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Well friends I am not much of a writer but on one of my best friend and a diehard car enthusiast’s request I am trying to write this review of my Beast the Toyota corolla H1 (CNG).
I have always been a petrol head person ever since I started driving even though the diesel cars these days have really good punch, technology and power all this power is generated through the turbo charger but petrol has always been more fun and lively to drive.
I had started working and had to travel around 50 km in a day. I had ruled out the option of travelling on train as I would have to change two trains and take a rik to reach my office. So I had decided on travelling on bus as it would be convenient for me as the bus would drop me directly near my office. But things changed, my family has been keeping two cars from the time before I was born so when I started working my father insisted me on using one of the rides as only one will be used by him and the other will just be standing idle. Now for me a petrol car would be pretty expensive for running 50 kms a day and the diesel car was pretty big for city use. So after a lot of discussions and advices we finally decided on CNG. Now as we were not completely aware and not 100 percent sure we did not want to try it out on our Honda City I-Vtec so we planned selling it and rather buying a used vehicle for a cheap price and trying it out. After departing with the Honda and after lot of stressful discussions we finally decide on a 2004 Toyota Corolla H1.
About The Car
The car was in excellent condition with clean interiors had clocked around 61k kms the car was really fun to drive on petrol great power and great torque even much better than my Honda City I-Vtec. After driving the car really did not want to experiment it with CNG. But kept a stone on my heart and sent it for the CNG Conversion.
CNG Conversion
Now for all those who don’t know about CNG Conversion, there are two types of kits available for conversion
1. Ordinary Kit
2. Sequential Kit
These are the types of kit not the brands; there are many brands available you have to choose the best among them.
The ordinary kit cost 30000/- Rs including The RTO passing and the Sequential Kit Costs 55,000/-Rs including RTO Passing.
My father decided on the Sequential Kit as it would enhance the average of the car and would not affect the Power and the Life of the Engine.
The sequential Kit fitting takes about 2 days. So we sent the car for conversion and after two days she arrived back from the workshop. Now I was pretty much excited as I wanted to see how the car was performing now.
FIRST DRIVE ON CNG
I start the car and the car idles silently on petrol now being a Sequential CNG kit the car will idle for 2-3 minutes on petrol and then switchover to Gas if the kit was an ordinary kit it would switch over to petrol in 2-3 seconds.(Note: the car will idle on petrol for 2-3 minutes only if it is the first start of the day or if the car has not been started for more than 2 hours. In short interval starting it switches to Gas within 10 seconds.)
The switchover from petrol to cng is very smooth u can hardly feel the switchover. I take the car for a drive and to my surprise the car is performing exactly in the same manner as it does on petrol the same amount of power and great torque. Yes but there is slight drop of power with the AC on but it is very negligible.
Verdict
I have driven the car for 5000kms and touchwood I have not had a single problem with the vehicle nor is there even a slight vibration in the idling of the car let it be on petrol or CNG. If not for the LED switch which displays the amount of gas nobody can even tell that the car is running on CNG. The following are the averages that I have obtained during the 5000km run and believe me I have tested the car to all the extents and boy she has never disappointed me.
1) Normal City driving normal city Traffic 19km/kg (Without AC) & 17-18km/kg (With AC)
2) Normal City Driving Very Heavy Traffic 16-17km/kg (without AC) & 14-15km/kg (With AC)
3) Highway Driving (Pune) – 26km/kg (Without AC) & 23km/kg (With AC)
4) High Revving Drive and complete Rough Driving: 16 km/kg
After driving the car on CNG I find this alternative so cheap that I find the diesel much more Costly. Now I am running around 1000 kms a month at around 1800-2200rRs if the same was a Diesel hatch I would have been running at around 3500-4000Rs and if the same was Petrol not less than 8000-10000Rs a month. Till date I have saved approximately 36000/- on petrol.
Car Specifications (On CNG)
Model: Toyota Corolla H1 1.8J
Engine Specification & Power: 1794 CC 125HP @ 6000 RPM 158 NM @ 4200 rpm
Average: 17-18 km/kg (City) 23-25 km/kg (Highway)
Top Speed: 197 km/hr (Achieved)
Advantages of CNG
-Very very cheap compared to other all the other fuel alternatives i.e. Petrol, Diesel & LPG.
-Environment Friendly
-Using CNG makes the engine cleaner and more efficient. Unlike gasoline, CNG does not produce harmful carbon deposits when combusted. This results to a cleaner and more efficient engine as well as longer lasting spark plugs and catalytic converters. Oil changes are also minimized because of carbon deposits that contaminate the oil is eliminated.
Disadvantages of CNG
-The CNG tank occupies the complete boot in a Hatchback and half a boot in a sedan.
-Slight Loss in Pickup of vehicle i.e. mostly a hatchback not in a sedan.
-Due to short Capacity of the tank and availability only in major cities it can only be used for short runs.
I have always been a petrol head person ever since I started driving even though the diesel cars these days have really good punch, technology and power all this power is generated through the turbo charger but petrol has always been more fun and lively to drive.
I had started working and had to travel around 50 km in a day. I had ruled out the option of travelling on train as I would have to change two trains and take a rik to reach my office. So I had decided on travelling on bus as it would be convenient for me as the bus would drop me directly near my office. But things changed, my family has been keeping two cars from the time before I was born so when I started working my father insisted me on using one of the rides as only one will be used by him and the other will just be standing idle. Now for me a petrol car would be pretty expensive for running 50 kms a day and the diesel car was pretty big for city use. So after a lot of discussions and advices we finally decided on CNG. Now as we were not completely aware and not 100 percent sure we did not want to try it out on our Honda City I-Vtec so we planned selling it and rather buying a used vehicle for a cheap price and trying it out. After departing with the Honda and after lot of stressful discussions we finally decide on a 2004 Toyota Corolla H1.
About The Car
The car was in excellent condition with clean interiors had clocked around 61k kms the car was really fun to drive on petrol great power and great torque even much better than my Honda City I-Vtec. After driving the car really did not want to experiment it with CNG. But kept a stone on my heart and sent it for the CNG Conversion.
CNG Conversion
Now for all those who don’t know about CNG Conversion, there are two types of kits available for conversion
1. Ordinary Kit
2. Sequential Kit
These are the types of kit not the brands; there are many brands available you have to choose the best among them.
The ordinary kit cost 30000/- Rs including The RTO passing and the Sequential Kit Costs 55,000/-Rs including RTO Passing.
My father decided on the Sequential Kit as it would enhance the average of the car and would not affect the Power and the Life of the Engine.
The sequential Kit fitting takes about 2 days. So we sent the car for conversion and after two days she arrived back from the workshop. Now I was pretty much excited as I wanted to see how the car was performing now.
FIRST DRIVE ON CNG
I start the car and the car idles silently on petrol now being a Sequential CNG kit the car will idle for 2-3 minutes on petrol and then switchover to Gas if the kit was an ordinary kit it would switch over to petrol in 2-3 seconds.(Note: the car will idle on petrol for 2-3 minutes only if it is the first start of the day or if the car has not been started for more than 2 hours. In short interval starting it switches to Gas within 10 seconds.)
The switchover from petrol to cng is very smooth u can hardly feel the switchover. I take the car for a drive and to my surprise the car is performing exactly in the same manner as it does on petrol the same amount of power and great torque. Yes but there is slight drop of power with the AC on but it is very negligible.
Verdict
I have driven the car for 5000kms and touchwood I have not had a single problem with the vehicle nor is there even a slight vibration in the idling of the car let it be on petrol or CNG. If not for the LED switch which displays the amount of gas nobody can even tell that the car is running on CNG. The following are the averages that I have obtained during the 5000km run and believe me I have tested the car to all the extents and boy she has never disappointed me.
1) Normal City driving normal city Traffic 19km/kg (Without AC) & 17-18km/kg (With AC)
2) Normal City Driving Very Heavy Traffic 16-17km/kg (without AC) & 14-15km/kg (With AC)
3) Highway Driving (Pune) – 26km/kg (Without AC) & 23km/kg (With AC)
4) High Revving Drive and complete Rough Driving: 16 km/kg
After driving the car on CNG I find this alternative so cheap that I find the diesel much more Costly. Now I am running around 1000 kms a month at around 1800-2200rRs if the same was a Diesel hatch I would have been running at around 3500-4000Rs and if the same was Petrol not less than 8000-10000Rs a month. Till date I have saved approximately 36000/- on petrol.
Car Specifications (On CNG)
Model: Toyota Corolla H1 1.8J
Engine Specification & Power: 1794 CC 125HP @ 6000 RPM 158 NM @ 4200 rpm
Average: 17-18 km/kg (City) 23-25 km/kg (Highway)
Top Speed: 197 km/hr (Achieved)
Advantages of CNG
-Very very cheap compared to other all the other fuel alternatives i.e. Petrol, Diesel & LPG.
-Environment Friendly
-Using CNG makes the engine cleaner and more efficient. Unlike gasoline, CNG does not produce harmful carbon deposits when combusted. This results to a cleaner and more efficient engine as well as longer lasting spark plugs and catalytic converters. Oil changes are also minimized because of carbon deposits that contaminate the oil is eliminated.
Disadvantages of CNG
-The CNG tank occupies the complete boot in a Hatchback and half a boot in a sedan.
-Slight Loss in Pickup of vehicle i.e. mostly a hatchback not in a sedan.
-Due to short Capacity of the tank and availability only in major cities it can only be used for short runs.
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