SCRATCHING a living for a busy night-club disc jockey has been made a whole lot easier by saving £100 a week on fuel thanks to LPG.
Having to fuel a commute of 185 miles a day would put many drivers in a spin but not DJ Rory Miller, who cashes in at the pumps with annual savings of £5,000 over the standard petrol price.
Between four and six days a week, Rory travels from his home in Northampton to Reading, where he performs as a resident club DJ. He tackles the journey in his 2004 Vauxhall Astra, which came equipped with an factory fitted LPG system.
Explaining how he chose the Astra, Rory says: “This is actually my first car – I’ve always used a bike before but, for the driving I do now, I needed a workhorse to get me around as cheaply as possible, and a car is warm, comfy and dry!
“My brother used to buy and sell cars, and for a while he had a Fiat Panda that ran on LPG. He saved loads on fuel, so when I asked him for his advice he said I needed to get LPG because I wouldn’t have to endure the true cost of motoring.”
His daily return journey costs him only £18 in LPG autogas. “My manager spends more driving in from Oxford, which is only about 30 miles down the road,” he laughs. “She couldn’t believe it when she found out how low my fuel bills are!”
Now Rory wants to see vehicle manufacturers offering UK buyers the same choice of LPG autogas models they sell in their Continental showrooms. “They should be selling those cars here,” he insists. “If I could go and buy a new, factory fitted LPG car today, I’d have it.”
Until then he’ll keep spreading the word about the financial benefits of running a car powered by LPG autogas. “It might not mean much if I say my car costs 10p a mile to run,” concludes Rory, “but if I say that I’m saving £100 for every 1,000 miles I do, everyone can understand that!”
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Clubbin’ down the cost of commuting
- DJ saves £100 a week using LPG;
- His 185-mile daily commute costs just £18;
- He calls for UK dealers to offer LPG vehicles available elsewhere in Europe.
