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Amazon with LPG anyone?

BikerEd
BikerEd Posts: 405 Forumite
in Motoring
The loud exhaust on my bike doesn't intimidate all the grannies in my home town, so I'm considering an LPG-converted Toyota Landcruiser Amazon to get the rest of them.

Does anyone have one of these beasties? If so, what sort of mileage are you getting on LPG? My guesstimate having owned a LPG Disco is around 14mpg.

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  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    MPG will be the same regardless of what car you get. It's the actual cost of the fuel where the saving comes from.

    LPG 45 pence, rather than £1.10 for petrol.
  • marlot
    marlot Posts: 5,000 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 6 March 2010 at 11:20AM
    I suggest you drop into the landcruiser owners club. www.tlocuk.co.uk

    PS. You'll find it divided by series. The pre1998 amazon (the 4.5 petrol) is known as an 80, the post 1998 (4.7) is a 100 series
  • BikerEd
    BikerEd Posts: 405 Forumite
    harveybobbles wrote: »
    MPG will be the same regardless of what car you get.

    What do you mean by that? LPG is about 10% less efficient perhaps worse.
  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    Sorry, will be ABOUT the same. Jeez...

    The saving on LPG is the cost of the stuff at 45ppl. Aprox
  • BikerEd
    BikerEd Posts: 405 Forumite
    I know all about LPG having had two conversions before. What I'm really interested in is anyone with experiences of a converted Amazon.
  • marlot
    marlot Posts: 5,000 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    You haven't said which model Amazon. I believe the 80 is straightforward but there can be issues with the 100.
  • BikerEd
    BikerEd Posts: 405 Forumite
    marlot wrote: »
    You haven't said which model Amazon. I believe the 80 is straightforward but there can be issues with the 100.

    Sorry, it's the 80 (1996)
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