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Title: A long time coming, but....
Post by: 05omegav6 on 05 August 2013, 20:06:19: ... no, not that ::)

Was driving to work this morning, and had to stop for curry related purposes :-[

Got back in the car, and noticed this...

(http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y486/05omegav6/DSC_0116_zps72d34f8d.jpg)

8)

Couldn't have planned that if I had tried ;D

Here's to the next quarter million miles :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: Mr.OmegaMan on 05 August 2013, 20:07:23: Roll on the next 250,000 8) :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: jonny2112 on 05 August 2013, 20:11:27: Brilliant :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: PAULCDX on 05 August 2013, 20:13:25: Excellent :y

Hope mine reaches that far :D ;D
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: chrisgixer on 05 August 2013, 20:47:37: Well done Al. :)

Hope you ok after curry though? All fine here. :-\
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: tunnie on 05 August 2013, 21:04:11: Good stuff :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: 05omegav6 on 05 August 2013, 21:11:29: Ta :y

'Twas a timing thing ::) Absolutely nothing wrong with the curry :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: TheBoy on 05 August 2013, 21:23:59: Keep them serviced, those V6s can do some miles.

The Bullet is a fair way behind, on 206k
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: PAULCDX on 05 August 2013, 22:02:39: Can 2.2's do that mileage? ??? :-\
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: symes on 05 August 2013, 22:40:54: nearly there -249878 :y :y :y well done
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: plym ian on 06 August 2013, 10:56:00: It only just run in ;D

Well done :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: TheBoy on 06 August 2013, 21:21:17: Quote from: Tall Paul on 05 August 2013, 22:02:39
Can 2.2's do that mileage? ??? :-\
HG failures, normally around 150k, and chronic bore wear by 200k on poorly serviced examples, normally means they dont.
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: cam2502 on 06 August 2013, 22:13:39: Well done sir. :y So is this the highest mileage Omega on OOF?
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: 05omegav6 on 07 August 2013, 00:16:29: Quote from: cam2502 on 06 August 2013, 22:13:39
Well done sir. :y So is this the highest mileage Omega on OOF?
Don't think so, by some margin :-\ iirc 300k+ is where it's at :y
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 August 2013, 10:20:01: I don't feel so bad about mine ticking over 150K yesterday now. ;)
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: aaronjb on 07 August 2013, 10:22:55: And I keep looking at the odo in mine (both cars, actually) and thinking that 110k is probably time to retire them.. ;D
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: footloose on 07 August 2013, 11:11:12: Good to see.
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: footloose on 07 August 2013, 11:13:13: Retire them at 110000?????
My 3lt has done 128 and as good as gold.
Title: Re: A long time coming, but....
Post by: aaronjb on 07 August 2013, 11:23:57: Quote from: footloose on 07 August 2013, 11:13:13
Retire them at 110000?????
My 3lt has done 128 and as good as gold.

The Omega has a laundry list of work needed - cambelt, cam covers, O2 sensor move, front bushes, geometry, the tailgate has practically rusted through, one door is starting to rust, drivers sill is probably in a terrible state under the plastic cover (rust fingers starting to appear on the door jamb).. other than that it's fine ;) ;D

The M3 has a rattle from somewhere and that's bound to be expensive to fix :-[

No doubt I'll retire neither, though. Better the devil you know and all that (at least until the Omega starts failing MOTs needing welding).