Likely P/X value on my 528?
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B19GRR said:
Been having a look in to lpg'ing. There's a place in Corby that'll do a fit for £1500. Assuming a max loss in performance of 15% then I could save a smidge over £1k/year. The question is whether the 15% loss is correct.
I've never had an LPG car but the figures I've seen are a loss in performance of 10% and they use 10% more gas than they would on petrol - maybe someone who knows more about LPG can clarify.http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
HRG said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
Blimey I got my identical 110k 528 for £3400 in October, but then for a well specced 528 with service history and in great condition that was the going rate then. Sign of how bad things are getting I guess...As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
Fox- said:
You won't see a sustained average 50mpg+ from that, and when the injectors/turbo need replacing (This is common on the TDCi) your fuel savings are instantly wiped out.
That's a valid point, is there such a thing as a modern diesel that doesn't have some sort of fatal flaw that the manufacturers like to brush under the carpet? It's all just a bit pants really!
Cheers,
Rob
sparks_E39 said:
HRG said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
Blimey I got my identical 110k 528 for £3400 in October, but then for a well specced 528 with service history and in great condition that was the going rate then. Sign of how bad things are getting I guess...As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
With cars like these it's condition that is key, annoyingly his is very clean, but a private sale will always score more than a trade in.
As an aside, if any of you are chopping one of these in, or a 3-Series, then let me know as I'm on the look out.
ferrisbueller said:
sparks_E39 said:
HRG said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
Blimey I got my identical 110k 528 for £3400 in October, but then for a well specced 528 with service history and in great condition that was the going rate then. Sign of how bad things are getting I guess...As has been said, you might as well keep yours...
With cars like these it's condition that is key, annoyingly his is very clean, but a private sale will always score more than a trade in.
As an aside, if any of you are chopping one of these in, or a 3-Series, then let me know as I'm on the look out.
Ah well, after scraping off at least 1/2" of ice at 7:30am, driving through blizzard (well a bit snowy) and crawling in a 3 mile jam on the M11, I arrived at work warm and comfortable. I can't see me doing that in a noisy old manual diesel, so ferk it, I'll just have to keep the bugger. Oh, and look a bit more in to LPG for the hell of it!
Cheers,
Rob
Cheers,
Rob
B19GRR said:
Ah well, after scraping off at least 1/2" of ice at 7:30am, driving through blizzard (well a bit snowy) and crawling in a 3 mile jam on the M11, I arrived at work warm and comfortable. I can't see me doing that in a noisy old manual diesel, so ferk it, I'll just have to keep the bugger. Oh, and look a bit more in to LPG for the hell of it!
Cheers,
Rob
Watch out with LPG, falling price of petrol means the savings aren't as great as they were... Cheers,
Rob
ok Circa 50p a litre vs 85p a litre is still a saving but with the lower economy on lpg the savings aren't what they once were.
You can get LPG cheaper than that through a various other suppliers but if you're using gas from a mainstream filling station you'll take a while to recover the costs of the conversion.
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