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General Discussion Area / Re: Fuel economy.. not bad!
« on: 20 August 2006, 19:32:22 »
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..... there seems to be a huge variation on what people achieve. I seem to remember someone mentioning 19mpg in a 2.5!
A couple of winters back my wife used my car to go to the couple of miles each way to work (her car was off the road due to a skip wagon wanting the same bit of road as her at the same time!  :( ) She knows only 2 positions for the 'GO' pedal - all the way up or all the way down  :o and over the couple of weeks succeeded in getting my fuel consumption to 16 mpg  :o

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fuel economy.. not bad!
« on: 20 August 2006, 19:26:10 »
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Anyway it's at 29.6 MPG.
What kind of speed's that at? My 3.0 (have I said it's an auto though?  :-? ) hovers around 26.0 mpg  :( doing around 80/85 mph (on my private road of course - just in case Hotel 21 is watching  :o  ;) )

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General Discussion Area / Re: When I Break cars - I REALLY break ! 56k Warni
« on: 20 August 2006, 19:10:46 »
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Is it possible to take that chrome strip from the back bumper without mangling it? The one on mine is pretty mangled, no idea how it got like that :exclamation
They are only £20ish from Vauxhall, and quite straight forward to fit.

40084
General Discussion Area / Re: STOLEN - MY PROJECT/BABY IS GONE **** update *
« on: 14 August 2006, 15:38:40 »
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Reminds me of a while ago when there was an episode of Neighbours where one of the characters got booked for not stopping at a stop sign.
and I never thought you'd be the kind who'd watch it!   ::)  ::)


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Guess how many people got booked? Loads!!

How many accidents had there been there previously? None!!
...but there might have been if the coppers hadn't sat there to check!  :o

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General Discussion Area / Re: STOLEN - MY PROJECT/BABY IS GONE **** update *
« on: 14 August 2006, 07:19:36 »
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Hang in there Mark.

Maybe now you'll see some action.

Would it be childish to say he would have, had he been speeding?  :o

40086
General Discussion Area / Re: People just can't resist....
« on: 19 August 2006, 11:36:55 »
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OK, this will be the last post on the matter of what happened the other site...
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That is the history, and the last word on the matter.
:-X OK thanks.  :-X

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General Discussion Area / Re: People just can't resist....
« on: 18 August 2006, 23:54:24 »
I think that for the benefit of us Omega Owners Forum who didn't arrive via 'the dark place' that we should all be given a brief insight of why there seems to have been a 'fall out'. I am totally in the dark -- so to speak! ;)  No Elite-ism I hope!

40088
General Discussion Area / Re: Classic Cars
« on: 19 August 2006, 00:04:15 »
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dont mean to sound like a know it all  but i an sure a build date of pre aug 1973 is the cut off date for tax free classic it was changed in 2002 from a car reaching a proven 25 yrs old

i wonder how many omega will be around in 12 more years :-/

Non probably. But it'll be irelevant (sp?) cos your car needs to have been built before 01/01/1973 to qualify for free/historic road tax.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/TaxationClasses/TaxationClassesArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4022042&chk=OoLbFS

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General Discussion Area / Re: Classic Cars
« on: 18 August 2006, 07:16:07 »
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I think that rule about 25yrs was in 2002 when they last changed the rules, so I think its pre 1977 doesn't need tax...
A car gets 'historic' road tax if it was built before 1 Jan 73. The original rules said that as cars got to 25 yrs old they would qualify but the shower of reprobates that were voted into power in 97 soon put a stop to that.  >:( You still need to display a current valid disc though - you just get them for f cuk all!  :)

40090
General Discussion Area / Re: new parts
« on: 16 August 2006, 18:25:49 »
and back light units made in Spain.  :(

40091
General Discussion Area / Re: Tow bar-value!
« on: 14 August 2006, 07:13:35 »
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Not sure where this belongs so....

Currently have a nice sturdy tow bar on my MV6 that HAS 2 come off!!  

How much,if anything,are these things worth secondhand?? (see how much I trust you guys!!)

Cheers
Depends if it's a'proper' Bosal swan neck or a crappy looking fabricated box section, Witter type bar. I gave away my Witter type too.

40092
General Discussion Area / Re: NEW CAR
« on: 15 August 2006, 21:13:23 »
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I think the Rover engineers did a proper job from what I've heard - doing what they wanted to do with 75, and not what BMW wanted them to do. As said, RWD, different gearbox, 18" wheels, uprated brakes...
One little thing spoils it when you open the bonnet! An oval with F0rd in the middle sitting on the plenum chamber staring you in the face.  :( I'd want a Rover version if they'd done one rather than the carbon fibre go-faster MG version that they actually produced. It would have been a successor to the last proper in house designed & built Rover P5B (A coupe would have been nice  :) )
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?r40ztef.htm

40093
General Discussion Area / Re: What happens if......
« on: 15 August 2006, 15:56:32 »
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Can you put Kurust on the joints of an exhaust?
...... but exhausts generally rot from the inside out.

40094
General Discussion Area / Re: Project A - SOLD!!
« on: 14 August 2006, 20:52:23 »
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Just sold Project A  :) :) :D

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Sold it for £750  :)

...... So £300 profit for basically 3 full days of work. Yay!!!
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Keep your fingers crossed the new owner doesn't need advise form an on-line owner's group dedicated to Vx Omegas!  :-?    ;)

Andy B

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General Discussion Area / Re: How much does a bonnet weigh
« on: 15 August 2006, 17:07:38 »
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If it helps at all, the weight at the front of a still connected bonnet is 9.5 KG,  you will obviously have to allow for the fact that the fulcrum will be carrying some of the weight - not sure what the proportion is (long time since maths at school!), but I would have thought 15kg would be a reasonable max.

In case you are wondering, just went out and used my fishing scales ;D

HTH
Merv
That doesn't take the gas struts/springs into concideration though. The bonnet on my wife's Astra G catches me out every time cos I have to lift that myself & it's heavy!

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