Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Agemo on 22 April 2014, 20:25:29
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I keep seeing lovely cars, especially Insignias, and should really change. I do short distances in my 2.5 TD, which only gets me 25mpg. If I get a newer car, I get more to the gallon, cheaper road tax, less time working on & under the car. I know there is very little wrong with mine, but the practical side of me says to swap, an I missing something?
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Not as much as you will be if you go newer ::)
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Short distances = short millage?
Remember, say you double your MPG to 50, easily take around 8,000 miles to pay off a £1k investment. :y
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A diesel Omega will be more reliable doing repeated short journeys than a newer diesel. Short journeys sees 35mpg from my Insignia currently...
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I have heard about newer Diesels not liking short runs, and you are right about the mpg paying for itself, I just don't want to spend many happy hours changing wishbones this Winter (OK mine are new & Polybushed but you get the point.) I know a three cylinder Corsa is what I SHOULD buy - but it's not going to happen!
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If the Omega is all together and working as expected, then keep it and go out for a nice meal every fortnight on what you're not spending on a newer car :y
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Oh it works fine, and it I had to give a mate a lift from Inverness to Exeter, it would perform better than any new model - but it seems immoral to get 25mpg in this day & age.
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Oh it works fine, and it I had to give a mate a lift from Inverness to Exeter, it would perform better than any new model - but it seems immoral to get 25mpg in this day & age.
Not as immoral as £1,000+ bill is going to feel for a set of injectors or a fuel pump for one of these highly strung modern diesels! They scare the crap out of me :o
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What would your boss say if you told him to buy you a brand new Volvo FH because you feel guilty driving your Renault as it's 0.5mpg less economical?
At a guess, his response would resemble this...
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Yeah I know, I enjoyed driving FHs, but was quite happy in a Premium. I just fancy a change, I have had this one for six years now. You did make me wince about the price of spares, my last injectors cost me £25, and I paid £15 for a boot lid & a fiver for a wing (correct colour of course).
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I had 2 Senators then an Omega. I bought a new Insignia and had to change the clutch etc at 85K. Shortly after, this Feb, I sold the Insignia and went back to an Omega. I don't regret it.
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I had 2 Senators then an Omega. .....
So did I :y :y :y :y :y
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25 mpg!, I used to 37 mpg all day long with my M Reg 2.5TD Manual Estate in and out of London and that was with a shite load of tools and crap in the back, heavy cable, ladders and roof box on a roof rack and used to drive like White Van Man. Spend a couple of hundred quid max and get it Manual'ed. :y
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Yeah I know, I enjoyed driving FHs, but was quite happy in a Premium. I just fancy a change, I have had this one for six years now. You did make me wince about the price of spares, my last injectors cost me £25, and I paid £15 for a boot lid & a fiver for a wing (correct colour of course).
Renault Premium's are underrated in my opinion. :) I always enjoyed a day out in one! :y
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Yeah I know, I enjoyed driving FHs, but was quite happy in a Premium. I just fancy a change, I have had this one for six years now. You did make me wince about the price of spares, my last injectors cost me £25, and I paid £15 for a boot lid & a fiver for a wing (correct colour of course).
Renault Premium's are underrated in my opinion. :) I always enjoyed a day out in one! :y
The six speed slush box in the lighter ones are shyte, and they're not the best cabs for sleeping in. You have to fold the seats forward to drop the bunk. Trouble is the lever is on the outside of the seat, and in the low roof version there isn't room for anyone over 4' to stand in the centre... Paccar designers could learn alot from Volvo ::)
Spot the difference...
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.clickedit.co.uk/2463/car_id_11541_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://archive.friday-ad.co.uk/AdRef/SN6644050/FullAdDetails.aspx&h=480&w=640&tbnid=MRcmsdGQWaaekM:&zoom=1&q=renault+premium&docid=6ev8b6n5pjAbTM&hl=en-GB&ei=xu9WU4K7Bcm07QaMhoDABA&tbm=isch&client=tablet-android-sony&ved=0CIABEDMoOjA6
Vs... (outside)
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Truck_VolvoVN780.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Truck_VolvoVN780.jpg&h=768&w=1024&tbnid=6AA_FFFKSFfPCM:&zoom=1&q=volvo+vnl780&docid=rsKe4741bKPjtM&hl=en-GB&ei=WPBWU53EHpCp7Aa5-4GwCw&tbm=isch&client=tablet-android-sony&ved=0CDgQMygAMAA
And inside...
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://gomotors.net/photos/5e/c3/volvo-vnl780_3ddd8.jpg%253Fi&imgrefurl=http://gomotors.net/Volvo/Volvo-VNL780/photos.html&h=300&w=378&tbnid=hZ1eKabWDcpxqM:&zoom=1&q=volvo+vnl780&docid=I72XP4u1Z6ZZkM&hl=en-GB&ei=WPBWU53EHpCp7Aa5-4GwCw&tbm=isch&client=tablet-android-sony&ved=0CDkQMygBMAE
I know where I'd rather live :y
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Well when you put it like that Al...... ::) Although there was the high cab version, so similar difference to a FM and FH. ;)
I never had the pleasure of living in one, just the odd day out. ::)
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Sorrry
Volvo own Reno. Renos use Volvo running gear with bespoke Reno software.
paccar own kenworth and peterbilt and some other brands in USA, they own DAF the best selling long truck in Europe.
and the difference between living in a Volvo a Reno and a DAF is like night and day.
Volvo/reno are small cramped etc (a terraced house) a DAF is like a country mansion,with comfy seats. :)
And don't even bother with them other Swedish Bedfords Truck driving worlds equivalent of the boy racer. :)
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Paccar supply Volvo with the FL cab and Renault with the Premium...
A high cab Cf is an ok place to spend a week, provided it's not full of ten years worth of crud/rust...
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Paccar supply Volvo with the FL cab and Renault with the Premium...
A high cab Cf is an ok place to spend a week, provided it's not full of ten years worth of crud/rust...
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that cab DAF supply volvo/reno is the LF cab.
The CF space cab has the same cupboard pack as the XF superspace, but a smaller bed due to the narrower cab, still more room in a CF than a Volvo FH.
as a ps "did they make reno's new" :D
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The Volvo FL is a hybrid 🐕... Cab by daf, chassis by volvo and gearbox by renault.
Shoud have called it Muttley ;D
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hi. i would just asume becoz its new you will get good mpg. i have an astra 2013 plate. sri 20 ltr dti . i do a lot of town drivin and all i get is 27.6 mpg. verses my omega 2.2. 2002 plate i get 22.4 not a great deal of diffrence considering the astra is diesel and the omega petrol. and the astra has done 4.600 miles and the omega 82000
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Well, you could have a change an buy my car Agemo. Still an Omega but differant body to yours :y >:(
Keith B
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Depends entirely on your needs and wants, whether you change or not!
I did and haven't looked back.
I'm on my 3rd blue oval, soot chucker, and none have given me any grief apart from wear and tear items.
My current version, is a 2.2 TDCi, and can easily achieve mid 30's around town, and late mid 40's on a run.
I recon on a good motorway run it could see 50 mpg.
I say I recon as I live about 200 miles from the nearest motorway, at present.
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Hi Keith, yes I saw your advert & thought "Hmmm". The old girl has just gone through another MOT, so I will keep the "Devil you know" until I see something I fancy. ::)
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omegas are for life not just for xmas-mines done 254000 and would get rid of mrs first :y :y :y-but i am mad- ;D
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One thing's for certain, I've driven quite a few cars lately and there's not much out there with as much kit, as good a ride and as reliable as an Omega. Not at the price. Only thing close is the Jaguar S-type and I'm not convinced of the reliability, particularly the 4.0l lump!
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Stick with Omega , simples :)
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Stick with Omega , simples :)
yep anything else is gay-yes they break/leak /spit/growl/moan---they got something very few cars have and that is soul
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Downside of the Omega TD is some muppet paired it with GMs autobox. A poor combo that saps power and mullers MPG. A manual one achieve much better MPG, if you can tolerate the 1850s manual box