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wannabeeahack
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The way the price of natural gas is going CNG will soon be more expensive than petrol. :?


12 months ago it was being pumped BACK to russia free of charge cos we had too much....

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wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
The way the price of natural gas is going CNG will soon be more expensive than petrol. :?


12 months ago it was being pumped BACK to russia free of charge cos we had too much....


LPG is 69.9, at my only refill point and thats at an Esso station 8 miles away :shock:
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skippy41 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
The way the price of natural gas is going CNG will soon be more expensive than petrol. :?


12 months ago it was being pumped BACK to russia free of charge cos we had too much....


LPG is 69.9, at my only refill point and thats at an Esso station 8 miles away :shock:


Thats more expensive than the motorway service stations. :shock:

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grandad wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
The way the price of natural gas is going CNG will soon be more expensive than petrol. :?


12 months ago it was being pumped BACK to russia free of charge cos we had too much....


LPG is 69.9, at my only refill point and thats at an Esso station 8 miles away :shock:


Thats more expensive than the motorway service stations. :shock:

I know but he is milking it
As the price of fuel is slowly coming down so should the LPG
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I was very pleased with my experience of LPG on a Ford Mondeo.

However, the engine wasn't perfect for the conversion so I started trying to find a Vauxhall. They do an engine which is, apparently, perfect for LPG. But, in during my search, I discovered that the Vauxhall engine is an older engine that comes fitted to a very basic car. I decided that I wanted some comfort and bells 'n' whistles so have returned to a Vauxhall Vectra Elite diesel.

I will be back to LPG one day, but only on petrol engined car.

As far as excise duty is concerned, the government have pledged to 'maintain the tax differential' between LPG and petrol until 2010.
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2010 isnt far off.............

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wannabeeahack wrote:
2010 isnt far off.............


near is 2009..
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don't forget to factor in the engine life so far 3 local drivers have tried converting to LPG. All 3 had to rebuild their engines within 6 months but it wasn't the lpg to blame of course not even when one of them blew his engine up again ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Suffice to say NOONE locally touches the camping gas now to power their cars even though it is available at 2 sites within 5 miles of the town !
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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
2010 isnt far off.............


near is 2009..


just booking 2009 june holidays in cyprus, when we get back 2010 will be 4 months away...

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edders23 wrote:
don't forget to factor in the engine life so far 3 local drivers have tried converting to LPG. All 3 had to rebuild their engines within 6 months but it wasn't the lpg to blame of course not even when one of them blew his engine up again ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Suffice to say NOONE locally touches the camping gas now to power their cars even though it is available at 2 sites within 5 miles of the town !


That's why it's important to get the right car and the right installer. I couldn't find the right car this time around so I'm back to diesel.
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