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wvlenthe
Member Since: 07 Jan 2009
Location: Arnhem
Posts: 1967
  
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Come 2011 20% of us will be driving CNH/LNH cars to my opinion (which is even far environment-friendly).
And then they wil tax that too 
Wiljo D3 V8 HSE Auto in Zermatt silver - driveway version gone but not forgotten, only the living room cupboard version remains
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 3rd Jun 2009 7:07 pm |
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Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2763
  
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jim_m_kidd wrote:
You can do the math until your bored but at the end of the day I think personal choice comes into it.
I'm just trying to justify it to myself, oh and of course Mrs Nasher 
I'm also concerned about the range, as when towing 2.5tns of boat and trailer to Devon several times a year I really don't want to stop before I get there to fill up again.
What do we reckon towing 2.5 to 3tns with a V8 - 10mpg maybe?
Nasher. Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
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| 3rd Jun 2009 7:31 pm |
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wvlenthe
Member Since: 07 Jan 2009
Location: Arnhem
Posts: 1967
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Check this thread out.
regards,
Wiljo D3 V8 HSE Auto in Zermatt silver - driveway version gone but not forgotten, only the living room cupboard version remains
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| 3rd Jun 2009 7:39 pm |
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bigdave
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Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: Cornwall
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Hi Nasher,
My brother had an old RR vogue V8 and towed his V8 boat regularly to Weymouth, best he ever got;
7mpg!!!!
Promise I wont tell Mrs Nasher  All things shipping, storage, transport. UK and worldwide.
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| 3rd Jun 2009 7:41 pm |
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Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2763
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wvlenthe wrote:Check this thread out.
regards,
Wiljo
An interesting read, thanks Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
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| 3rd Jun 2009 7:45 pm |
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Roel
Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
Location: home
Posts: 1215
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If stopping for filling up bothers you, you should go for the LPG installation as it almost doubles your range. You can empty the LPG tank first and then continue on petrol.
And is a quick fuel stop that bad after 3 - 3 1/2" hrs off driving? Roel
1997 Camel Trophy Disco ex-P101JWK (traded it for a Britains 42101)
1984 90 TD5
2005 G4 Disco 3 BN55WPT
Also member of club MTR
and Club Faultmate
Interested in my 4x4 history see my website: www.mudmachine.webklik.nl
Sorry it's in Dutch and with google translator it gets funny.
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| 4th Jun 2009 6:41 am |
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DingMark
Member Since: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Perth Oz or Erbil, Iraq
Posts: 388
 
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I agree with Roel about an extra LPG tank as a range extender, particularly if you drive close to refillers. An alternative is an auxilliary petrol tank - quite common here in Oz (but not a lot of LPG refillers in the outback, hence a petrol tank). Mine was about US$1000 for an extra 105 litre capacity tank. I've made it 1200 kms (about 750 miles) with the two tanks pulling a small camping trailer. Then of course the spare tyre has to be mounted somewhere else (mine on the back end on a specially designed carrier, but it makes the D3 quite a bit longer to parallel park). Jim Dowell - D4 HSE TDi, 12,000 hydraulic winch & hidden winch mount, MTRs, TyreDog, Traxide 2 x aux battery system, fixed air compressor, Dolium roof rack, MitchHitch.
RIP 2005 D3 HSE V8 5 seater gold (stolen and torched)
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| 4th Jun 2009 9:35 am |
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Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2763
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Stopping for fuel on the trips to Devon is only a pain because of the boat on the back.
Its @2.25M wide, over 8M long on it's trailer, and the A-frame tops out about 3.5M off the road.
Once you get off the Motorways it can be almost impossible to get into some of the smaller petrol stations.
Thanks for all your help guys, I'm probably going to end up with a TDV6, but will look at the LPG options.
Nasher. Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
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| 4th Jun 2009 9:32 pm |
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carl1
Member Since: 14 Mar 2009
Location: Hereford
Posts: 18
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A couple of things to remember about LPG
1. you won't be able to use the Euro-Tunnel
2 you will get less MPG on gas than you will on petrol - but then at less than half price who cares
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| 7th Jun 2009 11:34 pm |
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