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Yes, DIY with Martin's help - £600

20 (64.5%)

Yes, pro conversion, £1300

3 (9.7%)

No, don't bother

8 (25.8%)

Total Members Voted: 29

[Martin_1962]

On the fuel cost question. If the cost of LPG is half the cost of petrol, when you take the poorer efficiency into account, and you spend £70 on fuel per week. The saving would be £35 times 52 weeks which equals £1820 per year. At a cost of £600 DIY you would recoup your investment in 4 months and would then start to reap the benefits. Lets assume that you can't use LPG all the time and that these calculations are optimistic by 30% then you would still start to see the benefit in 6 months assuming DIY and that the certification issues are not too costly.

For me, who spends about £70 per month on fuel, the payback would be too long at 2 years.

LPG is usually less than half petrol price and economy is slightly worse, so works out about half cost.

[Martin_1962]

oopss your £70 a week i think? humm i'd still not bother to gas it

Just to clarify, James's figure was £70 per week.  

Payback in 6 months

[Golfbuddy]

On the fuel cost question. If the cost of LPG is half the cost of petrol, when you take the poorer efficiency into account, and you spend £70 on fuel per week. The saving would be £35 times 52 weeks which equals £1820 per year. At a cost of £600 DIY you would recoup your investment in 4 months and would then start to reap the benefits. Lets assume that you can't use LPG all the time and that these calculations are optimistic by 30% then you would still start to see the benefit in 6 months assuming DIY and that the certification issues are not too costly.

For me, who spends about £70 per month on fuel, the payback would be too long at 2 years.

LPG is usually less than half petrol price and economy is slightly worse, so works out about half cost.

oopss your £70 a week i think? humm i'd still not bother to gas it

Just to clarify, James's figure was £70 per week.  

Payback in 6 months

Thats what I said.  

[Martin_1962]

Just confirming for the antis.

[JamesV6CDX]

Just confirming for the antis.

Martin, did you get a reply from the seller of the front-end?

[Golfbuddy]

Just confirming for the auntis.

No good. My aunti drives a diesel.  

[Crazydad]

Just confirming for the auntis.

No good. My aunti drives a diesel.  

My Auntie is happy too, drives us all up the wall

[TheBoy]

if you dont need the boot then may be worthwhile.  imho, it takes too much room.

my fuel costs are same as yours James, but I stick to petrol for performance, convenience, I like my boot, and I take it to France on the tunnel trains (lpg banned)

[Martin_1962]

Just confirming for the antis.

Martin, did you get a reply from the seller of the front-end?

Not yet

[JamesV6CDX]

So far

12 for DIY conversion
3 for Pro
7 for not bother.

[STMO123]

So far

12 for DIY conversion
3 for Pro
7 for not bother.

It doesn't really matter what people vote. It's your car, your set of circumstances and, most importantly, your money

[MartinP]

I do 1k/month @ £110

You can get LPGcheaper if you look around, (passed a seller 35p at junction A5/A449 last weekend)

With a single point I only lost 9 BHP on the rolling road against petrol.

Convert it (another string to the bow, another tick in a different box)  

[Paulus]

I was just about to add a similar thread when I found this.

I am also looking in to doing the LPG thing to my 3.0 Elite. I am doing 500-600 miles/week and it is crippling the finances. I have even taken to driving the wifes 306 TD  [smiley=cry.gif].

I am going to do it, I'm just not sure weather to DIY it, or pay a small fortune. I have been quoted between £1500-£2200 for it to be fully fitted. I pass the LPG supplier that Issunaz has mentioned every morning and evening, so a supply is no problem. I expect I'll end up doing it myself.

As for the tank position, I have seen photos on the web of a converted Omega with the "donut" tank in the spare wheel well. If it would get in the way of the light cluster, then they wouldn't have put it there...would they?

I say GO FOR IT!!!!! 3.0 V6 power and refinement, but the running costs of a crappy 306 TD. I like the idea of that.

[PaulW]

http://www.autogas-micromise.com/

Quoted £1495 fully fitted & certified by them, takes 3-4 days to do and they loan you a courtesy car while they do the work  

Needless to say I know where my next lot of cash is going...

[Jay w]

i have been quoted 1250 to have mine done so over the winter it will be going in for it.....

I do 40k a year so i dont think it will be too long before i see my money back and they even said with the car at 140,000 it would still be worthwhile.

If you have the time then DIY it and smile at getting fuel at half price