Petrol vs Diesel

[Flyingpony]

But where would the front wheel of my motorbike go if its got a LPG tank fitted there?

LPG tanks come in two shapes. Big cigars as you're thinking about and those like a spare tyre - they even fit them where your spare tyre fits, but that'll mean losing the spare type and having a spray can fillter thingy-a-bob.

Could go dedicated LPG with twin tanks, one replacing the petrol tank and the other where the spare wheel goes (or another spot). Then bolt the spare wheel somewhere else like tail lid, deck or even up front above the engine like the series Land Rovers have - you're not short are you?

Fuel prices at the moment: Petrol 91: 176.9, Diesel 127.9, LPG 86.9.

[Motu]

It's only a 5,000km oil change,the rest of the stuff is at the 10,000km interval.If you take it to a dealer they will have to justify the time they spend stuffing around for a 10 minute job,there will be a 30 min labour charge because that's how long it takes to get it in and out of the shop.You can do the oil change yourself easily enough - oh,but you'll get your hands dirty,maybe that's not such a good idea then.....

Oh,and LPG is a dry fuel,it will wear your engine out.






I think we need to dredge up these old wives tales from 20 years ago,most people will have forgotten about them,and the young bucks never heard of such a thing....oh and you must use a special oil...um,a diesel oil for diesels and an LPG oil for gas....um,or else you will destroy the motor,and um...yeah,your clutch will slip too,and your urine will turn yellow if you eat too much vegemite.

[Lou Girardin]

MX5 what

I suppose ya sit when ya go Number 1's or r ya GAY

It was GAY, but very satisfying when pummelling HSV's.

[Lou Girardin]

I like the Alfa 147 too - does that make ME a deviant?

No, that makes you a man of rare taste and discernment.
Did I mention brave?

I want a Selespeed Alfa, but the depreciation scares me off.

[cowpoos]

No, that makes you a man of rare taste and discernment.
Did I mention brave?

I want a Selespeed Alfa, but the depreciation scares me off.

I used to wanna a fiat 132....but do ya think I could find one thats not a pile of brown rust???

[FROSTY:Me]

Brett--Go see ford or I think possibly Holden. Get a LPG dedicated 6 cylinder
I wouldn't actually buy it--Do a lease deal for say 3 years.
LPG is basicly 100 octane and at 70c a liter its pretty brain dead to figure out whats cheaper to run.

[cowpoos]

Brett--Go see ford or I think possibly Holden. Get a LPG dedicated 6 cylinder
I wouldn't actually buy it--Do a lease deal for say 3 years.
LPG is basicly 100 octane and at 70c a liter its pretty brain dead to figure out whats cheaper to run.

higher octane than that I think frosty....bout 150 or something....but the explosive force or energy produced by lpg is less than petrol...

[Quasievil]

The trouble with LPG is ya got to fill the tank as frequently as a Ducati 999, like every couple hundy Kms, that would be a pain in the arse.

Like the idea of a sangyoung rexton, how much are they? dont say on the website

[scumdog]

Japanese passenger Diesels during the early used import era also put NZers off, because they tended to put Diesel heads on petrol blocks, and natrurally these had a limited lifespan that suited Japanese vehicle licensing requirements. 2nd hand ones over 100,000km tended to fail catastrophically.

Had an '84 Corlolla diesel yonks ago when commuting, had just about 400,000 on it when I split with the ex, only replaced cam belt and tensioner plus a set of glow-plugs the ex traded it in and it is STILL running around this area, must have 600,000+ on it by now..

[James Deuce]

Had an '84 Corlolla diesel yonks ago when commuting, had just about 400,000 on it when I split with the ex, only replaced cam belt and tensioner plus a set of glow-plugs the ex traded it in and it is STILL running around this area, must have 600,000+ on it by now..

Ah yes but Corolla's are a different story. You can't kill a Corolla without malgnant negligence or a huge accident.

Think '86 Mitsubishi Sigma GDI Diesel and you'll get my drift.

[Buddha#81:Me]

Had an '84 Corlolla diesel yonks ago when commuting, had just about 400,000 on it when I split with the ex, only replaced cam belt and tensioner plus a set of glow-plugs the ex traded it in and it is STILL running around this area, must have 600,000+ on it by now..

I second that, '88 rolla wagon other than the odd head gasket it did 200,000 km towing a boat, bikes and being thrashed. Great wee car. With modern oils most jappa diesels will go 10,000 between services with no ill effects.

[Motu]

....but the explosive force or energy produced by lpg is less than petrol...

You get less air in with gas,you are going to get a minimum 10% drop in power from that fact alone.

[Fub@r]

With regards to advances in diesel engines anyone catch the news the other night with the Audi Diesel Le Mans car?

They lined it up against a Harrier jet over 1km standing start. The jet won by 1/10th of a second over the car. This car is the only Diesel powered car to ever win Le Mans. Silly old me turned to my missus and said "did you see that, its diesel". All I got was a blank look of "so?"

[Ixion]

No, that makes you a man of rare taste and discernment.
Did I mention brave?

I want a Selespeed Alfa, but the depreciation scares me off.

No, you don't . You want a proper Alfa, with a proper manual box. The Selespeed is a silly idea. Alfa only did it because poofy people kept whining about having an automatic box. And the Alfa engineers refused to listen. "Eef Juan Manual Fangio, he no usa da automatic, whatta you wanta heem for? Youa thinka you better than Fangio, eh? Whatta wrong weeth you, you noa can changa gears ? You a cripple ? "


So they settled on the Selespeed as a comprimise. Like all comprimises it satisifes no-one. On the GTV coupe Alfa refused even to fit the Selespeed - 'twould FIT OK, the engine's the same as the 156, they just wouldn't do it. You want an Alfa coupe, you changa da gears yourself. And very satisfying it is , too.

[Lou Girardin]

Yeah right Ixion, I'm sure that will convince SWMBO.