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General Car Chat / Re: OK Car Bods.. What Car is this?
« on: 04 January 2010, 22:04:42 »Quote
Ford Pilot was my first inkling...
Kevin
Mine too, but decided that the bonnet was too short, and no apparent louvres. 8-)
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Mine too, but decided that the bonnet was too short, and no apparent louvres. 8-)
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General Car Chat / Re: OK Car Bods.. What Car is this?
« on: 04 January 2010, 19:46:29 »Quote
Shackeng, looking in one of my car books, Im convinced you're spot-on. Hillman, Hillman, Hillman!!
Its because I'm so OLD!!!
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General Car Chat / Re: OK Car Bods.. What Car is this?
« on: 04 January 2010, 18:02:29 »
Certainly earlier than 1950! Probably about 1930. Is that possibly the early Ford emblem sticking forward at top of the bonnet? Looking at the headlamp size I would say it is unlikely to be a 'prestige' car which of that period tended to have larger lamps. 
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General Car Chat / Re: Dancing on ice with an Omega
« on: 02 January 2010, 19:08:44 »Quote
Well, we’ve made it back from the arctic adventure across Europe, in one piece-just!
Driving in winter across untreated roads at down to -17 has been an epic experience and the 2060 mile trip has been eventful and has highlighted the abilities of the Omega.
Our route was Leominster-Harwich-Hook of Holland-Berlin-Lodz-Magdeburg-Hook-Harwich-Leominster and took in the worst of the winter weather by freak of timing; no snow at home on departure and return, none in Lodz, but extreme snow and ice every part of the journey both ways....
We averaged 27.8mpg on the way, which is good taking into account being stood in traffic for four hours on an icebound Berlin motorway and the fact the car was running cold due to the thermostat being stuck fully open, and 29.9mpg (thermo changed) on the return, again good taking into account freezing conditions, heavy loading and covering about 100 miles at 15mph due to conditions.
I spent months with help from welung666 preparing the car for the trip and this proved absolutely essential due to the conditions; the Omega proved faultless (I did change the thermostat as no chance before leaving) and started instantly in -13 after being left for days.
The extreme conditions and long distances highlight any fault a car has, so perfect maintenance is essential -e.g odd tracking or a warped disc is usually not an issue-but on ice it a huge problem. We looked into winter tyres, but planned to only use the gritted motorways, so stayed with our nearly new all-season tyres after advice from a few people who said these would be clear.
Another thread with useful stuff to do/take if driving in similar conditions will follow, but this was a sobering moment:
On Thursday we left Lodz for Magdeburg for our overnight stop approx halfway to Hook of Holland and encountered deteriorating conditions on entering Germany, with the autobahn becoming ever more snowbound until white over with one lane dark and slushy. The Germans drive their Passats and A4s with snow tyres on the snowbound lanes at 120mph which is a sight to behold, but is intimidating when you are struggling for grip and travelling sensibly....
The conditions got worse and we could not continue so made the decision to leave at the next exit and find a nearer hotel, but the next possible exit was a few miles ahead.
Seconds later, at a steady 45mph, all went silent and the Omega turned violently into an oversteer skid with the driver’s side towards the direction we were travelling and us heading at 45mph sideways along the autobahn slowly towards the central barrier. I have had extensive skidpan training so steered into the skid and relaxed the throttle, the car fishtailed gently the other way and headed towards the hard shoulder and the 30 foot drop into a river beyond. I steered in gently again, following the direction of the skid and gradually regained control. Heart-stopping...
We then had to just carry on as stopping on the hard shoulder with the ice and the huge speed of the other cars was just not an option. I have never been so glad to see a hotel!
I wonder what the outcome would have been with poor tracking, poor(er) tyres and no skid training?
Very well done, and your training obviously paid off, and great to hear also how all your hard preparation work also rewarded, but I wonder how many of todays' young drivers could have coped with your conditions? Or even have coped on the recent icy roads here in the UK? I have come across two crashes within two miles of our village within the last two weeks, both young drivers on (probably) icy roads. Skid training and testing should be compulsory. How many people even know at about what speed their vehicle will begin to aquaplane on water puddles? 9[ch8730]P, where P is tyre pressure, before you ask. Which is only about 50mph in most cases.
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General Car Chat / Re: It can't be a co-incidence....
« on: 03 January 2010, 15:37:30 »
Bring back Cleveland Discol 
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General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption
« on: 01 January 2010, 13:16:43 »Quote
QuoteTBH I have not done an actual test on a long run so can only go on the three I have done locally. Longest journey being 15m EW and normal 6m EW on windy slow roads.
Actual consumption averaging 24.92 over the above journeys. Normal service items all done and good. Perhaps I should be looking for reasons. :-/ :-/
So would I with those mpg figures, you should be hitting at least 30mpg whatever distance you drive
Mick
I welcome any helpful suggestions
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General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption
« on: 01 January 2010, 10:42:45 »
TBH I have not done an actual test on a long run so can only go on the three I have done locally. Longest journey being 15m EW and normal 6m EW on windy slow roads.
Actual consumption averaging 24.92 over the above journeys. Normal service items all done and good. Perhaps I should be looking for reasons. :-/ :-/
Actual consumption averaging 24.92 over the above journeys. Normal service items all done and good. Perhaps I should be looking for reasons. :-/ :-/
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General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption
« on: 31 December 2009, 16:40:47 »Quote
QuoteQuoteI not really done any proper checks, like brim the tank, use, then brim it again. But I reckon on getting a better mpg on short stop/start type journeys now it's chipped. Pre chipped around 28-30mpg, now it's more but I think I need to get in there and give it a good clean out, give it some diesel magic.
See here [url]http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1260207198[/url] I'm also getting wild reading on the comp read out.........but well worth the chipping for the extra power
Mick
Hi Mick,
Hmmmm, yes well I saw that earlier, and you'll excuse me for wondering whether you were coasting downhill half a mile from resetting the computer! But I'm glad that you confirmed my incorrect post-chipped readings. I am interested that you get better than 28-30 on short runs. I have never achieved that, best I get on local (up to 15m each way) is about 26. I intend removing the viscous fan when I do a belt and water pump change shortly, but cannot imagine much improvement from that.
I would've expected moreMy DTi does 42 kicking around
Probably common rail injection.
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General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption
« on: 31 December 2009, 16:32:26 »Quote
I not really done any proper checks, like brim the tank, use, then brim it again. But I reckon on getting a better mpg on short stop/start type journeys now it's chipped. Pre chipped around 28-30mpg, now it's more but I think I need to get in there and give it a good clean out, give it some diesel magic.
See here [url]http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1260207198[/url] I'm also getting wild reading on the comp read out.........but well worth the chipping for the extra power
Mick
Hi Mick,
Hmmmm, yes well I saw that earlier, and you'll excuse me for wondering whether you were coasting downhill half a mile from resetting the computer! But I'm glad that you confirmed my incorrect post-chipped readings. I am interested that you get better than 28-30 on short runs. I have never achieved that, best I get on local (up to 15m each way) is about 26. I intend removing the viscous fan when I do a belt and water pump change shortly, but cannot imagine much improvement from that.
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General Car Chat / Fuel consumption
« on: 31 December 2009, 15:22:53 »
It has been mentioned previously that chipped 2.5 tractors get better fuel figures than standard. I certainly get better figures on the computer readout, it went up by about 10m.p.g. as soon as it was chipped, but empirical tests show that there is virtually no improvement on either long journeys or local. I would be interested to know why the chipping affects the readout this way. Also, have others carried out proper mpg test before and after chipping?
TIA
TIA
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General Car Chat / Re: Any BMW diesel owners on here?
« on: 31 December 2009, 15:17:20 »Quote
ooh err....need I worry about me swirl flaps
Mick
Same question from me :-? :-? :-?
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General Car Chat / Re: Left Hand Drive
« on: 28 December 2009, 18:09:54 »Quote
Omegas are very well respected outside of the UK and seen as a quality German car, so hold their value well compared to the UK where small or premuim badge cars are more fashionable and big "non-prestige" badged cars fetch nothing. It's great for us buying an Omega in the UK! That being said, the whole Opel brand is more attractive which could explain it....dives in a trench to avoid site warfare.....
We would love a LHD estate, but they sell for a big premium here due to rarity and they do load the insurance premium too.
It seems many Brits want a cheap motorway cruiser to take to their second home or to do regular trips across Europe and with the rarity, prices are pushed up due to demand over supply
We looked at various LHDs- A6, 940 etc, but our Omega was the best choice at the cash, even in RHD.
I could light the touch paper and say let's all drive on the right, but it's been done to death
Hear Hear, been saying that for 50 years!!!
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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.
« on: 27 December 2009, 17:45:12 »Quote
Mine is a 99 CDX TD and I have nightbreakers, best thing I ever bought for it
Should work in mine then!
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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.
« on: 23 December 2009, 18:27:06 »
What do I buy now, just been reading this forum http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=d699210abb8de4f4e1dbd6351410f932&t=17905567&page=4 for reviews of NB's, and as you can read, they appear to have a high failure rate in various cars.