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NovaGTE2

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15th Feb 12 at 14:53

Just beeb browsing for a new toy and have come across a Jag XKR convertible with an LPG conversion; i know that its not going to be megga cheap to run but i wondered how it would compare costs wise to running a non LPG XKR. Never really looked at LPG running costs but wondered if anyone has experience in that area.

A normal XKR would do combined 22MPG

Ian

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15th Feb 12 at 14:58

It'll still do about 20mpg, just you're paying less for the fuel.

Tomnova16

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15th Feb 12 at 15:00

what he said

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taylorboosh

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15th Feb 12 at 15:04

[typical reply] if your worried about running costs you cant afford it

but realisticly there is a gas fitter in my mams street uses an old v8 range rover with lpg as a work van, i shit you not.... clearly cant be that bad

whitter45

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15th Feb 12 at 15:11

as said same mpg but last time I looked LPG is half the price of petrol

I believe there are also more stations with LPG available

NovaGTE2

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15th Feb 12 at 15:11

I know the cost of it LPG was half but i didnt think the MPG was a good when it was running on it.

You do see a lot of V8 Range Rovers with LPG conversions tho which made me think it must be worth while

Ian

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15th Feb 12 at 15:19

MPG is not quite as good but only probably 10% at most. Depends on the car.

colonel_g

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15th Feb 12 at 15:22

got a 4.6 rangie with lpg. no noticeable difference in performance or consumption. you could say that effectively your jag would do about 40mpg as the cost of the fuel is halved

taylorboosh

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15th Feb 12 at 15:27

thats not bad at all although the gay extra filler cap would put me off

NovaGTE2

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15th Feb 12 at 15:32

That does make more difference that i thought; will see if i can justify it to the wife now

It wouldnt do a huge amount of miles and have a diesel also but just hate throwing money away at the pumps to the goverment!

scottyp1989

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15th Feb 12 at 15:52

quote:
Originally posted by john-d
thats not bad at all although the gay extra filler cap would put me off

you can have them put under the filler cap see they can not be seen.

taylorboosh

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15th Feb 12 at 15:54

how many people bother to do that though... most look like a spot on the car

whitter45

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15th Feb 12 at 15:56

with the Jag wont you need to consider where the tank is going to go (or maybe how big the tank can be as the roof will take up a certain amount of roof space surely )

[Edited on 15-02-2012 by whitter45]

Tomnova16

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15th Feb 12 at 15:57

i would have it fitted in the door shut or inside the boot

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NovaGTE2

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15th Feb 12 at 16:03

quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
with the Jag wont you need to consider where the tank is going to go (or maybe how big the tank can be as the roof will take up a certain amount of roof pace surely )

Its already been down so assume its in the spare wheel housing. The roof on the XKR Mk1 goes into a sealed section behind the seats so there is the same boot space if the roof is up or down.

Cant see a filler in the pics either so i assume its hidden

richc

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15th Feb 12 at 16:16

It depends on what system it has. It will do a little less on mpg - maybe 4 mpg but obviously its cheaper. You still have to start on petrol untill it gets to a certain tempreture so you still need petrol in the tank for that.

Dont kid yourself into thinkin it will be half of the cost. I would say about 40% cheaper. It may not sound much different but if you are doing circa 15mpg it makes a big difference.

CORSA NUT

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15th Feb 12 at 17:35

Mate has a 1.6 MK4 Astra van with LPG

I have a 1.7 CDTI MK4 Astra van

Mine costs less to run. The End

Seriously though I hear the bigger the engine the better it works.

BluKoo

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15th Feb 12 at 17:44

My V6 Passat (with LPG) does about 20mpg.

It used about half a tank of fuel to a full tank of gas. It's certainly cheaper, but not as cheap as I though.

Cole

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15th Feb 12 at 18:21

I'm considering getting LPG on my zafira £1800 for conversion though. going by average figures would pay for itself in about 16-18 months

baza31

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15th Feb 12 at 22:31

IVe heard too many horror stories ,well two but that's by only two people i know have had them , one was on a new camper van and he fucked his engine and warranty was void , think that cost him about 3 grand , the other was an old Cherokee , that also went pop .

LeeM

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15th Feb 12 at 23:50

think they can go pop if youve got a plastic inlet. may be talking bollocks though

baza31

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16th Feb 12 at 14:11

Another has just come in . Corsa b 1.2 with a conversion . Engine fucked.

Fad

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16th Feb 12 at 14:17

Cousin has a 740Li with LPG no running probs and the car had 268k miles . LPG was 32p a litre back then too

sand-eel

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16th Feb 12 at 15:31

A 1.2 with LPG

sand-eel

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16th Feb 12 at 15:32

I was looking at p38 V8 rangerovers and the owners say the equivalent MPG is about 30-35 considering on petrol they are about 18MPG.

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