LPG converted V6 Omega
With diesel in the land of the frogs being €1.30 (shade over £1), diesel makes a lot of sense in some parts of Europe. Additionally, whilst in a 3.0l, I reckon you could get close to a 50mpg equilivent on a run, I still reckon on a 3.2 you'd struggle to get much better than 40mpg equilavent
But a lot more fun to drive than any oil burner
Plus, depending where in Euroland the planned trip is, LPG can be very, very cheap (sub 40p/L)
I've only been to France this year. LPG was around €0.90 a litre, so similar to here. Didn't see too much of it either.
It's much cheaper in the supermarkets I've never had too much of an issue finding it TBH
When we went to Italy I priced cheap flights and hire car against driving down and (even with hotels) it was about the same cost and much more fun to drive Worked out much cheaper driving in the end because a very kind OOF member put us up
This year, I was looking out for LPG, for comparison. And, there is a joke when we go abroad with my mate Abbo, that we have to go to a supermarket every day
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Honestly, in 2,500 miles, some on autoroutes, and awful lot on N roads, and at least a dozen trips to supermarkets, I reckon I saw 2 or 3.
In the end, I was glad we took the Insignia. We would have been really scrabbling around looking for LPG, and would likely have been on petrol (wash my mouth out with soap)