63p a litre - just filled up.

[eFestivals]

less than half price motoring. Brilliant.

[The Nal]

How'd you manage that?

[Gre]

less than half price motoring. Brilliant.

[eFestivals]

How'd you manage that?

I've just had an LPG conversion done (it cost just over £1k). It'll pay for itself by the cheaper fuel in less than a year, plus the vehicle is now worth around £1k more than it was, so the payout on getting it fitted is neutral really.

I'll be paying around that price for every fill-up from now on.

[The Nal]

I've just had an LPG conversion done (it cost just over £1k). It'll pay for itself by the cheaper fuel in less than a year, plus the vehicle is now worth around £1k more than it was, so the payout on getting it fitted is neutral really.

I'll be paying around that price for every fill-up from now on.

[t8yman]

Its uneconomical to convert a diesel engine to lpg, so its a no go for me, but if I had a petrol car I would do it in a heartbeat.

[eFestivals]

So your car runs on gas? What size is the engine?

yep.

1900cc

[eFestivals]

Its uneconomical to convert a diesel engine to lpg, so its a no go for me, but if I had a petrol car I would do it in a heartbeat.

That's not quite true - it depends on what mileage you do.

But the savings from a diesel conversion are less, because it runs on a mix of diesel and LPG rather than pure LPG as a petrol engine does.

[t8yman]

That's not quite true - it depends on what mileage you do.

But the savings from a diesel conversion are less, because it runs on a mix of diesel and LPG rather than pure LPG as a petrol engine does.

[The Nal]

yep.

1900cc

Edited April 19, 2011 by The Nal

[eFestivals]

I went off of this for info

http://www.go-lpg.co.uk/diesel.html

seems pretty conclusive for the average motorist.

yeah, for the average motorist it's probably not worth getting a diesel converted. But for the likes of high mileage delivery trucks, the conversion pays for itself in weeks rather than months.

[eFestivals]

Same as my car. Must have a look at it. Petrol being 1 euro 52 cent is no fun.

In the UK, the duty/tax on LPG is very low compared to petrol, which is why the fuel is so cheap. It might not be the same for you in Ireland.

[Jackmypie]

We have that on most of our cars, smells like crap

[eFestivals]

We have that on most of our cars, smells like crap

nah, it just smells different.

But it could really smell like crap for all I care at that price.

[costa7]

a few years once alot of people go lpg the govement will exploit gas price then

[eFestivals]

a few years once alot of people go lpg the govement will exploit gas price then

yep, I'm sure they will.

But I'll still save thousands of pounds in the meantime.

[ampersand]

how do you go about converting like? sounds amazing!

[eFestivals]

how do you go about converting like? sounds amazing!

You need to get it done by a registered installer, else soon-ish no insurance company will insure the vehicle. But basically it's an extra fuel tank and another fuel delivery system.

The vehicle will still run on petrol if you want to (you can switch between them), so while there's not a huge number of LPG filling stations you're not stuffed if you can't find one.

Have a read of some of the stuff here:-

http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=lpg+conversion&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=ac1173e8e69c353d

[nightcrawler13]

You need to get it done by a registered installer, else soon-ish no insurance company will insure the vehicle.

[eFestivals]

yup yup, i work for Co-op Insurance and unless you've had it done by a registered company off our list, we won't touch your car

insurance companies are changing things. There's now a central database, that approved installers (I guess ones that are members of the 'LPGA' thing) can update themselves with the vehicle numbers of installations they do. At some point in the future, if you're not on that database then you won't get insured.

My own insurance company (AXA) told me this today when I informed them of the conversion (and I checked with my installer that my details will go on that database). Currently tho they only want a photocopy of the conversion certificate the installer gave me.

[the_hedge]

insurance companies are changing things. There's now a central database, that approved installers (I guess ones that are members of the 'LPGA' thing) can update themselves with the vehicle numbers of installations they do. At some point in the future, if you're not on that database then you won't get insured.

My own insurance company (AXA) told me this today when I informed them of the conversion (and I checked with my installer that my details will go on that database). Currently tho they only want a photocopy of the conversion certificate the installer gave me.

[eFestivals]

Does it make your car tax any cheaper?

I've actually got no idea, tho it has occurred to me that it might.

Mind you, the govt are taking a big tax hit on the fuel (it's so much cheaper cos it's taxed far less ... currently), so there probably aren't other financial incentives too.

[t8yman]

Does it make your car tax any cheaper?