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Reply #30 - 28. Oct 2009 at 11:35

I bought my Omega 2 years and 9 months ago.

I reckon fuel costs on LPG are currently about the same as my previous car was on petrol when I sold it.

So, I have gone from a 100bhp 1.8 8v manual fwd Renault Laguna with no air con to a 218bhp 3.2 24v automatic rwd Omega with climate control for no increase in fuel cost over nearly 3 years. Thumbs Up!

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Stevie-blunder Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1218 Wolverhampton Gender: Drives: 98 omega 2.5td auto and Rolls Royce Silver Spur	Re: LPG .. :) Reply #31 - 28. Oct 2009 at 19:43 I had an articulated lorry slam into the side of my 1st Rolls Royce 5 years ago right where the "full" lpg tank was, didn't even dent it, the Rolls was written off though.
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Reply #32 - 28. Oct 2009 at 20:07

Kevin Wood wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 11:35:

I bought my Omega 2 years and 9 months ago.

I reckon fuel costs on LPG are currently about the same as my previous car was on petrol when I sold it.

So, I have gone from a 100bhp 1.8 8v manual fwd Renault Laguna with no air con to a 218bhp 3.2 24v automatic rwd Omega with climate control for no increase in fuel cost over nearly 3 years. Thumbs Up!

Kevin

Nail On Head!
Its not purely about economy. We could all go out and buy a punto or some other bra burning roller skate and save on fuel, or lpg that as well and save even more. But who wants to drive around in one of them?

A bloke pulled up next to me on the other lpg pump in some korean shoe box, looked, smiled, and said £20 does me all week. I thought, yeah, but look at it, do they make a size 13uk in leather? You could have got 2 of them in an Omega. Bless him, but what ever blows your skirt up as they say.

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Reply #33 - 28. Oct 2009 at 22:00

Before I got the Omega I was looking around at what diesel mile munchers there were. Usual suspects being a derv mondeo or a pug. Neither of these really fitted the bill as although they could do the miles, I had to put up with a derv engines small powerband. Also what is it with people and never bothering to service their cars?? (That's another story).

Came across the 2.6 omega for sale on here and it did already have LPG installed. For the first couple of weeks I was running on Petrol and it was costing about £110-120 a week. Since running on LPG I think it's costing about £65-70 per week. I'll have to dig out the bills to be really accurate but that is the ballpark figures. I am doing around 700 miles /wk.

I am a convert and the next motor in a good few years will either be a v6 or v8 running LPG. Either self install or buying one that has already had the work done.

Should say that with the LPG you can scare the wits out of the person next to you on the pumps. Normally it's the big burly builders filling up their transit that jump the most Cheesy

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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: LPG .. :) Reply #34 - 28. Oct 2009 at 22:22 davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30: SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving PM Sent
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Reply #35 - 28. Oct 2009 at 22:42

Entwood wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:35:

davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30:

SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving

lazydocker will contact you very quickly I expect !!!

a DIY is about £700 I think and if good at spannering takes a long weekend. Kevin and others used to do a sort of "exchange" system on a drilled inlet manifold .. don't know if that is still around.

The reason I went "expensive (non DIY)" was simply lack of confidence/ability ... but I am still well pleased.

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 22:22:

davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30:

SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving

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Took your time didn't you ????

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Reply #36 - 28. Oct 2009 at 23:34

Entwood wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 22:42:

Entwood wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:35:

davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30:

SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving

lazydocker will contact you very quickly I expect !!!

a DIY is about £700 I think and if good at spannering takes a long weekend. Kevin and others used to do a sort of "exchange" system on a drilled inlet manifold .. don't know if that is still around.

The reason I went "expensive (non DIY)" was simply lack of confidence/ability ... but I am still well pleased.

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 22:22:

davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30:

SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving

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Took your time didn't you ????

Grin

Was unfortunately surfing on my phone earlier (as some of us still have to work!) and it's just a bit of a pain Roll Eyes

Thought I still had a copy of the pre-prepared PM saved but I didn't Sad

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rob in gib Senior Member Offline Posts: 529 Gibraltar Gender: Drives: 2.6 saloon (02) auto + (95) toyota 4runner	Re: LPG .. :) Reply #37 - 28. Oct 2009 at 23:42 Sorry to rub it in guys and ladies unleaded 67p ltr so wont be converting soon
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Reply #38 - 29. Oct 2009 at 00:25

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 23:34:

Entwood wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 22:42:

Entwood wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:35:

davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30:

SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving

lazydocker will contact you very quickly I expect !!!

a DIY is about £700 I think and if good at spannering takes a long weekend. Kevin and others used to do a sort of "exchange" system on a drilled inlet manifold .. don't know if that is still around.

The reason I went "expensive (non DIY)" was simply lack of confidence/ability ... but I am still well pleased.

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 22:22:

davethediver wrote on 28. Oct 2009 at 01:30:

SO who on the site is doing DIY instalations and could they PM me with details. Im currently doing somewhere in the region og 2500 - 4000 miles a month s i really don't think it will take that long to start saving

PM Sent

Took your time didn't you ????

Grin

Was unfortunately surfing on my phone earlier (as some of us still have to work!) and it's just a bit of a pain Roll Eyes

Thought I still had a copy of the pre-prepared PM saved but I didn't Sad

And replied Thumbs Up!

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Reply #39 - 07. Nov 2009 at 16:42

After all my whinging, I have heard many good cases for doing the conversion on here-the best being that they are safer than the petrol supply.

I do 1200+ miles a month, so how long would it take to cover the cost of the kit and fitting?
I have a 3000 mile trip coming soon...
How much boot space does it take up?
How much for a decent fitted conversion?

Advice appreciated Thumbs Up!

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Reply #40 - 07. Nov 2009 at 19:55

cruisetopoland wrote on 07. Nov 2009 at 16:42:

After all my whinging, I have heard many good cases for doing the conversion on here-the best being that they are safer than the petrol supply.

I do 1200+ miles a month, so how long would it take to cover the cost of the kit and fitting?
I have a 3000 mile trip coming soon...
How much boot space does it take up?
How much for a decent fitted conversion?

Advice appreciated Thumbs Up!

I am saving about 70 or so a month at the moment!

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cruisetopoland Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1352 UK Gender: Drives: various	Re: LPG .. :) Reply #41 - 19. Nov 2009 at 09:18 Thought long and hard aobut this now and more convinced as petrol costs slowly bankrupting me and have two 3,000 mile Europe trips in the pipeline.... How much on a 2.2? Where? How?
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Reply #42 - 19. Nov 2009 at 10:20

cruisetopoland wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 09:18:

Thought long and hard aobut this now and more convinced as petrol costs slowly bankrupting me and have two 3,000 mile Europe trips in the pipeline....

How much on a 2.2?
Where?
How?

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Depends.... If you can DIY I reckon you'd do it for under £700, whichever tank option you chose. You also need to budget about £20 for some filler adapters for your foreign trips. I bought mine from a French Motorway service station as it was cheaper (then) than UK suppliers.

If you have it "Professionally" installed, be careful! Expect £1500+..

You need to bear these questions in mind:

Saloon or estate?

Cylinder tank or spare wheel?

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Reply #43 - 19. Nov 2009 at 10:36

Lazydocker wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 10:20:

cruisetopoland wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 09:18:

Thought long and hard aobut this now and more convinced as petrol costs slowly bankrupting me and have two 3,000 mile Europe trips in the pipeline....

How much on a 2.2?
Where?
How?

Thumbs Up!

Depends.... If you can DIY I reckon you'd do it for under £700, whichever tank option you chose. You also need to budget about £20 for some filler adapters for your foreign trips. I bought mine from a French Motorway service station as it was cheaper (then) than UK suppliers.

If you have it "Professionally" installed, be careful! Expect £1500+..

You need to bear these questions in mind:

Saloon or estate?

Cylinder tank or spare wheel?

Thanks for response. I am fairly handy and could assist an installation but would not want to do it wholly by myself-plus I would need the certificate for insurers.

My car is a saloon and I am not sure which tank would be best as we need a spare wheel and the boot space!!

What are the pros and cons?

Really, we would be robbing Peter to pay Paul so no chance of pro-install. Was thinking of maybe some secondhand bits and news bits where needed and doing a cash deal with a club member if anyone fancies a visit to sunny (!) Leominster? Grin

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Reply #44 - 19. Nov 2009 at 10:45

cruisetopoland wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 10:36:

Lazydocker wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 10:20:

cruisetopoland wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 09:18:

Thought long and hard aobut this now and more convinced as petrol costs slowly bankrupting me and have two 3,000 mile Europe trips in the pipeline....

How much on a 2.2?
Where?
How?

Thumbs Up!

Depends.... If you can DIY I reckon you'd do it for under £700, whichever tank option you chose. You also need to budget about £20 for some filler adapters for your foreign trips. I bought mine from a French Motorway service station as it was cheaper (then) than UK suppliers.

If you have it "Professionally" installed, be careful! Expect £1500+..

You need to bear these questions in mind:

Saloon or estate?

Cylinder tank or spare wheel?

Thanks for response. I am fairly handy and could assist an installation but would not want to do it wholly by myself-plus I would need the certificate for insurers.

My car is a saloon and I am not sure which tank would be best as we need a spare wheel and the boot space!!

What are the pros and cons?

Really, we would be robbing Peter to pay Paul so no chance of pro-install. Was thinking of maybe some secondhand bits and news bits where needed and doing a cash deal with a club member if anyone fancies a visit to sunny (!) Leominster? Grin

Personally I wouldn't buy a kit from anywhere other than the supplier I have details for. As Tunnie is finding out, the other suppliers don't supply a full kit Roll Eyes

As for second hand.... Perhaps a tank, if it was cheap enough, but I wouldn't bother with anything else.

I'm happy to help anyone out with a conversion but my time is at a premium at the moment, and will be until after Christmas, so I wouldn't commit to helping until the new year.

As for tank options... Cylinder tanks are cheaper and can be larger than spare wheel replacements but take up nearly half of the boot space. It's all your decision TBH

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