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The LPG pump in Morrisons where i fill up gets regular use, i've never had to wait there for more than one vehicle at the pumps (one for either side filler), in the middle of Leicester there is a very busy indy site which was when i visited one of the cheapest sites in the country, that had several pumps and a constant flow of customers.
It will come as no surprise that some sites have closed down, the too expensive ones, and yes if you live in a remote area and only had one convenient supplier then you would have to think carefully, but if you look at the filllpg site you notice that lpg sites are quite common in areas where the average pay of working class jobs isn't so good.
Depending on the size of the spare wheel well they might be able to shoe horn a 52/55 lire toroidal tank in there, LPG tanks don't fill completely so real capacity would be maybe 45/47 litres which should give a 300 mile minimum range on LPG alone, depending on how the boot is used some individual systems have much larger tanks in the boot itself, up to 100 litres is common.
You get £10 a year reduction on VED because dual fuel, propane produces less emissions, and the warm glow inside when you fill up for about £24 is not to be sniffed at :-), note lpg fuel gauges are generally quite inaccurate but after a few fill ups you get used to zeroing the trip meter and using that as much as the gauge for when to refill, note also it can be quite scary releasing the filler nozzle the first time after filling, its under pressure so releases with a loud hiss.
The car isn't going to be a road rocket by any means, so is going to appeal to steady drivers who might otherwise be thinking of a small hybrid, but at half or maybe quarter (used) the outlay for similar genuine running costs, i don't suppose they're going to fly off the shelves though.
Edited by gordonbennet on 09/02/2020 at 07:44
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