Usage trebled!
Discussion
Well, the annual MOT yesterday and finally, the mileage is increasing on my Chimaera. Well over 600 miles this year, which is going in the right direction. The urge to sell is still there (including sending someone pictures of the chassis taken from the garage pit!) but when the tester took it out for the brake test and I heard it and watched it go up the road, it reminded me of what we have!
These cars sound and look amazing. I have just ordered one of those temperature senders and I think its going to get a few miles put on the clock this weekend!
These cars sound and look amazing. I have just ordered one of those temperature senders and I think its going to get a few miles put on the clock this weekend!
It’s interesting to see how I actually drive a lot less than I used to due to the traffic around me. If I can get the train, that is my preferred option. I used to do 5000 per year in the Stag, then for several years 5000 in the blue Chimaera and 3000 in the Stag.
Now, it’s less than 5000 across the two cars!
Now, it’s less than 5000 across the two cars!
I did over 100 miles in mine yesterday which is so easy in these cars, and it's especially easy for me as Asda High Wycombe sell me a litre of LPG for 53.7p a litre which is a very pocket friendly £2.39 a gallon.
With a few things sorted recently like new lambda and MaP sensors I'm getting even better fuel economy so each £2.39 gallon of gas now takes me 23 miles, which financially is the same as a petrol Chimaera doing 54mpg.
Imagine if your Chimaera genuinely delivered an average of 54mpg just how much more you'd use it, well that's exactly what LPG gives me, it's actually cheaper to fuel than a Toyota Prius and my three year old Audi 1.6 litre four cylinder diesel. not bad for a 150 mph V8 sports car that gets from 0-60 in around 5 seconds
Actually I'm just back from touring Portugal where sadly I was forced to hire a Fiat 500 instead of taking the TVR, this little gutless Italian Euro box averaged 45mpg over the 1050 miles we covered so it would have been cheaper to have the holiday in the TVR, and not only in fuel because the cost of the hire car would have paid for the return Portsmouth/Bilbao ferry
With a few things sorted recently like new lambda and MaP sensors I'm getting even better fuel economy so each £2.39 gallon of gas now takes me 23 miles, which financially is the same as a petrol Chimaera doing 54mpg.
Imagine if your Chimaera genuinely delivered an average of 54mpg just how much more you'd use it, well that's exactly what LPG gives me, it's actually cheaper to fuel than a Toyota Prius and my three year old Audi 1.6 litre four cylinder diesel. not bad for a 150 mph V8 sports car that gets from 0-60 in around 5 seconds
Actually I'm just back from touring Portugal where sadly I was forced to hire a Fiat 500 instead of taking the TVR, this little gutless Italian Euro box averaged 45mpg over the 1050 miles we covered so it would have been cheaper to have the holiday in the TVR, and not only in fuel because the cost of the hire car would have paid for the return Portsmouth/Bilbao ferry
ChimpOnGas said:
I did over 100 miles in mine yesterday which is so easy in these cars, and it's especially easy for me as Asda High Wycombe sell me a litre of LPG for 53.7p a litre which is a very pocket friendly £2.39 a gallon.
With a few things sorted recently like new lambda and MaP sensors I'm getting even better fuel economy so each £2.39 gallon of gas now takes me 23 miles, which financially is the same as a petrol Chimaera doing 54mpg.
Imagine if your Chimaera genuinely delivered an average of 54mpg just how much more you'd use it, well that's exactly what LPG gives me, it's actually cheaper to fuel than a Toyota Prius and my three year old Audi 1.6 litre four cylinder diesel. not bad for a 150 mph V8 sports car that gets from 0-60 in around 5 seconds
Actually I'm just back from touring Portugal where sadly I was forced to hire a Fiat 500 instead of taking the TVR, this little gutless Italian Euro box averaged 45mpg over the 1050 miles we covered so it would have been cheaper to have the holiday in the TVR, and not only in fuel because the cost of the hire car would have paid for the return Portsmouth/Bilbao ferry
54mpg is fantastic for the performance, wish my Chim had done this, but how much approx have you spent on your conversion to be able to do this please?With a few things sorted recently like new lambda and MaP sensors I'm getting even better fuel economy so each £2.39 gallon of gas now takes me 23 miles, which financially is the same as a petrol Chimaera doing 54mpg.
Imagine if your Chimaera genuinely delivered an average of 54mpg just how much more you'd use it, well that's exactly what LPG gives me, it's actually cheaper to fuel than a Toyota Prius and my three year old Audi 1.6 litre four cylinder diesel. not bad for a 150 mph V8 sports car that gets from 0-60 in around 5 seconds
Actually I'm just back from touring Portugal where sadly I was forced to hire a Fiat 500 instead of taking the TVR, this little gutless Italian Euro box averaged 45mpg over the 1050 miles we covered so it would have been cheaper to have the holiday in the TVR, and not only in fuel because the cost of the hire car would have paid for the return Portsmouth/Bilbao ferry
If only the Tvr factory could have done the LPG work you have spent (dedicating years) getting right in the first place, every Tiv owner would probably be out more, & possibly wouldnt sell either.
Every penny I spent was recovered in fuel savings a while back, so theses days its just like driving a 54mpg petrol car.
The thing that stops most people doing it is all the old wife's tails about loss of performance which really isn't the case as mine makes more power on LPG that it did when it left the TVR factory in 1996.
But the big one is you have got to spend up front to claw it all back over a 20,000 miles which is a lot for many TVR owners, and many just don't want to commit.
However if you like driving your TVR and you plan on keeping it as I do nothing will help you enjoy your TVR more than turning the crippling fuel bills into the petrol cost equivalent of over 50mpg.
The thing that stops most people doing it is all the old wife's tails about loss of performance which really isn't the case as mine makes more power on LPG that it did when it left the TVR factory in 1996.
But the big one is you have got to spend up front to claw it all back over a 20,000 miles which is a lot for many TVR owners, and many just don't want to commit.
However if you like driving your TVR and you plan on keeping it as I do nothing will help you enjoy your TVR more than turning the crippling fuel bills into the petrol cost equivalent of over 50mpg.
Edited by ChimpOnGas on Sunday 4th August 18:40
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