At 07:12 AM 5/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey guys:
>
>I think I know what the rarest Dakota is, the one's that run on CNG
>(compressed Natural Gas). Columbia gas has a couple of the I do believe.
>
>Later
>
>Scott
Steve:
Hate to take the 'wind out of your sails', but .... CNG (propane)
conversions are done regularly here... propane is 1/3 - 1/2 the price of
gasoline. Propaneing Dakotas is very popular, particularly for fleet use.
I had my 3/4 ton done about 7 years ago, the fuel savings paid for all the
maitenance (10 mpg).
I'm watching the price of propane, plus the promised road tax on propane
before I consider doing my Dakota. At 17 mpg (city/highway), the pay-back
for the installation is much longer. On the 3/4 ton, it took two years to
pay for the conversion in fuel savings, driving 6,000 miles/year.
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
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