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[VXL V6]

Cheers Mr E.

Looks to me (with some basic maths in my head!) that an LPG'd 2.6 with a manual box would be a very close match to the DTi in overal fuel cost.

I'll hazard a guess that it would be better .. as the LPG figures would be even better on a manual .. if I can get the equivalent of 38 mpg in an auto with a load of towing   45 mpg in a manual solo should be easily doable.

Indeed 

However, this would probably be diminished if you throw in the maintenance costs (Glow plugs every four or five years compared to 6 plugs every 40K, chain v cambelt etc etc.....), that said, it's still a very similar overall running cost.

[Entwood]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.

He's even better placed .. Morrisons at Small Heath ... even cheaper than Countrywide last time I visited my sister at Meriden  ...

[TheBoy]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.

He's even better placed .. Morrisons at Small Heath ... even cheaper than Countrywide last time I visited my sister at Meriden  ...

If its the wrong way, its a bit of a drag to regularly get in there IIRC

[VXL V6]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.

There's a couple of independant retailers (well a farm with a big tank in his driveway and a ramshackle place where a chap in a modified wheelchair - think 2 stroke - sells LPG, bottled gas, coal, wood and fresh eggs  ) and of course the usual big name places on the motorway.

[VXL V6]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.

He's even better placed .. Morrisons at Small Heath ... even cheaper than Countrywide last time I visited my sister at Meriden  ...

Sorry, nowhere near Small Heath, Meriden may be, but not anywhere i'd pass regularly.

Edit: Think more Warwickshire / Worcestershire 

[Entwood]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.

He's even better placed .. Morrisons at Small Heath ... even cheaper than Countrywide last time I visited my sister at Meriden  ...

Sorry, nowhere near Small Heath, Meriden may be, but not anywhere i'd pass regularly.

Edit: Think more Warwickshire / Worcestershire 

OK  .. I just stuck "solihull" in the search engine

have a play ..

http://www.drivelpg.co.uk/i-have-lpg/find-a-filling-station/

[TheBoy]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.

He's even better placed .. Morrisons at Small Heath ... even cheaper than Countrywide last time I visited my sister at Meriden  ...

Sorry, nowhere near Small Heath, Meriden may be, but not anywhere i'd pass regularly.

Edit: Think more Warwickshire / Worcestershire 

Countrywide may work - google countrywide lpg to see their lpg outlets.

Nearest to me is in the land of the inbreds (Banbury), so inconvenient.

[VXL V6]

Looks like there's a couple in Worcester where I work  , One of them is only a few metres from the cricket ground so is probably under water now as that's the next place to flood after the racecourse... and the racecourse is now flooded again for the second time in about a month!

[TheBoy]

Countrywide aren't always the cheapest (I'm sure Entwood can post current price), but usually reasonably priced.

Currently paying 74.9p at the local BP.

[Entwood]

Countrywide aren't always the cheapest (I'm sure Entwood can post current price), but usually reasonably priced.

Currently paying 74.9p at the local BP.

I'm presently paying 73.68, last time I hit Morrisons it was 70.20 but that was just before Christmas.

Slightly off topic TB .. do you notice a MAJOR difference in "economy" if you do a short fill instead of a full tank ?? 

I usually do around 45 litres minimum and often more, but for family reasons have recently done several 20 litre "top ups" just to ensure a full tank at all times and the economy figures plummeted .. so much so I was checking for leaks etc etc .. but did a 58 litre fill and the figures are back where I expect them.

Not had this before so was initially concerned .. now just puzzled as to why, I know we always lose a bit of gas on disconnect but in liquid form it would only be a spoonful surely ??

Just wondering if you've noticed similar or not ??

[TheBoy]

Slightly off topic TB .. do you notice a MAJOR difference in "economy" if you do a short fill instead of a full tank ?? 

Yes, dramatic. I have posted about it several times.

I always run the thing virtually dry before filling.

[TheBoy]

I always put 60+ litres in (80l tank, fills to 66l (or 78l at that pikey BP in Oxford, theiving scum))

[Entwood]

Slightly off topic TB .. do you notice a MAJOR difference in "economy" if you do a short fill instead of a full tank ?? 

Yes, dramatic. I have posted about it several times.

I always run the thing virtually dry before filling.

Thanks for that .. not just me then ..

[Lazydocker]

Slightly off topic TB .. do you notice a MAJOR difference in "economy" if you do a short fill instead of a full tank ?? 

Yes, dramatic. I have posted about it several times.

I always run the thing virtually dry before filling.

Thanks for that .. not just me then ..

Nope, I've noticed it too

I can't get anywhere near Entwood's figures either, unless I let SWMBO drive

[aaronjb]

Funny this thread should come up .. I was doing some calculations tonight on this very subject.

I reckon I do ~1000 miles a month now at an average of 22mpg on petrol @ 133.9p/litre (what it was at Shell this afternoon).
I worked on the basis of ~17mpg (losing ~20%) @ 76.9p/litre (what it was at Shell .. I think).
And I worked on the basis of 35mpg out of a 2.2DTi @ 139.9p/litre (again, Shell this afternoon)

That worked out at 45.45gal @ 608p/gal for petrol, 58.82gal @ 349.6p/gal for LPG and 23.57gal @ 635.99p/gal for diesel giving figures of:

£276.69/mo for petrol
£205.64/mo for LPG
£181.71/mo for diesel


By my figures that made diesel a clear winner in terms of costs, considering it's probably cheaper to buy a new diesel Omega than LPG one (at worst it's equal cost, I reckon)..

Unless my figures are miles off..