LPG as Factory Option

[PaulHogan]

Why don't manufacturers offer LPG as an option?

[V88Dicky]

Er.......

they do.

Astra Bi-Fuel

Volvo,

to name but a few.

[rallycross]

they did but think they have stopped (volvo have definitely stopped)

the volvo's were quite good the vauxhalls were not so good and caused problems for customers as dealers had no idea how to fix.

[HellDiver]

Vauxhall wasn't factory fit. It was retrofitted by Vauxhall Special Vehicle Operations at Mira (same guys who stick the blue lights on top of Vauxhall cop cars). They fitted it to the rubbish old 1.6 8v in the Astra, and the dealers were clueless how to fix it when it went horribly wrong.

[Dr_Rick]

Previous next door neighbour has an A6 estate with 'Bi-Fuel' in definite Audi script on the back. Has the little LPG filler near the standard fuel flap in colour coded plastic.

Dr Rick

[Parrot of Doom]

Mine's being converted right now, I should get it back tomorrow.

At £0.69 a litre I'm not sure why more people don't do it. I'll be getting a max of about (an equivalent) 45mpg from a 4 litre V8, in a car that weighs as much as the moon.