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GAS IS IT WORTH IT?

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jjsaul:
been running single point on a 3.5 EFi for 2 years now and the cost saving is great (done about 40,000 miles now)...
just bought a multipoint kit for my 4.6 (single point systems aren't suitable for the 4.2 / 4.6's) and havent got round to fitting it yet and im kicking myself every time i have to put £70 petrol in to fill it up  :shock:

Range Rover Blues:
How much was your system again Jamie, IIRC it was under a grand for the whole front end (just add tank) which for the quality kit was not a bad price.

For those that don't know Jamie and I bought our kits form the same guy, though his is newer than mine and things move fast in the LPG industry.

As a rule though I recon LPG costs about half as much as petrol, LPG is between 43 and 47p/litre compared to 93ish for petrol, but you do use more fuel.

I worry about miles/£ rather than MPG, so if I recon my system cost £1250 all in then after about the same again in LPG I'm breaking even.

But wait, my oil lasts longer, my engine will last longer and I can now park in Sheffield FREE because my car is environmentally friendly dual-fuel.  There are some benefits beyond your pocket.

Ja1983:
another point worth considering is the changing rice of fuel...

any green haired hooligan will tel you that theree aint much gas/oil left, and you know what that will do to the price of gas and petrol in the next few years...

although i adore the sound of a v8 at full chat, the best option for saving a few quid would probably to switch to a derv.

Range Rover Blues:
But LPG is a by-product of refining petrol, deisel and av-gas.  So whilst there are fuel reserves then the staus quo will remain,

Diesels can run on SVO, Petrols on alcohol, well LPG system can run on CNG or compressed natural gas (Methane) and my system is already capable of running on it, I just have to change one setting with the laptop and check the callibration.

Wireless:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---...well LPG system can run on CNG or compressed natural gas (Methane) and my system is already capable of running on it, I just have to change one setting with the laptop and check the callibration.
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Of course, the other consideration is the complex web strapping of a cow to the vehicle roof, and running the fuel pipe from the cow's backside to the LPG system...

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