My current Car share Colleague is off to pastures new in April, So I'm landed with having to drive myself to work every day now..
To this end, for the benefit of my wallet, I have acquired a 1997 BMW 328i touring (estate) fitted with a single point LPG coversion. Car has a 5 speed Manual transmission
This has the benefit of giving me fuel at circa £0.83/Litre as opposed to £1.35/Litre for petrol.
I know I wont have the full 193 ponies available on LPG, but as its my commuting car, that doesnt matter.
I'm more interested in making it as cheap and efficient to run as possible
My route is 25 miles each way,
approx 22 miles motorway (rush our, so plenty low speed/accellerate/slow down) scenarios
3 milees town driving- fairly free flowing
At the moment, my iS returns circa 40mpg on this run- I'd like to get as close as possible- I realise I have a larger engine and LPG is inherrently worse for MPG due to lower energy content, but I do have High gearing (in relation to the iS) and more torque
Initial thoughts are similar to the iS
42psi in the tyres
P&G where possible (will it work with LG?!)
I'm open to all tips and suggestions
thanks
Neil