Audi A8's
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Audi A8's
They seem to be a good bargain luxo barge, which is the better engine 3.7 or 4.2? I think the 2.8 would be a bit gutless, what mileage are they good for? wouldnt mind one for the daily work run, probably not the cheapest daily runner but cant beat a bit of cheap waft-along motoring 
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Yeah I suppose they arent brilliant on fuel, although I take it pretty steady going to work (dont want to get there to quickly 
) but I imagine they wont get out of the early 20's for mpg.
any power figures for the two engines mentioned? age wise anything really around the sub 5.5k range, that seems to get a decent '99' car on average.
) but I imagine they wont get out of the early 20's for mpg.any power figures for the two engines mentioned? age wise anything really around the sub 5.5k range, that seems to get a decent '99' car on average.
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My boss has a 4.2 quattro and its a stunning piece of kit, original owner was the guy who owns Weetabix !
I've converted a few 3.7 fwd and quattro models and my bosses 4.2, tbh there all roughly the same, 3.7 4wd isn't quite as punchy as the 4.2 but the fwd 3.7 goes about the same, although you can tell its fwd.
Spec wise, It depends what is on the car your looking for, some have built in sat nav and tv, different leather, electric eveything, options galore.
Electrics on my bosses have started to play up now, they are very costly to repair too so keep it in mind if you go for a fully specced model.
On gas I think he gets around 22mpg maybe more, so add a bit to that for petrol mpg.
I've converted a few 3.7 fwd and quattro models and my bosses 4.2, tbh there all roughly the same, 3.7 4wd isn't quite as punchy as the 4.2 but the fwd 3.7 goes about the same, although you can tell its fwd.
Spec wise, It depends what is on the car your looking for, some have built in sat nav and tv, different leather, electric eveything, options galore.
Electrics on my bosses have started to play up now, they are very costly to repair too so keep it in mind if you go for a fully specced model.
On gas I think he gets around 22mpg maybe more, so add a bit to that for petrol mpg.
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Nicely speced cars. I was looking at a few 4.2's in the middle of last year but decided at the last minute to get a 740 Bm instead. I'd deffo go for the quattro, for a big car it handles pretty well
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If your going to do that then PM me mate as there is a lot of shit about.
Any modern engine has to have the correct kit or all you get is problems, which is not what you want on such a nice car.
This is one of the ones I've converted recently
http://www.gastech.org.uk/installgallery/audi_a8.html
Any modern engine has to have the correct kit or all you get is problems, which is not what you want on such a nice car.
This is one of the ones I've converted recently
http://www.gastech.org.uk/installgallery/audi_a8.html
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Originally Posted by Matt J
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not taking anything away from your work mate, but if I had £2.5k to spunk on a gas bottle I wouldnt be looking at cheap A8's 
Looks like a top install though, and probably worth the expense to someone doing the mileage to recoup the cost
not taking anything away from your work mate, but if I had £2.5k to spunk on a gas bottle I wouldnt be looking at cheap A8's Looks like a top install though, and probably worth the expense to someone doing the mileage to recoup the cost
over that time i have made my money back and more
mine has done 24 mpg since i got it (on-board computer).i give it some stick where ever i can (dinan chipped,just over 300bhp)
if it was running solely on petrol i couldn`t afford to run it
.lpg at 39.9 around here is 1 in the eye for the little engined cars.about £30 worth of gas is good for anything between 280-360 miles.
i wouldn`t run a small engined car now.v8 on gas all the time
i just found me dad a e320 merc 1996 with a zavoli system fitted for £3200.you just need to luok for them.
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