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Just 2 hours ago I went with my neighbour to a LPG-station with his 1989 Passat 35i. This car has an old-style-LPG-tank, the big roll in the trunk.
At that station we talked with other LPG-drivers (by the way: LPG is cheaper in Germany than in Holland; today between 52 and 58 Cent over here, in NL over 60 Cent per liter).
These old big aftersales-market-tanks are usually bigger (up to 100 or 120 liters, but is costs a lot of space in hte trunk. The new style-tanks, made for the spare-tire-place aren't that small any more. In the past they had around 35 litzers, nowadays up to 80, 90 liters.
One LPG-car at the station this evening was a brand new BMW 330 si, the other a Citroen Berlingo and the next a Peugeot 206 CC Cabriolet. This one had an interesting construction. The trunk is too small for a regular LPG-tank, so the owner had (regularly) fixed a big spare-wheel-tank in the trunk, because its lower, low enough, that the open, folded roof can be stored over it. I didn't know, that the 206 CC originally had no spare tire at all! The guy told us, that some oweners, who wants to have a spare tire, have cutted a hole for it in a stabilisation-bar at the chassis' bottom. Very strange...
Anyways, my neighbour uses a LPG-systems since nearly 10 years. He drives 100 km per day to work and back. The conversion to LPG had cost in 1999 3900 D-Mark (ca.1800 Euro), correctly made by a specialist in Venlo/NL, with all German technical permissions.
He told me, that until now, driving with LPG had saved him around 9000 Euros in 9 1/2 years, compared with using fuel in his Passat.
I'll think about a LPG-car, if my Diesel-Omega will be gone sometimes.
At that station we talked with other LPG-drivers (by the way: LPG is cheaper in Germany than in Holland; today between 52 and 58 Cent over here, in NL over 60 Cent per liter).
These old big aftersales-market-tanks are usually bigger (up to 100 or 120 liters, but is costs a lot of space in hte trunk. The new style-tanks, made for the spare-tire-place aren't that small any more. In the past they had around 35 litzers, nowadays up to 80, 90 liters.
One LPG-car at the station this evening was a brand new BMW 330 si, the other a Citroen Berlingo and the next a Peugeot 206 CC Cabriolet. This one had an interesting construction. The trunk is too small for a regular LPG-tank, so the owner had (regularly) fixed a big spare-wheel-tank in the trunk, because its lower, low enough, that the open, folded roof can be stored over it. I didn't know, that the 206 CC originally had no spare tire at all! The guy told us, that some oweners, who wants to have a spare tire, have cutted a hole for it in a stabilisation-bar at the chassis' bottom. Very strange...
Anyways, my neighbour uses a LPG-systems since nearly 10 years. He drives 100 km per day to work and back. The conversion to LPG had cost in 1999 3900 D-Mark (ca.1800 Euro), correctly made by a specialist in Venlo/NL, with all German technical permissions.
He told me, that until now, driving with LPG had saved him around 9000 Euros in 9 1/2 years, compared with using fuel in his Passat.
I'll think about a LPG-car, if my Diesel-Omega will be gone sometimes.