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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

No, I don't mean seventeen and a half new pence.

I mean just 3 Omega currently for sale on Autotrader, and 6 Signums.

I seem to recall there being at least 100 Omega available every week a few years ago.

Not many left now.

[Nick W]

No, I don't mean seventeen and a half new pence.

I mean just 3 Omega currently for sale on Autotrader, and 6 Signums.

I seem to recall there being at least 100 Omega available every week a few years ago.

Not many left now.

That's normal when the youngest is twenty years old. How many twenty year old Mondeos or Focuses do you see on the roads now?

[Rangie]

SWMBOs Subaru Forester is 18 years old this year has 5,4000 miles showing and looks no more than 3 years old, never failed an MOT & has never had a repair just service items, says something about their build quality.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

No, I don't mean seventeen and a half new pence.

I mean just 3 Omega currently for sale on Autotrader, and 6 Signums.

I seem to recall there being at least 100 Omega available every week a few years ago.

Not many left now.

That's normal when the youngest is twenty years old. How many twenty year old Mondeos or Focuses do you see on the roads now?

I was thinking common as muck equals......£

Rare and sought after equals.....................££££££££.


I mean, you see once common BMC/BL tat like the Mini/Austin 1100/ Marina fetching a few bob now.

We live in hope.

[Sir Tigger KC]

An antique dealer near here has a few old classic cars outside his shop including a Marina Coupe. 

I have to wrestle with myself every time I go by to stop myself from going in to see how much it is! 

[Nick W]

I was thinking common as muck equals......£

Rare and sought after equals.....................££££££££.


I mean, you see once common BMC/BL tat like the Mini/Austin 1100/ Marina fetching a few bob now.

We live in hope.

My sister had a 1300 until recently, and I bought an Avenger at the same time. The usual conversations with the general public were I learnt to drive in one of those, that was my first car or my Mum had one. Or Mum had both.... The same thing happens when you see drivers in their late twenties driving around in early 90s cars whether they're the stuff that was desirable then or the ordinary stuff like Rover 200s that were the 1100 equivalent. This has always been the case.


Your Signum has a while to go before that type of nostalgia lifts the desirability and value. It might not happen at all; just look at the market for the very few Crestas that are left.


I can't believe I just used desire and Signum in the same sentence

[STEMO]

I was thinking common as muck equals......£

Rare and sought after equals.....................££££££££.


I mean, you see once common BMC/BL tat like the Mini/Austin 1100/ Marina fetching a few bob now.

We live in hope.

My sister had a 1300 until recently, and I bought an Avenger at the same time. The usual conversations with the general public were I learnt to drive in one of those, that was my first car or my Mum had one. Or Mum had both.... The same thing happens when you see drivers in their late twenties driving around in early 90s cars whether they're the stuff that was desirable then or the ordinary stuff like Rover 200s that were the 1100 equivalent. This has always been the case.


Your Signum has a while to go before that type of nostalgia lifts the desirability and value. It might not happen at all; just look at the market for the very few Crestas that are left.


I can't believe I just used desire and Signum in the same sentence

That's ok, Nick. I sometimes desire a Chinese takeaway, about the same price as an omega or sigmund.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I was thinking common as muck equals......£

Rare and sought after equals.....................££££££££.


I mean, you see once common BMC/BL tat like the Mini/Austin 1100/ Marina fetching a few bob now.

We live in hope.

My sister had a 1300 until recently, and I bought an Avenger at the same time. The usual conversations with the general public were I learnt to drive in one of those, that was my first car or my Mum had one. Or Mum had both.... The same thing happens when you see drivers in their late twenties driving around in early 90s cars whether they're the stuff that was desirable then or the ordinary stuff like Rover 200s that were the 1100 equivalent. This has always been the case.


Your Signum has a while to go before that type of nostalgia lifts the desirability and value. It might not happen at all; just look at the market for the very few Crestas that are left.


I can't believe I just used desire and Signum in the same sentence

About as often as you see desire and Ann Widdecombe in the same sentence.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I was thinking common as muck equals......£

Rare and sought after equals.....................££££££££.


I mean, you see once common BMC/BL tat like the Mini/Austin 1100/ Marina fetching a few bob now.

We live in hope.

My sister had a 1300 until recently, and I bought an Avenger at the same time. The usual conversations with the general public were I learnt to drive in one of those, that was my first car or my Mum had one. Or Mum had both.... The same thing happens when you see drivers in their late twenties driving around in early 90s cars whether they're the stuff that was desirable then or the ordinary stuff like Rover 200s that were the 1100 equivalent. This has always been the case.


Your Signum has a while to go before that type of nostalgia lifts the desirability and value. It might not happen at all; just look at the market for the very few Crestas that are left.


I can't believe I just used desire and Signum in the same sentence

That's ok, Nick. I sometimes desire a Chinese takeaway, about the same price as an omega or sigmund.

Of the 3 Omega currently available on Autotrader the cheapest is £1995.

Your chinky must be amazing.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Perhaps I shouldn't admit to this but......

As a very small boy the Austin 1300 GT was on my ' when I grow up list'

It was the BVR and zany seventies colours that did it.

The Ferrari Daytona, Maserati Bora, Elan Sprint and Triumph TR6 were also on the list so I wasn't completely retarded.

[Viral_Jim]

Of the 3 Omega currently available on Autotrader the cheapest is £1995.

Is that the 2.2 poverty spec one in rarest silver, described as immaculate and yet has at least one rusty sill?

Looked mighty tempting thats for sure 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Of the 3 Omega currently available on Autotrader the cheapest is £1995.

Is that the 2.2 poverty spec one in rarest silver, described as immaculate and yet has at least one rusty sill?

Looked mighty tempting thats for sure 

Yep...a humble 2.2CD  with 2 pistons missing.....so not really an Omega at all.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Of the 3 Omega currently available on Autotrader the cheapest is £1995.

Maybe this will motivate James to get his sorted! 

[dave the builder]

plenty of Omegas on ebay 
Manual 2.6 clicky £3,495.00 

[Rangie]

plenty of Omegas on ebay 
Manual 2.6 clicky £3,495.00 

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Not a hope in hell.