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Just experiencing hire car hell in Italy.
Volkswagen UP! Ecomental dual fuel.
Picked it up at Pisa with a full tank (petrol) only to realise it had about a quarter of a tank of
compressed natural gas (CNG) despite the full regular unleaded back-up tank being full. Given Putin’s antic’s VW’s move now looks like market suicide compared to the little Toyota hybrid I got last trip.
Anyway for research purposes I filled the CNG tank (having driven around to four garages that stocked it
). only to find that you cannot do it yourself by law here. Even then they looked at me like I was crazy to fill it ) CNG has tripled in price since December 2021!
€48 lighter in the wallet we get back on road and drive to our farm.
After the 160km to the farm and a little local mileage the CNG tank is now empty again. So we are now driving on the tiny regular fuel tank which means I have to refill it like a moped…
Contrast this to the Toyota hybrid we had last time and it seems like something out of the stone age.
The other reason it’s a daft idea is a simple practical one. Even if you wanted to top both tanks up you have to do two transactions and a double dip at the petrol station which I’ll bet no one will do unless they have to.
Spectacularly bad timing for VW
Volkswagen UP! Ecomental dual fuel.
Picked it up at Pisa with a full tank (petrol) only to realise it had about a quarter of a tank of
compressed natural gas (CNG) despite the full regular unleaded back-up tank being full. Given Putin’s antic’s VW’s move now looks like market suicide compared to the little Toyota hybrid I got last trip.
Anyway for research purposes I filled the CNG tank (having driven around to four garages that stocked it
). only to find that you cannot do it yourself by law here. Even then they looked at me like I was crazy to fill it ) CNG has tripled in price since December 2021!
€48 lighter in the wallet we get back on road and drive to our farm.
After the 160km to the farm and a little local mileage the CNG tank is now empty again. So we are now driving on the tiny regular fuel tank which means I have to refill it like a moped…
Contrast this to the Toyota hybrid we had last time and it seems like something out of the stone age.
The other reason it’s a daft idea is a simple practical one. Even if you wanted to top both tanks up you have to do two transactions and a double dip at the petrol station which I’ll bet no one will do unless they have to.
Spectacularly bad timing for VW