To gas or not to gas?

If I find the Barge does turn out to be reliable and non-rusty, I will be:

a) delighted, and
b) in a quandary wrapped in a conundrum encased in an enigma.

As you may have gathered, I don't need two cars, so running one makes more sense. I'd love it to be the comfy, automatic, gadget-laden Volvo but I can't afford the 25mpg fuel costs.

However, if I were to sell the Peugeot, that would go some way to financing an LPG conversion. Diesel Pugs are in demand at the moment, just have a look on Autotrader for 306 2.0 diesels and see what traders are asking... £1,250+ for a good one, and mine is good-ish, if a little leggy at 105k miles.

But, the LPG conversion would probably cost more than the car itself.

Again I'm working in circles but it basically boils down to the fact that if the car is sound, it may be worth investing in.

I sent off for a quote from a nearby LPG conversion company just to get an idea of costs: £1,400 inc VAT apparently, but if I 'apply today' I get the VAT off.

I'm immediately suspicious of such an offer - why can't they just give me a sensible price and let me decide if I want to pay it?

I'd also like to do some of the conversion myself to save costs, but I probably haven't got the tools or the time to do it. Ho hum.

In other news I bought six months' tax: £118.50. If the Barge were registered after March 2001 that would be more like £200... another reason to buy the old girl.