Which car to buy IInd Hand?? Astra? City? Accent? Esteem? Cielo?

Seriously Saroj u r ri8....Vidhur u doing an awesome job......hatts OFF to u man....!!

Karan....plz read it carefully......

Banwari....any comments??

LPG vs CNG again. Simple answer would be, "decide depending on your economy and hunger for power." CNG is cheaper but will make your car lame in performance. LPG on the other hand stands somewhat in between of regular fuels and CNG in running cost as well as in performance. Another consideration should be availability and convenience of these fuels.

As far as safety is concerned, I guess both are safe enough. Whatever Vidhur told is definitely informative but no matter at what pressure LPG is compressed and tested, if anything goes wrong, the pressure inside the cylinder is much enough to blow the car. Hence in this scenario, both CNG and LPG cylinders are bombs and are unsafe enough!



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th issue of wot'll happen if th lpg or cng cylinder bursts  ..... is secondary

th primary issue is ..........wot r th probabilities of an lpg cylinder blasting .... visavis .... a cng cylinder ... ?

ask any chemical engineer .... n he'll tell u ........... given th stastics of pressure n testing ........... 7 kgs in a 30 kgs cylinder is exceptionally safe by all international norms ........ wheres not only is th pressure of 220 kgs per sq cm highly unsafe by itself ........ th risk is enhanced many times by th fact that it is stored in a tank which is tested for a mere 350 kgs per sq cm ...... and considering this storage is not in a static tank but in vehicle moving at high speeds in which i n my family is travelling ...... th scenario is truly frightening

good luck to all .... who still find cng safe !

Vidhur you have put in the technical details so that people can take a proper decision for the safety of themselves and thier family and also have an aeconomical drive.

Vidhur, my friend don't go by numbers. I understand 220 kgs/sq cm is exceptionally high pressure but this pressure is being handled by a tank that is tested for 350 kgs/sq cm. I know there is not much difference between 220 and 350 but when it comes to pressure, what condition on the earth can produce this extra 100 kgs/ sq cm of pressure? I mean to say how will 220 kgs/sq cm become 350 kgs/sq cm? No road-collision can increase the pressure to this extent. Also CNG is ligher and will dissipate in the atmosphere in case of leakage. Another good thing about CNG is its low inflamability behaviour. Petrol or LPG will catch fire much quicker than CNG.

As far as probability is concerned, yes, CNG is more dangerous. But then Petrol is much more dangerous than CNG as it's tank is made of quite normal metal and is highly unsafe. But this doesn't keep us from buying a Petrol car then why to be so apprehensive about CNG?

As a proof, there are millions of CNG vehicles running on roads worldwide.

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yes...dats rite... i agree wid BAN... n i sure the Indian govt or the Supreme isnt a fool to make "road" bombs....... !!!... n yes in many instances ...the whole car has been damaged due to an accident but the cylinder inside still seems to be undisturbed...... if that is safe enough then can it get better ???......

i m also wondering one of my posts has not been put inside this thread .....weird ??...

y dont u stretch ur budget a litle bit and goo for the Corsa or the Ikon or the Palio or the Petra coz its definatly the Best buy from all the cars listed from u. soo just try !!(correct me if i am wrong)

well..i've already forgotten ....wat was the question here..to which Sri Vsh has has answered... sorry but we've been discussing too much abt the CNG/LPG safety..... so we've forgotten the main questions...

Ooops i am really sorry for tht i just saw the heading and just gave my sugestion to him about the Used car for around 1.5 lacs . plz forgive me for the ungreatful sugestion