[steveproracing]

Average price for a good quality LPG conversion is about £2500

I've had 2 cars on LPG. Between them I used LPG for something over 7 years. It's very good but has a few downsides

1 knowing where LPG stations are
Long trips require meticulous route planning for fill ups
Nationals etc were a scary prospect at times cos once u have LPG the last thing u want to do is fill up with petrol
It just feels like burning money!!

2 the space the tank takes in the car
Now, there are donut tanks that replace your spare wheel but they are either small volumes or they do intrude into your boot
Or there are the tanks that replace your petrol tank
But that makes point 1 even more scary!!
Or there is the big boot mounted tank that fills half your boot!!

3, you loose about 5-10% bhp on average running on LPG


However it is MUCH cheaper than petrol
On average u save about 40% per tank

Fuel prices are half of petrol I hear you cry but
U do not get the same mpg on LPG. On average 10-15% less than petrol
Thus creating an overall saving around 40%


If u have a thirsty car( mine were yank 4litre engines)
U save alot and very quickly offset that initial layout of £2500

Hope I've given u guys food for thought

Just wish I could do my diesel. Seemed a reasonable buy when it was only 90p a litre (2007)