Prior to buying my MINI I had three LPG cars, Focus, Omega, Rover 45. First two were converted before I bought them and were pretty good and damn cheap to run. Got the Rover converted myself under the governments Powershift grant scheme with official Rover kit and ran it to +150k before the head gasket went and I moved on. The Rover was a fantastic conversion that had had an awful lot of development put into it with it's own separate ECU for the gas system etc. This development was done whilst BMW were in charge. I believe official BMW kit is also a good conversion. All this kit amounts to a lot of extra weight so be prepared to lose some performance. Before making any decisions check the refueling map on the links below to check that there are LPG stations in the areas where you travel. I say this as LPG tanks are usually small (45L) and the actual mpg of the car will probably drop by approx 5% when on LPG. Result more frequent fill ups so you need the stations handy. I would go for BMW endorsed kit as my early none official conversions and those of friends have had niggly problems. Cheap basic conversions work best on pre 1999 cars apparently. Unfortunately LPG has fallen out of favour with the government (why?) so grants are no longer available as I understand it, the website certainly doesn't exist anymore. With the MINI I'm not sure exactly what would happen with the LPG tank as this normally goes in the spare wheel well, and reduces boot space by about 3 inches in height. Tanks can go all over though, in the sills is another popular place. The other thing to note is that I have found dealers very wary of taking LPG cars in as PX, they don't know how to value them, and they believe that it is a niche sales market . The plus points are 100% discount on the London congestion charge (if applicable), and reduced road tax but this is Dependant on car manufacture dates (post 2000 i think), oh and best yet in cost terms my Rover was doing the equivalent of 110 mpg
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