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What's everyone driving these days?
« on: 18 July 2022, 23:22:53 »

Been a good while since i've posted anything on here! Hope everyone is well. So whats everyone driving these days?. Im sure there are still some champs keeping fine example Omegas on the road still also!.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #1 on: 19 July 2022, 06:51:33 »

My Omega is sadly long gone, first car after it was an E430 Merc, sold that back to the supplying dealer & purchased privately a 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 very pleased with it after 3 years of ownership also have a very low mileage Subaru Forester 2005 model a superb car.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #2 on: 19 July 2022, 08:25:45 »

Driving a 2000 Volvo V70 2.4 petrol that I've owned nearly 7yrs,recently sold the Volvo 960 2.9 saloon I used to run alongside the V70. Still got the 2000 Omega 3.0 sat in a garage [been quite some years since last on the road]waiting for me to drum up any kind of enthusiasm to fix it.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #3 on: 19 July 2022, 08:44:19 »

My last Omega went last year, due to unavailability of LPG on Mrs TB's commute.  But it went to a good home, where it is being used for parts to keep another 3 Omegas on the road :)

That was Mrs TB's car.  My beloved Silver Bullet went to the scrappy in 2017, when it was a mere 19 years old, replace with the Big Black Pussy, a Jag XJ
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #4 on: 19 July 2022, 09:37:32 »

Still have two 3.2 Elite Saloons and still use one of them on a regular basis, but run an F10 BMW 530D as a daily driver now.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #5 on: 19 July 2022, 09:49:14 »

11 plate Skoda Yeti, I forgive its butt ugly face as it drives brill . Top spec turbo oil burner,4x4 , leather ect and will do 60mpg if I drive very careful (never unless stuck behind some idiot) . 68 VW panel van for shows and hols and when it gets finished the Omega running gear Austin hot rod.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #6 on: 19 July 2022, 10:10:20 »

The Alabama Mumsybus...

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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #7 on: 19 July 2022, 10:27:52 »

Vw Touareg, Volvo V70 and a pug 306 convertible for nice weather :y
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #8 on: 19 July 2022, 10:30:34 »

An 08 Ford Mondeo 2.2TDCi Titanium X Hatch and a scruffy workhorse 04 Volvo V70.  :)
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #9 on: 19 July 2022, 12:38:15 »

A humble Vectra 1.8 petrol SRI.  :-[ :D
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #10 on: 19 July 2022, 12:49:45 »

Still have my Omega 3.2 Elite, and still love driving it as much as ever. Also a Boxster which of course Im driving at the moment.
I also have a 1.5 dci clit, which I drive from time to time when it decides it will run under its own power for a while.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #11 on: 19 July 2022, 19:22:11 »

Family car is a bmw x1 just turned up after a eight month wait. My work runner is a bmw 125i.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #12 on: 19 July 2022, 20:07:27 »

Honda CR-V since February 
Still got my beloved Mv6 estate which needs fixing and selling to someone worthy when I have time.
I’m building a hard standing on the side of the house which will be large enough for 2 cars and a pikey wagon when finished.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #13 on: 20 July 2022, 13:13:59 »

Signum. I have to deal with a lot of jealousy. ::) ::) ::) ;)
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #14 on: 20 July 2022, 13:17:15 »

Signum. I have to deal with a lot of piss taking ::) ::) ::) ;)
I've corrected that for you, old boy  :)
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #15 on: 20 July 2022, 13:19:12 »

Signum. I have to deal with a lot of piss taking ::) ::) ::) ;)
I've corrected that for you, old boy  :)

Only piss taking because they are jealous. ;D
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #16 on: 20 July 2022, 13:57:37 »

Still have 3 Omegas - an 02 3.2 Elite saloon, an 03 3.2 Elite Estate, and an 03 2.6 Elite saloon, which I have had for years. My favourite Omega however was an 51 reg Nocturno Blue 3.2 Elite saloon, which I now regret selling, but heyho.....
Also got 3 3.2 Elites as scrappers, which is a useful source for spares.
For fun, I've  got a 2015 Audi RS4 Avant, which I've had since 3 months old which is a tremendous and exhilarating vehicle to drive, but also a 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Premium SE auto which again, is a great vehicle to drive for comfort and lugging stuff around with my trailer. The boss has a 2017 Honda CRV EX 1.6 diesel auto, which she loves, and in fairness, is another car I wouldn't knock.
I also have a several Triumph 2000's, 2.5 PIs and S models to keep me busy....
I like them all, each for different reasons - if I didn't, I'd sell them and get something else...!
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #17 on: 20 July 2022, 21:56:26 »

I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

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« Reply #18 on: 20 July 2022, 22:46:35 »

I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

Unsung hero car. I like them. :y
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #19 on: 21 July 2022, 09:46:43 »

I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

Unsung hero car. I like them. :y


Has always been my desirable Porsche totally unattainable over 30 years ago but I bought mine when prices were low 9 years ago. Not cheap to run around 15 mpg on E5 petrol, 911 owners tend to look down their noses at them, it does get used but probably not enough. It goes to LeMans Classic (but not this year) every other year, I do quite a few car shows with it, the 5Lt V8 sounds lovely..

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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #20 on: 21 July 2022, 12:56:04 »

I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

Unsung hero car. I like them. :y


Has always been my desirable Porsche totally unattainable over 30 years ago but I bought mine when prices were low 9 years ago. Not cheap to run around 15 mpg on E5 petrol, 911 owners tend to look down their noses at them, it does get used but probably not enough. It goes to LeMans Classic (but not this year) every other year, I do quite a few car shows with it, the 5Lt V8 sounds lovely..

NA so I'm guessing 300-350 ponies. :y
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #21 on: 21 July 2022, 20:40:37 »

My NA 4.2 V8 Audi sounds 'lurrvly', especially when giving it some beans :y, or passing a high wall or in a tunnel. Not like these artificial 'piped' exhaust notes....
My 3.0 V8 Triumph Stag (long gone :'( ) sounded tremendous too.
It does bring out the youth in you, but puts a smile on your face too :D
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #22 on: 22 July 2022, 11:10:34 »

Still got my two 2.5 Elites. :) Both on SORN at the moment but not driving that much nowadays other than going to the local tip using the wife's car.

Also working on my 2000 Jaguar S type which is rotting on my drive. I dismantled it a few years ago. It was going to be a quick repair!

Spend more time in the garage and loft looking for the carefully stored and labelled boxes of Jag parts that I removed several years ago.  :o !!!!
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« Reply #23 on: 22 July 2022, 18:31:00 »

Down to one Omega MV6 now. And just bought a 160k mile Disco4 for towing duties. I never thought I'd ever buy a JLR product, but now my son is about to bring a V8 Disco 2 into the family, so all the tools will soon be out again no doubt... :-[ I was hoping to cash in on the apparent boom in van prices by getting rid of the VW T5.1, but evidently I seem to have either overpriced it or missed the boat, as, after a week on Autotrader I have had zero calls. Not even of the "what's the lowest price you'll take mate init?" type either.  ;) At this rate I'll have no where to put them all! :(
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« Reply #24 on: 24 July 2022, 05:44:54 »

I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

Unsung hero car. I like them. :y


Has always been my desirable Porsche totally unattainable over 30 years ago but I bought mine when prices were low 9 years ago. Not cheap to run around 15 mpg on E5 petrol, 911 owners tend to look down their noses at them, it does get used but probably not enough. It goes to LeMans Classic (but not this year) every other year, I do quite a few car shows with it, the 5Lt V8 sounds lovely..

NA so I'm guessing 300-350 ponies. :y

Around 320, there has been a couple of bolt on supercharger kits from the States for around $9K but mainly for LHD and not really suitable for RHD

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« Reply #25 on: 24 July 2022, 09:31:35 »

Miss my 71 Dodge Challenger 340cui small block v8, with a bit of light tuning it made about 360hp . 14sec 1/4 miles , dont miss the 16mpg !! Cant wait to hear what the 3.0 Omega lump sounds like on the straight through silencers and cross pipe .
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« Reply #26 on: 24 July 2022, 10:09:23 »

Ive driven one with no exhausts after the cats. It sounded lovely.  :y
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« Reply #27 on: 24 July 2022, 10:24:59 »

Ive driven one with no exhausts after the cats. It sounded lovely:y
I've driven my 2.6 a few yards without cats or exhaust (after my cats got nicked ), sounded loud and expensive  :D
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« Reply #28 on: 25 July 2022, 08:06:30 »

Daily driver is a Range Rover Sport 3.0 diesel, wifey has an iPace, son an Evoque and there is a V6 F-type for the toy
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« Reply #29 on: 27 July 2022, 19:59:35 »

 Had a Monza GSE after the Omega but just for weekends. That has now been replaced by a Monaro, the little engined one. Daily is either my Vivaro bus or SWMBO,s SAAB 9-5 estate
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #30 on: 02 August 2022, 21:36:55 »

Well this is going to be embarrassing, a Black 1.8 LPG'd Prius, which is returning me about 48 to 50 mpg on the LPG stuff in and out of London.

With the cost of Petrol now compared to LPG, doing the maths it's around 6.7p a mile or the equivalent to 134mpg on current Petrol Prices.
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Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« Reply #31 on: 02 August 2022, 22:06:23 »

My Omega is close to 30p per mile at current prices.  :(
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« Reply #32 on: 03 August 2022, 19:16:57 »

Well this is going to be embarrassing, a Black 1.8 LPG'd Prius, which is returning me about 48 to 50 mpg on the LPG stuff in and out of London.

With the cost of Petrol now compared to LPG, doing the maths it's around 6.7p a mile or the equivalent to 134mpg on current Petrol Prices.

An LPG'd Prius....  :-\ 

I needed to lie down and have a think about that.  ::)

So it's a hybrid hybrid?  ???   :)
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« Reply #33 on: 04 August 2022, 02:06:59 »


An LPG'd Prius....  :-\ 

I needed to lie down and have a think about that.  ::)

So it's a hybrid hybrid?  ???   :)
Probably more of a Trybrid, if there is such a word.  :-\

I acquired it last year when we had that Fuel Shortage Crisis, as with both the Tanks Full has a poddeling around Range of over 1200 miles.  ;)

being serious though as much as I hate the thing and the look of it, once you get the hang of how it should be driven, bearing in mind its Electric Assisted with the Petrol Engine, it has incredible potential in terms of Fuel Savings, and I would probably say cheaper than Driving / Charging a Full Electric Only EV car.  :)
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