Hi Hadashi,

I haven't even got the car yet! Delivery is slated to be June 16th.
It is to go into to be converted in mid-August, after I've had time to
run the car in.
The company doing the conversion is Nicholson-McLaren in the UK
(www.nicholsonmclaren.com).
As I understand it, you get less performance on LPG, but LPG is
roughly half the price of petrol. That equates to an equivalent cost
of about 60% of that of petrol. I worked out that after 4 years, the
conversion will pay for itself.

Regards,
Susi.


--- In edrivephev@yahoogroups.com, Tadashi <keith.chinn@...> wrote:
>
> Did you do the LPG conversion on your Prius? If so how do you like it?
> Notice any difference in driving?
>
> On 5/16/06, metalsusi <metalsusi@...> wrote:
> >
> > Oops!
> >
> > Just read that back. I did not mean to sound so harsh to EDrive as I
> > REALLY applaud what they are trying to do.
> > I especially like the idea of it being an after-market install, but
> > the cost is a real stinger.
> > Trying to money out of environmental issues has to be applauded. In
> > this money-orientated world, it is such a notion that might actually
> > see some of this world's pollution issues addressed.
> >
> > However, the reason the Prius is selling so well is because it's time
> > has come and the price is right.
> > IMHO, EDrive's time has come, but they really need to sort out the
price.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Susi.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In edrivephev@yahoogroups.com, "metalsusi" <metalsusi@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm with James here..
> > >
> > > I've just stumped up the cash for a new T-Sprit here in the UK,
and it
> > > hurt my pocket to the tune of GBP20,500 (Thats around $38,650 in US
> > > money). The usual 1 dollar equals 1 pound ripoff here in the UK
having
> > > once again been applied.
> > > By the same reasoning, I would suspect that the EDrive system
would be
> > > sold in the UK for GBP12,000 ($22,634), I would have to be
**MAD** to
> > > buy EDrive!
> > > I can see that a 3rd-Gen Prius would come in at around the same
price
> > > as a current 2nd-Gen one, but there would be no way to ever get your
> > > money back if I were to ever add an EDrive to my 2nd-Gen Prius.
> > >
> > > Don't get me wrong, I'm not buying a Prius to save fuel money- I
> > > really did decide to spend the money to try and do a little for the
> > > environment, but I cannot for the life of me see how losing even
more
> > > boot (trunk) space for another battery pack is ever going to recoup
> > > the costs financially and evironmentally.
> > > For short journeys, you'd be better off spending the $12,000 on a
> > > rechargeable motorbike!
> > >
> > > Going a bit off-topic (sorry).
> > > The other option, that I think gives a better chance of helping the
> > > environment by reducing overall emissions is an LPG conversion.
There
> > > are certainly issues regarding valve wear, but even after fitting
> > > specially hardenend valves and seats, and the LPG conversion itself,
> > > the total cost is less than EDrive - around GBP4,500 ($8,485).
> > > There is also the reduced cost of LPG in the UK, giving around a
> > > saving of 40% off the cost per mile if running on petrol.
> > > Well worth the loss of a spare wheel or boot space for the tank...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Susi.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In edrivephev@yahoogroups.com, "James" <jhassi@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > it's been widely reported that the new 2008 Prius will use
Li-Ion and
> > > > get up to 94mpg.
> > > >
> > > > Since it's already Li-Ion, any ideas on how much savings there
would
> > > > be? Cuz $12,000 for the EDrive system is completely and utterly
> > > > absurd, at $3/gal that's 4,000 gallons of gas, or 160,000 miles at
> > > > 40mpg that a stock Prius could travel.
> > > >
> > > > What I like is the whole plug-in idea, the idea that you could
plug-in
> > > > a Prius nightly, pay $1 for electricity, then drive 50 miles
without
> > > > using any gas. Course since the Prius gets almost 50 mpg anyway
> > > > really your paying $1 for 50 miles of electricity instead of
$3 for 1
> > > > gallon of gas for 50 miles, so you save $2 a day... $60/mo....
> > > > $720/yr.... nevermind I think i just talked myself out of ever
wanting
> > > > a EDrive system unless they're closer to $500 instead of $12,000
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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