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Discussion in 'VE Holden Commodore (2006 - 2013)' started by Wongy295, Jul 6, 2012.

  1. Jul 6, 2012 #1
    Wongy295

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    Hey guys,

    I'm looking at buying a new commodore. (Haven't decided the model, yet)

    Any, my issue is the price of factory LPG.

    I looked at the price of a VE Equipe and it's $34,990 drive away, yet when I change the 3.0 SIDI to the 3.6 Vapour Injected LPG, the price jumps to just over $44,000. Considering I converted my '07 Lumina to LPG for a touch over $4,000, how does Holden justify that price jump?

    Cheers
     
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    Well the 3.6L is a whole other engine, you're not only paying for to upgrade to a vapour injected system (although I thought all VEs were run on vapour injected systems?).
     
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    It's not like they are giving me both motors? They are swapping the petrol for the LPG.
    That's why I find it strange...
     
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    The LPG system is about $4,000 then another $6,000 for the upgraded engine seems about right to me?
     
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    Fwiw I drove an omega with factory lpg around a couple of weeks back, got close to 800km from a tank, was shocked, didn't expect to get any more than the 600kms I get out of mine travelling the exact same route.
     
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    #### me sideways, how big was the tank? I'm lucky to get 400ks out of mine with a 60L tank.
     
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    100L same as mine so 80L usable.
     
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