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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 03 November 2012, 19:44:28
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
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I hope your not hoping it will have a lot of guts to it. 150 horses if my memory services me right. Not really sporty. Had two oil burners. Have issues with water getting in under the battery tray. bit of a mare job but can be done. Check the passengers foot well.
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
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I hope your not hoping it will have a lot of guts to it. 150 horses if my memory services me right. Not really sporty. Had two oil burners. Have issues with water getting in under the battery tray. bit of a mare job but can be done. Check the passengers foot well.
after a tech2 session with TB i realised i'm a complete granny behind the wheel and need no pace at all ::) :y
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dull and boring uninspiring but that's just my opinion :) probably a reliable buy.
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
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dull and boring uninspiring but that's just my opinion :) probably a reliable buy.
thats a fair enough assessment... but couldn't the omega be accused of the same? :y
just wondering about the 180000 miles. what sort of thing apart from the usual should i be checking? :)
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
yes. to be honest. stupily ive never considered this.... but i have seen a lot of threads ''lpg gone wrong'' :-\
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Cant see it being that economical tbh Webby.Its too big & heavy for that.Much like a 4 pot Omega isnt much more economical than a V6 because the engine has to work hard to pull all the weight.Its also done a lot of miles,so might just test your newly acquired mechanicing skills on a regular basis. ;)
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
yes. to be honest. stupily ive never considered this.... but i have seen a lot of threads ''lpg gone wrong'' :-\
If done right, it will be faultless. Mine was done with help of the forum at 135k, now 157k its not missed a beat. Faultless on LPG, my system is on limit of engine power so 5k rpm+ it can struggle, but it rarely goes above 4k rpm. So its not an issue for me :)
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
yes. to be honest. stupily ive never considered this.... but i have seen a lot of threads ''lpg gone wrong'' :-\
If done right, it will be faultless. Mine was done with help of the forum at 135k, now 157k its not missed a beat. Faultless on LPG, my system is on limit of engine power so 5k rpm+ it can struggle, but it rarely goes above 4k rpm. So its not an issue for me :)
did you do it yourself mate following guides here ?
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
yes. to be honest. stupily ive never considered this.... but i have seen a lot of threads ''lpg gone wrong'' :-\
If done right, it will be faultless. Mine was done with help of the forum at 135k, now 157k its not missed a beat. Faultless on LPG, my system is on limit of engine power so 5k rpm+ it can struggle, but it rarely goes above 4k rpm. So its not an issue for me :)
did you do it yourself mate following guides here ?
Mine is the one in the 4 pot guide :P
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
yes. to be honest. stupily ive never considered this.... but i have seen a lot of threads ''lpg gone wrong'' :-\
If done right, it will be faultless. Mine was done with help of the forum at 135k, now 157k its not missed a beat. Faultless on LPG, my system is on limit of engine power so 5k rpm+ it can struggle, but it rarely goes above 4k rpm. So its not an issue for me :)
did you do it yourself mate following guides here ?
Mine is the one in the 4 pot guide :P
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soz mate... is it harder to install on the v6? :)
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I'm not the one to really answer, but its no harder than 4 pot. V6 system tends to be a little more fussy due to extra power.
Tank mounting & pipework is very straight forward, get one of the tallented folks here to drill and tap the injectors, Kevin Wood, ChrisGixer, for example.
Its wiring it all in which can be complicated, but if you have someone who knows what they are doing, its a doddle for them. Donate to their local beer charity ;) :y
I got couple of experts up, beer + curry on me, I knew the job would be done right and worth spending the money.
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£495 buys a fair amount of fuel :y the only other thing I can add is
Don't bother
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I'm not the one to really answer, but its no harder than 4 pot. V6 system tends to be a little more fussy due to extra power.
Tank mounting & pipework is very straight forward, get one of the tallented folks here to drill and tap the injectors, Kevin Wood, ChrisGixer, for example.
Its wiring it all in which can be complicated, but if you have someone who knows what they are doing, its a doddle for them. Donate to their local beer charity ;) :y
I got couple of experts up, beer + curry on me, I knew the job would be done right and worth spending the money.
Well that certainly looks like the way forward!!!!
Thanks mate :) :) :)
this may sound stupid...but.... i dont recall a petrol station offering lpg near me.. are they few and far betwen?
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
Is fuel costs the main issue? If so LPG is the route to go, as said before with my 2.2, i get the equivalent of 55mpg. I actually get around 27mpg on gas, but its half the cost to fill up ;)
Conversion costs around £600 ish, consider it paid back in under 10k miles.
What a lot of people don't realise is just how long it takes to pay back the extra you pay for a diesel, you have to do a considerable mileage to pay back just £1k
yes. to be honest. stupily ive never considered this.... but i have seen a lot of threads ''lpg gone wrong'' :-\
If done right, it will be faultless. Mine was done with help of the forum at 135k, now 157k its not missed a beat. Faultless on LPG, my system is on limit of engine power so 5k rpm+ it can struggle, but it rarely goes above 4k rpm. So its not an issue for me :)
did you do it yourself mate following guides here ?
Mine is the one in the 4 pot guide :P
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soz mate... is it harder to install on the v6? :)
Put it this way, if I can do it and get it running pretty well, anybody can do it :y ;D ;D ;D
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soz mate... is it harder to install on the v6? :)
Not really, space is abit tighter perhaps, but plenty of people running converted V6s :y
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http://www.getlpg.org.uk/stations/northants
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cheers gays.. i mean guys :y :D :D ;D
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They are dull & boring to me with the usual harsh FWD ride, but each to their own :y
TBH Tunster, i'm just throwing some ideas about. interior looks a bit sparce compared to the mig but looking at reliabilty and economy to be bettered than the mig. although i genuinely love her with all my heart :'(
You won't find the economy with a petrol turbo auto Webby,the oil burning Passat's however are very good on fuel :y
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That looks nothing like a nissan micro ::)
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LPGing your V6 is the way forward Webby!! :y I run mine on Fiesta money when my right foot is careful! :)
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Thanks Tiger. who's the fitting experts on here that i could talk to? :)
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LPGing your V6 is the way forward Webby!! :y I run mine on Fiesta money when my right foot is careful! :)
yep.. personally I wouldnt buy a turbo old car.. as most oil lines to turbo will already filled with crap..
not easy to clean those lines and new turbos cost £££ everytime..
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out of pure interest could you not simply block off a turbo and run it as a standard 1.8? :-\
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More effort than its worth will be even worse on fuel and a even bigger slug on the road
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More effort than its worth will be even worse on fuel and a even bigger slug on the road
Yeah!! ;D If you've ever driven a turbo diesel when the turbo has packed up then you'll know what Doz means! It's absolute pants/couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding!!! :( Wouldn't even consider it! ::)
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More effort than its worth will be even worse on fuel and a even bigger slug on the road
Yeah!! ;D If you've ever driven a turbo diesel when the turbo has packed up then you'll know what Doz means! It's absolute pants/couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding!!! :( Wouldn't even consider it! ::)
Aye , put your foot down to overtake and absolutely gutless ::)