juiceyv8
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4.6 lpg city driving mainly. 42gbp for 100miles in france. Expensive but at least the v8 makes me smile every second. V8 or nothinga diesel rangie isn't the real thing.
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irish medic
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Over here i get 23mpg around town. 100 miles is costing me 25.60euro or approx 21.55 sterling. Diesel where i buy it is currently 130.9euro a litre or 110.95 sterling & my RR isn't chipped.
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MikeV8SE
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V8 or nothing
Haha - I already own a V8 Classic, so I know what you mean!
It's weird - the diesel owners are adament there's are the bets option, the V8 + LPG owners are voting for theirs - which is to be expected! However, those who have owned both seem to be leaning towards the V8...hmm....!
Datatek
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Given that there are roughly 4.55 litres to a gallon according to google, I make that £18.20 per 100 miles
My 4.6 does 3 miles to the litre in mixed driving conditions. So 100 miles would be about £43 with petrol at £1.29 a litre. If that were a run on the motorway I'd expect beter than 3 miles a litre. Still it gives you the idea of a standard V8 not running LPG. Oh BTW I don't ever drive with fuel ecconomy in mind. I enjoy every penny spent on fuel to the max.
Personally I simply don't do diesel. Regardless of the cost savings they are not for me.
LW.....
Personally I simply don't do diesel. Regardless of the cost savings they are not for me.
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996TURBO
Active Member
I may buy a P38 oil burner in few months to do long trips in Europe/North Africa.
Topped mine of and did some mixed driving, was £24 to top off again after 100 miles. Mine is a 2.5 TD Auto, as for being dangerously slow it sounds like a petrol head being biased again, maybe it feels slow to a V8 but compared to the Pajero I had before its a rocket ship and mine is not chipped. Tows our 23 foot boat on a twin axle trailer with ease, towed it up the A9 last year and not once was I holding up traffic oh and she just turned 150K.
Davie
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Golan
Active Member
It's all about balance really.
Hands up did anyone on here really buy a Range Rover for it's economy?
I've had and am lucky enough to still own some big cars, but if I had to make a long trip my Rangie would would be my first choice.
It's just a nice place to be which ever engine it's got or what ever it runs on!
Or though after saying all that it would be nice to have just a bit more grunt sometimes ;-)
Golan
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It's all about balance really.
Hands up did anyone on here really buy a Range Rover for it's economy?
I've had and am lucky enough to still own some big cars, but if I had to make a long trip my Rangie would would be my first choice.
It's just a nice place to be which ever engine it's got or what ever it runs on!
Or though after saying all that it would be nice to have just a bit more grunt sometimes ;-)
MikeV8SE
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Thanks for doing that Davie, good to know! As expected, that's a lot better than my V8 Classic, which takes around £40(ish) to do the same journey - it's around £75-£80 to fill up these days, and does around 200-220 miles to a tank.
One thing we may do, although not often, is tow the boat - its usualyl moored up all year but some winters we do take it our which means towing it up the slipway in the marina, which this would be ideal for! My parent's Grand Espace does struggle a little.
Yeah, I can imagine any P38 makes a lovely motorway car!!
Datatek
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I bought mine for economy, the Galloper 100hp diesel did 12mpg with the caravan on the back and was down to second gear on slight motorway inclines. Round and about it did 18 to 19 compared to 24mpg for the P38.
The P38 is also rapid compared to the Galloper which was flat out at 120Kmh, the P38 cruises happily at 130Kph with some in hand and at 110Kph on the autoroute will turn in 30mpg. The other economy was the purchase price compared to a Pajero/Land Cruiser, oh and P38 parts are cheaper too although it does need more attention than a Jap
enery8
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Brain fade I normally work on litres per 100 kilometres
I can second (or third that) I was bought a 1938 Vauxhall 12 for my 17th birthday and I went to put some petrol in and could only afford £1 worth = 5 gallons, 4/- a gallon. In those days diesel was a lot cheaper than petrol cos' there was no tax on it until diesel cars began to get popular.
Golan
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I bought mine for economy, the Galloper 100hp diesel did 12mpg with the caravan on the back and was down to second gear on slight motorway inclines. Round and about it did 18 to 19 compared to 24mpg for the P38.
The P38 is also rapid compared to the Galloper which was flat out at 120Kmh, the P38 cruises happily at 130Kph with some in hand and at 110Kph on the autoroute will turn in 30mpg. The other economy was the purchase price compared to a Pajero/Land Cruiser, oh and P38 parts are cheaper too although it does need more attention than a Jap
I did look at other 4x4's I had a Pajero 3.5 24 valve SWB before I bought my P38 so I know all about poor mpg
I didn't like the newer Jap stuff and even looked at a couple of Jeep's which I thought fely cheap and nasty...
I didn't really consider a Range Rover (to be honest I didn't know what all the fuss was about) but then I had a go in a few and I could start to understand the attaction...
Datatek
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I did look at other 4x4's I had a Pajero 3.5 24 valve SWB before I bought my P38 so I know all about poor mpg
I didn't like the newer Jap stuff and even looked at a couple of Jeep's which I thought fely cheap and nasty...
I didn't really consider a Range Rover (to be honest I didn't know what all the fuss was about) but then I had a go in a few and I could start to understand the attaction...
Despite the gearbox, I won't be swapping mine.
j the range
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i bought my p38 beliving it would do 10 mpg, it never let me down. smiles per miles is all that matters to me..
fortgrange
Active Member
Petrol 4.6 approx £45 per 100 miles. My new Classic 4.2 is better approx £44 per 100 miles.
I think the derv drivers have been driving their motors too long and have forgotten what a proper car should drive like. They are painfully slow and unrefined.Considering they were stll leaving the factory as late as 2001 and costing over £35K the performance of a Diesel P38 is nothing short of scandalous. LR didn't have a decent Diesel until the TDV6 (and thats no ball of fire). Even the TD6 in the L322 is asthmatic.
Running costs in a V8 are horrendous, but get an LPG'd one and you get the best of both worlds V8 power and derv running costs.op2:
I think the derv drivers have been driving their motors too long and have forgotten what a proper car should drive like. They are painfully slow and unrefined.Considering they were stll leaving the factory as late as 2001 and costing over £35K the performance of a Diesel P38 is nothing short of scandalous. LR didn't have a decent Diesel until the TDV6 (and thats no ball of fire). Even the TD6 in the L322 is asthmatic.
Running costs in a V8 are horrendous, but get an LPG'd one and you get the best of both worlds V8 power and derv running costs.
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Golan
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Petrol 4.6 approx £45 per 100 miles. My new Classic 4.2 is better approx £44 per 100 miles.
I think the derv drivers have been driving their motors too long and have forgotten what a proper car should drive like. They are painfully slow and unrefined.Considering they were stll leaving the factory as late as 2001 and costing over £35K the performance of a Diesel P38 is nothing short of scandalous. LR didn't have a decent Diesel until the TDV6 (and thats no ball of fire). Even the TD6 in the L322 is asthmatic.
Running costs in a V8 are horrendous, but get an LPG'd one and you get the best of both worlds V8 power and derv running costs.
I feel that the guys running LPG wont have an advantage for much longer if the speed that domestic LPG prices have been shooting up. Sadly I don't think it'll be to long before those that are in power start to pile on the tax.
Oh and by the way if it's speed you need you'd never choose a Range Rover there are much better weapons for that job ;-)
