I recently sent my V5 away for a change of address and I also filled in the "Type of fuel" box under section 7 (changes to current vehicle) to say "LPG/PETROL".

I got the V5 back today with the change of address but the type of fuel listed under section 4 still reads "PETROL".

Did I do it wrong or have they just missed the change to fuel type?

They need to see proof, either an invoice from the installer or invoice for the component parts. They will change it to PETROL/GAS. I did mine last year even though it was originally converted in 2008.

I never did this - do you get cheaper road tax ?

No

Well, possibly if your car was registered after May 2001 (IIRC) but if it was you're in a higher bracket anyway.
So, get a 2000 and it's cheaper Gas or not.

But its only £10 a year cheaper if you do have a later vehicle, whichever tax class it sits in.

I think for the hassle why bother, I’ve had people say , you get free congestion charge in London, BS do you, mine has lpg on the log book, I’ve never got anything off the tax and pay congestion charges.

You used to get free congestion charge in London but only if the car had LPG on the V5 and if it had been placed on a TFL register and for that it had to be fitted with an LPG system that they had approved for that model of car. If you are on the post 2001 emissions related sliding scale for road tax, if on LPG you get a tenner discount, if you are on the pre-2001 fixed rate, then you don't. However, I got mine changed with a view to the future. France has introduced a vignette scheme for Paris, Lyon and Grenoble with numbered vignettes depending on the emissions class of the vehicle and at times of high pollution only the lower emissions classes are allowed in these towns. A P38 on petrol is Euro 3 so would be class 3 vignette, but as I declared mine as running on LPG I got issued a class 1 vignette, the same as a Euro 6 petrol and only 1 down from an electric or hybrid. I figured that if a similar emissions based system was introduced here then they would go on what was on the V5 and not what you told them so got mine changed for that reason.

That is really interesting Gilbert (doesn't he come up with some surprising stuff) Knowing the rare state of LPG in Spain I think it will be a long time before they get round to any plans. Having said that, there is a growing number of taxis and ambulances (mainly those near big towns with LPG) It has not really caught on with the average Spanish car driver and as I explained before is only recognised recently on the documentation for MOT if done by one of the few approved installers with an 'approved' set of parts !

By the way, travelling the roads across Spain (and France in parts) is a delight - very little traffic except by the places like Malaga and Marbella. In fact on the drive down from UK via Madrid (which you bypass by motorway) it is quite an occasion to see another car in your mirror or ahead - for mile after mile there is no other traffic to see - driving as it used to be !

super4 wrote:

By the way, travelling the roads across Spain (and France in parts) is a delight - very little traffic except by the places like Malaga and Marbella. In fact on the drive down from UK via Madrid (which you bypass by motorway) it is quite an occasion to see another car in your mirror or ahead - for mile after mile there is no other traffic to see - driving as it used to be !

I regularly used to drive down to Seville, Jerez, Estepona etc. Was a pleasure that was to be enjoyed and I loved driving through the middle of Madrid using the motorway. The ring road seemed to take forever.

Sounds a bit like Lyon. You can drive through the centre or follow the signs for the ring road. Driving through the centre makes a pleasant change from sitting at a constant 65-80 mph (depending on how much weight I have hanging off the back) to cruise alongside the river rather than sitting on yet more motorway. About 20 minutes quicker through the centre too as long as you don't hit it at rush hour. That's actually the main reason I paid my 4 Euros for the vignette, without it I wouldn't be allowed to use the centre route at any time. Driving on the Continent makes you realise just how congested our roads are. I've driven for hours at a time on main beam because there simply isn't anything else on the roads to cause you to have to dip the lights.

no10chris wrote:

I think for the hassle why bother, I’ve had people say , you get free congestion charge in London, BS do you, mine has lpg on the log book, I’ve never got anything off the tax and pay congestion charges.

Do you need it registered as LPG for it be MOT'd as LPG?

My insurance company have said it has to be registered as LPG on the V5 as a condition of them insuring it too.

No, it is MoT tested on whatever fuel it is running on when bought in for test irrespective of what it says on the V5. Different insurance companies have different rules (sometimes even depending on who you talk to at the company), some aren't interested, some will accept that it has passed an MoT running on LPG, some want it to be on the V5 while others insist it is on the DriveLPG register, but you may as well do it. As yours is post April 2001, you'll get a whole £10 a year off your road tax too. Of the last 4 LPG cars I've owned only 1 had it shown on the V5, so the DVLA estimate of 150,000 LPG cars on the roads means that there's likely to nearer half a million. They just don't know about them. If there are to be any concessions for LPG powered vehicles at some time in the future, it's better that they know how many there actually are and not just treat it as a minority fuel that can be ignored.