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Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 09:12**

Lewis wrote: Just one more observation which I shared with a calor gas supplier when they were filling up my LPG tank - it seems the major petrol suppliers always move the price of LPG up in line with petrol so it is around 50% of the price per litre. Calor Gas outlets always seem to undercut them by at least 4p/litre. Of course the person filling up my tank agreed!

Has anyone else observed this or is it different elsewhere? (I should say of course the cost of all fuel is higher in remote parts of the UK) - VW Lewis

ghost123uk - (from an earlier post on this thread) wrote:
Funny thing in my area is that the local Calor Gas depot, on a big industrial est in Ellesmere Port, is one of the dearest sources in the area !! ( plus their ancient pump takes an age to fill my tank )

You can get the same Calor Gas product from a Shell station just up the road for 2p less per Litre !!

Asda is still the cheapest in our locality ( 49.9p )

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 09:19**

Oh and in answer to the question a couple of posts above, mine gives me about the same MPG on Petrol as it does on LPG ( about 20 to 24 )

An interesting aside - I have recently been filling up at a BP station.

They sell "Premier LPG"

It may be my imagination, but I am pretty convinced it gives more power and runs better on that than the Calor stuff I get from the Shell garages.

Probably all the same stuff in the big tanks and it's all in my mind !!

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 09:22**

Premier LPG? Surely gas is gas. Cheaper or a few more pennies?

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 09:38**

maxstu wrote:Premier LPG? Surely gas is gas. Cheaper or a few more pennies?

Premier is the brand, not an adjective

Not sure if all brands are the same though, just as all petrol is not the same.

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 09:40**

I stand corrected.
Many thanks.

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 10:29**

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 16:16**

maxstu

I think you will find that the last three price rises are due to Duty taxes and not the refiners.
I will take corrections on that

Oh and just to keep you happy it goes up again next month by 2pennies I am told. Once again to TAXES>

Anyway by now you must be well convinced that it is worth it to be converted:- Both YOU and the VAN

Phredd

ps:- the biggest lies told after Polits are %ages.

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 16:25**

i too beleive i do more mpg on BP lpg, even though it is by far the most expensive, but i had put this down to the BP pump being at a higher pressure when filling, and getting more in......

Posted: **07 Mar 2008, 17:29**

Mocki wrote:i too beleive i do more mpg on BP lpg, even though it is by far the most expensive, but i had put this down to the BP pump being at a higher pressure when filling, and getting more in......

Aye pump pressure does vary allot.
As I mentioned our local Calor gas depot is now one of the dearest places to buy in our area and the slowest pump !!

However re the BP LPG - our local BP station is actually the cheapest in the area at 49p - and I do reckon it is better stuff than the Shell / Calor stuff. ( though I do wonder if that is just in my imagination and it is all the same ? )

Posted: **20 Mar 2008, 11:05**

My old van ran on Gasure LPG conversion - over 30000 miles in 2.5 years it saved me about £3000 doing the equivalent of 40-45 mpg on petrol. I'm going to have no hesitation in getting the new one converted as soon as I get chance.

Posted: **20 Mar 2008, 11:27**

Maxstu,

we are in the south-east (Kent), and have 3 gasure conversions (admittedly from when there was a mobile service who came to us to fit...)

couldn't afford the vans on liquid gold. Filled up my tank yesterday (40 odd litres, done 156 miles. This is low....coz she was very full and heavy at the weekend just gone, and had a hour drive back from Essex! Still pulled well, though

Em
x

(as for mpg----very similar to petrol, I get anything between 17-22mpg depending on whats in it, where its going, whether I am in a hurry, etc etc

Emma

Posted: **22 Mar 2008, 23:20**

Hi all,
Thanks again for all your input regarding my initial posting

Still need convincing before I change to LPG.

I'm going to wait until later on this year before making a decision.
I know what I should be doing and the sooner I do it the more of a saving I will make.
My original posting drew some very impressive answers and suggestions. And I appreciate all informative feedback, critical and supportive.
Like most things in life, I can assure you if (or when) I convert, I shall be banging on to other septics with similar zealousness (sic?) and kicking myself for not converting earlier.
One small step at a time.....first one is to call Gasure in the near future.
Kind regards

Posted: **23 Mar 2008, 09:37**

On the different mpg on different suppliers gas...

Its down the the mix.. I know in France, the bus used to go so much better on the "winter" mix than the summer mix.. someone once told me that the winter mix is 70-80% propane and 20-30% butane, but in summer they swap it round.. Propane doesnt freeze as easily as Butane..

Dont know if this is correct or not, but there is something different in the mix...
Maybe BP have a more consistant mix...

Posted: **23 Mar 2008, 09:48**

toomanytoys wrote: Maybe BP have a more consistant mix...

defo consistantly more expensive per litre, but i always get more mpg with bp...... it actually works out cheaper than using the local morrisons .

Posted: **23 Mar 2008, 10:15**

So the only way to check mileage of different station's lpg is to refill at same station several times.... because different stations have different pump presure.. This way I can get accurate miles/ liters figure. Haven't been able to do that yet and mileage is from a low of 15mpg to a high of 26mpg... but most are 20-23mpg.... little less now that I'm commuting 9 miles to work in traffic every day.