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[tunnie]

Hmm should have said replacement is a bit tricky!! its a capless bulb in a tiny hole under a white cover on the side of the unit!! usually get the blown one out with a pair of very small needle nosed pliers and push new one in with a finger!!

Cheers, got some needle ones in the car.

Bulb an easy order or is it the usual Vx week to wait?

[Omegatoy]

Hmm should have said replacement is a bit tricky!! its a capless bulb in a tiny hole under a white cover on the side of the unit!! usually get the blown one out with a pair of very small needle nosed pliers and push new one in with a finger!!

Cheers, got some needle ones in the car.

Bulb an easy order or is it the usual Vx week to wait?

ANY ACCESSORY SHOP MATE NO PROBS

[tunnie]

Hmm should have said replacement is a bit tricky!! its a capless bulb in a tiny hole under a white cover on the side of the unit!! usually get the blown one out with a pair of very small needle nosed pliers and push new one in with a finger!!

Cheers, got some needle ones in the car.

Bulb an easy order or is it the usual Vx week to wait?

ANY ACCESSORY SHOP MATE NO PROBS

Senator maintenance just gets better and better  

[Pete Elite]

 Hi Mark,
            Glad to here you got your Senny and sound pleased with her .

  Got any photos of her :question.

  All the best,
                  Pete .

[Taxi_Driver]

I think your 2.2 will be safe Tunnie!  

When i was driving it and gave it some welly going uphill round pipers way.....i glanced at the fuel comp and it said 30ish mpg.....hmmm 3.0L i dont think so......i can believe you used 4 gallons.....15-20 mpg is nearer the mark i would say  

I think Tunnie mentioned he can change from MPH to KPH by pressing a button.....
Also on facelift omegas its possible to change the temp setting on the climate from C to F by pressing the temp button and holding for a while....quick press just turns the passenger side off/on

[TheBoy]

Also on facelift omegas its possible to change the temp setting on the climate from C to F by pressing the temp button and holding for a while....quick press just turns the passenger side off/on

AFAIK, prefacelifts require programming to change

[Martin_1962]

cheers  

I did not realise there were 2 little buttons either side of the dash, switched it to kph (use full for Europe) and it changed to litres instead of gallons!

If the Senator gets more than 30mpg at a constant 80, then my Omega's future is looking bleak  :-/

I'm sure your thrifty Omega will be safe    PS What MPG do you expect at 140 on the Autobahn  

Who cares I will be doing 140 mph totally legal!  

Although tbh i bet the Senator will do better mpg at 140 than my Omega  

A wound up early Carlton 2.0 would get there eventually the H/C 2.0 was quite a good engine

[Big Rod]

Tunnie,

If I was really kind to my last Senator I could quite easily get high thirties MPG!!

(Granted it never saw that much, it was usually more around the 28ish mark, but that's still a damned sight better than the MV6!!)

[Admin]

In 3,000 miles in a week me and mark averaged just under 30mpg.

Believe me, we weren't pootling about at 55mph either

Before that I could also coax 35mpg out of it on a run driving sensibly....that rarely happened though!  

[tunnie]

In 3,000 miles in a week me and mark averaged just under 30mpg.

Believe me, we weren't pootling about at 55mph either

Before that I could also coax 35mpg out of it on a run driving sensibly....that rarely happened though!  

This Senator seams to get better mpg than my 2.2 !!!!  

[JamesV6CDX]

My V6 omega is overall better on fuel than my previous 2.0

[Andy B]

Does this mean I'll have to find another decent Senator sooner rather than later before you all realise how much better a car the Senator is than the Omega ever will aspire to, and buy 'em all up?  

[MaxV6]

you have NO idea how much  i regret the fact that there was never a production model estate sennie.....  

if it were up to me....   my driveway would be full of senators....    and so would the road outside, and the car sales/service place over the road...  

these threads serve to make me very very thoughtful... tempted to go out and buy one and risk the wrath of she who must be obeyed.....  but in all seriousness... I'm already keeping 3 cars taxed tested and insured....  and one of those is for a 17 yr old learner......  OUCH.
thank god it's only a little 1100 Pug 106...........

the line "dad can i borrow your car" has never been uttered in this house, nor will it be.....   EVER !!!

they all know this full bloody well !

for the record, all my Senators managed well over 30mpg "on a run"

even the 3.6 jobs ......   cruising at 85/90 with a full load of  kids, and luggage,  typically did about 35 mpg or so......  

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scarily, My Sintra has managed 35 mpg as well/.....   for some reason, it seems to cruise at 95 doing 34-36 MPG, but if you drop to 85 or so , the fuel consumption gets WORSE...   only around 29-29

weird huh?

[Ken T]

That sounds good, I wonder if with this "Green Government" you could get off with a speeding ticket because the car is obviously much more "environmentally friendly" at 95 than at 70.

[tunnie]

you have NO idea how much  i regret the fact that there was never a production model estate sennie.....  

if it were up to me....   my driveway would be full of senators....    and so would the road outside, and the car sales/service place over the road...  

these threads serve to make me very very thoughtful... tempted to go out and buy one and risk the wrath of she who must be obeyed.....  but in all seriousness... I'm already keeping 3 cars taxed tested and insured....  and one of those is for a 17 yr old learner......  OUCH.
thank god it's only a little 1100 Pug 106...........

the line "dad can i borrow your car" has never been uttered in this house, nor will it be.....   EVER !!!

they all know this full bloody well !

for the record, all my Senators managed well over 30mpg "on a run"

even the 3.6 jobs ......   cruising at 85/90 with a full load of  kids, and luggage,  typically did about 35 mpg or so......  

.

scarily, My Sintra has managed 35 mpg as well/.....   for some reason, it seems to cruise at 95 doing 34-36 MPG, but if you drop to 85 or so , the fuel consumption gets WORSE...   only around 29-29

weird huh?

I know what your mean, when I finish Uni and my travelling i am seriously thinking about keeping it as a second car. Because i will be living with my parents i will be able to afford it. Plus when i am 25 i should be able to get some nice cheap classic car insurance.