LPG car in Finland

Felice86 · Post by **Felice86** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:22 am

Hi everybody,
I am thinking to come in Helsinki by car. My car is a Benz/LPG car.

Is LPG legal in Finland? Can I find LPG in Helsinki?

Thank you!

BR

Felice

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CH · Post by CH » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:44 am

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http://www.oil.fi/en/useful-information ... d-caravans

In Finland, LPG is not used as motor vehicle fuel, and consequently, it is not available even for the tourists' vehicles.

DMC · Post by **DMC** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:51 am

Is LPG merely not used for cars, or is it illegal for car use? I seem to remember reading on this forum at some time that it was illegal, but maybe that is my memory playing tricks.

Felice86 · Post by **Felice86** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:59 am

Thanks for your answers.

Ok, I understand that aren't LPG stations in Finland. But is illegal? If police check the car, can I get a penalty?

rinso · Post by **rinso** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:09 pm

You can drive with the remaining gas in your tank, but you cannot refill it.
So if your caught with a nearly full tank somewhere in the middle of Finland there are some questions to be answered.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:47 pm

Is LPG merely not used for cars, or is it illegal for car use? I seem to remember reading on this forum at some time that it was illegal, but maybe that is my memory playing tricks.

Its "illegal" as in you can not get a LPG car through inspection and into Finnish plates.

foca · Post by **foca** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:28 pm

I really wonder why LPG is not allowed as car fuel in Finland? Is it allowed as household fuel?

Felice86 · Post by **Felice86** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:12 pm

Ok, so if I have empty LPG tank, I will have not problem with police.

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:20 pm

foca wrote:I really wonder why LPG is not allowed as car fuel in Finland?

According to the sources used by this Wikipedia article, this is because LPG is not currently taxed the same way as other fuels used in cars. As long as this does not change, the tax man sees LPG as a way to sidestep the “normal” fuel taxes, which is a no-no.

That said, LPG is commonly used in forklifts and some other special machinery. In normal households, LPG is also very commonly used in BBQ grills and to run gas hobs, ovens and fridges in summer cottages which are not connected to the electrical grid. Additionally, LPG is used for the same purposes in RVs. Many restaurants also use LPG to run their gas cookers. You can get LPG for these latter purposes in recyclable deposit cylinders from most service stations.

(Natural gas is not widely available in Finland for domestic use. You can get a pipe to your home in some places in downtown Helsinki but the number of users is minuscule. Biogas is used to power vehicles, though — primarily local buses in cities, I guess, but the government is planning to increase its use in all traffic because it would help Finland meet the CO₂ emissions reduction targets.)

JukkaM · Post by **JukkaM** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:00 am

http://www.trafi.fi/en/road/taxation/fu ... e_debiting

So there is no need to do any extra tricks with your LPG vehicle when entering Finland. You just use the gas away and continue with petrol.

-Jukka

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:56 am

Jukka Aho wrote:That said, LPG is commonly used in forklifts and some other special machinery.

There is somewhere in the TRAFI rules, that this kind of vehichles can not be driven in "public roads". Basically the ban is on "homemade/aftermarket" conversions that would use a regular gas bottle, but ones using a tank are also not allowed. Basically, only "factory-made" MPG cars are allowed as gas vehicles.

I was just thinking of getting an LPG converted Jag here

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