On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:44:25 +0100, "Will"
wrote:

Well ive got a new job and may end up travelling a few miles and ive got 2/3
cars that I may purchase but all vary in price.

Question is one of the cars is a 18month old Renault Clio 172sport.
Is there any chance of a powershift grant for such a car and if so how much?
And can any installers out there give me a rough ball park figure for a 70
tank in the boot of the car please?

I know its not even remotely economical but if I can get a good conversion
to LPG for a good price witha grant then I can spend the £9-9'5k on it
instead of buying a Fabia Vrs with some options for about £12.5k or a
Citroen C5 2.2Hdi Exclusive.

Would prefer the petrol as its cheaper anyway with only about 10k miles on
it but who knows

Thanks for any help ya can give me guys,
Will


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No power shift grant. Each conversion for each car has to be tested
and approved for power shift grant. The installation has to be done
by a power shift appoved installer for that conversion on that car.
The appoval tests cost money which can only be recovered by the power
shift appoved installer doing a lot of conversions. A one (or two)
off can't economically get the grant.

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Hi Will,

dont waste your time with aptly named 'Power-****' - it is lipservice,
encouraged by the likes of the LPGA for their 'old boys network'. Grants are
typically no more than 50-60%, but the cost will be 150-200% higher than for
non-grant assisted conversions. So you will actually be better off without a
grant, odd though it sounds. Typically, to get a vehicle approved on
powershift costs around £10-15k, and their is no guarrantee! So the person
that submits it will want to recoup the cost by increasing the price of the
conversion equipment, and as each type of vehicle and each engine size
requires a separate application, costing £10-15k, it means that the
additional cost is quite high!

If you want a good system at a good price, go for a good quality sequential
injection system, such as romano, which will set you back £1200-1500. as
opposed to a powershift approved non-sequential system that costs £2500 and
gives you 700 grant money. If you like, I can arrange for a conversion with
a 98.5% grant

(but the conversion will cost you £100 000 prior to the grant!)


Oh well guess that means if I go for it the whole lot will be forked out
from my pocket Does this entitle me to any reduction on the car tax?