Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:03:35 +0100 From: Anne Jackson <amygdalanospamet.co.uk> Subject: Re: SAAB 9000 new owner was Re: Have Saab reintroduced hatchback yet?
The message from "Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos.removeme.nospamee.ac.uk> contains these words: > Anne Jackson wrote: > > Sorest bit is going to be filling her up with petrol...last car was an > > LPG conversion. AND I had just put a new exhaust on it a couple of > > weeks ago... 8-( > Ahhh yes. I found mine runs better (faster?, certainly smoother and a > touch more economical) on super unleaded. At the time I measured > consumption it seemed to be (from one tankful to then next one) 5-8% > (maybe 10%) better than using ordinary unleaded. With current > unleaded/super unleaded prices (supermarket) it might be worth your > while using super unleaded. That's what I filled her with. Seemed the best option. I used super unleaded in my previous car, for what little petrol it used in starting. > If you do high mileages (as your previous car running on LPG would > suggest) perhaps super unleaded may pay back more. No, I don't do a lot of mileage. Retired grandmothers don't, usually...! <G> Perhaps 100 miles per week, on average. LPG just seemed a nice green option. -- AnneJ You may search my time-worn face, You'll find a merry eye that twinkles. I am NOT an old lady Just a little girl with wrinkles! - Edythe E. Bregnard
