TheBlades Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Anyone seen this? Anyone driven an LPG conversion? Worth a look? Body and paintwork look immaculate. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-TOYOTA-SUPRA-BLACK-RARE-FACELIFT-MODEL-LPG-/300547204910?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item45fa02672e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysees Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Looks very clean and well looked after, good price. I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysees Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Ive never driven a supe with LPG though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Banter Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Loving those wheels on it, gives it a look of Aston about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIL007 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 i drove a lpg range rover once, running on petrol and gas was the same, not sure how a sports car would be though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMPEROR Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Still... no airbags... for a facelift... this means only one thing... And the steering wheel is not actually a Supra one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Still... no airbags... for a facelift... this means only one thing... And the steering wheel is not actually a Supra one... And what does that mean? Still a facelift car though.. has the correct dash, at a guess its one of the early ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMPEROR Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Or it was in accident and both airbags were deployed May 1996 0035275 Facelift introduced, SZR 6 speed introduced, GZ discontinued, included Sport ABS with big brakes, SRS air bag now standard equipment, Getrag 2nd gear synchro improved, now aluminium radiator on RZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_t Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 There is is a slight difference but its not noticeable, but you will notice the difference in your wallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mark Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My neighbour has a Range Rover with an LPG conversion and he loves it. Having been out in it a few times I couldn't notice any difference when he switched from LPG to Petrol and back. And financially he says it's as cheap if not cheaper than a diesel but with better performance, and a much nicer sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Banter Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I've got a Jeep Cherokee running LPG (currently for sale) and it's fantatstic, I've towed my race car on the trailer behind on LPG and you would never know the difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Looks like it is in top condition, exterior i mean. And for the LPG i have driven 2 years with a toyota celica equiped with LPG and yes there was a difference. You could feel the car responded way better when driven on petrol. But this was about 5-6 years ago and don't know how you guys call it in UK but the newer LPI (not so new now anymore) gives direct injection? or something like that don't know exactly, and with this you won't feel the difference anymore between petrol and LPG. But really, your wallet is very important too and i have to say i would definitely drive back on LPG if i found the right car and this one looks really nice. And face it, it is an automatic so might as well drive it on LPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjp Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 So he gets 200 miles on 70 litres of lpg at 68p per litre I get 400 miles on 70 litres of super unleaded at £1.35 a litre Am I going mad or does it not seem really worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Looks crash repaired to me, both front airbags are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purity14 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 So he gets 200 miles on 70 litres of lpg at 68p per litre I get 400 miles on 70 litres of super unleaded at £1.35 a litre Am I going mad or does it not seem really worth it He needs something fixing, I do 70 miles to £10 on my LPG Supra... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlades Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 So he gets 200 miles on 70 litres of lpg at 68p per litre I get 400 miles on 70 litres of super unleaded at £1.35 a litre Am I going mad or does it not seem really worth it Thats a vey good point, Ive e-mailed him to ask about his stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlades Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 Or it was in accident and both airbags were deployed May 1996 0035275 Facelift introduced, SZR 6 speed introduced, GZ discontinued, included Sport ABS with big brakes, SRS air bag now standard equipment, Getrag 2nd gear synchro improved, now aluminium radiator on RZ Another good point, again, Ive e-mailed him for a response, I'll post his replies. Thanks for all your comments so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlades Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Hey all, Ref the MPG or LPG, he says the syatem auto switches at about 20lts left in the tank, so hes getting 200 miles from around 50 ltrs which is around 45 quid. Ref the air bags, he's claiming it hasnt had a bang, must be an early facelift like someone suggested and the drivers wheel was changed when he bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMPEROR Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Facelift come May 96... It can't be "early facelift" if it's 97... So I'm not falling for this one... Btw this steering wheel looks like from MR2 I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjp Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hey all, Ref the MPG or LPG, he says the syatem auto switches at about 20lts left in the tank, so hes getting 200 miles from around 50 ltrs which is around 45 quid. Ref the air bags, he's claiming it hasnt had a bang, must be an early facelift like someone suggested and the drivers wheel was changed when he bought it. Still not much of a saving when I get 200 miles from 35 litres costing about £48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlades Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 I agree, Im going to give it a miss. Looks the business though. Still not much of a saving when I get 200 miles from 35 litres costing about £48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 It's also got pre-facelift front wings on it, and I don't believe there's such thing as an "early facelift without airbags". My facelift car was an early facelift - that means it had the four-spoke airbag wheel instead of the later three-spoke, and no VVTi (which doesn't apply to the N/A cars anyway). He's either lying or ill informed, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 It's also got pre-facelift front wings on it, and I don't believe there's such thing as an "early facelift without airbags". My facelift car was an early facelift - that means it had the four-spoke airbag wheel instead of the later three-spoke, and no VVTi (which doesn't apply to the N/A cars anyway). He's either lying or ill informed, IMO. There's loads of '97/98 cars with the earlier pattern from wings, including mine. From what I can gather, it seems to be mainly NAs that come with them. If you look on the Japanese sites, you'll see loads of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra joe Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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