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That's brilliant Lizzie , definitely pays to shop around 👍
I'm pleased to hear the old dowager is still going strong.
Yes, still here - just!! That is me and the Omega!! 
chances are it's just one that's failed making it drop but they seem to be available new on ebay if needs be ! or a used one as they seem pretty reliable
Are you gonna buy one, then?Why is it pink?
Exactly who are Jaguar trying to appeal to.
Not their traditional customer base, is my guess.
Jaguar reckons that they will only take about 15% of existing owners with them......because they are male, pale, and stale. They won't want to be associated with 'New Jaguar'
Presumably the new 85% will need to be woke and progressive.....mainly shirt lifters.
Judging by the reaction on here I reckon they are absolutely right!,
As a female of a certain age, I love it! Looks really futuristic and nothing like the Jags of yesterday, like my favourite, the MK10.
It does appeal to me, especially as it has the anti-male groping device separating the front seats; brilliant!!
As for who can afford it; well there are plenty of wealthy young people and maybe older ones, of both genders who will also love it and want one, like now!
The age of yesterday cars IS coming to an end
Why is it pink?
Exactly who are Jaguar trying to appeal to.
Not their traditional customer base, is my guess.
Jaguar reckons that they will only take about 15% of existing owners with them......because they are male, pale, and stale. They won't want to be associated with 'New Jaguar'
Presumably the new 85% will need to be woke and progressive.....mainly shirt lifters.
.My first car was an Austin A40 the original floor had been replaced with an Hillman Imp bonnet, bought for £30 & sold a few months later for £30 and then bought a 1964 PB Vauxhall Velox for £160.
That brings back so many memories Rangie!
I too had a Farina bodied A40 in 1970, that was then 10 years old. Paid £30 for it as well, kept it for two years until I got my first fully costed company car, but during that time sold the number plate for £30 and then eventually sent the car for scrap.
When I first went to change a wheel and jacked up the car, the chassis stayed on the ground, and the body went up in the air!! The cross members under the passenger seat had completely rotted away, and the sills, both sides, were stuffed with newspapers and fillers!
So simple to work on, with the help of training by a retiring chief mechanic for the GPO (they looked after all those green Austin and Morris vans around London) uncle, and evening classes. This taught me to strip down an A series engine to pure parts, nuts and bolts, then after replacing and resealing the valves, reassemble for it to last two years more.
Oh, the memories, including a slipping clutch in its last days, that meant in strong head winds the car could not do more than 30mph, almost going backwards!!
Now I have a 21 year old Omega that is in a far, far, better condition than that ten year old A40, which had the sill challenges, holes in the front wings, and a worn interior, with no modern electrics, like a radio even!! It certainly highlights the point made in this thread that the cars of yesterday generally became rust buckets in a very short time is so true.
Indeed the quality of finish when new was sometimes appalling. Like my second company Ford Escort Mk1 which had a serious patch of missing paint on the top of a front wing. Then a following brand new Ford Cortina Mk4 estate which had the prop shaft held on by just one bolt, which led to loud knocking as I travelled at 60 mph! The garage had to admit it had left the Dagenham Ford Plant in that condition, and no inspection since had spotted it!
Yes, standards yesteryear with British cars, especially in the 1960's, 70's and into the 80's were terrible.
Wish I'd kept the number that was on the A40 (5016VW) could have been worth a few quid now had mine in 1971, the PB Vauxhall was a 1964 model (CLF410B) lovely car .
My first car was an Austin A40 the original floor had been replaced with an Hillman Imp bonnet, bought for £30 & sold a few months later for £30 and then bought a 1964 PB Vauxhall Velox for £160.
That lovely car though still sailed through two MOT's, via a friendly garage tester who just lightly tapped the chassis with a tiny hammer, and I went miles in her! I still wish I kept that A40. this one?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l2632&_nkw=vauxhall+omega&_sacat=29751
Beautiful Omega, but £7k is a joke...
Why is it being sold with no full MOT? Hidden problems?
I've just spotted this, in the "budget". I cannot quite work out, does this doubling of car tax apply to older vehicles / all cars - or just new cars sold from now? Below pasted from gov UK website.
Many thanks
5.86 VED First Year Rates The government will change the VED First Year Rates
for new cars registered on or after 1 April 2025 to strengthen incentives to purchase
zero emission and electric cars, by widening the differentials between zero
emission, hybrid and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars.
Zero emission cars will pay the lowest first year rate at £10 until 2029-30.
Rates for cars emitting 1-50 g/km of CO2, including hybrid vehicles, will increase
to £110 for 2025-26.
Rates for cars emitting 51-75 g/km of CO2, including hybrid vehicles, will
increase to £130 for 2025-26.
All other rates for cars emitting 76 g/km of CO2
and above will double from
their current level for 2025-26.
Autumn Budget 2024 133
These changes will apply from 1 April 2025
I too cannot fully understand how the authorities calculate the emission levels and the effect on taxation on our cars.
All I know is my 2003, 3.2 Omega, amazingly, does fall below the level the London ULEZ comes in, which means it is better than the EURO 4 stipulation, so attracts no charge. It means that for my vehicle to be exempt from ULEZ charges, "your vehicle needs to produce less than 75g/km of Co2 emissions and be capable of covering no less than 20 miles on electricity alone". Well it obviously means my car meets that, but it does not run for "20 miles on electricity alone", unless I use the starter motor!!
My 3.2 is exempt from ULEZ too, but the documents / info online all says it pushes out 284g/km of Co2
