Asikhulume iqiniso. Akekho umuntu ofisa ukuthenga i-Opel Karl FlexFuel (FlexFuel ngoba isebenzisa kokubili i-LPG nophethiloli). Akekho. Kepha akekho owayefuna uFernando Santos ukuthi abize no-Éder futhi wambiza…
Pho kungani umuntu ethenga u-Karl futhi u-Fernando Santos wabiza u-Éder? Ngoba imizwa eceleni, iqiniso liwukuthi yini ebaluleke ngempela - futhi lapho kubaluleke ngempela! – kokubili i-Opel Karl FlexFuel kanye ne-Éder bafeza imisebenzi yabo ngendlela eyisibonelo. Ingabe kwanele? Odabeni luka-Éder, angazi ukuthi kungani ngingaqondi lutho ngebhola, kodwa endabeni ye-Opel Karl FlexFuel kwanele.
I-Karl iyimoto enhle ngemali encane futhi ayintuli lutho ngaphandle komklamo ophefumulelwe kakhudlwana (okuwumklamo obalulekile kubo, kukhona u-Adamu). I-air conditioning, inakho. Umsakazo oneMP3 unawo. Cruise-control, kukhona futhi. Akukho okushodayo okubalulekile kwanamuhla (uhlu lwemishini ka-Karl luningi). Ikhululekile futhi ivinjwe kahle umsindo. I-Karl iyinketho yangempela kulabo abadinga imoto ukuze bashaye imigwaqo (emadolobheni nangaphandle kwedolobha) nsuku zonke, ngendlela eyonga kakhulu ngaphandle kokudebesela ukunethezeka. Ngisho nesiteringi esisizwayo sinemodi yedolobha (okwandisa usizo ekuqondiseni isivinini esiphansi).
jack yazo zonke izimaketheNjengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni, noma ngubani owazisa isithombe uthenga u-Adamu. Noma ubani owazisa isilinganiso sekhwalithi/intengo uthenga i-Opel Karl FlexFuel. Imodeli eqondiswe ngqo kubashayeli abafuna imoto eshibhile futhi eyongayo, ekwazi ukubhekana nezinkinga ngaphandle kwezinkinga ngamakhilomitha amaningi njalo ngenyanga.
Ngokucabangela lokho, ngashayela ngaphezu kuka-600 km ngemuva kwesondo likaKarl futhi ngiyavuma ukuthi kumakhilomitha okuqala ngesaba ngokusetshenziswa. Ama-average ku-LPG agcizelele ukuthi angehli asuka ku-8l/100km. Nokho, i-avareji yehla njengoba i-Opel Karl FlexFuel yengeza amakhilomitha emgwaqeni (yalethwa kimina ihamba no-100km kuphela kuyo). Ekugcineni, ngiqophe izilinganiso ezinesisindo esingu-7.4 l/100 km ku-LPG kanye no-6.1 l/100 km kuphethiloli - lokhu ngesivinini esiphakathi kuka-90 no-120 km/h emzileni ohlanganisa u-60% womgwaqo, u-20% onguthelawayeka kanye no-20 % idolobha. Ubuhlakani benjini buphinde baba ngcono kakhulu kusukela ekuxhumaneni kokuqala kuze kube yilapho uKarl ediliva ezikhungweni ze-Opel Portugal. Amanani akwenza ucabange uma sicabangela ukuthi ilitha ye-LPG ingaphansi kuka-0.57€ kuyilapho uphethiloli ungehli usuka ku-1.4€ ilitha ngalinye.
Mayelana nokushintshwa kwe-LPG nophethiloli, uhlelo alukwazanga ukuba lula. Cindezela inkinobho ethi LPG et voilá!, sisebenza “ngegesi”. Futhi njengoba uhlelo luhlanganiswe efekthri, lusebenza luhlanganiswe nekhompyutha esebhodini.
Naphezu kokuba imodeli ye-A-segment (idolobha-ledolobha), i-Karl inikeza isikhala sangaphakathi esilingana namamodeli athile e-B-segment (usizo). Ngaphezu kwalokho, ayizwakali kahle futhi izihlalo nezinto ezilengayo zintofontofo - ngisho nangemva kokugijima isikhathi eside umzimba awuphatheki kabi.
Ingabe iyawufeza umsebenzi?Yebo, futhi ngokwehlukana. Ngokwemvelo, ungalindeli enjinini enhle engu-1.0 enamasilinda amathathu engu-75 hp (ngaphansi kuka-2 hp uma inikwa amandla yi-LPG) amandla amakhulu (kude nawo). Kodwa kulula futhi ikuvumela ukuthi ushayele ngokuzikhandla ngesivinini esingaphezu komkhawulo osemthethweni kuthelawayeka. Ngamafuphi: ngumuntu ohlala edolobheni ongagcini nje edolobheni. Kuwo wonke lawa makhilomitha kamuva, angikaphuphi ngokuthenga i-Opel Karl. Angiphuphi ngoba uKarl akayona imoto yamaphupho, uyimoto engokoqobo, futhi empilweni yangempela uzizwa enjengenhlanzi emanzini. U-Éder futhi akayena umdlali wamaphupho futhi uyena owaguqula iphupho lesiPutukezi laba ngokoqobo, ngakho...
Intengo yokuthengisa enconyiwe ye-LPG Karl ingama-euro ayi-13,290, kodwa i-Opel inephromoshini ehlinzeka ngokunikezwa kwenani elihambisanayo lemishini ye-LPG (ama-euro angu-1300), iletha inguqulo ye-FlexFuel enanini elifanayo nelejwayelekile le-Karl: ama-euro angu-11,990.