Re: Lpg
I have a car that was professionally converted to run on LPG by a previous owner.
The tank is a toroidal jobby that fits in the spare wheel well. The down side is that I have to carry the spare in the luggage space. As far as I can tell, the original full sized spare was ditched in favour of a space saver.
The car now has a second fuel management system for the LPG. The car is started on petrol then changes automatically over to gas when a certain temperature has been reached.
It reduces the fuel costs by about half as a result, but I'd like to know where all these LPG/autogas pumps are that you mention. They bain't round here.
As far as I know, there is only one place within five miles that sells autogas. The next nearest is about fifteen miles away. A thirty mile round trip to top up is not very economical so journeys have to be well planned, including detours to ensure I can fill up when necessary.
Many M-way service stations don't have gas either, so now on long trips we often play a game of drive in-drive out to see if they have the stuff. We also play the game of spot the three prices, as the third price usually indicates the presence of a gas pump.
On our recent visit to Eire and NI, we only found one LPG pump in several thousand miles of driving, and that had a different coupling to the UK type, so we couldn't even fill up there.
On a side note, I notice more and more electric charging points appearing, and I think that will eventually overtake all other types of "alternative" fuel types.