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Only get better miles if you drive like miss daisy. 206's are also poor, very very poor.
I owned a brand new 1, 03 plate for 3 yrs. I had 2.0 HDi 90bhp. I got more MPG in a 406 2.0 HDi 110bhp.

Pointless nonesense posted above. You're hardly gonna save any money changing from a 2.0 HDi to a 1.4 HDi.

Why bother, its a diesel not a fast race car?

"I really didn't just say that did I? "

*fast forward to the 2011 budget* ..........."the chancellor has today announced a reduction in the tax-free threshold for people running D-8 style 406's on Veg oil to a new maximum allowance of 500 litres" :P :roll: They banned Veg Oil use as a fuel about 5 yrs ago, but it cost the government more...

Some bodge from Halfords, some paint and a light will sort that out. No big deal at all.

Archangel wrote: 2500 litres per year can be used duty free , after that duty payable in arrears

Its actually 2499 ltrs duty free, as soon as you use 2500 you must pay duty on all of it.
I just keep a spreadsheet with all the details on it of how much I use.

If its just the case you need, then no need to get a key cut. Just swap the insides inc key to the new key fob.

geordieboy got another 40 litres today and done 5%petrol and it seems much better im happy with it now also the smell seems to have died down a little over the last 60 miles Nice 1, stick at it. The smell does get less, as you think about it less. ATM you're proberly thinking too much about it. Giv...

sirwiggum wrote:Bit of a worry when HMRC aren't even sure of their own rules!

Most of them aint got a clue, Veg Oil is per person, while Bio is per property.

Can legally use 2499 ltrs tax free, soon as you use 2500 ltrs you must pay fuel duty on all of it.

ibet used oil wouid be better over new stuff, im not thinking of the costs but the fact that old stuff as been heated up loads of times and thinned naturaly , New stuff as gota stink more as its thicker . or is that wrong ? :roll: Other way round, New Oil is thinner, Waste Oil will have animal fat ...

Dodgy earth or maybe immobiliser fault.

Should of kept with it for a few weeks or a month at least. You'd then benefit of a nice running quieter diesel which saves you money.
I've done about 2,000 miles on my 406 with Veg, and its running sweet, very very quiet, far quieter than when it was on diesel.

Dont be a pussy ffs, hunting is nothing, smell is nothing, keep ya windows closed when you first start it.
To hell what anyone in the street thinks, its perfectly legal. Just use it and enjoy the fuel savings.

You really cant go wrong with a Tom Tom. I got the Tom Tom XL Europe a few years ago as I was driving thru France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. It got me from a Hotal in France to a hotel in Italy via Swizz, and Italy to hotel in Spain, then back home again. Absolutely perfect, couldn't fault it at...

I normally start and drive off, but over winter I started it, left it on idle while I cleared snow off my drive.