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Re: LPG guide
« Reply #15 on: 20 May 2010, 11:51:01 »
I NEED a boot, so not an option, its wheel well or not at all.

nice to get the filling timings though  :y  dont know much about it all yet.  could be anytime off, when the right car appears at the right price.
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« Reply #16 on: 20 May 2010, 11:59:57 »
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I NEED a boot, so not an option, its wheel well or not at all.

nice to get the filling timings though  :y  dont know much about it all yet.  could be anytime off, when the right car appears at the right price.

I will get the stopwatch out the next few fill-ups. Might surprise myself.

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Re: LPG guide
« Reply #17 on: 20 May 2010, 16:30:10 »
LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
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Re: LPG guide
« Reply #18 on: 20 May 2010, 18:29:34 »
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that will be my option when I change my car  :y  range not important to me rarey do more that 200 in any day, and work next to an lpg station  :y

It's worth considering that filling with LPG is more of a faff than petrol. Often there are only 2 LPG pumps, co-located with petrol and diesel pumps, so you have to queue for them, wait for people to do their weekly shop in the attached M&S before shifting their cars >:(, etc. and then LPG pumps are out of service more often than petrol pumps, IME. Some also fill painfully slowly (10 minutes to fill an 80L tank! and some, with a 4 hole tank, are faster than filling with petrol :-/).

Just another thought for the melting pot. :y I thought 150-200 miles range would be fine for me, and very nearly went for such a tank, but in retrospect I'm glad I fitted an 80L tank now.

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Heed Kevin Wood's advice - I so nearly went for small, spare wheel tank, but went for 80l cylinder in the end.  Now I wish I had fitted a larger tank :o
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Re: LPG guide
« Reply #19 on: 20 May 2010, 18:32:05 »
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....
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« Reply #20 on: 20 May 2010, 19:26:33 »
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....

Never found the Shell in Bicester which is listed as LPG  :-/
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« Reply #21 on: 20 May 2010, 21:16:02 »
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....

Never found the Shell in Bicester which is listed as LPG  :-/
Thats because its now a BP ;)
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Re: LPG guide
« Reply #22 on: 20 May 2010, 21:30:39 »
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....

Never found the Shell in Bicester which is listed as LPG  :-/
Thats because its now a BP ;)

That explains it  ;D
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