LPG conversions on current Range Rover
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I fail to understand why that would be. Once these things are about 5 years old buyers will look at fuel consumption as an issue on V8 and they are now cheaper than diesels second hand. If you can do sufficient miles to justify the conversion cost the price of LPG makes it look attractive.
And a lovely V8 has got to be better than the diesel.
And a lovely V8 has got to be better than the diesel.
IIRC one horror story...dealer mentioned a RR SC with LPG conversion 55 plate or thereabouts, low mileage dealer offered £19K...finance oustanding £50ish!!!
Surely you'd be better off getting the diesel and chipping it. The D3 chipped is as quick as the V8 perhaps quicker, more torque and 25mpg. Not sure about the RR diesel but must be similar. The 4.4 RR isn't what I'd call quick and the mpg must be in the teens.
Surely you'd be better off getting the diesel and chipping it. The D3 chipped is as quick as the V8 perhaps quicker, more torque and 25mpg. Not sure about the RR diesel but must be similar. The 4.4 RR isn't what I'd call quick and the mpg must be in the teens.
Hunttheshunt said:
IIRC one horror story...dealer mentioned a RR SC with LPG conversion 55 plate or thereabouts, low mileage dealer offered £19K...finance oustanding £50ish!!!
Dealers will use anything they can in order to offer less on trade in. Don't trust a word they say on values.agent006 said:
Hunttheshunt said:
IIRC one horror story...dealer mentioned a RR SC with LPG conversion 55 plate or thereabouts, low mileage dealer offered £19K...finance oustanding £50ish!!!
Dealers will use anything they can in order to offer less on trade in. Don't trust a word they say on values.Whilst I appreciate your need for a V8 if you can't handle the mpg as standard then should you be buying it in the first place! Depending on budget I'd buy the 3.0d or perhaps the TDV8. Spend £800 or so with DMS and you have a RR faster and far more frugal than the 4.4 V8. Resale value is unaffected and you have a bit of a Q car! The £1700 you saved over the LPG conversion then buys a lot of diesel and if you must, a CD full of V8 sounds
Alternatively if you aren't bothered by poncey interiors then the D3 handles far better than the RR anyway! All IMHO obviously, I'll
Hunttheshunt said:
Granted, but we aren't talking being chipped down by the dealer a little...he didn't want to touch it plain and simple and the price reflected that.
Yes but i bet he'd ahve it on the forecourt for a damn sight closer to the book value though.Hunttheshunt said:
Whilst I appreciate your need for a V8 if you can't handle the mpg as standard then should you be buying it in the first place!
agent006 said:
Hunttheshunt said:
Granted, but we aren't talking being chipped down by the dealer a little...he didn't want to touch it plain and simple and the price reflected that.
Yes but i bet he'd ahve it on the forecourt for a damn sight closer to the book value though.Hunttheshunt said:
Whilst I appreciate your need for a V8 if you can't handle the mpg as standard then should you be buying it in the first place!
I have a chipped D2 diesel at the moment and was just looking at all my options before changing. I liked the idea that I wasn't lining the treasury coffers with quite so much fuel duty with Propane.
£2500 probably makes it uneconomic to convert myself but if I can puck up one that has already been converted for not much more than a 4.4 petrol then it may make sense.
I need a 4x4 with towing capacity as well so it is not just for normal road use to and from the shops/work. It will be a workhorse.
I may yet buy a double cab pickup - who knows.
PL
£2500 probably makes it uneconomic to convert myself but if I can puck up one that has already been converted for not much more than a 4.4 petrol then it may make sense.
I need a 4x4 with towing capacity as well so it is not just for normal road use to and from the shops/work. It will be a workhorse.
I may yet buy a double cab pickup - who knows.
PL
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