Lakes Rob
Active Member
bastid
Was quite handy coz the oil that leaked out will help keep the boot floor from rusting!!!
Lakes Rob
Active Member
aslong as i don't spend all of the money i have/get from student loan and dad, i could be out of my overdraft and be able to afford 1 and insure it by the end of may
Don't let your heart rule your head! Be thorough and be prepared to walk away!!
bencorkill
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aslong as i don't spend all of the money i have/get from student loan and dad, i could be out of my overdraft and be able to afford 1 and insure it by the end of may
get a v8! You know you want to
just make sure you dont do what i did with my first disco was get to excited/ fall in love when you first see it and buy a rot box! haha
Dr_evil
Banned
worked out for both of us then
got a new box too so if you're going into town again some R380 bolts or studs would be lovely
and a spigot bush too!get a v8! You know you want to
I did look at the V8, the insurance is actually cheaper for me (20YO student) which i didn't understand! but i wouldn't be able to deal with the reduced MPG - but they do sound amazing!
bencorkill
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Same for me on insurance looked at getting a 300tdi but v8 was cheaper! look into v8 with LPG fitted. Makes it reasonable to run at 70-80p per litre
Same for me on insurance looked at getting a 300tdi but v8 was cheaper! look into v8 with LPG fitted. Makes it reasonable to run at 70-80p per litre
does it increase the MPG? or just make it cheaper per gallon?
bencorkill
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On my previous v8 with lpg, would average 14mpg and get 19ish on a run so at say 75p per litre means it was average cost about 25p per mile, a tdi at 144per litre average of 25mpg = 26p per mile so pretty much identical costs
bencorkill
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I have never had any engine problems with any of my v8z , doing those mods would drive insurance up higher! you can get v8s re mapped but pointless on LPG as different system, but can get better cams etc, i think if your after abit of performance the dark side is the way to come!
That's true, the quote didn't change when i said i modified the exhaust, but i didn't specify how i had modified it because it didn't ask? guessing they'd want to know exactly what i did?
Not really looking for performance, but it would be nice! i do have a heavy right foot, and i was hoping that the diesel would make it abit lighter due to the different driving style needed?
I am very tempted by the V8 now though... what have you done to me
Not really looking for performance, but it would be nice! i do have a heavy right foot, and i was hoping that the diesel would make it abit lighter due to the different driving style needed?
I am very tempted by the V8 now though... what have you done to me
bencorkill
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That's true, the quote didn't change when i said i modified the exhaust, but i didn't specify how i had modified it because it didn't ask? guessing they'd want to know exactly what i did?
Not really looking for performance, but it would be nice! i do have a heavy right foot, and i was hoping that the diesel would make it abit lighter due to the different driving style needed?
I am very tempted by the V8 now though... what have you done to me
Haha! V8s you can pick up abit cheaper than tdi, only one real downside to lpg is filling the thing up, not available at all stations, but can get it at a fair amount of places, just not out in sticks may be worth you looking locally to see if you could fill it up anywhere before you get to excited
I'm sure fueling would be alright, live north of the M5/M4 junction slightly, quite near Bristol so there would be somewhere there, and during term time i live in the center of Plymouth, must be somewhere around there
yeahh, and alot of the v8's i've seen have leather not that that's important or anything
Only issue then would be finding a manual one
yeahh, and alot of the v8's i've seen have leather
not that that's important or anything Only issue then would be finding a manual one
bencorkill
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I'm sure fueling would be alright, live north of the M5/M4 junction slightly, quite near Bristol so there would be somewhere there, and during term time i live in the center of Plymouth, must be somewhere around there
yeahh, and alot of the v8's i've seen have leather
Only issue then would be finding a manual one
Theres a fair few manual ones out there! aswell haha just gotta keep a eye open
