big_boz Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) Just had a chat with a local lpg company. Chap suggests a 71l tank fits under the back where the wheel goes with a c55l useable volume. He mentioned 200m local range and 250m on a run (apparently he has a 2.4 Alphard s20 as his daily) and that's his figures That range seems low, implies about 21mpg on gas, anyone got any real world experience of what these will do on lpg, I'm working out payback miles on the conversion cost of £1150 and with current fuel prices it seeing it as about 14k miles .....which seem a alot. When I have converted cars in the past it's always been 8-10k miles. Edited April 24 by big_boz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALSALPHARD Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Hi potential problem will be getting hold of LPG as a few big names are no longer going to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_boz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 7 minutes ago, ALSALPHARD said: Hi potential problem will be getting hold of LPG as a few big names are no longer going to sell it. Plenty of it where I live have 3 stations less than a mile, not something I am concerned about. The fear mongering with lpg is somewhat out of date, LPG is absolutely part of the governments direction of travel to net zero, hgv fleet use LPG as EV is not a viable long term solution, the duty escalator has been removed for LPG as a result. Given how popular lpg is on the continent, I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the near future it becomes a government endorsed fuel, with tax benefits and purchase incentives. It's an easy win for the government in terms of emissions reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boonies Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On a Motorway run and not exceeding 70 MPH I get 33-34mpg from my 20 series 2.4 Alphard and about 26-27 around town so I would doubt the conversion would be good value at the sort of mileage your LPG man mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojie Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 The further South West you travel towards Land's End the less LPG you will find; but can always run on petrol if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_boz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 18 minutes ago, The Boonies said: On a Motorway run and not exceeding 70 MPH I get 33-34mpg from my 20 series 2.4 Alphard and about 26-27 around town so I would doubt the conversion would be good value at the sort of mileage your LPG man mentioned. That's pretty much what I get on petrol so to your point it doesn't stack up financially like it used to. That said last LPG car I had it was 58p per litre seems closer 90p now, so near 50% more expensive, petrol hasn't gone up by the same factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) I'm getting 31mpg on a long motorway run on a gen 1 hybrid running LPG Edited April 24 by smurf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_boz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 35 minutes ago, smurf said: I'm getting 31mpg on a long motorway run on a gen 1 hybrid running LPG What do you get on petrol buddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 2 hours ago, big_boz said: What do you get on petrol buddy? Not a clue as I haven't run it on. I would assume 40mpg is achievable based upon 31 on LPG. Mine is full camper conversion and I rarely push above 60mph on the motorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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