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Old 17th May 2014, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by steamship View Post
The main thing is that it costs a lot less to run, which is important to me. If it were just petrol, I couldn't afford it. The last time it was petrol only, it cost me £100.00 to fill up, which got me 75 litres and 422 miles (25mpg). My latest LPG fill cost me just £61.66 and got me 82 litres and 330 miles (18mpg).
That is only 5 pence per mile difference, that's why I don't 'buy' these LPG conversions.

Petrol - £100/422=23.69 pence per mile
LPG - £61.66/330=18.68 pence per mile

How much does a conversion cost, £2000 maybe?

At that rate, you'd have to do 40,000 miles just to break even.

Add in the additional maintenance, insurance complications, inconvience of actually finding an LPG station, I just don't understand the benefit.

If you worry about running costs, surely better to just buy a diesel?
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