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General Discussion Area / Re: The Queen just carries on.....

« on: 04 June 2014, 18:42:15 »

Long live the British royal family........every Greek and German of them.

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General Car Chat / Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........

« on: 04 June 2014, 17:51:24 »

LC?

Yep. Can you imagine anyone (in their right mind) paying more than £95,000 for a VXR8 today.

I think that £50,000 is way too pricey.

And yet back in 1990 Vauxhall had no problems selling every Lotus Carlton they could produce.

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General Car Chat / Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........

« on: 04 June 2014, 17:15:36 »

....equivalent to £95,208  in June 2014.

To what specifically do I refer?

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General Discussion Area / Re: For the Love of Cars - up for auction at Coys

« on: 04 June 2014, 16:53:57 »

I wonder how long it will be before many of those on here who have moved on from Omegas will be saying, I should of kept that, look what they are worth now, I could get 20 Daewoos for that.

As a big comfortable, practical car, which will cover high miles, but tend to rot away, I'm sure 3.0/3.2 MV6 / Elite Omegas will become classics in there own right.

Dont intend on getting rid of mine , no rot yet but even if it does it will be cut out and repaired  Give it another 15 years and folk will be paying high prices for them 

Yep.....apart from gold coloured PFL models.

Unless its got the MV badge 

.....on the other hand, I hear that Pug 106's are becoming highly sought after and are attracting big money.

You will telling us that Corsa's with dodgy clutches are very rare, sought after and expensive, but you might just be able to get your hands on one at the right price if anybody is interested.

Indeed I will, Mr Rods.

It's a little known secret at present, but please believe me when I say that Corsa C prices are about to go through the roof.

I give you my word as a gentleman. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Dacia and Daewoo

« on: 04 June 2014, 16:29:30 »

My Korean dream machine is driving perfectly at the moment. It is not in need of a clutch. Nor does it need any balloons attaching to its suspension, which apparently cost about the same as a decent omega 


Decent omega? A contradiction in terms, methinks.

Stick the knife in and twist it, why don't you.

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General Car Chat / Re: Dacia and Daewoo

« on: 04 June 2014, 16:26:04 »

Dacia is Rumanian, Daewoo is Korean

I think you will find Dacia are renowned for their reliability, superb electrics and cheap component level spares. Did I mention that they are a subsidiary of Renault.

Yep.....no frills motors that get you from A to B..... if you're not a badge snob.

Sold 450,000 cars world wide in 2013.

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General Car Chat / Re: Dacia and Daewoo

« on: 04 June 2014, 16:22:57 »

Back in the mists of time I almost bought a Daewoo. Apart from the badge it looked suspiciously like a Mk2 Astra.

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General Car Chat / Re: Dacia and Daewoo

« on: 04 June 2014, 15:48:49 »

Dacia is Rumanian, Daewoo is Korean ::)

I'm guesssing that Nigel Farage doesn't drive a Dacia then.

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General Car Chat / Re: Dacia and Daewoo

« on: 04 June 2014, 15:34:01 »

I think you may find this is more of a wind-up to a certain non-miggy owner than a genuine question

But surely everybody here at OOF (Omega Owners Forum) is fortunate enough to own an Omega.

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General Car Chat / Dacia and Daewoo

« on: 04 June 2014, 15:14:07 »

I always get confused between these two.

Is Dacia the luxury arm of Daewoo in the same way that Lexus is the upmarket part of Toyota?....

Just asking, no offence intended to owners of either of these prestigious marques.

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General Car Chat / Re: 2003 Corsa clutch judder.

« on: 04 June 2014, 15:08:19 »

Its a three to four hour job when done on the drive.

Then you need full clutch kit of a decent make (including salve), brake fluid and gearbox oil.

So got to be about 120-150 in bits alone.

Cant see when I would have the time to do it at the moment either 

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No worries......the judder is more of an inconvenience than a problem at the moment.

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General Discussion Area / Re: For the Love of Cars - up for auction at Coys

« on: 04 June 2014, 15:05:29 »

I wonder how long it will be before many of those on here who have moved on from Omegas will be saying, I should of kept that, look what they are worth now, I could get 20 Daewoos for that.

As a big comfortable, practical car, which will cover high miles, but tend to rot away, I'm sure 3.0/3.2 MV6 / Elite Omegas will become classics in there own right.

Dont intend on getting rid of mine , no rot yet but even if it does it will be cut out and repaired  Give it another 15 years and folk will be paying high prices for them 

Yep.....apart from gold coloured PFL models.

Unless its got the MV badge 

.....on the other hand, I hear that Pug 106's are becoming highly sought after and are attracting big money.

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General Car Chat / Re: 2003 Corsa clutch judder.

« on: 04 June 2014, 14:43:35 »

Oh......he's gone.....no pleasing some people...

Probably got knocked out with a laptop....   

Yeah. Wussie boy 

    I'll have you know that the Omega is not an 'ancient barge'.......it's the car of the future.

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General Car Chat / Re: 2003 Corsa clutch judder.

« on: 04 June 2014, 13:00:27 »

Wow2 hours I got relieved of £550 for that job from an indy Vauxhall main dealer wanted the best part of £800 What annoyed me the most is that Vauxhall knew of this issue for years and did nothing, you can see the new seal is a lot better than the original, though still a rubbish design all round. Looking to replace next year with a Corsa D or the Fiesta, I know for sure that the Corsa D does not have the issue as it is a different design.

Fooking hell. These figures should not be in the same sentence as '1.2 Corsa'.

Surely the whole point about 'runabouts' like the Corsa is that they are inexpensive to maintain.

As a matter of interest, Mark.........What would you charge to replace a Corsa 'C' clutch?

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General Discussion Area / Re: For the Love of Cars - up for auction at Coys

« on: 04 June 2014, 12:53:18 »

I wonder how long it will be before many of those on here who have moved on from Omegas will be saying, I should of kept that, look what they are worth now, I could get 20 Daewoos for that.

As a big comfortable, practical car, which will cover high miles, but tend to rot away, I'm sure 3.0/3.2 MV6 / Elite Omegas will become classics in there own right.

Dont intend on getting rid of mine , no rot yet but even if it does it will be cut out and repaired  Give it another 15 years and folk will be paying high prices for them 

Yep.....apart from gold coloured PFL models.