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Lagondanet · Administrator Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3109 Location: UK

Hi Zoran

Majority are coming Thursday. I shall post a list at the weekend for you.

Mitrovic · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 628

For the first time since last sept. I filled the car up!
OMG! As a driver of an electric car I m no more used to it: 160 CHF!

So, what is the situation right now in UK. Especially with Ethanol. What sort of fuel do you recomend and can it be bought at any gas station?

See you soon!

Lagondanet · Administrator Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3109 Location: UK

As at today:

On Tour

13046 Series 2 John & Irene Gray UK
13049 Series 2 Roger & Nicole Ivett UK
13059 Series 2 Harry Kielstra & Margie Vrije Netherlands
13157 Series 2 Alan Ruck & Stephanie Yendell UK
13173 Series 2 Rudolf Barasits Switzerland
13215 Series 2 Siem & Truida De Jong Netherlands
13246 Series 2 Thomas Drechsler & Heike Schoebel Germany
13302 Series 2 Keith Cornman & Valerie Pearce UK
13359 Series 2 Dimitri & Virginie Labis Belgium
13380 Series 2 David Marks & Sue Hartley UK
13417 Series 2 Zoran Mitrovic & Marco Glavasevic Switzerland
13471 Series 3 Michael & Arthur Von Aretin & Gina Buehler Germany
13476 Series 3 Johan Hamid Belgium UK
13515 Series 3 Olivier Maingard Luxembourg
13538 Series 3 Terry & Trevor Duck UK
13542 Series 4 Stefan & Alexander Von Ow & Ingrid Kampmann Germany
13579 Series 4 Guy & Lorna Dudding UK
13602 Series 4 Olivier & Charlie Deslandes UK
13642 Series 4 Andrew & Jackie Ancell UK
13643 Series 4 David & Irene Willoughby UK
13645 Series 4 Rodger Dudding & Viken Kerkorian UK
DB9 476 EOJ John Howarth & Gordon Nuttall UK

Sandra Dufetrelle France owner of 13195
Rodney & Jack Howell USA owner of 13365
Robert Marks UK owner of 13397

On Display

13015 Series 2 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13196 Series 2 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13393 Series 2 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13436 Series 2 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13525 Series 3 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13585 Series 4 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13605 Series 4 Rodger & Guy Dudding UK
13622 Series 4 Jane Weitzmann & Spike Hughes UK

Lagondanet · Administrator Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3109 Location: UK

We currently have 22 cars touring with 48 guests.

Mitrovic · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 628

It will be a great party!

What about a recomendation which fuel to use?

Lagondanet · Administrator Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3109 Location: UK

Well my car was converted to unleaded (probably unnecessarily) a few years back and I use the higher octane U/L petrol.

Others may express a different opinion but I think the general view will be to use the higher grade (super/ultimate) unleaded fuel in our cars both here in the UK and on the Continent (whether the car was converted to U/L or not).

Lagondanet · Administrator Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3109 Location: UK

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Mitrovic · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 628

What about Ethanol in the fuel in UK?

Vincent · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 1055 Location: Belgium

About Ethanol or bio-fuel, the share is about 5 to 10 % in petrol depending on the grade of petrol.
In my car, which is US-CAT, but without catalysts and air-pumps ( to save weight, not the planet ), I put Unleaded 98, sometimes 95 when 98 unavalaible.
I think the case is the same in Switzerland about petrol, because Switzerland doesn't have any oil raffinery on its ground, and has to buy petrol from another country.
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Mitrovic · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 628

Switzerland has two oil refineries. It has a much lower ethanol percentage ( may be even 0 ) in its fuels.
There have been many reports in swiss magazines which said that ethanol in fuel harms especially older engines. I've been recently to Luxemburg, Germany and France and I had the impression that in every of those countries the percentage of ethanol in fuel is different and especially that the percentage of 10% ethanol fuel gas stations varies.
I do not know what is right, so that is why asked what do the english in England?!
For my Lagonda I use 98 octane unleaded fuel with no ethanol ( or virtually no ethanol ) here in Switzerland.

Keith · Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:49 am Post subject:

My car was converted to unleaded fuel, (done by Ferrari if I remember the details in my paperwork correctly), before I bought her.

I aways fill up with the higher grade 98 of unleaded fuel.

Dimitri · Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 180 Location: Smarden, Kent, UK

interesting read and at bottom of the page, fuel brands with ethanol content and with list of stations with E0:

http://www.groups.tr-register.co.uk/wessex/ethanol-update.html

Mitrovic · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 628

Great information, thank you Dimitri!

So, I would suggest to everybody to use 98 octane fuel in their Lagonda cars.

Keith · Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:05 pm Post subject:

Whoops !

The U.K. Super Unleaded grade is 97, not 98 as I previously stated.

Mitrovic · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 628

Keith, we will punish you at the bar!