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From: Elder on 6 Aug 2010 10:04
In article <8c0kr1F5slU1(a)mid.individual.net>, petemac9294(a)tiscali.co.uk
says...
> > Certificate isn't always required for insurance,
>
> If you declare that the vehicle has been modified, the insurance company
> needs to know what the modification consists of. A major modification of
> this sort would normally require a (costly) qualified engineers report. A
> valid installers certificate removes this need.

I had my old range rover insured by a small but general car insurer, not
a specialist.
Declared lift kit and lpg (pre-fitted before I bought it). No
certificate, no inspection required, and just to make it easier in
future, the description of vehicle was Range Rover V8 (3litres to 8
litres) with LPG(certificate not required) and suspension modifications.

If it had been as reliable to run as it was cheap to fuel and buy in the
first place I would still have it now.

They were happy that it could have any random V8 upto what is normally
the upper US engine size fitted without requiring further notification
(I phoned to check this as the insurance purchase was online).
> and is no guarantee
> > that the chimp can actually be bothered to do it right once certified,
> > just means he is a member of a trade organisation.
> >
> As with any other certificate (eg Corgi or Gas Safe for example). If the
> fitter decides to work out of accord with the prescribed safety standards,
> then obviously this would be true.
>

Yes but the prescribed safety standards unlike Gas Safe/Corgi are just
best practice rather than actual legal requirements, and re-
certification is just a matter of study/payment every two year cycle.
Anything could lashed together in that period on customer vehicles, and
while the install could be unsafe, a certificate could be issued because
the installer is certified and issuing the certificates themselves.

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From: GT on 9 Aug 2010 05:57
"GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message
news:4c5ad399$0$13485$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> After converting an unleaded petrol car to LPG, can it still run on petrol
> or is it LPG only? I was thinking about it, but lack of LPG stations is a
> concern, so petrol as a backup is peace of mind.

Another thought - does it lower road tax due to lower emmissions and falsely
green* output?

* false in that the polution is moved from the vehicle to the factory that
'makes' the gas (I know it isn't 'made').


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