Scrappies selling fuel

[Tayne]

I reckon it’s in Fife.

[DodgyBastard]

I'd go with scrap a car Scotland in Thornton...

 

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[DSdriver]

wandering off topic again... has anyone been stopped by VOSA (or whatever they are calling themselves this week) with a tank with veg oil in and what was the outcome?

[Scruffy Bodger]

wandering off topic again... has anyone been stopped by VOSA (or whatever they are calling themselves this week) with a tank with veg oil in and what was the outcome?

Maybe OT but a very good question.

[Guest Hooli]

Never been stopped but I think it's legal if you use under a set amount each year, but you aren't required to keep records....

[Scruffy Bodger]

You can use up to 2500 litres a year legally but I'd still be interested to know what can happen if you do get stopped and dipped. I've done loads of miles on it in the past but at the mo it doesn't warrant it really with the low miles I'm doing even though the 405 would happily guzzle it.

[Lacquer Peel]

You can use up to 2500 litres a year legally but I'd still be interested to know what can happen if you do get stopped and dipped. I've done loads of miles on it in the past but at the mo it doesn't warrant it really with the low miles I'm doing even though the 405 would happily guzzle it.

It's on offer in Tesco just now, 70p/l.

 

I've never had a tank dipped despite running ramshackle old diesels for most of my driving life.

[Scruffy Bodger]

Maybe worth it at that but the nearest store is 13 miles away. It was 33p a litre when I first ran it if I remember right? I was getting paid 30p a mile at work and driving a 70 quid 405, did alright out of that car.

I think I'd rather that than risk some from a scrappy, even if I could find one selling it tbh.

[Lacquer Peel]

I remember it being 30-40p a litre when I started using veg, but diesel was under £1 a litre at the time.

[Scruffy Bodger]

I remember it being 30-40p a litre when I started using veg, but diesel was under £1 a litre at the time.

Yep, sounds about right that, not a bad saving unless you factor in the extra munchies from driving a motor that makes you feel hungry when you drove it.

[forddeliveryboy]

wandering off topic again... has anyone been stopped by VOSA (or whatever they are calling themselves this week) with a tank with veg oil in and what was the outcome?

 

One or two on the vegoildizzle forum have, they're not interested as soon as they see it's not cherry but in the early days there was some confusion when something other than diesel was found. More of an issue is those buying large amounts of chemicals to convert it into biodiesel, then C+E can want proof you're not selling the end product.

 

Selling anything as road fuel (with the expectation for it to be used as such) comes under some very tight regs, even if it has been classified as a waste product. The penalties for ignoring are colossal, suppliers are even leant on not to supply kerosene in small volumes. Technically, waste veg users are exempted from all the waste carriers stuff if it's for their own, non-business use - in England at least, when I last looked.

[Formula Autos]

Is being dipped for the red stuff a regional thing?

 

I've never been dipped in the 350k miles I've done in diesel cars in and around the north east. Even though I've been stopped a few times for road safety inspections.

Increasingly common in Cumbria now that a lot of cop cars have ANPR set-ups.

 

I assume it must allow them to see the address of the registered keeper. If it contains the word "farm" at all, then that's maybe why they pull people over?