Andrew you mentioned diff whine. All the 260s I've heard have some diff whine. If your nit used to rear wheel drive you may be being over sensitive about ut.
Hope to see you at POL.
Andrew you mentioned diff whine. All the 260s I've heard have some diff whine. If your nit used to rear wheel drive you may be being over sensitive about ut.
Hope to see you at POL.
Jez Marsh
372 ZTT SE PBT
M 260 MG
Thanks all for the warm welcome.
Looks like I'll be busy at POL! :-)
Andrew
There's the 23mpg to consider too. I used to have a 190 and haven't once regretted switching.
Damien
I hope to be looking for a 260 with LPG, so running costs become more reasonable (and it wouldn't be my 'everyday car' anyway)
Andrew
I wouldn't bother with LPG, keep it just like it is, you'll love it.
As it won't be your daily driver, you should be fine.
It may just be me but I don't get why anyone purchases a car with a big engine, only to fit LPG (or buy it already converted) to get it to do more MPG!
If you want economy, buy a smaller engine car (just my opinion of course).
Well said, if you want 50mpg by a Fiesta Diesel.Originally Posted by mh007
Fiesta - Yuk
Diesel - And Yuk again !!
"other makes available". But seriously, if the price difference LPG/Petrol is the difference between affording to own one or not, then you probably can't afford to run a 260, or any comparable type of car, anyway. Or you doing 40k miles+ per year which makes it worse when things start to need replacing because they have reached there normal "sell by" date.
... plus converting any car to LPG ain't exactly that cheap. You need to do a whole bunch of miles just to win back that investment.
... plus you have the tank to think about and the space it needs
... plus the disgusting smell
etc.
Been that route and have no intention of ever revisiting it!
Idle thoughts ...
David
I only said Fiesta Diesel as they are plentiful and cheap.
Yes exactly on the LPG conversion, I have seen several Jensen owners go down this route and they end up spending £2k + for the conversion and then find they cant buy it locally as either they have run out or there is no local station. You also loose boot space and in a lot of cases cars don't run as well.
As I have said before on this forum is you have to factor in almost Zero depreciation, normally this is the biggest cost on a used car but as long as you keep a 260 in good condition and don't do 20k miles a year the chances are you can run one of these for several years and probably sell it for what you paid for it as long as you have paid the market price.
Made me laugh that, 23 is not a figure im used to around town, winter use you'll be lucky to get 17. On a run possibly. I get 170 miles full to empty town driving short runs and 280 miles on a decent long run although my first 260 gave me 310 on a long run. But i love driving it the sound is intoxicating smiles per mile your looking at thousands 😊😆😉😎☺😃
Ken Bischoff Vin 075.
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