So what have you done to your car today?

[RobseyMV6]

Took the CID out of the MV6 and put a GID in

Took the V8 for a drive 

Cheaper then last week, thunder road cleaned £175 out my pocket on fuel, one day! well 14 hours, was fun and fast!!!!

[TheBoy]

Took the CID out of the MV6 and put a GID in

Took the V8 for a drive 

Cheaper then last week, thunder road cleaned £175 out my pocket on fuel, one day! well 14 hours, was fun and fast!!!!

And worth every penny I imagine

[RobseyMV6]

Took the CID out of the MV6 and put a GID in

Took the V8 for a drive 

Cheaper then last week, thunder road cleaned £175 out my pocket on fuel, one day! well 14 hours, was fun and fast!!!!

And worth every penny I imagine

Was great, had to change gear at 5K due to fuel runing dry, but still got up to high speed in the 1 mile drag. happy i didn't blow the LS up, sadly someone wasn't so lucky  BANG

[VXL V6]

Tried to start the V6, flat battery....

Old battery on so I can lock it, battery now on charge. I'm really struggling to get my Mojo back for the V6.

some gas maybe...?

Trouble is, what I would want to do with it would be B4's, Eibach springs, poly front wishbones, eternal exhaust, gas it... add that lot up and and that'd keep the DTi in fuel for over 8 months and having to tighten my financial belt isn't helping.

[feeutfo]

Tried to start the V6, flat battery....

Old battery on so I can lock it, battery now on charge. I'm really struggling to get my Mojo back for the V6.

some gas maybe...?

Trouble is, what I would want to do with it would be B4's, Eibach springs, poly front wishbones, eternal exhaust, gas it... add that lot up and and that'd keep the DTi in fuel for over 8 months and having to tighten my financial belt isn't helping.

sell the Dti! Sorted.
But yes good point.

Not sure how the ecomnics compares between Dti and LPGd 3.2. But if it's even remotely close, financially, v6 refinements might swing it, no?
600 miles range is always nice to see on the display though.

[Lazydocker]

Tried to start the V6, flat battery....

Old battery on so I can lock it, battery now on charge. I'm really struggling to get my Mojo back for the V6.

some gas maybe...?

Trouble is, what I would want to do with it would be B4's, Eibach springs, poly front wishbones, eternal exhaust, gas it... add that lot up and and that'd keep the DTi in fuel for over 8 months and having to tighten my financial belt isn't helping.

sell the Dti! Sorted.
But yes good point.

Not sure how the ecomnics compares between Dti and LPGd 3.2. But if it's even remotely close, financially, v6 refinements might swing it, no?
600 miles range is always nice to see on the display though.

TBH, the big decider for me is that the DTi is manual and, as I may have mentioned before, I dislike the Omega Manual box with a passion Of course, I also like the V6 performance for similar to DTi running costs

[VXL V6]

Tried to start the V6, flat battery....

Old battery on so I can lock it, battery now on charge. I'm really struggling to get my Mojo back for the V6.

some gas maybe...?

Trouble is, what I would want to do with it would be B4's, Eibach springs, poly front wishbones, eternal exhaust, gas it... add that lot up and and that'd keep the DTi in fuel for over 8 months and having to tighten my financial belt isn't helping.

sell the Dti! Sorted.
But yes good point.

Not sure how the ecomnics compares between Dti and LPGd 3.2. But if it's even remotely close, financially, v6 refinements might swing it, no?
600 miles range is always nice to see on the display though.

TBH, the big decider for me is that the DTi is manual and, as I may have mentioned before, I dislike the Omega Manual box with a passion Of course, I also like the V6 performance for similar to DTi running costs

Couple of reasons why I want to keep it

1) The smoothness and refinement of an Elite V6.
2) I've spent a small fortune on this car getting it sorted and I should be enjoying the rewards of that
3) No one would ever give me the sort of money I want for it - ie. what it's worth to me.
4) I can't afford a Monaro (and to start again with sorting it out how I would want it with my tightened finance belt on!)

I think I will just have to slowly acquire the bits I want to get it to the way I want it. To me the LPG isn't high on the list beause we have his and hers DTi's to for the daily commute, the V6 will never be used day to day unless a DTi dies in a big way.

[aaronjb]

Took the BMW for an alignment..

They sheared a camber bolt off.

Got a taxi home..

[tunnie]

Tried to start the V6, flat battery....

Old battery on so I can lock it, battery now on charge. I'm really struggling to get my Mojo back for the V6.

some gas maybe...?

Trouble is, what I would want to do with it would be B4's, Eibach springs, poly front wishbones, eternal exhaust, gas it... add that lot up and and that'd keep the DTi in fuel for over 8 months and having to tighten my financial belt isn't helping.

sell the Dti! Sorted.
But yes good point.

Not sure how the ecomnics compares between Dti and LPGd 3.2. But if it's even remotely close, financially, v6 refinements might swing it, no?
600 miles range is always nice to see on the display though.

Can get close in a 3.2 

[TheBoy]

Can get close in a 3.2 

If you drove a DTi, you'd get 800m on the range .  I actually once had 800m range on display on tractor, but I was being Miss Daisy due to a broken gearbox, and the range over-read by around 15%

But nobody drives like you over a tank. Not even those people getting in my way all the time

[VXL V6]

Can get close in a 3.2 

If you drove a DTi, you'd get 800m on the range .  I actually once had 800m range on display on tractor, but I was being Miss Daisy due to a broken gearbox, and the range over-read by around 15%

But nobody drives like you over a tank. Not even those people getting in my way all the time

No disrespect intended, but too me, getting that out of a 3.2 on petrol defeats the whole point of a 3.2! May as well buy a 2.0 8V because you sure as hell aren't using the performance of a large engine.

If your playing sensible in a DTi and are doing long motorway miles then 700 miles is easily achievable IMHO.

EDIT: Too correct schpeling mushtakes

[tunnie]

That was achieved by 80% motorway driving, some town work. But mainly cruising around 70mph.....

Last tank averaged 29mpg, although normally its around 25 

I just drive normally, but plan ahead. Smooth driving is key, not a digital throttle pedal   

Also reduce amount of times you brake is key too, think certain admin gets less than 7k out of brake pads. Kinda explains his rather pour fuel consumption! 

[TheBoy]

Also reduce amount of times you brake is key too, think certain admin gets less than 7k out of brake pads. Kinda explains his rather pour fuel consumption! 

15.8mpg from last tank of gas on the 3.2, and I've well and truely shafted the front pads - they just aren't coming back after cooking them Sunday morning (in the rain).

Although I still maintain that the 3.0l is noticibly better on fuel than the 3.2l.

[Lazydocker]

Even driving more sensibly now because of the pup in the boot I couldn't get anywhere near that range showing Tunnie

[cem_devecioglu]

That was achieved by 80% motorway driving, some town work. But mainly cruising around 70mph.....

Last tank averaged 29mpg, although normally its around 25 

I just drive normally, but plan ahead. Smooth driving is key, not a digital throttle pedal   

Also reduce amount of times you brake is key too, think certain admin gets less than 7k out of brake pads. Kinda explains his rather pour fuel consumption! 

the last 9 days, I have managed to get 54 mpg avg from clit (town driving) ..  but thats a style definitely slower than the grandma..   
everyone flies past near you which is a real torture for me