Masinyaniseke. Akukho mntu uphuphayo ukuthenga i-Opel Karl FlexFuel (iFlexFuel kuba isebenza kuzo zombini i-LPG kunye nepetroli). Akukho mntu. Kodwa akukho mntu wayefuna uFernando Santos abize u-Éder naye kwaye wambiza...
Ke kutheni isihogo umntu ethenga uKarl kunye noFernando Santos babize u-Éder? Ngenxa yokuba iimvakalelo zisecaleni, inyani kukuba eyona nto ibalulekileyo - kwaye xa ibalulekile! - zombini i-Opel Karl FlexFuel kunye ne-Éder bazalisekisa imisebenzi yabo ngokungumzekelo. Ngaba kwanele? Kwimeko ka-Éder, andazi ukuba kutheni ndingaqondi nto malunga nebhola, kodwa kwimeko ye-Opel Karl FlexFuel kwanele.
I-Karl yimoto enkulu yemali encinci kwaye ayisweli nto ngaphandle koyilo oluphefumlelweyo ngakumbi (oluyilo luyinto ebalulekileyo, kukho uAdam). I-air conditioning, iye. Irediyo eneMP3 ine. Cruise-control, kukho kwakhona. Akukho nto ilahlekileyo kwizinto ezibalulekileyo zanamhlanje (uluhlu lwezixhobo zikaKarl lubanzi). Ikhululekile kwaye ikhuselekile ukuba isandi. I-Karl lukhetho lokwenyani kwabo bafuna imoto ukubetha ezindleleni (edolophini nakwidolophu eyongezelelweyo) yonke imihla, ngeyona ndlela inoqoqosho olunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokutyeshela intuthuzelo. Nokuba isikhokelo esincedisiweyo sinemowudi yedolophu (eyonyusa uncedo kwisantya esisezantsi).
jack yazo zonke iintengisoNjengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, nabani na owuxabisayo umfanekiso uthenga uAdam. Nabani na oxabisa umgangatho/umlinganiselo wexabiso uthenga iOpel Karl FlexFuel. Imodeli ejoliswe ngqo kubaqhubi abafuna imoto ephantsi kunye neyoqoqosho, ekwazi ukujamelana ngaphandle kweengxaki ngeekhilomitha ezininzi ngenyanga.
Ukuthathela ingqalelo oko, ndaqhuba ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-600 emva kwevili likaKarl kwaye ndiyavuma ukuba kwiikhilomitha zokuqala ndoyika ngokusetyenziswa. I-avareji ukuya kwi-LPG igxininise ekubeni ingehli ukusuka kwi-8l/100km. Nangona kunjalo, i-avareji yehla njengoko i-Opel Karl FlexFuel yongeza iikhilomitha endleleni (yaziswa kum nge-100km kuphela kuyo). Ekugqibeleni, ndirekhode umyinge we-7.4 l/100 km kwi-LPG kunye ne-6.1 l/100 km kwipetroli – oku ngesantya esiphakathi kwe-90 kunye ne-120 km/h kwindlela ebandakanya i-60% yendlela, i-20% yehola yendlela kunye ne-20% isixeko. Ubuchule be-injini buphinde baphucuka kakhulu ukusuka kuqhagamshelwano lokuqala de kwahanjiswa uKarl kwizibonelelo ze-Opel Portugal. Amaxabiso akwenza ucinge ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ukuba ilitha ye-LPG ingaphantsi kwe-0.57 € ngelixa i-petroli ingehli ukusuka kwi-1.4 € ilitha nganye.
Ngokumalunga nokutshintshana phakathi kweLPG kunye nepetroli, inkqubo ayinakuba lula ngakumbi. Cinezela iqhosha elithi LPG et voilá!, sibaleka “kwirhasi”. Kwaye ekubeni inkqubo idityaniswe yifektri, isebenza ngokudityaniswa nekhompyuter ekwibhodi.
Ngaphandle kokuba imodeli ye-A (isixeko-sixeko), iKarl ibonelela ngendawo yangaphakathi elingana necandelo le-B elithile (izinto eziluncedo). Ngaphezu koko, ivalwe kakuhle isandi kwaye izihlalo kunye nezinto ezixhonyiweyo zikhululekile – nasemva kokubaleka ixesha elide umzimba awuziva kakubi.
Ngaba iyawufeza umsebenzi?Ewe, kwaye ngokwahlukileyo. Ngokwendalo, ungalindeli kwi-injini ye-1.0 eneecylinder ezintathu ze-75 hp (ngaphantsi kwe-2 hp xa iqhutywa yi-LPG) amandla amakhulu (kude nayo). Kodwa kulula kwaye ikuvumela ukuba uqhube ngaphandle kokuzama ngesantya esingaphezulu komda osemthethweni kuhola wendlela. Ngamafutshane: Ngumntu ohlala edolophini ongaphelelanga nje edolophini. Kuzo zonke ezi khilomitha emva koko, andikaphuphi ngokuthenga i-Opel Karl. Andiphuphi kuba uKarl akayomoto yamaphupha, yimoto yokwenyani, kwaye ebomini uziva ngathi yintlanzi emanzini. U-Éder naye akanguye umdlali wamaphupha kwaye nguye owajika iphupha lesiPhuthukezi laba yinyani, ke...
Ixabiso lentengiso ye-LPG Karl ecetyiswayo yi-euro eyi-13,290, kodwa i-Opel ine-promotion endaweni ebonelela ngokunikezelwa kwexabiso elihambelana nezixhobo ze-LPG (i-1300 euro), ukuzisa i-FlexFuel version kwixabiso elifanayo njenge-Karl eqhelekileyo: i-11,990 euro.