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Originally Posted by CNGBiFuel
I second buying the car already 'conversationed' You'd have to be doing galactic miles for a conversation to pay. And even then, if the idea is to save money, you can still buy the car already done. There's heaps of cars, even Volvo factory gasified cars to choose from, and the LPG kit doesn't add any value to the car used. So make hay out of some halfwit refusing to think, and buy his car.
Instead of saving from day one, go the halfwit route and do, or pay somebody to do all the work. Only to find that two years on your car later, just when you get to break-even, you've trashed not just that cost, but a heap of depreciation too. And to get to break-even, you've put another 20,000+ on your car, with all the unfolding risk in doing that rolled-up. So you never get ahead.
So:
'Does anyone recommend lpg conversations? '
If they do... there has to be a very sensible reason. Perhpas you do galactic miles, will keep it despite the reg plate for 10-12 years, and run the proper gas, not LPG. Else, from the sort of fool that hasn't worked this out, you buy it done. They don't ever seem to join-the-dots, (witness this forum) and fortunately for me when I'm looking for a car, there's always plenty of them.
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Classic!
I bought a Jeep Cherokee a couple of years back, already converted. Two reasons, first i'd always fancied one, second i wanted to try an LPG fuelled car and the thought of converting mine only to find i couldn't get on with it or the savings wouldn't be enough to warrant it seemed silly.
As such the Jeep was a good choice for me as it fulfilled two desires.
It had allegedly been converted professionally. I had to fit a new control system to it shortly after buying it and let's just say if it was a professional he (or she!) should be struck off and not even trusted with a wheelbarrow!
However the fact remained i got on with using LPG and because of the much cheaper running costs, the Jeep became the "weapon of choice" for any long distance trips.
As such i first converted my 827 Coupé to a single point system not long after getting the Jeep, mainly with secondhand bits and pieces. All in all, it cost me about £300 to do the conversion, using mainly secondhand bits but some new bits like the filler etc.
Next on the list is my 760 estate. That's getting an SGi Zavoli system in the near future then my 827 Sterling is having a Diego G3 SGi system.
The Zavoli is a rebadged AEB King and the Diego is a badge-engineered Stag 300-6 system.
I've also been gifted a Prins system (think it the VSI but i'd have to check) by a friend that can't use it as he's only got a 4-cylinder - well he could use it in theory but he's already got the wiring etc there for a King system and is considering upgrading to a Stag in any case.
That aside, once the Volvo and Sterling are sorted, my Coupé will be upgraded to SGi (Sequential Gas injection) with the Prins system.
All my cars are "keepers" and to be fair, the cost of having it done "professionally" is prohibitive. With that in mind, it made it viable for me for the simple reason i was able to buy the kits secondhand, fit it myself (with some help from friends along the way) and reap the benefits.
If your car isn't a "keeper" or you're not comfortable either fitting it yourself and with using mainly secondhand bits to reduce the cost then LPG probably isn't for you, unless you buy a car already converted.
Certainly you can buy new kits from the likes of :
http://www.lpgshop.co.uk/
http://tinleytech.co.uk/
and others and many will give you support over the phone, online/email and similar.
Obviously buying new will push the initial cost up but then you've got the knowledge everything was new when fitted and should have a reasonably long life time.
Nothing lasts forever, however even going down the secondhand route you should have saved a reasonable amount before having to renew anything unless you're very unlucky.
Best bet if you're unsure is buy a car already converted. You can find your local LPG stations with a recent price on here :
http://filllpg.co.uk/index.php?page=home.php
The smartphone app also includes a mechanism to find your nearest LPG station if you're not local and will even navigate there for you from wherever you happen to be.
All food for thought there! Final decision is yours, an added bonus is you can get rid of the catalytic converter and pass the MoT without it!
