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[Broomies Mate]

No idea where you are with that one no petrol station near B&Q/Lidl that I know of .. only 3 places I know in swindon are Countrywide .. presently 69.9 (account only), Calor itself 62.0 and hardly ever open, and the independent next to kwik-fit (used to be Shell Oasis .. no idea what it is now) which was 61.9 last time I went past.

I was in Cardiff yesterday and paid 54.9 ... but there are 2 supermarkets and about 15 other LPG stations ... so lots of REAL competition ..

No, not a Petrol Station.  Aye, that's the one, Calor.  On the road that is by B&Q and EMR.

[biggriffin]

Ooooo. The doom and gloomers are out on this one. If it suits your needs buy it.

But remember its 10yrsrs old,has a bomb in the back,has no certificate, It will blow up, don't panic don't panic

[D]

I bloody love all these people running to the defence of LPG motors.  If it's that epic, why isn't your car LPG'd?  (exception of Entwood of course). 

My car is LPG, and on a long run, it is very, VERY cost effective.  Short runs, just added weight to a standard car, extra money for servicing.

My argument is simple..... a cheap to run car like a 1.2 Corsa, the savings will be minimal.  A thirsty 5.0 Merc, it's a no brainer.

If I ever own another Omega, it'll be (as always have been) a V6.  The first thing I'll do it LPG it.  I'll LPG is because it'll save me a lot of money.  If I were to buy a 1.2 Corsa, 1.6 Astra, even a 2.0 Vectra, unless I had the kit in the garage, I wouldn't bother because it would be a waste of money.  I wouldn't necessarily turn down the aformentioned cars if they had already been converted, but I very much doubt the tank would see gas.

Eh? Both my cars are LPG'd. 

Do not understand your stance about savings. The savings are primarily based on the price of a cheaper fuel. If you had an Omega and a 1.0 Corsa and both did 40k, the you would achieve a saving on both of them. Of course the saving would be greater on the Omega, purely because you just used more fuel to run a heavier car. But you would still save on the lighter smaller engined car. If you annual mileage was less than 8-10k, then I suspect even the omega would not break even at the end of year 1 (based on a 10p/mile saving and costs as below).

Sure you have to work out savings and your annual mileage before installing a new system, but on a pre converted car, it is a no brainer, especially if you have some LPG knowledge and are willing to check the installation is of a good quality. And why would you not fill up the LPG tank? Makes no sense at all. Unless you only do short trips, in which case LPG is not the fuel of choice, no matter what the car size.

In addition remember a 4 pot conversion of good quality can be had for £750 - 800. A V6 conversion like mine was £1200. Entwood's was double that iirc?

[Entwood]

No idea where you are with that one no petrol station near B&Q/Lidl that I know of .. only 3 places I know in swindon are Countrywide .. presently 69.9 (account only), Calor itself 62.0 and hardly ever open, and the independent next to kwik-fit (used to be Shell Oasis .. no idea what it is now) which was 61.9 last time I went past.

I was in Cardiff yesterday and paid 54.9 ... but there are 2 supermarkets and about 15 other LPG stations ... so lots of REAL competition ..

No, not a Petrol Station.  Aye, that's the one, Calor.  On the road that is by B&Q WICKES and EMR. .....

Corrected and now I understand where you are at .. B&Q pigging miles away from there !!! !!

and the calor sign said 62.0 last time I drove past there !!

 

[Entwood]

For the sake of accuracy.. and nowt else ...  

Just received a letter from Countrywide .. cost has been reduced to 62.88 p/litre effective 1 Jan 2015.  Not spectacular but getting there .. takes the savings/per mile back up to 9.5 ...