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[aaronjb]

Couple of questions;

Firstly - has anyone had any experience of the AEB kits that Tinley sell? (http://www.tinleytech.co.uk/acatalog/Bigas_Sequential_Gas_Injection_Systems_-_Full_Kits.html)

Secondly, doing the maths based on ~20mpg on gas vs. 22mpg on petrol it looks like a saving of ~9p a mile assuming petrol is 133.9 and gas 79.9 (around here).. So about a year to pay itself back.

But assuming 40mpg out of a similar sized, newer, Diesel car, I'd be saving 12p/mile rising to 15p/mile at 50mpg.. somewhere between those figures is probably achievable (on a motorway run, which is where my 22mpg was from on petrol) - of course it would take (much) longer to pay back given the purchase price of, say, a 525d Touring.. but on the face of it, given the Omega has ~100k on the clock and is starting to show it's age, that seems a better bet, no?


I know, I know, if I'd LPG'd it two years ago I'd be quids in by now  but then Mr Telio has done his disappearing act again now anyway...

[feeutfo]

I'm sure if a kit was ordered Tilo the shop keeper would suddenly appear.

Although Skinnytinker has had trouble getting hold of him last I heard...?

And if he can't catch him...

[feeutfo]

Oh ffs, what's wrong with breaker?

[feeutfo]

..fe@ker.

Skinnyfe@ker. Him. 

[TheBoy]

Oh ffs, what's wring with breaker?

Yeah, that one keeps catching me. I like break and rather

[aaronjb]

LOL yeah - I've already spoken to LD and I know he's had basically no joy getting hold of the scarlet pimpernel..

[TheBoy]

Oh ffs, what's wring with breaker?

Yeah, that one keeps catching me. I like break and rather

f3ck and f3cking

[JamesV6CDX]

I like your logic mate, however a drop of only 2mpg on gas is, unfortunately, dreaming 

3.2 Omega on a careful run - 33mpg petrol, 23mpg gas...

[feeutfo]

There must be someone there that can... Oh hang on, no, is that Jeremy eejit still about?

[TheBoy]

I get 17-19mpg from my 3.2 on LPG, and around 22-23mpg on petrol.

[feeutfo]

Aye? 33mpg..?

I've never had 33 out of an omega in me life...

[TheBoy]

Aye? 33mpg..?

I've never had 33 out of an omega in me life...

I had 30mpg out of TBE (on petrol) and a constant 80mph from Swansea to Oxford.

[aaronjb]

I like your logic mate, however a drop of only 2mpg on gas is, unfortunately, dreaming 

3.2 Omega on a careful run - 33mpg petrol, 23mpg gas...

If it's a 10mpg drop then I'll only get 12mpg on gas on a run! There really would be no point in doing it, at that point.. in fact, LPG would be more expensive than petrol.. (27p/mile petrol, 30p/mile gas)

I get 17-19mpg from my 3.2 on LPG, and around 22-23mpg on petrol.

That sounds more realistic, although it still makes LPG seem like a silly choice versus a diseasel car of just about any description.. besides the "better the devil you know" argument.

[JamesV6CDX]

My 3.2 Manual regularly achieves in excess of 33mpg on petrol between Aylesbury and Gloucester.... A418, A40, A436...

(not currently running on gas much, due to an idling gremlin since manual conversion!)

[Kevin Wood]

An 8-10p/mile saving on LPG is about right, though, IMHO.

But... Comparing one person's MPG with another's is futile.  With LPG you will be paying about 65-70% of the cost on petrol, pretty much regardless of how you drive.

Is LPG really that expensive there? Fleet services on the M3 is 71.9.