Gregau

The new Aurion system is a direct injection system and the cost is $4400 !!! So that's at least $2400 out of pocket if the subsidy stays the same, and the amount of kms I do every year it would take me about 3 - 3.5 years to break even...and I didnt even factor in the extra service costs of the system...lemme guess 150 - 200 every 20,000 or so at least, no way this is looking even close to worth it for me personally. I was kindof aware from experience of the extra wear on valve seats and higher running temps etc, but was prepared to ignore it (aka put in the back of my mind) but it still is a factor. You read all the propaganda from the LPG places saying it's better for your motor as it doesnt wash oil from cylinder walls etc etc...but they dont mention anything about the valves seats do they hehe. Nah my mind is made up...if it paid for itself in 6 months then I'd seriously consider it but I may not even have the car for as long as it's gonna take to break even (planning on keeping it for about 10 years but you never know).

Thanks again lads...yeah I realise the answer has been literally staring me in the face but I've been under a heap of stress with this new car purchase (a lot more than I should) and I havent really been thinking straight...so yeah...blithering out annoying questions must be my specialty when I'm like this hehe danny you've helped me out in the other thread I posted so thanks again and apologies for the douche comment it was outa line.

Thanks mike thats what I was after. And danny did you not read what I said? I already said I read about the litres/100 kms posts but most of that stuff seemed all over the place so I wanted a real life what people get on a tank. If it has been discussed twice already how about pointing me in the right direction. BTW when did I say I was comparing the Mazda to the Aurion? I'm tossing up between either..didnt say anything about fuel comparisons. Douche.

I'm seriously tossing up between the Aurion and a Mazda 6. It's main purpose will be solely for city driving (lots of stop start) rarely any open road stuff so can people tell me what they are getting on a full tank of fuel? Lets say from full on the gauge to the fuel light coming on after nothing but city driving would you get say 500 kms out of that? I know all about the economy liters/100 kms thing but this is to explain to my wife in simple terms and she's not interested in what she calls "mumbo jumbo" hehe. "Just tell me how far it goes from full on the gauge to when the fuel light comes on" she says. So yeah if I could get some figures like that from city only would be good. Thanks all :) Greg. PS This site say 14 - 16/100 around town...that aint good :/ http://www.mynrma.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/mynr...m_road_test.htm

Okay I've done some reading and apparently there should be NO LOSS of power when running on petrol in a duel fuel system as the electronics of new systems just switch ignition curves between the two.

Thanks but is that for running on petrol or LPG or both?

I'm considering an Aurion to be my next 10 year car (yeah I keep cars that long) and with the price of fuel to be unimaginable in that timeframe I'm looking at converting to dual fuel with the conversion kits now available for them. I've read a couple of threads on here and the general consensus is to stay away from LPG...thats fine but I'm planning on keeping the car for the long haul so that makes LPG a definite option. I've calculated roughly that I would break even after about 2 years...maybe a little less. One thing I'm trying to find out is...does the cars performace on PETROL suffer after conversion to dual fuel? In other words...does the tuning required to run the car on gas lower the performance when the car is running on petrol mode? Has anyone here converted an Aurion to LPG and happy with the results? I'm guessing it's far too early for anyone to comment on reliability so how about performance? I'd be wary if I'm going to lose any performance when running the car on petrol because of whatever tuning etc. Also...This seems to be a primarily Aussie forum. Does anyone know whats going on with the LPG rebate right now? Is it scrapped altogether or the amount halved? Can on estill get the full 2 grand and if so is there a grace period etc to when it is scrapped or lowered? Finally...if I was to leave it on petrol...what are people getting roughly on a tank of city driving? 550kms? 600 kms? My crapola Falcon currenty gets me a painful 420 kms per tank....eurgh. Cheers all.