P38A Are they worth it??

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Sonnycbr

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I've owned my P38 Japanese import 4.6 petrol auto for about 5 years now and had the usual ups and downs. Always a pleasure to drive but every now and then it just doesn't want to play. I saw the headline in the Daily Mail today "save us from the £100 tank of petrol Rishi". I filled up last week and it was £131 and for that I'll get 400 kilometres of comfortable driving, with a bit luck!
Considering the escalating costs of maintaining and running these cars, do owners think they're getting value for money? Is it a question worth asking? I'll be keeping mine till my times up.
 
Sonnycbr said:
I've owned my P38 Japanese import 4.6 petrol auto for about 5 years now and had the usual ups and downs. Always a pleasure to drive but every now and then it just doesn't want to play. I saw the headline in the Daily Mail today "save us from the £100 tank of petrol Rishi". I filled up last week and it was £131 and for that I'll get 400 kilometres of comfortable driving, with a bit luck!
Considering the escalating costs of maintaining and running these cars, do owners think they're getting value for money? Is it a question worth asking? I'll be keeping mine till my times up.
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In light of rising fuel prices previously events similar a few adapted to LPG. The opportunity still available mere mortals like yourself. There's enough people here to give a good account of LPG. If you can live with steady maintenance risk of insurance company loving you even more and the rubbing sounds of the taxman hands burning. Then it's a option.
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Well in this house it’s like this.
Need fuel ok:).
Needs xxx ok:).
Now the dilemma is if you can’t afford the running of the car, But you love it:) buy a cheap run around and keep the best for Sunday .

We live with 3 of the tempremental green ovals, lovely Marque:).

And yes fuel costs here have gone stupid here too:(.

We consider the smiles/mile worth it:).

J
 
saxavordian said:
In light of rising fuel prices previously events similar a few adapted to LPG. The opportunity still available mere mortals like yourself. There's enough people here to give a good account of LPG. If you can live with steady maintenance risk of insurance company loving you even more and the rubbing sounds of the taxman hands burning. Then it's a option.
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I've thought about this but as I only use the car a few times and a week and do a total of about 3000 miles a year I don't think it's worth it. I had an X Trail converted to LPG about 10 years ago and it killed the engine within a year, although I'm sure the Range Rover engine would survive the ordeal.
 
marjon said:
Well in this house it’s like this.
Need fuel ok:).
Needs xxx ok:).
Now the dilemma is if you can’t afford the running of the car, But you love it:) buy a cheap run around and keep the best for Sunday .

We live with 3 of the tempremental green ovals, lovely Marque:).

And yes fuel costs here have gone stupid here too:(.

We consider the smiles/mile worth it:).

J
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Oh yes, I've done that! I use the wife's little Toyota on a daily basis. It runs on fresh air and gets me around.
 
Sonnycbr said:
I've thought about this but as I only use the car a few times and a week and do a total of about 3000 miles a year I don't think it's worth it. I had an X Trail converted to LPG about 10 years ago and it killed the engine within a year, although I'm sure the Range Rover engine would survive the ordeal.
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Mine lasted about 10-15 mins while i was fine tuning the mix.. or maybe that's a coincidence
 
saxavordian said:
In light of rising fuel prices previously events similar a few adapted to LPG. The opportunity still available mere mortals like yourself. There's enough people here to give a good account of LPG. If you can live with steady maintenance risk of insurance company loving you even more and the rubbing sounds of the taxman hands burning. Then it's a option.
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You say LPG, but I drove past a forecourt on Monday slinging it for 129.9 a litre (average round here is 99.9). So even that isn't the saving it once was.
 
Bix said:
You say LPG, but I drove past a forecourt on Monday slinging it for 129.9 a litre (average round here is 99.9). So even that isn't the saving it once was.
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I think LPG follow up because they're products of the petroleum. Unfortunate being a cleaner fuel and having campaigns against anything related a fart. We see a missed opportunity for motor vehicle industry to adopt this. Instead the rush hybrid and batteries or hydrogen will not solve the problems yet. And considering all the fawning the followers of St Greta of Sweden do LPG would have been better answer now.
 
There is evidence that LPG can kill the larger capacity RV8's due to the higher combustion temperatures created by the gas & my own 3.9 suffer this fate, despite having a healthy cooling system.
Apparently LPG pumps are due to be removed from many outlets over the next two years, partly because demand is no longer sufficient for it's sale/storage to be sustainable & also to make room for EV charging points.
 
Sonnycbr said:
I've owned my P38 Japanese import 4.6 petrol auto for about 5 years now and had the usual ups and downs. Always a pleasure to drive but every now and then it just doesn't want to play. I saw the headline in the Daily Mail today "save us from the £100 tank of petrol Rishi". I filled up last week and it was £131 and for that I'll get 400 kilometres of comfortable driving, with a bit luck!
Considering the escalating costs of maintaining and running these cars, do owners think they're getting value for money? Is it a question worth asking? I'll be keeping mine till my times up.
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Compared to the cost of buying and running a new car, the cost of running my P38 diesel is peanuts. We have had these fuel price hikes before, looking at the fuel company profits there is no real basis for the prices to be so high, no doubt, like the last time, the price will go down but not quite to where it was before.
 
norseman said:
There is evidence that LPG can kill the larger capacity RV8's due to the higher combustion temperatures created by the gas & my own 3.9 suffer this fate, despite having a healthy cooling system.
Apparently LPG pumps are due to be removed from many outlets over the next two years, partly because demand is no longer sufficient for it's sale/storage to be sustainable & also to make room for EV charging points.
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thats unfortunate for the upturn in motorhome sales! many use LPG for heating and cooking
 
Datatek said:
Compared to the cost of buying and running a new car, the cost of running my P38 diesel is peanuts. We have had these fuel price hikes before, looking at the fuel company profits there is no real basis for the prices to be so high, no doubt, like the last time, the price will go down but not quite to where it was before.
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Totally agree with running costs. A simple service on my P38 doozle is just a fraction of what some of the newer more so called eco cars are, AND the P38 is more fun to drive. I often get complementary comments about the P38 when out and about. You don't see that happening when driving a Nissan Duke:p:p:D
 
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