LPG?

[iCraig]

Following on from the performance diesel thread, I have been thinking of either converting my current car to LPG or buying an already converted one!

As petrol prices seem to be going sky high! Does anyone have experience of it? What its like, does it affect perfomance that much? etc

Cheers

Craig

[Chriss]

Funny enough, my parents used to have a Nissan Almera (Sp?) that was converted. Makes hardly any real world difference really performance wise apparently, just the initial cost (they paid £1800 for the conversion) that puts me off.

Get a test drive would be my suggestion. Not sure if some cars take to it better.
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[nick606]

I got told that if your in a accident in a lpg car firemen wouldn't come and cut you out as its to dangerous as it could go up any second.

[Ichy]

I'd be surprised if that was true, wouldn't even be allowed on the road if that was the case.


I did my own conversion on my Land Rover station wagon. One large tank for LPG, two small for petrol. MPG was about the same and it made absolutely no difference to performance. Bit of a pain to get started through so I used to switch to petrol to get going.

[iCraig]

[nick606]

Well thats what a guy said who came in to talk about engines on my course

[10 pence Short]

Not a big fan of it. The cheaper systems seem to have problems with the gas igniting in the intake pipes blowing them to bits. Sometimes there is even specific one-way valves to help stop this and they don't always work.

As said they don't like to start on Gas, Usually start on petrol and switch either automatically or manually. Filling stations not always available.

Some Manufacturers factory fit it, can't complain with those,
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[iCraig]

[Phoenix]

If you want one for a 6-8cylinder car I know someone selling one for £375, new and unfitted, just minus the tank and copper piping.

[colin1]

[nick606]

No put they have stickers on them don't they so people know. Why are they not allowed in tunnels if there more secure colin ?

And to be honest i do believe him because he came in talking about fuels and engine and obviously knows his shit and has know reason to lie.

He said he got told at a presentation some firefighters did to show some joyriders. He then explained what firefighter do at a accident and so on.

Maybe its something to look up and if im wrong ill hold my hands up.

[colin1]

well ive never seen an lpg sticker on a car, but if you ever want to buy an lpg car and stick a sticker on it to warn firemen not to save you, thats fine by me

if i ever buy an lpg car, and there is an lpg sticker on it, i will remember this conversation, and remove the sticker, just in case it stops firemen trying to save me in the event of an accident.
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[iCraig]

[WildGoose]

I don't like the idea, because LPG is less efficient than petrol, we should not be embracing anything if it is less efficient than current systems, I feel. That is simply going for the temporary solution whilst there is a big push on environment related crap.

So, as soon as it becomes popular, and significant loss is being made by the govt in revenue, they will just tax the arse out of it like everything else. And your benefits in congestion charging zones will also be dropped.

I toyed with the idea for a while, but didn't like its lack of availibility, you can't roll onto a forecourt on fumes and /know/ you will be able to fill up.

Since no car should be advertised as Green in my eyes (and those of many others) because they all do some harm, just some less than others.

Because the cost savings aren't significant enough as people would have you believe.. I just say bollocks to it, until they sort alternative transport out I will drive what I like.

Totally unrelated...
London buses are now carrying adverts about more fuel efficient driving, and how it can save you an average of something like £120 quid a year , obviously at the expense of enjoying your driving experience. What a load of old nonsense.
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[WildGoose]

[WildGoose]

Guy at work, sold his petrol car to get an LPG, some vauxhall thing, it allows him to park outside work without paying the congestion charge (our building is 500yds inside the north west corner of the zone at the harrow road/ladbroke grove sainsburys anomaly.

He has the option of taking a van home, on the companys diesel, but prefers to park outside, do his job, go home in his own car and leave work behind, he lives in Brixton.

If work removed the option of taking the motors home, thus eliminating 90% of my commuting costs, I would consider an LPG or similar more seriously (or more realistically find a job closer to home).

But at the moment, my personal mileage doesn't justify it as much as it would for some.
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[Faraz]

My parents have had loads of cars on LPG, Right now its a 2.4 Accord Executive. Does not affect the performance of the car and sounds exactly the same as petrol.

Faraz.
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[lukamon]

theres no reason not to do it really, if you are going to keep the car for a long time. a bloke at work told me a company he used to drive for used 1.6 lpg astras, from buying them new to selling, they did around 200 - 250k miles. 225,000 miles at 30mpg, assuming lpg is 50p and petrol 100p, saves you £16,875 over the life of the car, or £15,375 including conversion.

also, i saw a renault laguna the other day with one of the green square ompressed gas stickers on the back, pretty sure that was LPG.
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