congrats on the new truck..
hopefully you'll enjoy this site and the characters on it..

good luck with it and drive on..

 

Thanks everyone for the welcome. Took it to France last weekend hit some debris that took out the front tyre and stuffed the bed. Talk about some expletives, (Excuse my French, or not as the case may be!!!) Difficult getting parts over here, but managed to get another tyre (tire) and the repairs are going to be minor, so it won't ne long before it's frightning the crap out of small cars and convertibles.

It's amazing, you drive on the wrong side of the truck, so you can look into cars and see the driver. DID YOU KNOW!!! that a lot of ladies drive convertibles with their legs apart, no wonder I hit that debris, should have concentrated!!!

F150Europe, yep it's converted to LPG at around 0.50 Eur per litre. better than Ģ3.70 ($6.85) per gallon of petrol. at 9mpg, i need some serious wonga to keep it going. We get all the tax back on purchases and fuel, because we have it registered as a light goods vehicle, I pay Ģ160.00 per year road tax.

 

Just filled up with petrol, this afternoon... 90 liters for Euro 108 ($130)

288 Euros ($348) per year on road tax.

9 mpg!! was that on petrol, isnīt that a bit low.

LPG is around 0.40 Euro per litre here.

 

F150Europe

9mpg on lpg, very low, going in for a check tomorrow.

Where did you get this wheels and tyres - expensive??

 

Itīs not my truck, unfortenately.
But I expect you pay around 4500 Euros for the 4 of them.
Rim and tires but I could be way off.

I donīt know whos truck that is otherwise I would have asked.
Let you know if I know something.

Oooo

Guys here with 2004īs on lpg, their fueluseage is around 4-4.5 km per liter lpg.
Depends how heavy your foot is though.

4.5 km/liter is equivalent to 10.6 MPG

 

My sister was over there last year and said the cost of gas was very high...I hope you get better mileage as your rig is broken in...

I love your cool feelings of how happy you are with your new truck...It must be strange to have the steering wheel on the wrong side...Just drive safe and enjoy your rig...Happy for you...

What did it cost to get it shipped over there...??

A big welcome from us and Canada here...

Have some nanners...

 

Hi Concrete Guy.

I paid 48,000 CAD delivered to UK port. That was for 2004 F150 Lariat Supercrew Black/Arizona beige, with Audiophile, Side steps, Moonroof, Sliding rear window and Load liner and fibreglass cover. I then had to pay car duty of 18% plus about Ģ500.00 conversion costs.

I've done 23000 kms in six months, hope it is broken in and the mpg will improve