Road trip

bimmer49 · Sep 22nd, 2015, 15:46

Just returned home from a 3800km round trip to the UK. Gas all the way. Cheapest I saw was 50p a litre in Winterbourne Stoke (Stonehenge) and 60.9cents (44p) a litre in Spain off the motorway.
In France I drove at 130kph (82mph) and only got 220m to the tank but when I slowed it down to 118kph I managed 270m to the tank.
Depart Dieppe 22.30, arrived home 20.30 the next evening (1900km), two hours kip in the driving seat (Ouch) and plenty of fuel and coffee stops. About 17 hours driving.
A bit steak in a local restaurant befor bed. Oh and my car weight 1640Kg loaded without me in it, weighbridge at work.
Purchased new rear springs, new central exhaust pipe, 4 discs, two sets of pads (judder), new tool box, 10,000 various tea bags plus all sorts of other regalia!
Glad to home in the sun...30deg!

antigon · Nov 27th, 2015, 07:03

I have a friend who complained, that gas quality is not same through EU, is that true? He said the difference was up to 15% between using German and Czech gas

classicswede · Nov 27th, 2015, 12:26

The only differnce is ratio of LPG to Butane. UK is 100% LPG but most of europe is a mix

CNGBiFuel · Dec 19th, 2015, 18:16

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Sep 22nd, 2015, 15:46	#1
bimmer49 Always listen & learn! Last Online: Mar 13th, 2023 19:32 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Winchester + Malaga	Road trip Just returned home from a 3800km round trip to the UK. Gas all the way. Cheapest I saw was 50p a litre in Winterbourne Stoke (Stonehenge) and 60.9cents (44p) a litre in Spain off the motorway. In France I drove at 130kph (82mph) and only got 220m to the tank but when I slowed it down to 118kph I managed 270m to the tank. Depart Dieppe 22.30, arrived home 20.30 the next evening (1900km), two hours kip in the driving seat (Ouch) and plenty of fuel and coffee stops. About 17 hours driving. A bit steak in a local restaurant befor bed. Oh and my car weight 1640Kg loaded without me in it, weighbridge at work. Purchased new rear springs, new central exhaust pipe, 4 discs, two sets of pads (judder), new tool box, 10,000 various tea bags plus all sorts of other regalia! Glad to home in the sun...30deg! __________________ 264 V8 5.0L V40 BiFuel, she's gone, she's dead......Oh well!

Nov 27th, 2015, 12:26	#3
classicswede Trader Volvo in my veins Last Online: Yesterday 22:55 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Anglesey	The only differnce is ratio of LPG to Butane. UK is 100% LPG but most of europe is a mix __________________ http://www.classicswede.org www.classicswede.co.uk

Dec 19th, 2015, 18:16	#4
CNGBiFuel Classic P80 1999 BiFuel Last Online: Mar 6th, 2024 00:34 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: 48mph Middle Lane M4	Deleted. __________________ Bifuel V70 Classic 1999 [The Old Grumpy in the Corner, "When I was a lad... blah, bl**dy blah."]

Nov 27th, 2015, 07:03	#2
antigon New Member Last Online: Dec 22nd, 2015 16:11 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: London	I have a friend who complained, that gas quality is not same through EU, is that true? He said the difference was up to 15% between using German and Czech gas

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