Thinking of selling the 180

[quote=Craig 180;39082]easy solution, swap the 180 for a 105 zr and then spend all the money you have saved on modifications.
i can thank mr tax man for my mods buddy lol i got a 700quid tax rebate woohoo thats where my mods come from im now down to 160quid a month on fuel instead of 300odd quid so the cars doing the purpose of what i got it for aswell as cheaper insurance and road tax

[markyzs180]

Originally Posted by Mat C

There's only one problem with getting an LPG conversion apart from the huge out-lay ! We don't have any petrol garages around our way that sell LPG, the nearest one to me is some 35~40 miles away near Lincoln on the A15 !

4 gallons every time you fill up!!!...hmmm i got a better idea, don't sell it and don't bother with the lpg coversion.......

[Mat C]

It aint looking good for me is it ? Don't want an unreliable car and i can't bring myself to buy a ruddy Vauxhall so i guess there's only one option - A PAY RISE !!!!

[XPCobra]

Originally Posted by Mat C

It aint looking good for me is it ? Don't want an unreliable car and i can't bring myself to buy a ruddy Vauxhall so i guess there's only one option - A PAY RISE !!!!

exactly, stay with mg/r

[markyzs180]

Originally Posted by Mat C

It aint looking good for me is it ? Don't want an unreliable car and i can't bring myself to buy a ruddy Vauxhall so i guess there's only one option - A PAY RISE !!!!

On yer knees fella....

Its a real toughie mat...u ain't gonna get the performance with any serious increase in mpg....my bro in law has got the golf gt-tdi 150bhp PD engine, goes like stink and well torquey too and no matter how hard you drive it you'll get over 30mpg...50+ on a run...and a mate has just had an a5 3.0 tdi...i was giving it everything to stay with him, dunno what mpg he gets tho..

On yer knees fella....

[ZS]

Originally Posted by Mat C

There's only one problem with getting an LPG conversion apart from the huge out-lay ! We don't have any petrol garages around our way that sell LPG, the nearest one to me is some 35~40 miles away near Lincoln on the A15 !

Exactly the same problem with LPG round here!

I've been giving some thought to changing cars as well... but I can't bring myself to sell the 180 as I can't find anything that will do the same for me...

For myself maybe a shuffle of the cars would be better...

ZS180 19 - 30 mpg depending on how I drive...
Land Rover - 18mpg if driven like my granddad, 8mpg if driven like a loon
216 - 30mpg+ and you have to drive like my grandad because otherwise you'll crash it! (It Don't go round corners)

Only problem is the 216 isn't really mine to drive every day...


I'm now considering when the 216 goes some of the older cars... Not sure what yet (my heart say's 67 mustang or other american muscle... my head say's something else)

On the otherhand you could get yourself one of those New X5's Twin turbo diesel (you can't tell honest) quick, "good" economy, and lowest tax braket! - or maybe even a Blue motion Polo (no tax!)

Again it all comes down to money.

[D3monstrate]

Originally Posted by Mat C

There's only one problem with getting an LPG conversion apart from the huge out-lay ! We don't have any petrol garages around our way that sell LPG, the nearest one to me is some 35~40 miles away near Lincoln on the A15 !

The thing with LPG is, its not only Petrol Stations that sell it. My dad got his car done a few years ago, and he went to a place in Kirkcaldy that sold various gases in Randolph Industrial Estate (for those who know where I am). So maybe its worth checking some Industrial Estates around looking for anyone who might be doing something similar...

[Mat C]

If i was to spend £2000 on an LPG conversion (which i will say again - i don't have that sort of money available to lay out!) then i would want to stop using petrol forever and know that whenever and where ever i want LPG it is going to be available, without having to phone around or hunt around industrial estates that generaly are only open 8am to 6pm. To me an LPG conversion would be a foolish decision as i would never recuperate the costs involved and i would still be running on normal petrol for 90% of the time eg in my town !!!!

[stamford]

Sorry Mat, but one word still keeps coming back to me here 'diesel'.............I know you hate them with a passion, but why? Have you actually driven a decent one on a good, hard long run? I was of the opinion that diesels were horrid, but having owned three HDi's I can't fault them. I have a friend who is on his fourth VW, his first a Golf TDi, 6 speed and 160bhp went like stink and returned 60mpg!

Try one, you may be surprised.

My brother-in-law has the BMW 330d and that is something else, packing around 230bhp.

[Mat C]

I drive a 1 year old Astra TDI van on a daily basis. It has exactly the same engine as my brothers VXR lookalike CDTi and yes it's quite nippy, fast in some areas. But i'm a pertrol head, high revs, growly engines, not 4500rpm and yer out and the classic soundtrack of Massey Fergusson ! There are ways to achieve more than 20mpg average and still have blinding performance. Unfortunatly it wont wear an MG badge but more importantly it wont be a ruddy diesel !