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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: OmegaAnglesey on 23 January 2013, 16:55:33
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Hi all, Well basically I've been offered a 2003 "52" Silver 2.6 V6 CDX Saloon Omega with 52,000 on the clock, (no leather) MOT & TAX, one previous owner for around £950, But i'm not sure mainly because i wanted my next Omega purchase to be a Elite 3.0/3.2. But then again it's a rare opportunity to find such a genuine Omega which has been pampered and is in showroom condition Elite or not it's worth considering. Decisions decisions :-\ The seller is an elderly chap which is reluctant on selling for a few weeks anyway but is moving house and hasn't the room.
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Ooh that's a difficult one.
Depends how happy you are with your current car I suppose?
2.6 cdx is probably a good compromise on cost and power. With a respectable spec.
If funds allow, go for it IMO. 52k miles is good. :y
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I'd buy it :y.
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CDX only really lacks memory seats/mirrors, self dip mirrot and heated rear seats. And satnav on the 3.2s. Oh, and a little spoiler, which adds a shape to the otherwise bland rear end.
No leather (only std on 3.2) is no loss, its bloody horrible anyway.
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Don't forget those lovely self levelling shocks and springs...
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Don't forget those lovely self levelling shocks and springs...
Oh yeah. Surely most people bin those, and put on something that doesn't cry when it sees a corner?
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CDX only really lacks memory seats/mirrors, self dip mirrot and heated rear seats. And satnav on the 3.2s. Oh, and a little spoiler, which adds a shape to the otherwise bland rear end.
No leather (only std on 3.2) is no loss, its bloody horrible anyway.
True TB, It's not like I'm coming down from an Elite to a CDX id be moving up from a GLS 2.2 to a CDX 2.6 with half the miles on the clock, Just not to the top Elite but then again I could add things like the spoiler, elite alloys, self dip mirror etc.. , If I'm correct the GLS has cloth seats and the CD,CDX have velour.
It's definitely worth considering.
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CDX only really lacks memory seats/mirrors, self dip mirrot and heated rear seats. And satnav on the 3.2s. Oh, and a little spoiler, which adds a shape to the otherwise bland rear end.
No leather (only std on 3.2) is no loss, its bloody horrible anyway.
True TB, It's not like I'm coming down from an Elite to a CDX id be moving up from a GLS 2.2 to a CDX 2.6 with half the miles on the clock, Just not to the top Elite but then again I could add things like the spoiler, elite alloys, self dip mirror etc.. , If I'm correct the GLS has cloth seats and the CD,CDX have velour.
It's definitely worth considering.
Elites don't handle well.
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these are little things imo. i admit the alloys on the elite particularly suit the omega. but a bargain is a bargain :y
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CDX only really lacks memory seats/mirrors, self dip mirrot and heated rear seats. And satnav on the 3.2s. Oh, and a little spoiler, which adds a shape to the otherwise bland rear end.
No leather (only std on 3.2) is no loss, its bloody horrible anyway.
True TB, It's not like I'm coming down from an Elite to a CDX id be moving up from a GLS 2.2 to a CDX 2.6 with half the miles on the clock, Just not to the top Elite but then again I could add things like the spoiler, elite alloys, self dip mirror etc.. , If I'm correct the GLS has cloth seats and the CD,CDX have velour.
It's definitely worth considering.
Elites don't handle well.
Elites handle perfectly well for a 2 tonne Luxobarge... if you want a "pocket rocket" buy a saxo or something.
The car was designed as a long range luxury cruiser, and does that job superbly.... so why try and make it do things it was not designed for ?? :)
Right tool for the right job .. :) go buy a saxo .. :)
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CDX only really lacks memory seats/mirrors, self dip mirrot and heated rear seats. And satnav on the 3.2s. Oh, and a little spoiler, which adds a shape to the otherwise bland rear end.
No leather (only std on 3.2) is no loss, its bloody horrible anyway.
True TB, It's not like I'm coming down from an Elite to a CDX id be moving up from a GLS 2.2 to a CDX 2.6 with half the miles on the clock, Just not to the top Elite but then again I could add things like the spoiler, elite alloys, self dip mirror etc.. , If I'm correct the GLS has cloth seats and the CD,CDX have velour.
It's definitely worth considering.
Elites don't handle well.
Elites handle perfectly well for a 2 tonne Luxobarge... if you want a "pocket rocket" buy a saxo or something.
The car was designed as a long range luxury cruiser, and does that job superbly.... so why try and make it do things it was not designed for ?? :)
Right tool for the right job .. :) go buy a saxo .. :)
Wrong ;)
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Does anyone have any accurate figures for 2.2i - 2.6i - 3.2i Such as MPG, 0-60, BHP etc. Just so I could compare them and try and make a decision although I have 2 weeks to think about it which is handy. I'm not fussed about the handling too much I only put the power down on straight roads and overtaking normally. :)
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theyre all crap for accelerating. and all gas guzzlers so i wouldnt concern myself
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BHP, MPG etc in the link below;
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90488.0
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If this is correct there's nothing in it really between these two.
The 2.6 V6 petrol has a displacement of 2597cc and produces 179 bhp. The manual 2.6 saloon accelerates to 60mph in 8.5 seconds and has a top speed of 142mph, with a combined mpg figure of 26.4
The 3.2 V6 petrol has a displacement of 3175cc and produces 211 bhp. The automatic 3.2 saloon accelerates to 60mph in 8.0 seconds and has a top speed of 149mph, with a combined mpg figure of 23.9
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sounds like a bargain :y :y
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The figures do not tell the story - the 3.0/3.2 mid range is so much more eager than the 2.5/2.6
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Yep,in real world driving the 3.0/3.2 have much more grunt than their little brothers.The difference is much more noticeable than the on paper statistics suggest.But we know what they say about statistics. ;)
The car sounds like a good buy though.Having said that I would bide my time until he really needs to shift it and then hammer him down on the price. ;) ;D
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I'm going to see it again tomorrow, Any advice on what to look for that would be an awkward expensive job to fix in the future if I was to buy i'm unfamiliar with the 2.6 ?
Will also try and get some pictures :)
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
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Yep,in real world driving the 3.0/3.2 have much more grunt than their little brothers.The difference is much more noticeable than the on paper statistics suggest.But we know what they say about statistics. ;)
The car sounds like a good buy though.Having said that I would bide my time until he really needs to shift it and then hammer him down on the price. ;) ;D
I intend to, I would ideally like to pay around £700-£850 which might be possible. Live in hope an all ;D
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
Why doesn't mine? Don't tell me, I bought a ringer from a dodgy geezer ;D
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Does anyone have any accurate figures for 2.2i - 2.6i - 3.2i Such as MPG, 0-60, BHP etc. Just so I could compare them and try and make a decision although I have 2 weeks to think about it which is handy. I'm not fussed about the handling too much I only put the power down on straight roads and overtaking normally. :)
http://www.carinf.com/en/9b903769.html (http://www.carinf.com/en/9b903769.html)
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
Why doesn't mine? Don't tell me, I bought a ringer from a dodgy geezer ;D
Cant say i've heard of " indirect night lighting " what is this feature when its at home ??? ;D
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
....and a rear blind is easily retro fitted. :)
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
Why doesn't mine? Don't tell me, I bought a ringer from a dodgy geezer ;D
Cant say i've heard of " indirect night lighting " what is this feature when its at home ??? ;D
A bulb in the mirror.
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
....and a rear blind is easily retro fitted. :)
Nah, its one of those jobs that always end up with me kicking something ;D
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Come now Mr Tb ;D
Indirect night lighting you'll find is fitted to the majority of 'premium' vehicles now. In the rear view mirror or courtesy light panel there is a dim light. In the Omega's case an orange light from the rear view mirror. It is aimed at the central console area giving a small amount of light to aid with using the controls. Going from a vehicle with/without it, you would notice it
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
Why doesn't mine? Don't tell me, I bought a ringer from a dodgy geezer ;D
Maybe it's your advanced years, and you're struggling to see it? :P
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Maybe it's your advanced years, and you're struggling to see it? :P
Bloody kids... ;D
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Buy it, I bought a 50,000 miler 1 owner 2.6 CDX 2 years ago (manual) great car, power delivery is superb, on a 55 mile daily commute I always get 30 mpg, we also have a 2.2 auto the V6 is much better to drive/ride in.
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
Why doesn't mine? Don't tell me, I bought a ringer from a dodgy geezer ;D
Cant say i've heard of " indirect night lighting " what is this feature when its at home ??? ;D
A bulb in the mirror.
My Signum has the night lighting,I'm sure the mirror looks much the same as my old Elites with auto dip so should retrofit
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
Why doesn't mine? Don't tell me, I bought a ringer from a dodgy geezer ;D
Cant say i've heard of " indirect night lighting " what is this feature when its at home ??? ;D
A bulb in the mirror.
My Signum has the night lighting,I'm sure the mirror looks much the same as my old Elites with auto dip so should retrofit
Handy feature if not a bit lazy but if you have an Automatic might as well have the full hog ::)
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If your worried about the MPG don't buy an Omega. Or put it on Gas. On the work run (16 miles each way mixed driving) I average 25 MPG. On a gentle long run 30 odd is possible.
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If your worried about the MPG don't buy an Omega. Or put it on Gas. On the work run (16 miles each way mixed driving) I average 25 MPG. On a gentle long run 30 odd is possible.
I'm not worried about MPG just wanted to compare.
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Come now Mr Tb ;D
Indirect night lighting you'll find is fitted to the majority of 'premium' vehicles now. In the rear view mirror or courtesy light panel there is a dim light. In the Omega's case an orange light from the rear view mirror. It is aimed at the central console area giving a small amount of light to aid with using the controls. Going from a vehicle with/without it, you would notice it
And miss it - same with the dimmed courtesy lights in the rear ;)
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If you are going from 2.2 to 2.6 V6 you will notice the difference and it will put a smile on your face, ours did, and it's better on fuel as well........ :y :y :y
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
I've still been on a hunt for multiram issues on a 2.6 several times because it's felt so flat compared to my 3.2 auto, manual 2.6s included. The extra performance of the 3.2 is worth hanging on for, if important, IMHO. Especially as the fuel economy penalty doesn't appear to be that great (although I have no direct experience of that, never having owned a 2.6).
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Tb is correct, having had a 2.2 manual, 2.6 manual, auto, 3.2 auto and manual I can hopefully offer some advice.
Forgetting auto v manual preference, I think the 2.6 manual is almost as good as the 3.2 auto. The 2.6 auto does not compare overly well to the 3.2 auto, the extra 30 or so bhp is noticeable.
The 3.2 manual again is better than the 2.6, giving better mpg and better pull in all gears.
And whilst 52k miles is good, I think for little more than the £950 you can get a sub 75k miles 3.2 Elite.
Again, personally I would only entertain a post '52' registered Elite. I think it has a better quality leather, it's the textured effect and looks better - not as shiny. They also have indirect night lighting, nicer style of alloys, auto wipers (all auto wipers are useless) but they are no worse than all the others out there.
I've still been on a hunt for multiram issues on a 2.6 several times because it's felt so flat compared to my 3.2 auto, manual 2.6s included. The extra performance of the 3.2 is worth hanging on for, if important, IMHO. Especially as the fuel economy penalty doesn't appear to be that great (although I have no direct experience of that, never having owned a 2.6).
That is interesting Kevin. I think I was a little unfair in comparing the manual against the auto. If comparing a 2.6 auto against a 3.2 auto, I would 100% agree the 2.6 does feel different. Perhaps not sheer speed wise as such, more the way the 3.2 builds its speed, with less effort and fuss than a 2.6 does.
I think the manual gearbox does overcome this for the 2.6, but that is changing the goal posts a bit.
Have you driven a 3.2 manual on a good run? If so, did you notice much difference from your auto?
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I've driven a 3.2 manual but not that extensively. I'd say the difference between auto and manual is much less than 2.6 vs. 3.2, i.e. a manual 2.6 is still way off the pace of a 3.2 auto.
TBH, I feel that whilst a 4 speed auto will by necessity have a pretty tall 1st gear and be a little slower launching, the manual Omegas have the opposite problem where 1st gear is very short for a reasonably powerful car and the manual box and clutch aren't really suited to the quick changes this necessitates if you're going to launch it quickly. Once underway, not sure there's much in it performance wise, except the manual is more often in the correct gear for the road ahead!
I do sometimes wish my 3.2 was manual due to the shortcomings of the auto gearbox, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to live with the standard manual setup either. If only I could just drop a T5 gearbox in... ::) Might even be as simple as removing all the sloppy rubber from the standard shift mechanism, I suppose.
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On further inspection there is some rust on the rear passenger arch, a dent below the rear light on the curved part, a ding dent on the passenger side wing closer to the headlight, two crinkle type dents on the front bumper near the middle/drivers side, but on the pluss side the engine is as sweet as a nut and pulls like a train smooth auto box working as it should, all the toys work and odderless interior and clean. Hmm not much else I can think of. Overall it's good but not great and he is being awkward on price saying if it doesn't sell he'll most likely PX it for a new car etc. the car is worth considering at least. Oh and he has never used the heated seats apparently which I found odd but I guess it's possible didn't even know it had them ???. And has owned it from 8 months old and a local Vauxhall dealer being the previous the first keeper. ;)
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On further inspection there is some rust on the rear passenger arch, a dent below the rear light on the curved part, a ding dent on the passenger side wing closer to the headlight, two crinkle type dents on the front bumper near the middle/drivers side, but on the pluss side the engine is as sweet as a nut and pulls like a train smooth auto box working as it should, all the toys work and odderless interior and clean. Hmm not much else I can think of. Overall it's good but not great and he is being awkward on price saying if it doesn't sell he'll most likely PX it for a new car etc. the car is worth considering at least. Oh and he has never used the heated seats apparently which I found odd but I guess it's possible didn't even know it had them ???. And has owned it from 8 months old and a local Vauxhall dealer being the previous the first keeper. ;)
He'll be offered pennies for it ::)
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On further inspection there is some rust on the rear passenger arch, a dent below the rear light on the curved part, a ding dent on the passenger side wing closer to the headlight, two crinkle type dents on the front bumper near the middle/drivers side, but on the pluss side the engine is as sweet as a nut and pulls like a train smooth auto box working as it should, all the toys work and odderless interior and clean. Hmm not much else I can think of. Overall it's good but not great and he is being awkward on price saying if it doesn't sell he'll most likely PX it for a new car etc. the car is worth considering at least. Oh and he has never used the heated seats apparently which I found odd but I guess it's possible didn't even know it had them ??? . And has owned it from 8 months old and a local Vauxhall dealer being the previous the first keeper. ;)
He'll be offered pennies for it ::)
Hopefully, I'll let him sweat a few days see if he'll drop, Ideally £700 i'd probably give it a go at that price.
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I do sometimes wish my 3.2 was manual due to the shortcomings of the auto gearbox
The earlier ECUs - GS820 with v9 firmware - overcomes many of the "overcomable" issues with autos (given the hydromechanical limitations). Obviously, it can't predict what gear you want to be in though.
Shame the GS821x is such a step backwards :'(
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From what I've said and information put up about it what would you say would make a reasonable offer ? I'm getting fedup of waiting to find an Omega 3.0-3.2 with a good engine and body to match. Just seen a 3.2 elite today seller said its mint but its falling apart from what I saw.
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Might well be looking up this procedure.
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=434597
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
As tunnie says, oil cooler failures are down to poor coolant servicing. I'm 195k and 15yrs, no oil cooler issues here :)
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I'm new here and about to take possession of a 2.5v6 cdx with only one owner and 57k on the clock full service history only 4 probs with it are little rust in rear drivers door drivers heated seat doesn't work slight mark on the passenger door rub strip needs blowing over and no towbar lol
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I'm new here and about to take possession of a 2.5v6 cdx with only one owner and 57k on the clock full service history only 4 probs with it are little rust in rear drivers door drivers heated seat doesn't work slight mark on the passenger door rub strip needs blowing over and no towbar lol
sounds like you had a dilemma of your own ;D :) personally I like the sound the 2.5 makes more over the 2.6.
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
Yup But he is buying a second hand car and who knows if coolant is changed so hence my warning, as said the car I brought had VX service history and still let go and is a late 2002 and was not stainless steel. ::) ::)
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
Yup But he is buying a second hand car and who knows if coolant is changed so hence my warning, as said the car I brought had VX service history and still let go and is a late 2002 and was not stainless steel. ::) ::)
i do believe this CDX has full service history he bought it from Vauxhall from 6 months old or there abouts and wealthy chap going by the house and land. Engine was as sweet as a nut... I've never heard a V6 Omega sounding so healthy whith a lot of poke from the engine it's definitely not been abused just got annoying body work issues I'm currently pricing up.
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
Yup But he is buying a second hand car and who knows if coolant is changed so hence my warning, as said the car I brought had VX service history and still let go and is a late 2002 and was not stainless steel. ::) ::)
i do believe this CDX has full service history he bought it from Vauxhall from 6 months old or there abouts and wealthy chap going by the house and land. Engine was as sweet as a nut... I've never heard a V6 Omega sounding so healthy whith a lot of poke from the engine it's definitely not been abused just got annoying body work issues I'm currently pricing up.
Sounds a good car mate, :y I just put it up so as you are aware of what happened to me, mine had all its history and sounded very quiet with no problems, hope you get it for the price you want to pay and there really isn't much difference between the CDX and the Elite apart from the suspension. :)
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
Yup But he is buying a second hand car and who knows if coolant is changed so hence my warning, as said the car I brought had VX service history and still let go and is a late 2002 and was not stainless steel. ::) ::)
i do believe this CDX has full service history he bought it from Vauxhall from 6 months old or there abouts and wealthy chap going by the house and land. Engine was as sweet as a nut... I've never heard a V6 Omega sounding so healthy whith a lot of poke from the engine it's definitely not been abused just got annoying body work issues I'm currently pricing up.
Sounds a good car mate, :y I just put it up so as you are aware of what happened to me, mine had all its history and sounded very quiet with no problems, and I found this to be happening to a few others on this forum, I hope you get it for the price you want to pay and there really isn't much difference between the CDX and the Elite apart from the suspension and Bose :)
Just modified :)
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
Yup But he is buying a second hand car and who knows if coolant is changed so hence my warning, as said the car I brought had VX service history and still let go and is a late 2002 and was not stainless steel. ::) ::)
i do believe this CDX has full service history he bought it from Vauxhall from 6 months old or there abouts and wealthy chap going by the house and land. Engine was as sweet as a nut... I've never heard a V6 Omega sounding so healthy whith a lot of poke from the engine it's definitely not been abused just got annoying body work issues I'm currently pricing up.
Sounds a good car mate, :y I just put it up so as you are aware of what happened to me, mine had all its history and sounded very quiet with no problems, and I found this to be happening to a few others on this forum, I hope you get it for the price you want to pay and there really isn't much difference between the CDX and the Elite apart from the suspension and Bose :)
Just modified :)
There are a few more differences, Like the auto interior mirror, auto rain sensitive wipers, NCDC2013 / 15 , leather memory seats, umm cant think of much else from the top of my head. But most of this stuff could be retrofitted I'd have thought.
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Just remember the V6's have probs with the oil cooler, ;) and seeing as it is owned by an elderly gent and probably not been above 60mph ;D with the low milage it may well soon need one. I say this because I brought my 3.2 from and elderly gent with 50,000 miles and after 2 weeks of me getting it the oil cooler let go, I wasn't too worried as I got the car for £450, got the cooler from vx and it is now as good as gold, and clean as a whistle. :y ;D
Do they? ???
Only problem is when they are neglected by poor coolant maintenance, serviced right there is no fault with them. Even more so with later ones as they are stainless steel :y
Yup But he is buying a second hand car and who knows if coolant is changed so hence my warning, as said the car I brought had VX service history and still let go and is a late 2002 and was not stainless steel. ::) ::)
i do believe this CDX has full service history he bought it from Vauxhall from 6 months old or there abouts and wealthy chap going by the house and land. Engine was as sweet as a nut... I've never heard a V6 Omega sounding so healthy whith a lot of poke from the engine it's definitely not been abused just got annoying body work issues I'm currently pricing up.
Sounds a good car mate, :y I just put it up so as you are aware of what happened to me, mine had all its history and sounded very quiet with no problems, and I found this to be happening to a few others on this forum, I hope you get it for the price you want to pay and there really isn't much difference between the CDX and the Elite apart from the suspension and Bose :)
Just modified :)
There are a few more differences, Like the auto interior mirror, auto rain sensitive wipers, NCDC2013 / 15 , leather memory seats, umm cant think of much else from the top of my head. But most of this stuff could be retrofitted I'd have thought.
Yes you can find it in scrappys and on fleabay and fit it wipers are sometimes not so good though. If you want an Elite that bad hold out there are alot of them around and at good prices, you could always buy one that is ready for scrap and take the parts off then scrap it. :y :y