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General Car Chat / Re: Irmscher kitted-out car on the bay of e..
« on: 10 August 2016, 17:46:37 »
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General Car Chat / Re: Question for the "spirited" Omega drivers among us....
« on: 10 August 2016, 01:21:36 »Don't think I've ever owned a car where I couldn't tell if the petrol tank was full or not. But then I weigh 10.5 st so my weight is slowing the car down less to start off with. Every car slows down noticably with passengers in my experience. Even 400bhp.
And for the love of god Webby... if you must insist on driving an old man's careven if we all have to chip in a fiver... will you PLEASE get a 3.0 already!
Either that or make Mark's franken-hybrid 3.2/2.6/3.0 thing!
If you're a spirited driver having a full tank makes a difference - the rear wheels become a lot more stubborn when trying to get them out of line that's for certain!
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra VXR
« on: 10 August 2016, 01:17:06 »I drove one a few years ago around Donnington track on a Vauxhall VXR experience. Stonking in a straight line, be veeeerrry careful on corners (in the wet) - especially putting the power down, or it'll turn your corner into a straight line too
Yep what he said, one of the worst under-steerers out there
ESP sorts it out.
Can't switch it off on my car.
So thereby killing any possible fun!
(TC) is nearly always illuminated in my car!
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General Car Chat / Re: Tech 2
« on: 10 August 2016, 01:15:05 »
If you fancy a trip to the seaside you're welcome to come and scan my W reg! No faults yet that I know of
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra VXR
« on: 09 August 2016, 08:18:33 »I drove one a few years ago around Donnington track on a Vauxhall VXR experience. Stonking in a straight line, be veeeerrry careful on corners (in the wet) - especially putting the power down, or it'll turn your corner into a straight line too
Yep what he said, one of the worst under-steerers out there
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General Car Chat / Re: Debadge
« on: 08 August 2016, 08:12:29 »
You forgot the weight saving factor!
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General Car Chat / Re: Black one
« on: 06 August 2016, 01:27:55 »
I was getting close to 50 and hoping that was the limit
Bah humbug, I wanted to persuade minifreek he wants to post his springs!
Bah humbug, I wanted to persuade minifreek he wants to post his springs!
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General Discussion Area / Re: A Holiday suggestion . .
« on: 05 August 2016, 12:00:46 »
Chernobyl is on my bucket list!
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General Car Chat / Re: Gordans' Arrived!
« on: 03 August 2016, 22:47:36 »looks far too good to be be scrappedExactly my thoughts, hence why he is with me. I am hoping that a new filter and AT oil change will work wonders, otherwise I'll investigate a replacement box - or possibly other ideas
Manual box and go drifting?!
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Omega General Help / Re: New to this Omega lark...
« on: 03 August 2016, 15:48:06 »The gls should have deadlock. Mine does
Just no fancy alarm to fail like my cdx did
So with my key fobs not working should it still deadlock via key blade?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Litter bugs
« on: 03 August 2016, 14:48:50 »If you ever manage to catch and challenge these "miscreants", the best you get will be "I pay my taxes for people to clear it up, so why should I?"
Of course, this misses the point completely so perhaps we should turn them into more useful citizens by dismantling them for organ donation?
Ron.
Good call
I go to France quite often and it is very noticable that there is very little litter on the streets. Now some would say that this is because they have more street cleaners, and they probably do. BUT, the observant will notice that people simple don't just drop their crap on the floor. They are tidier. EXCEPT for dogsh*$t. It's everywhere.
That sounds like Sweden, except it's not dog dirt it's the dirty bastard Swedes spitting everywhere!
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Omega General Help / Re: New to this Omega lark...
« on: 30 July 2016, 00:37:15 »
From a very quick look I couldn't see anything nearby that was unplugged but the wiring does look like it's been poked around a little bit, I was assuming a GLS doesn't an alarm? It doesn't have deadlocking
Yeah I know the Haynes is the quite the right one but it has my engine in, I like to tinker with a physical manual on hand rather than risk getting a tablet dirty and it was less than £3 delivered!
Yeah I know the Haynes is the quite the right one but it has my engine in, I like to tinker with a physical manual on hand rather than risk getting a tablet dirty and it was less than £3 delivered!
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Omega General Help / Re: New to this Omega lark...
« on: 27 July 2016, 09:13:32 »Yeah it's got other ideas though, I believe the rocker cover has now started leaking as there is oil dribbling onto the radiator metal pipe that runs past the right bank towards the firewall and also noticed today one of the 4 pipes just behind the eco tec cover is perishing and coming apart where it pushes on and also found an unused plug by the NS suspension top
A common problem brought on by blocked breathers but not too bad to sort out. Have a look in the maintenance guide section.
Looks well cared-for under the bonnet. Coolant expansion tank looks a little manky, so might be worth changing the coolant ASAP, as poor coolant can cause head gasket failure and also oil cooler failures.
I've realised I shouldn't mention it but I'm just waiting for my Haynes manual to arrive so i can see which of these jobs I'm likely to succeed at doing myself (amateur but 9 years experience in the clean side of service departments)!
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Omega General Help / Re: New to this Omega lark...
« on: 27 July 2016, 09:08:55 »looking at your pics I think someone has put ''CD'' spec wheels on. always thought the ''GLS'' had those God awful 7 or 8 spoke rims?Don't know but I agree they are god awful, dont know if mine are correct though?! I also hate bang on weights on alloys, no excuse, just had one tyre replaced and that wheel is now free of the ugly things! Never noticed the coolant tank, you can see through it though, I think the picture makes it look worse.
and as a tyre fitter I can no longer stand to see tap-on wheel weights on alloy wheels
that coolant tank looks a bit grim. as KW said id get nice fresh red coolant in there asap.
finally, re the oil leak. cam cover gaskets need doing and breathers cleaning.....something im doing as we speak
The loose plug is the blue bit top right of the picture/bay