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To update this story with a positive outcome.

I managed to get in touch with the previous owner, he'd owned it since new and loved it / looked after it had it serviced every year.

When he traded it in handed over the history to the main dealer (including a receipt from Vauxhall for a brand new engine for £2,500 fitted at 65,000 miles).
It then got sent to the auction and the auction house who lost all of that paperwork (probably threw it in the bin).

Nice to know its been well cared for but frustrating that someone would throw the history away.

I sent it off for its mot and it passed no problem, always a good sign and it drives really well, bit sluggish compared to my previous V6' models.

Only thing I need to sort is get the cambelt changed and fix the annoying clicking noise that sometimes comes from behind the steering wheel makes a loud click like 2 pieces of plastic forcing against each other - any ideas on that?

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Omega General Help / Re: anyone on here know my new estate, 2.2 petrol
« on: 23 September 2018, 15:44:13 »
the MOT history does not inspire
11 passes, 9 fails with BIG Advisory lists


I read the same history before buying it and concluded that was actually a very good MOT history for an old banger, far from what I would call big advisory fails (you should see some of the advisories we get on much newer cars than this).

Hopefully in time someone will see this and know if its history.

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Omega General Help / anyone on here know my new estate, 2.2 petrol
« on: 22 September 2018, 11:33:24 »
Just bought a nice one owner green 2.2 petrol estate but its has come with no history with it does anyone know it?
its mid green metallic with beige trim, BF 51 ZRJ. Looks like its been well looked probably has a good history and has been lost during the trade in process.

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General Car Chat / Re: Have had enough now.
« on: 09 April 2015, 15:45:04 »
I know how you feel as I have just put my 2003 2.6 estate on ebay spares or repairs.
I was planning to keep it for a few years and to fit my LPG kit (thanks Al) but its just not worth the cost of sorting out the problems as they are worth so little now.
Its a shame this one was a really nice old car, sometimes its just time to move it on and let someone else fix it up.

The final straw for me was I was taking it to get the new MOT on Saturday and the bonnet would not open so I could not start it, so that was it I decided to put it on ebay.

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The best bet for reviving the battery if you can't open the bonnet is probably to jack the car up and connect a charger between the positive terminal on the starter motor and the engine block.

Good thinking, I try do that makes much more sense with the heavy duty cable to the starter it should take some charge.

thanks for all those suggestions on how to open the bonnet - after 6 years and 4 different Omega's I know how to open sticky bonnets, but this time its different (its properly stuck no amount of pushing lifting banging or jumping up and down in frustration have helped open it!).

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anyone tried this?

with the key out the power socket is not live but would it charge if left with the ignition on?

(bonnet is stuck wont open even with 2 people)



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Excellent.. hm, perhaps I should take some photos and actually stick mine on Autotrader seeing as you did so well!

I think I could have sold it 3x over based on the enquiries that came in (as in at least 3 serious ready to buy today enquiries not just random callers

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799 hits from OOF members looking for a car to post and complain about (too expensive, too cheap, too tatty, too neat, etc ;D), 1 hit from a real person? ;)

Could be!
The furthest enquiry was from Harrogate (I am in Guildford so not very close 220 miles!).
this was the ad, now sold.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201412129606038/sort/default/price-to/1000/usedcars/page/1/radius/1500/postcode/gu47qr/maximum-mileage/up_to_70000_miles/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/vauxhall/model/omega?logcode=p


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I was surprised how many views my Omega advert got from its autotrader, over 800 hits in 5 days!

To give an example a typical ad for a £5k Golf or Fiesta will get me 150-350 hits in a week.
I've got an 2009 Golf advertised and its only had 165 hits this week.

Just shows how many people are looking for cheaper cars on the run up to Christmas, my one sold to the first viewer who will hopefully join up here have given him the details.
Sad to see it go after just over 5 years (longest have ever kept a car for) and its been pretty good for an old 2000 W reg car never let me down.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: hi everyone new to oof
« on: 12 December 2014, 11:22:33 »
I hear what you are saying Al, that all makes sense, and I have seen on other forums where they have let themselves open to dodgy new members then trying to scam people, so its good to avoid that.
But the flip side is 250 is a massive number so it makes it impossible for someone like me to join in for sale and wanted, I've been running Omega's since 2009 and this forum has helped me a lot, have bought a lot of spares on here which has saved me a fortune  and got lots of good tips on fixing things.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: hi everyone new to oof
« on: 12 December 2014, 10:35:05 »
I am on a few different forums, I know how they work, 250 post count to sell something is crazy, we could at least have an option to pay an annual fee (usually £10) to then be a premium member with access to sales section.

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General Discussion Area / Re: weatherbomb?
« on: 12 December 2014, 10:18:35 »
As soon as the Daily Fail started talking about this weather bomb I suspected nothing would happen down here, and its got much warmer here, 8 degrees today and no wind. nice winters day.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Button to stay with McLaren
« on: 12 December 2014, 10:17:05 »
its good news or else we'd only have one brit in F1 (and he seems to be turning into a non Brit with his silly mid-Atlantic accent)

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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« on: 12 December 2014, 10:15:11 »
The name viva is quite good but Viva's were not good at all in fact that name brings back memories of horrible nasty rusty viva's, plastic seats, sloped dash, shinny rimmed/ribbed steering wheels. (my first car was a Magnum, marginally less crap than a viva but significantly worse than most other cars at the time)

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