anyone else feel smug while refuelling???

[John_C]

I'm sure he totals it all up and pays the tax man what he owes in fuel duty like a good citizen

I guess if you're feeling smug filling up with LPG you must have paid off the cost of the installation, I usually don't keep a car long enough to hit payback so have never tried it. Maybe one day......

[FatLadZ]

Originally Posted by Laneystrider

A friend of mine must feel extremely smug, he's running his diesel Landrover on heating oil at 30p a litre (but maybe lpg is cheaper than that?)

LPG prices vary
i pay 46p litre but luckily my T5 gives me wicked performance for my pennies

isnt heating oil illegal? and dirty?

[FatLadZ]

Originally Posted by John_C

I'm sure he totals it all up and pays the tax man what he owes in fuel duty like a good citizen

I guess if you're feeling smug filling up with LPG you must have paid off the cost of the installation, I usually don't keep a car long enough to hit payback so have never tried it. Maybe one day......

My install cost in full £450 including the certificate and mapping

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=270455985945

[John_C]

LOL, Yes, but you did it yourself.... Not all of us have the skills to do that

Also (and this isn't a dig) I personally wouldn't want to put an eBay used kit from a written off car onto my motor, so it would cost me rather more than that.....

I'm certainly not anti LPG, I've just never been able to make the sums add up given how often I change my cars. Even with the Alpina it doesn't make sense as I don't do a lot of miles in it.

Cheers,
John

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by FatLadZ

LPG prices vary
i pay 46p litre but luckily my T5 gives me wicked performance for my pennies

isnt heating oil illegal? and dirty?

A T5 on lpg sounds the perfect combination

I wouldn't have thought running a car on heating oil was illegal if you pay the duty, but dirty yes, maybe no more dirtier than diesel though?

[FatLadZ]

Originally Posted by John_C

LOL, Yes, but you did it yourself.... Not all of us have the skills to do that

Also (and this isn't a dig) I personally wouldn't want to put an eBay used kit from a written off car onto my motor, so it would cost me rather more than that.....

I'm certainly not anti LPG, I've just never been able to make the sums add up given how often I change my cars. Even with the Alpina it doesn't make sense as I don't do a lot of miles in it.

Cheers,
John

hmmm sounds alot like a dig to me

but the kit had only done 800 miles and was like a brand new kit.
the car was written off from light cosmetic damage and was knowhere near any of the lpg components
so its me that is a winner

[bornagain]

I prefer the smell of petrol.

[John_C]

LOL honest it wasn't a dig, I'm just paranoid about things like that, I want to have a known supplier to shout at if things go wrong.

[FatLadZ]

Originally Posted by bornagain

I prefer the smell of petrol.

i prefer the smell of money in my wallet
an extra £130 on average (£1560 a yearish)
Thatll buy me another 2 week Holiday a year

Originally Posted by John_C

LOL honest it wasn't a dig, I'm just paranoid about things like that, I want to have a known supplier to shout at if things go wrong.

i suppose alot of people are not as mechanically minded as others so its plausable that they would worry.
But thanks to those people for letting me get an almost brand new lpg setup for what i spend on petrol in 6 weeks
maybe thats why im still feeling smug as i havnt really had to fork out alot of money.

The positive thing that i can take out of it is knowledge.
LPG has always had me thinking as i always wanted to know more about it and how it works.
So the hours of reading up on it on all the forums really has extended my knowledge base.
I just dont like sitting idle at nights and at this time of the year i start to see the cold weather cming so i need to get a fix of the spannersbefore the long cold winter nights.

[Mike B]

Originally Posted by FatLadZ

I cant help but feel really really smug when i am refuelling my c70 T5.
OK its a bit of a fiddle to put the nozzle on as mine is located on a box section hinged bracket that tucks into the bumper, but once on it is smugness all the way.

just wondered if anyone else gets the smug feeling too?

Yep
Aint it Great to see the the fuel to go up almost twice as fast as the price HeeHeeHee!!
And my air box blew to peices a month ago but still not sorted but she always start ok on gas, CI injection 740GLE 89 230ES
Down down in Cornwall at the moment [ via Plymouth ] for 2 weeks then off to
W S Mare for 4 days AND Yes with a 16ft Abbey Caravan , disabled scooter ,
Etc. CI alough you to start and doaway with Petrol [ alough down on power a little.
Cheapest fuel 47+vat at Calor Ivey Bridge?
But must sort Petrol as Im carting a good tank of it around with me .
Regards
Mike B