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marioman3138
Yes, my dads Fairlane is on LPG-cost him $3,400. but he got a $3,000 goverment rebate for converting. It is around 60 cents a litre for LPG, and $1.50-$1.60 for unleaded
antp
Rather easy, yes. My father converted several of his previous cars (Peugeot 604, Peugeot 104, '84 Honda Civic, Volvo 480, Renault 11, maybe even some others)
taxiguy
That surprises me. It must be easy to convert a car to LPG then?
garco
My current car runs on LPG (Xsara), I drive full power always, no problems at all!
ingo
My neighbour told me also, that, because of the hotter burning engine and the bit less power, you should avoid driving full throttle for a longer time, when you have switched to LPG, also not driving full speed. And the engine dislikes, to tow a big trailer.
antp
At prices like that, you could even afford to drive really big cars with V8 engines like many do here in the US (as long as it runs on LPG that is
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That's why you often see US cars running on LPG, especially the pickup trucks.
e.g.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_8491-Dodge-W-200-1977.html
(green sticker above the licence plate)
taxiguy
At that station we talked with other LPG-drivers (by the way: LPG is cheaper in Germany than in Holland; today between 52 and 58 Cent over here, in NL over 60 Cent per liter).
That seems really cheap for Europe, almost as cheap as regular gas is here. At prices like that, you could even afford to drive really big cars with V8 engines like many do here in the US (as long as it runs on LPG that is
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ingo
P.S.
@Max: be happy about your fuel-prices!
Yes, over here it's also much lower than a few weeks before. One hour ago I filled up Diesel for 1,23 Euro per liter.
Unfortunately I thought, when I stored my K 70 in the garage, with the thoughts, not to drive a lot in late atumn- and wintertime, "Let's fill up the tank. It will be more and more expensive". So I did in late September - for 1,64 Euro per liter 98 octane "Super plus"
ingo
Just 2 hours ago I went with my neighbour to a LPG-station with his 1989 Passat 35i. This car has an old-style-LPG-tank, the big roll in the trunk.
At that station we talked with other LPG-drivers (by the way: LPG is cheaper in Germany than in Holland; today between 52 and 58 Cent over here, in NL over 60 Cent per liter).
These old big aftersales-market-tanks are usually bigger (up to 100 or 120 liters, but is costs a lot of space in hte trunk. The new style-tanks, made for the spare-tire-place aren't that small any more. In the past they had around 35 litzers, nowadays up to 80, 90 liters.
One LPG-car at the station this evening was a brand new BMW 330 si, the other a Citroen Berlingo and the next a Peugeot 206 CC Cabriolet. This one had an interesting construction. The trunk is too small for a regular LPG-tank, so the owner had (regularly) fixed a big spare-wheel-tank in the trunk, because its lower, low enough, that the open, folded roof can be stored over it. I didn't know, that the 206 CC originally had no spare tire at all! The guy told us, that some oweners, who wants to have a spare tire, have cutted a hole for it in a stabilisation-bar at the chassis' bottom. Very strange...
Anyways, my neighbour uses a LPG-systems since nearly 10 years. He drives 100 km per day to work and back. The conversion to LPG had cost in 1999 3900 D-Mark (ca.1800 Euro), correctly made by a specialist in Venlo/NL, with all German technical permissions.
He told me, that until now, driving with LPG had saved him around 9000 Euros in 9 1/2 years, compared with using fuel in his Passat.
I'll think about a LPG-car, if my Diesel-Omega will be gone sometimes.
BlackIce_GTS
Gas is coming down here, too. I think it peaked around 1.30$/L, down to .98 cents/L now.
Didn't see this post before:
I'm very prejudiced; I love Mopar. The Sebring and the Avenger are awful cars though.