LancsvRS

Had my 06 petrol Octavia converted to dual fuel 2 years back. Runs a treat and no probs so far - other than slight rough running for those first few miles while she heats up, but more 2 miles than 5. Be warned - the kit I have (Italian, gone blank on the make) still requires about 25% petrol. Having said that, it's paid for itself now and it's so nice filling up for £25 a tank most of the time. The biggest drawback is the lack of filling stations - check you have choices before any conversion. Total range of the car is now 500 miles if I went through both tanks - about 230 miles off a 44ltr lpg tank (toroidal and in the spare well as the cars too low for an underslung tank). The second filler is up on the side near the petrol. If you're in the NW, check out F1 automotive at Bolton as they specialise in higher performance cars (the octy photos on the site are my old girl if they're still there). The icing on the cake is getting a discount from my insurance company for a mod that has actually improved the performance slightly.

Hi everyone. If you hadn't guessed from my name, I'm from Lancashire and I'm in a long-term relationship with a vRS - a black petrol/lpg Octavia. Although I'm slightly disenchanted at the moment as something has gone amiss with the central locking, which is how I found this site. If you were in Leyland this afternoon - that car alarm was ME - and really embarassing it was too.