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Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: Richard P on 18 February 2013, 18:32:39
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Just bought this for the other half to nip down the shops in.
One too many pedals, two too few cylinders, wrong fuel, and wrong wheel drive for my liking, but it will out accelerate the Mig and is damned good fun :y
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf1.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf3.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf2.jpg)
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Yes that is a lovely fun car :y :y
Beautiful colour as well :-* :-* :-* 8)
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A few people at work have them, the local remap company has been having lots of cash in hand business lately! ::)
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Just bought this for the other half to nip down the shops in.
One too many pedals, two too few cylinders, wrong fuel, and wrong wheel drive for my liking, but it will out accelerate the Mig and is damned good fun :y
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf1.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf3.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf2.jpg)
Depends on which miggy, I doubt if it will a 3.2. :-\ they are great cars though I would like to have the V8 one :y
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Not a big fan of vag's, but love that red :y
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Just bought this for the other half to nip down the shops in.
One too many pedals, two too few cylinders, wrong fuel, and wrong wheel drive for my liking, but it will out accelerate the Mig and is damned good fun :y
Depends on which miggy, I doubt if it will a 3.2. :-\ they are great cars though I would like to have the V8 one :y
Doubt it mate - quoted figs
2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI (2.0L Turbo-Diesel) 0-60 mph 7.9 secs Quarter Mile 16.0 secs
2003 Vauxhall 3.2 V6 24V Elite 4d Auto 0-60 mph 8.1 secs Quarter Mile 16.5 secs
Even my '67 TR4A was timed at 7.8 secs 0-60 mph (tuned engine)
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Plod one will wee all over that ;D
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Agree with Al,even if you got away first the 3.0 and the 3.2 will be right up your chuff at a 140 plus,not a place I'd like to be yee hah! ;) :y
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Agree with Al,even if you got away first the 3.0 and the 3.2 will be right up your chuff at a 140 plus,not a place I'd like to be yee hah! ;) :y
Trouble is once the Omega is at 140 it'll need a petrol station break often ::)
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Only hit 140+ in the 3.2 once,just to see if it was true, was'nt worrying about fuel consumption when I did it :y could have cracked walnuts between the bum cheeks....never again! :o
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Only hit 140+ in the 3.2 once,just to see if it was true, was'nt worrying about fuel consumption when I did it :y could have cracked walnuts between the bum cheeks....never again! :o
Squeak said the mouse ;D
150 does focus the concentration somewhat :-X best not tried with the fuel light on though ::)
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Agreed,I'm tempted to give the 3.0 a once only dose of the 'beans' but it still has the tyres on that were on the car when I bought,O.K for knocking around in but will need changing before I start cracking walnuts again. ::)
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i got 145 out mine between jct 10 and 9 on the m42 one morning at 2.30 and that was on gps, was shocked how it just purred along not even breaking a sweat
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Can still squeeze well over a ton out of my 2.0 with nearly 198000 miles under its belt...now that's dangerous :o ::)
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Just bought this for the other half to nip down the shops in.
One too many pedals, two too few cylinders, wrong fuel, and wrong wheel drive for my liking, but it will out accelerate the Mig and is damned good fun :y
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf1.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf3.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/rgpreston/Golf2.jpg)
Depends on which miggy, I doubt if it will a 3.2. :-\ they are great cars though I would like to have the V8 one :y
You have not been around long have you..... :) an MX5 will out run a 3.2, but they hate to admit it...... :D :D :D
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Ermm! with a VERY large rocket up its arse,but even then...... ;D
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yer but a MX5 aint a VW golf :-\
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'Book' figures are nothing to go by, especially comparing an ancient car to a modern one. Standards of testing have changed significantly over the years.
I'd put money on a decent 3.0/3.2 Omega pissing all over a 2.0 TDI Golf.
My old boss had a 2.0TDI A3 S-Line, and my 2.0 8v Cavalier would romp it.... to be fair, that Cavalier was rapid.
EDIT: I had a Video of my someones Omega 0-60 in under 7 seconds (standard) and hitting 140mph. It was on YouTube for a short while.
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3.2 is quick enough to keep a Porsche 996 Carrera honest on a damp road ::) although the three genuine aerials probably help ;D
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Got to think this a bit of a wind up Al,got a feeling that they need to take a ride in either a manual or even an auto 3.0/3.2 deffo an attention getter and in all honesty I don't really care about what a 2.0 ltr oiler does because it needs a turbo to achieve it,as the Americans say'there ain't no substitute for cubes' .....and as like yourself I've driven all four derivatives and I'd rather drive and be seen in one of those than some cloned eurobox that the chance of an identical model pulling up behind/along side you at the traffic lights is pretty high.Thought this was a forum about VAUXHALL OMEGAS!!!!not an opportunity to rubbish the car by comparing it with other makes and models :-\ call me a diehard or whatever......don't really care. >:(
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Just read the post about the quarter mile figures,3.2 auto is going to be slower than a manual, you need to do a bit more research...with respect, I was at the 2011 PVS at Santa Pod and a ex plod 3.0 ltr manual put in two runs at 14 secs, this can be seen on youtube so it's documented.Also those times quoted on here,that's got to be splitting hairs ::)
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I believe the term is 'no replacement for displacement'. :y
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All I know is I had a little spat with a Ford ST focus ::) >:( and lets suffice to say the focus didn't come off to well. :-X
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Depends on who said it and where :-\for me Desoto raceway Sarasota Florida, Big Daddy Don Garlits talking about the Chrysler Hemi engine :y.You might know of him (all drag racers do) but if not you may have seen the Robbie Coltrane series a while back where he travelled across the U.S and he went to DG's drag racing museum in Florida and they fired up a Hemi to power a nuclear attack air raid siren.Obviously both descriptions apply but as I say it just depends :-\ :y
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Depends on who said it and where :-\for me Desoto raceway Sarasota Florida, Big Daddy Don Garlits talking about the Chrysler Hemi engine :y.You might know of him (all drag racers do) but if not you may have seen the Robbie Coltrane series a while back where he travelled across the U.S and he went to DG's drag racing museum in Florida and they fired up a Hemi to power a nuclear attack air raid siren.Obviously both descriptions apply but as I say it just depends :-\ :y
I have been to Ocala and to the museum its a great place, also saw "Big Daddy" race at the Snowbird nationals years ago and saw him last year in Ft Myers he was at a car show ;D ;D
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Ahh! a like minded race fan,I used to go too the Gatornationals every year.....until I started running a retirement home for shagged out Omegas...they keep nicking all my readies now :'( ;D
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Ahh! a like minded race fan,I used to go too the Gatornationals every year.....until I started running a retirement home for shagged out Omegas...they keep nicking all my readies now :'( ;D
ken tell truth that is the wife doing that lol ;D
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Got to think this a bit of a wind up Al,got a feeling that they need to take a ride in either a manual or even an auto 3.0/3.2 deffo an attention getter and in all honesty I don't really care about what a 2.0 ltr oiler does because it needs a turbo to achieve it,as the Americans say'there ain't no substitute for cubes' .....and as like yourself I've driven all four derivatives and I'd rather drive and be seen in one of those than some cloned eurobox that the chance of an identical model pulling up behind/along side you at the traffic lights is pretty high.Thought this was a forum about VAUXHALL OMEGAS!!!!not an opportunity to rubbish the car by comparing it with other makes and models :-\ call me a diehard or whatever......don't really care. >:(
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Yup take that away and an Ant would do a quicker 0-60 ;D ;D ;D but put one on the Miggy and wouldn't see it for dust even the 2.0 ltr would kick ass as the American's say. :y ;D :y
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No, it's definately those bloody cars,she only nags me to get a check up from the neck up and get rid of the old boat anchors ::)
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I deliver chinese food 1 night a week, and had to get meself a 1.2 punto to do the rounds in. Ya gotta be sensible with the precious fuel nowadays methinks ...?