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Originally Posted by PG2

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I think that people on fixed incomes still do. My Dad tells me regularly how he saved 2c a litre on his last fill up.

I don't think that it as popular is it once was for a couple of reasons;

• Regulators stepped in and capped the discount to 4c a litre after a number of independents complained about unfair practices
• People began to realise that generally that the most you are going to save is a couple of dollars at best.
• Smaller cars generally means smaller fuel tanks which means smaller savings with discounts.
• Some petrol stations offering the discount were sometimes the dearest in the suburb.
• Price of fuel. When it was 90c a litre, 4c sounded like a lot but now it is around $1.80 a litre...

One of the advantages of running a dedicated lpg vehicle: the tanks are generally bigger than their petrol equivalent and the price is still under $1/l, meaning that 4c is a higher percentage discount.