the cylinder.

The explosion also caused damage to the petrol station and a taxi parked nearby.

Find out more

Look at that unlucky taxi...

Health and safety aside; we all know that for sure, but for me sometimes , I refuelled without cutting of my engine to keep my wife in the car with a cool temperature while waiting for it.

Now, not anymore...

Very fast 3-wheeler...

2007-11-01T04:41:00.000-07:00

If you think this 3-wheeler is not a very fast car by the look of it...then you are wrong.

This little car can go from 0 to 60 mph in 5 secs. On top of that, those things that associate with fast car which is not so green such as high fuel consumption and all that gas emission are reduced drastically.

It has low fuel consumption due to the fuelvapor technologies used in the engine. The regular gasoline is converted to gas before entering the combustion chamber. It has 30% less CO2 emission.

Check it out this weird looking car.

This is so cool...motorhomes with a built-in car park

2007-10-26T19:22:00.000-07:00

This is so cool..look at these..Although the site is in Russian but pictures can always tell thousand words.

It's so nice and comfy.I want one...please can I have one...

More from this site Byaki.net

The reason why you should stick to Kancil....

2007-10-26T04:28:00.000-07:00

Getting you hand onto one of the supercool car doesn't really equate to practical really...I think it's stuck to a dreamy world.

Yes dreamy world to most of us (no money lah..can't afford it) and to select few that fortunate enough to play with this toy.

Is it a bike or a car? No, it's both...sort of

2007-09-28T21:33:00.000-07:00

I think this is the most fun toy ever built. It's revolutionary. It has 3 wheels, it tilts like a bike and it's also a hybrid vehicle.

It can accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 6 seconds with a top speed of over 100 mph
Believe it or not, tt has the same height and length as MINI Cooper. This vehicle is classified as a motorcycle by NHTSA because it has 3 wheels.

The price is from $ 18,000 to $23,000. Come on, let's have one.

There's lot more in the official "VentureOne" site

Dent remover.....unique technique

2007-09-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

This is interesting. Remove that annoying car dent with a hair dryer and an air duster for computer (compressed carbon dioxide gas).

Simple and yet effective. That's what I like about it. I'll try that and let see what happens.

Fuel saving...petrol way but NOT my way.

2007-09-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, my sister-in-law came to our house and tried to promote a 'Biomolecule' additive to increase engine performance and fuel saving up to 25%.

When I read the brochure, it's stated that a standard fuel consumption of RM 0.25 per km (I think this is conservative value based on ideal conditions, I guess most old car can go to 30 cents or more). With a saving of 25% only equates to RM 0.0625 that gives you RM 0.1875 per km.

I'm smile when I look at these figures since when I'm first started using compressed natural gas as alternative fuel besides regular unleaded petrol I recorded every single time I refuel.

The average gas consumption for my car is RM 0.06 per km. The consumption can be from as low as RM 0.04 to RM 0.07 per km.

Look at the saving using compressed natural gas = RM 0.19 per km(no fuel additive added).

Say you run 100 km.
Petrol - you will spend RM 25.00
Gas (CNG) - you will only spend RM 6.00 .....RM 19.00 saving. which means you can go extra about 316 km more. That about 3.16 times.

That about from KL to Alor Setar in Kedah (of course that the theory since max. 1 tank of 66-litre gas can only go about 200 km before refueling and there's one one place to refuel up north; Penang.)

Can you see that...I'm really feel I made a correct and timely decision to convert my car to use compressed natural gas. Forget about the initial cost...which about RM 3,000 to 5,000 depending on type of engine. You can easily recoup the cost through saving in less than a year.

Ignore all the skeptic view around converting such as long queue,heavy,not many refueling stations,too many taxis etc... Look at the saving. You can treat all you friend with a round of proper meal and still look fine.

I personally, saves around RM 10 per day or about RM 300 per month.I'm hardly using petrol now unless in unavoidable situation.

Of course, people say the saving due to low gas price which is at RM 0.68 per litre compared to RM 1.92 per litre for petrol.

Well, look globally such Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan. The gas price is lower than petrol. That's why people using it. NOT because they are environmentally-conscious although it's comes handy since it emits less carbon monoxide and others.

Radical new tyre design....future

2007-09-05T17:45:00.000-07:00

Have a sneak look at the future. Radical new type of tyres. Look at that, it's like "back to history" look. Like a horse cart's wheels to me.

If you look closely, there's no valve to put in air. It's really looks like kids bike's wheel... Look at the slim rubber on the wheel rims
The tires put in action.It's look weird right?

More photos on radical new tyres.

More on Tesla Roadster..the electric supercar

2007-09-05T17:32:00.000-07:00

Previously I wrote about the supercool environmental-friendly electric supercar that car accelerate for 0 to 100 km/h in 4 seconds flat. Here's the review in video

As he said in the video, it's seems incomplete since the sound of the car accelerates and driving is relatively silence compared to conventional car such as Lotus etc....(No exhaust)

Read my previous post.

A new concept for future automobiles

2007-09-04T05:06:00.000-07:00

You know straight away that it's a Merz. Beware look can be deceiving. Well this concept car really put gamers' fantasy into reality.

Just look at the driver's seat. It's just a joystick to drive it. For me, it looks like flying a jet. So, flight sims' gamer can really feels at home with this car.

Find out more in Frogview.com

Lesson to be learnt...

2007-09-04T04:47:00.000-07:00

I'm just came back from work. Half way on my way home, I just noticed that the engine temperature shooting up to the red zone...so quickly I pulled over to the roadside.

I waited for a few minute until the temperature went down slightly. Then I filled up the spare reservoir. It was empty. I didn't dare to open up the radiator cap...it was hot and dangerous.

I was lucky that I noticed the temperature early before anything bad happens.

So, remember guys...regularly check your radiator water. Gas ignites at a higher temperature than petrol..so the engine is hotter and to keep it cool, extra works for radiator.

Check your water. Don't wait until smoke comes out of your bonnet.

Police cars all around the world

2007-09-03T09:12:00.000-07:00

Do you like fast cars? How about superfast police's car? That's interesting...Here a sample of it for your pleasure...

A whole lot more of police cars

Mercedes Brabus CLS Police car
Hummer Police Car

Italy's Lamborghini Gallardo Police Car

German's Porche 911 Carrera Police Car

Can you imagine that....

2007-09-01T07:30:00.000-07:00

Look at these photos....funny right, how's on earth it ever been like that...

Real sand castle...car

Portable fuel pump?

I'm also like to do that

Can get enough...Here's more of it.

Future is here......but not for light-pocket person

2007-09-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

0 to 100 km in 4 seconds. Max speed of over 200 km/h. Hey, it must be performance car.

Now, there's one more twist...it's 100% electric. Can you believe it...Electric performance car with a look to envy. You must be joking.

Introducing Tesla Roadster. Look at the photos..Awesome. Interested....Fork out USD 100,000 and it's yours.

It's really interesting. No spark plug to worry off, no motor oil,filter,belts. The only maintenance is checking tyres and brakes. Also totally zero emission. Wow, it's sound good to me..give me one.

One catch, if you want to refuel opps..recharge prepare to wait minimum 3.5 hours. Ouch...

Read more of this Tesla Roadster

Painful to see

2007-08-30T15:50:00.000-07:00

Have a look at accidents involving luxury cars. I guess when money is not an object, people just drive it like it's worthless. They may have all the money in the world, but they probably can't handle the power of such car.

Persona unveiled as Savvy and Waja transform...

2007-08-28T20:24:00.000-07:00

Malaysian car producer unveiled a new sedan car (actually it's a sedan version of previous Gen-2 hatchback model)called Proton Persona. The name actually is quite confusing since it had been used in the UK for Proton Wira.

It's much longer than Gen-2 because of extra car boot space that actually perfect I guess for 66L cylinder gas.

Proton expecting 4,000 cars per month for Persona and it's hoping to recouping previous model that not really up to the mass market taste such as Waja, Gen-2 and Savvy.

So, what they going to do with them, so quick and fast move is to remodel the whole thing like what they did to Satria Neo.

What to see a sneak preview of this HOT new remodel Waja and Savvy. Here it goes...

Savvy now comes with a lot of extra features NOT available to other cars. Handy in tight situation such as trapping in a very long traffic jam.

The mighty powerful WAJA. Ready for a battle..watch out ROAD BULLIES.

Merry-goes-around and around and around....

2007-08-28T19:39:00.000-07:00

Have you ever cme across a roundabout. I guess, everyone had one. But have you seen this kind of roundabout. It's called "Magic Roundabout".

Don't be confused with the Magic Roundabout; the children's television series although the name inspired from that . It's a real thing in Swindon, England. It was constructed in 1972.

Remember if you are in England, why not go to Swindon and experience the "magic of a humble roundabout". After all, it's the most practical and simplest innovation that really works!

Look at the signboard. The Magic Roundabout.

Cars go around and around.

What a view

Get to know the whole story.

Need to find more info on NGV

2007-08-03T04:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the links to various associations that are involved in promoting compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the whole world.

International Association of Natural Gas Vehicles

Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association (ANGVA)

European Natural Gas Vehicles Association

Natural Gas Vehicles Association

Natural Gas Vehicles Coalition

California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition

Portugease Natural Gas Association

Band new MPV with NGV conversion kit.

2007-08-02T00:22:00.001-07:00

Brand new NGV Naza Ria and Citra.

Naza Automotive Manufacturing Sdn Bhd manager Mohamad Shalan Hassan said the company had spent the last six months developing prototype variants of the Naza Ria and Naza Citra – dubbed NGV Naza Ria and NGV Naza Citra.

“The NGV Naza Ria's 150-litre capacity can offer a mileage of 346.5km based on a 11km per litre consumption rate,” he said, adding that the consumer version of the NGV Ria had a 70-litre capacity that could last about 161.7km.

More from The Star.

Naza Ria 2.5 A GS Model RM 103,888.00
Naza Ria 2.5 A SE Model RM 109,888.00
Naza Ria 2.5 A NGV Model RM 107,888.00

If you want one click on this.

Natural-gas-powered bicycle

2007-07-31T23:50:00.000-07:00

We have motorcycle powered by natural gas. Now, have you heard about bicyle powered by natural gas. I know you must be thinking of these...Now look at these, is this the bicycle powered by natural gas?

Of course not, it's a picture of a boy stealing natural gas in China. You never know, there's one somewhere in this world.

From ethanol to compressed natural gas

2007-07-26T06:14:00.000-07:00

The journey of Brazil in enhancing their natural resources to be used in their vehicle is not new.

A desire to reduce dependency to imported petrol lets them to be creative with what they already have.

Brazil, however, has seen it all before. In the mid-1970s, the government initiated the “Proalcool” programme to convert sugar cane into ethanol with the aim of becoming the first country in the world to convert to renewable fuel.

Its motives were the same as in America today — independence from imported oil — but the reasons were entirely economic rather than due to concerns over security of supply or the environment.

It was a happy coincidence that Brazil’s ethanol-powered cars produced 50% less greenhouse gases than equivalent petrol engines.

Sales of ethanol cars dropped to almost zero by 1997 and stayed that way until the idea was revived in 2003 when oil prices started to rise again.

This time the ethanol cars had an important difference: “flexi-fuel”. Today’s models can run on both petrol and ethanol. A computer control unit detects what kind of fuel is in use and adjusts the engine accordingly. It was developed in Brazil by Magneti Marelli, the electronic-component company that is part of Fiat.

The government’s new idea is to promote CNG (compressed natural gas). Brazil has large reserves of natural gas and access to further supplies from neighbouring Bolivia.

CNG is cheap — the cost per kilometre is less than half that of petrol and alcohol.

Magneti Marelli has risen to the challenge with its Tetrafuel system. This is a single-engine, electronic-control unit that can detect and automatically switch between CNG and liquid fuel which can be 100% petrol, 100% ethanol, or any combination of the two.

Page 1 from Times Online

Page 2

Have a look at Magneti Marelli TetraFuel Technology

Drastic measure

2007-07-26T06:03:00.000-07:00

Is is a bit strange that although Iran is no.2 oil producer in OPEC, it seems that it has low supply of it in its own country.

Gangs of youths torched petrol stations and long queues developed at pumps in Tehran after the Iranian Government announced the start of fuel rationing, causing the kind of violent protests rarely seen in the Islamic Republic.

In the past, cheap pump prices have encouraged such widespread consumption that, despite its huge oil production rate, Iran has ironically been forced to spend billions of dollars each year importing petrol.

My Green Families

2007-07-25T07:54:00.001-07:00

Actually this is the basic things that make up a conversion kit to use compressed natural gas.

This is my 66-litre steel tank

My solenoid valve link to a fuel selector switch next to my steering wheel.

And this one is a refuelling valve. You fit in a refuelling nozzle to it at the gas station.
Last but not least, gas regulator. It regulates the gas pressure from high pressure (about 200 psi in compressed gas in the tank to atmosphere pressure, I think).

There's another one that is not shown here, a mixer or injector. This one mix gas with air and feed it to the carburettor (in case of mine) before going into the combustion chamber.

Don't do it like me

2007-07-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

I just came back from refuelling my car at my nearest station. My indicator showed red light but I still believed that I can make it to the station.

Half way there, my car started showing like there no more gas left. So, I parked my car at the roadside and switched to petrol.

The loss of power was so sudden that luckily not many car on the road. Imagine your are in a busy road and no way to park your car. Trouble is coming your way...

It was about 10 km on petrol when I got to the station. RM 10.48 for 211 km which is about 5 cents per 1 km.

Not bad compared to about 30 cents per km on petrol I guess. Next week I'm gonna use petrol for a whole week and compare the consumption of petrol and gas.

I'll tell you about it later on.

Gasoline or petrol as an engine lubricator

2007-07-24T04:48:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder why my installer advised me to let the car spend overnight over petrol, now I know the answer. It's because the nature of gas.

Technically, CNG engines are not that different from gasoline or diesel ones.

“There’s a little bit of modification because the fuel is dry, being a gas,” said Dan Masood, an instructor in alternative fuels at the New England Institute of Technology.

“It’s not a liquid so it hasn’t the lubricating qualities like gasoline and diesel.” Differences include hardened valves and a higher compression ratio because of the 130 octane level, he said.

CNG is about 95 percent methane, which burns very efficiently.

McClanaghan said it was far cleaner than other petroleum-based fuels, even clean diesel. “You open up an engine [after thousands of miles] and it’s perfectly clean,” she said.

“CNG is one of the simplest hydrocarbons,” said Masood.

The combustion process basically produces carbon dioxode, but about 40 percent less of it than gasoline, and water.

Some of the nitrogen from the air used in combustion is turned into nitrogen oxide, or Nox, but if the cylinders are kept below a certain temperature much of the nitrogen comes out unaffected, he said.

Top of the world

2007-07-20T04:51:00.000-07:00

Last time, I mentioned about natural gas for vehicle (NGV) in Asia Pacific Region.

However, in the world ranking, Argentina is on the top of the list with 1,650,000 vehicles and 1,640 refuelling stations (May 07).

Next is Brazil with 1,357,239 vehicles with 1,410 stations.

Third is Pakistan followed with Italy.

Source: International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles

Another interesting stats…

2007-07-19T11:11:00.000-07:00

Look at these:

Country	No of vehicle	No of refueling station
Pakistan	1,300,000	1,230	April 2007
India	334,820	325	October 2006
Iran	292,455	203	June 2007
China	127,120	253	October 2006
Bangladesh	80,000	129	Jan 2007
Japan	30,469	311	Jan 2007
Malaysia	22,600	42	October 2006
Thailand	21,799	76	October 2006
Korea	11,578	107	October 2006
Indonesia	6,600	17	July 2005
Singapore	238	1	June 2006
Phillipines	36	3	June 2006

As you can see in Asia Pacific region, Pakistan, India and Iran are the top three while Malaysia is the middle player in NGV.

Source: Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association (ANGVA)

Or if you fancy a motorcycle on gas...

2007-07-12T07:36:00.000-07:00

Not to left behind, you can buy a motorcycle using a natural gas

These are China-made bikes with 1 full tank of natural gas can go for 100 km (7 L water capacity tank).

Of course it has petrol tank as well (1.5L petrol tank? This one you must ask the manufacturer , if 1.5 L times RM 1.92.= RM 2.88 full tank….why it is so small).

The top bike looks like in the 70’s…I remember Dahlan Zainuddin posing with it on his cassette's cover.

Interested, place an order with this Chinease Factory.

New car on gas...

2007-07-12T06:23:00.000-07:00

I you want a brand new car that comes with conversion kit and look beautiful, Look at this;

As the only passenger car in the country to be powered by natural gas, the 2007 Honda Civic GX, produces near zero emissions and continues to be the "earth's cleanest certified internal combustion engine".

Yours from USD 25,000.00

More info from Honda Dealer or 'Alternative Fuel Vehicles Resource

Some interesting facts that I think we all should know

2007-07-11T18:45:00.000-07:00

Let see some facts about NGV particularly in Malaysia

• 20% reduction in CO2 emission

• 15% less power in NGV

• Air cleanliness is very important in NGV compared to petrol; “Engine Air Fuel Ratio at idle is affected by air filter cleanliness on NGV mode”

• In Malaysia, Gas Production: 5 billion cubic feet per day and Gas Reserve: 89 trillion cubic feet (2003)

• NGV best suited to fully warmed engine. (That explained to difficulty to start in the morning)

• On Engine cleanliness; “Generally better combustion chamber and carburettor cleanliness but slightly more inlet valve deposit. However this does not affect the
engine operation.”

• Common conversion kit brands: Tartarini, Landi Renzo, Lovato, Tomasetto, Oyrsa, Gaspetrol & Pelmag

Source: Mengat, J., et al Asian Petroleum Technology Symposium
January 18-20, 2006

News from Petronas Dagangan

2007-07-11T04:58:00.000-07:00

I read that Petronas at the moment have 52 stations with compressed natural gas refuelling stations.

From Berita Harian dated 10 July 2007:

Petronas Dagangan ketika ini mengendalikan 852 stesen minyak dengan 59 daripadanya dilengkapi kemudahan gas asli cecair (LNG).

More from Berita Harian

Interestingly 58% of their profit comes from retailing NOT from selling petrol or petroleum-related items.

From what I know there's only 42 stations as mentioned in my previous post.
I don't know about the other 17, may be there are still in construction.

NGV User

Comes January 2012, another RM 150 ++ will go

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I sold my NGV wira

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farewell to my old friend- my wira ngv

fill up gas

NGV Gas inlet changed

still not working

Fixed my ngv

my ngv is not working

O ring to the rescue.

Less than a week to go

Weird crash

What a video...ha...ha...ha.....

Check out this video...It's really good

Petrol price goes up and up and up

Funny photos...c'mon have a break

Scare off...

A total loss...

Balik kampung time...

Refueling your NGV...manners

This is whacky..

Mobile DJ

A portable car...

This sounds like a different kind of fun...

It's a car or big boy toy?

Weird Accidents

Bye 2007, Hello 2008

Not from NGV tank...what a relief

NGV Explosion in Malaysia: Scary

Very fast 3-wheeler...

This is so cool...motorhomes with a built-in car park

The reason why you should stick to Kancil....

Is it a bike or a car? No, it's both...sort of

Dent remover.....unique technique

Fuel saving...petrol way but NOT my way.

Radical new tyre design....future

More on Tesla Roadster..the electric supercar

A new concept for future automobiles

Lesson to be learnt...

Police cars all around the world

Can you imagine that....

Future is here......but not for light-pocket person

Painful to see

Persona unveiled as Savvy and Waja transform...

Merry-goes-around and around and around....

Need to find more info on NGV

Band new MPV with NGV conversion kit.

Natural-gas-powered bicycle

From ethanol to compressed natural gas

Drastic measure

My Green Families

Don't do it like me

Gasoline or petrol as an engine lubricator

Top of the world

Another interesting stats…

Or if you fancy a motorcycle on gas...

New car on gas...

Some interesting facts that I think we all should know

News from Petronas Dagangan

Tel : 03-9171 4592
Fax : 03-9173 6199