Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: jerry on 28 June 2013, 12:33:38
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I really like our new Astra sports tourer (thats estate to you lot). A 2lt CDI autobox she has plenty of poke -if not as quick off the mark as the omega-and as an sri has some nice touches like ambient lighting around the gear lever. I know all small estates these days are pretty much the same style wise in order to avoid the old boxy look, but its a good looking car and looks smart in the carbon black .The problem with black though is that it quickly gets to look dusty so I cleaned it the other day and I was doing the alloys and already there are parts where they are flaking and blistering. Its only got about 900 miles on the clock!! Luckily its a lease car, and though we'll report it, its not particularly a problem. If I'd just bought one for the amount of money they cost new Id be seriously p*ssed off though. If this is what has happened after just a month or so , what will they be like in a few years?
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A generation of Toyota alloys were just as bad - all of them on the MR2 from 2000-2006 would blister in months; it seems the finish is pretty poor on a lot now and as soon as moisture gets through the paint they start to blister and flake :(
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Cost savings these days, 130k alloys on FatherT's 2.2 are look like new :)
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TBE's have been refurbed twice in the last nine months ::)
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TBE's have been refurbed twice in the last nine months ::)
Yes but thats your fault for buying chav-stars ;D
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TBE's have been refurbed twice in the last nine months ::)
Yes but thats your fault for buying chav-stars ;D
But they are chavtastic
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Both sets are mint on mine proud to say, not even kerbed..Likewise with the 55 plate Terracan
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the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega :y :y
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the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega :y :y
Fraid all new cars will not only soon look the same, but will all be the same size :-\
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the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega :y :y
Fraid all new cars will not only soon look the same, but will all be the same size :-\
and made in same factory then have different badges put on :-\
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Apart from the centre covers the alloys on the omega are really good, no flaking, no blistering and thats on a 1998 car with 190k on the clock so to say I was a bit disappointed with he state of the Astra's would be an understatement...
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the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega :y :y
Fraid all new cars will not only soon look the same, but will all be the same size :-\
and made in same factory then have different badges put on :-\
No joke :'( The new Frod Transhit is based on the Hy-and-dry i800 :o
Saw the two parked together earlier, same lights, same interior, same stoopid size...
To misquote a famous telecoms slogan:
The future's bleak. The future's beige :'(
Ps. Frod can't paint wheels for toffee either, but at least Toyota pretended to be embarrassed about having to replace all four wheels on my mums 6 month old Rav4 back in 2003 :-\