interesting results!driving like i used to = 30% decrease in mpg..

[320touring]

Got my BMW 328 lpg car back after getting the clutch sorted, so decided to go for a drive with the girlfriend...

I brimmed the lpg tank (holds 50l), and off we went..

Approximately 70% of the trip was on motorways and 30% fast A/B class single carriage way.

On motorways I sat at 70mph (psl) constantly in gear, no driving with load/p&g etc

Backroads were approached in an 'enthusiastic manner', lots of lower gear work and full throttle acceleration-maximum momentum through the corners. Only slowing down when the psl dropped.

Result was 200.5 miles covered and 49l of lpg used

=18.6(imp)mpg

Compared to the 25-28mpg I usually get on lpg, it represents circa 30% increase in Fuel consumption!

Shows that some basic techniques can greatly improve efficiency, even in large engined cars..

However, it did feel good to do some 'italian tuning'

[euromodder]

It's sad - nah, not really - but once you've been hypermiling, you can't drive like you used to anymore.

Even if you're trying, you're still using less fuel than you used to.

[320touring]

Originally Posted by euromodder

It's sad - nah, not really - but once you've been hypermiling, you can't drive like you used to anymore.

Even if you're trying, you're still using less fuel than you used to.

I retain the ability to dive 'fu gutty', to the extent the car "tinks" when its parked up

If on petrol, it' d have been about 24mpg..still circa 30% below the usual mpg on petrol..

The endorphin release can't be quantified as mpg, but the smiles per mile was high

[320touring]

following tank was a 23.2mpg one.. not P&G is really killing my mileage

[Sven7]

Also good to hear of an E36 getting flogged. I imagine my tank MPG is always down 5% or so due to the odd redline shift, etc (more so in the Rabbit). It's good to have a little fun, and there is a happy medium!

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Sven7

Also good to hear of an E36 getting flogged. I imagine my tank MPG is always down 5% or so due to the odd redline shift, etc (more so in the Rabbit). It's good to have a little fun, and there is a happy medium!

A little Italian tuning never hurt anyone

I agree re the happy medium, but I do a Min 20k miles per year, and my lpg costs the same as your gas..not to mention using 20% more lpg compared to petrol!

However,would much prefer to lpg my e30 as its so much more fun to drive, whether going fast or slow...

My girl's project car is a 1984 mk1 golf (rabbit) convertable with a gti engine

Hoping for 40 imp mpg out it-every mechanical part with exception of some engine internals will be new-gonna be great!

See if I can rustle up some pics..

[Gealii]

Originally Posted by euromodder

It's sad - nah, not really - but once you've been hypermiling, you can't drive like you used to anymore.

Even if you're trying, you're still using less fuel than you used to.

i disagree every once in a while i take my old car out for a spin to get that fast driving out of my system. red lining every gear 1 day out of the month only driving 15 miles that whole day. Even with the fuel loss of doing this i make up more then that easily in 2 days of hypermiling in my dd

[Karadjas]

Originally Posted by euromodder

It's sad - nah, not really - but once you've been hypermiling, you can't drive like you used to anymore.

Even if you're trying, you're still using less fuel than you used to.

This. I even hypermile my fun car when I'm not flogging it, and get as many giggles out of low L/100kms as I do out of 0-100kmh times

Unfortunately I don't think I can get one to match the other in either car, as a <5L/100km Audi S3 or a <4.5" 0-100kmh Ibiza TDi are probably not gonna happen