Miracles do happen

Series 3 runs on lpg but took it for the MOT on petrol and he never asked to change it over to gas.Took my landrover to different garage than my car as i find it helps if the MOT inspector nows a bit about the vehicle type.

A few years ago I bought a Series 3 from a local landrover garage with 12 months MOT and it was a death trap.Split tyres, seat belt mountings fell off, chassis like a tea bag, brakes wouldn't stop a go-cart and so on...

Has anyone bought a car and they just write out a certificate there and then without inspecting the car?

Its all down to where you go i think..........

That's the sort of 'normal' story that makes me really smile!!!! I'm happy for you

Stew.

On or around Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:30:54 -0000, "Adrian Ford" enlightened us thusly:

Jammy git.

mind, I got away fairly lightly with the disco. turrets (nice galv ones from David "Llama") weld up the bit on the back door pillar where there was a big rusty hole (PITA) and replace the 2 front nearside brake pipes which were rusty at the ends. Oh and make the side light work which hasn't been working since I bought it in June.

MOT bloke was muttering darkly about LPG and how he never has an LPG one pass without faffing around. Quoth I: "it should do". Put it on the machine, emissions spot on where I tuned 'em to about 6 months ago :-)

Am I missing something here, I thought that LPG was supposed to be cleaner than petrol.

Gas is cheap at 35p to 40p a litre and you can hardly tell the difference when running. Not sure if its a way to get a smokey engine through its MOT ...

On or around Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:32:09 -0000, "Larry" enlightened us thusly:

it can be, especially on older vehicles. and of course if it's properly set up.

however, you have the choice with a dual-fuel of how it's tested - present it running on gas and that's how it gets tested.

takes a very good engine with a very good gas system to beat a cat-equipped petrol engine on emissions, though.

I suppose the only reason for me converting to gas would be for economy then.

On or around Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:25:40 -0000, "Adrian Ford" enlightened us thusly:

depends. It won't stop it burning oil. Something that's marginal on emissions can probably be tuned better on gas and thus be marginally the right side rather than the wrong side.

economy-wise, I reckon the 3.5V8 disco gets about the same in miles per quid as the 300TDi, especially by the time you tune the 300 TDi to get the same power.

ISTR that for some emissions, Diesels are better than Petrol. My as usual hazy memory is telling me that Diesels contribute less to global problems (global warming? Ozone layer?) than petrols, but contribute more to local issues (particulate poisoning). Can anyone fill in the gaping blanks?

If the sponge I call my memory is right, then diesels would surely be the better way to go because the localised pollution can be tackled by localised means, so engines in the UK don't affect people all over the world but just in the UK, i.e. the pollution is kept local.

I am beginning to see the point now, being as I have an oil burner, that oil is still going out the exhaust.