LPG Ownership

Justsomebloke · 27-11-2013, 15:38

So a fair while back I got an LPG Focus & want to spread the word about payiing 70p a litre for your fuel.
I got my focus a 5 Dr 1.8 LX for around 900 quid with just 57000 miles up it mainly to reduce the cost of the trips to my daughter & grandchildren (

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As far as driving the car you pretty much forget it's on LPG, It'll sit at 80/90/110 same as on petrol, Pulling away from stop you do feel a difference between petrol & LPG but not a bad difference you just feel the car is a bit more perky for the first 2000 revs when on petrol, On LPG once you get to 2k revs it pulls really well & maybe a bit better than when on petrol.
Filling up with LPG is easy enough & don't worry about the lack of LPG garages as there are loads about. There is one in my little town & a fair few on the Motorways/main routes. Also don't worry to much as the car switches over automatically to petrol if & when needed. It is also advised to run half a tank of petrol through the car once a month to keep the injectors in good order.
What I can say is once you get used to filling up & have your LPG garages plotted about it is Awesome to only be paying 70p a litre for your fuel. Stuck in a jam r taking the long route to avoid jams or even just going out for a pleasure drive all feels loads better when it's costing you next to nowt.
One thing I would say though if you are considering going LPG is to get an original factory fitted one Don't get an after market one.
For me in my situation I can't think of a better way to run a car, Instead of my south runs costing me 45 quid they are now costing me around 25-30 quid & I can thrash the car as much as I want without worrying about my MPG, It really is much more fun when you can use your car as you want to.
I know a lot of you guys can afford to run the low MPG cars on petrol anyway but on LPG you could do a lot more without it costing any more.
The Focus is just a 5dr Focus but I have to agree with every single other review that rates them highly.

Well that's about me. Any questions then fire away, that's if anybody is around to read it.

27-11-2013, 15:38	#1
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	LPG Ownership So a fair while back I got an LPG Focus & want to spread the word about payiing 70p a litre for your fuel. I got my focus a 5 Dr 1.8 LX for around 900 quid with just 57000 miles up it mainly to reduce the cost of the trips to my daughter & grandchildren () As far as driving the car you pretty much forget it's on LPG, It'll sit at 80/90/110 same as on petrol, Pulling away from stop you do feel a difference between petrol & LPG but not a bad difference you just feel the car is a bit more perky for the first 2000 revs when on petrol, On LPG once you get to 2k revs it pulls really well & maybe a bit better than when on petrol. Filling up with LPG is easy enough & don't worry about the lack of LPG garages as there are loads about. There is one in my little town & a fair few on the Motorways/main routes. Also don't worry to much as the car switches over automatically to petrol if & when needed. It is also advised to run half a tank of petrol through the car once a month to keep the injectors in good order. What I can say is once you get used to filling up & have your LPG garages plotted about it is Awesome to only be paying 70p a litre for your fuel. Stuck in a jam r taking the long route to avoid jams or even just going out for a pleasure drive all feels loads better when it's costing you next to nowt. One thing I would say though if you are considering going LPG is to get an original factory fitted one Don't get an after market one. For me in my situation I can't think of a better way to run a car, Instead of my south runs costing me 45 quid they are now costing me around 25-30 quid & I can thrash the car as much as I want without worrying about my MPG, It really is much more fun when you can use your car as you want to. I know a lot of you guys can afford to run the low MPG cars on petrol anyway but on LPG you could do a lot more without it costing any more. The Focus is just a 5dr Focus but I have to agree with every single other review that rates them highly. Well that's about me. Any questions then fire away, that's if anybody is around to read it. __________________