BioDiesel

[Aquanaut]

Anyone know much about running straight veg oil in the Transit? I've read a few posts that say around 20% mix is ok.
I'm thinking that at 59c (40p) for ALDI veg oil, it will be a lot cheaper than 1.14euro per litre for Diesel.
It should bring down costs for 300 mile weekend trips.

[mk2panelvan]

Whats the laws on all this?

[MrMPuk]

The law says you can use it but you need to pay duty on it! Not to sure how much the duty is now but a couple of years ago it was 23p a litre.

[FredTransit]

The law says you can use it but you need to pay duty on it! Not to sure how much the duty is now but a couple of years ago it was 23p a litre.

So whats the point then?

[WINDSCREENGUY]

f**k the law

[MrMPuk]

That's alright till you get caught and as it happens I was pulled the other day and told to follow an officer on a motorcycle to a car park where they were checking vehicles.

[WINDSCREENGUY]

unlucky

[MrMPuk]

I don't mind really as i'm all legal!

[Luke]

I don't mind really as i'm all legal!

Did they dip your tank mike?

[MrMPuk]

You name it mate, they checked everything.

[madmark]

what and they let you go!

[Valsheda]

UNLUCKY MIKE BUT AT LEAST YOUR VAN IS OK BUT STILL A PAIN IN THE ARSE FOR ANYONE , THE COPPERS ARE DOING THE SAME THING HERE IN HEMEL HEMPSTEAD , PULLING CARS AND VANS OFF THE M1 JUNC 8 TO THE BP GARAGE AND CHECKING EVERYTHING , SO BE AWARE

[Luke]

Wow i have never been spot checked in all the time i have been driving!! and ive driven a lot of miles - all in vans!!

perhaps a second "secret" tank would be the answer!!

[Valsheda]

NEITHER HAVE I (touch wood, hand on head), BUT DONT TEMPT FATE , EVEN IF YOU ARE 100% LEGAL I BET ITS A HORRIBLE THING TO HAVE DONE

[transitgeoff]

police are just out to collect money for the government to pay towards the sh*t state that this country is in, they dont want to know about the problems we have they just target the easy touch motorist a council contracted vehicle removal and impounding fella i know told me the other day that because so many people were stopping smoking the government were loosing so much revenue in lost tax on cigarettes that they are desperately looking for other ways to get money in and one of the ways was clamping untaxed vehicles and believe this, untaxed vehicles are getting few and far between so one of the ideas put forward was to make private parking bays in complexes of flats and housing areas the same as the highway so that if your vehicle was SORN and parked in a bay they will clamp it and remove it