Omega Owners Forum

Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Broomies Mate on 24 October 2014, 21:50:12

Title: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: Broomies Mate on 24 October 2014, 21:50:12
Stumbled across this YouTube video tonight.  What a marvellous thing!  ;D

This was (apparently) a training video for the Austin Rover sales guys.  I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzBmCrLa5Xc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzBmCrLa5Xc)

Best 11 minutes I have had in weeks - Really!  ;D
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: plym ian on 24 October 2014, 22:57:05
I enjoyed that :y

forgot how shite them cars really were ;D
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: 4x4 on 25 October 2014, 00:27:15
They were bloody quick tho  ;D
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: plym ian on 25 October 2014, 00:33:42
They were bloody quick tho  ;D
True true a joy riders dream :)
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: 4x4 on 25 October 2014, 00:37:57
So was the mg maestro turbo,only thing i didnt like was the metric size tyres  ;D
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: Andy B on 25 October 2014, 08:23:12
.... ,only thing i didnt like was the metric size tyres  ;D

I was talking the owner of a MKII Granada GhiaX estate that still had its TRX metric rims on. When I commented on them, he told me he'd recently replaced all four at a cost of  ................... £265 EACH!!!!!!!!!!  :o
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: Keith ABS on 25 October 2014, 10:39:01
  Agree about those metric tyres. I had a MG Montego. Over £100 a tyre back then (93)
Keith B
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 25 October 2014, 10:42:30
Cringe...cringe......cringe.

Even today though a Montego Turbo is as quick as some 'hot hatches'.
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: chrisgixer on 25 October 2014, 11:26:12
Couldn't bare to watch it.
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: Nick W on 25 October 2014, 15:02:29
Cringe...cringe......cringe.

Even today though a Montego Turbo is as quick as some 'hot hatches'.

Mine needed some attention; all the front bushes, one front wheel bearing and CV joint, all four tyres(metric as mentioned) and both front shocks.
If you floored it at 70mph, you needed to be in the middle lane of an empty motorway. Pulled like a train for as long as you dared to hold on!
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: YZ250 on 25 October 2014, 16:45:00
I had the later Montego Turbo with the criss-cross alloys. Anyone that owned one will remember a certain thing about them...............torque steer.  :o :o
It was a lively car in its day.  :y
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: 05omegav6 on 25 October 2014, 16:54:17
.... ,only thing i didnt like was the metric size tyres  ;D

I was talking the owner of a MKII Granada GhiaX estate that still had its TRX metric rims on. When I commented on them, he told me he'd recently replaced all four at a cost of  ................... £265 EACH!!!!!!!!!!  :o
I used Avons on mine... even in 2002 they where 'only' £90 each as opposed to £200 odd for the Michelin ones :o

A fair few cars used them iirc... Peugeot 505/604 Gti, BMW 6 and 7 series and the 2.8i Granadas to name a few...
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: YZ250 on 25 October 2014, 17:11:53
.... ,only thing i didnt like was the metric size tyres  ;D

I was talking the owner of a MKII Granada GhiaX estate that still had its TRX metric rims on. When I commented on them, he told me he'd recently replaced all four at a cost of  ................... £265 EACH!!!!!!!!!!  :o
I used Avons on mine... even in 2002 they where 'only' £90 each as opposed to £200 odd for the Michelin ones :o

A fair few cars used them iirc... Peugeot 505/604 Gti, BMW 6 and 7 series and the 2.8i Granadas to name a few...

Back then it was cheaper for me to buy four brand new wolfrace alloy wheels and tyres than it was just to replace the Dunlop Denovo run flats fitted to my 1275GT.  :o
Title: Re: YooToobe At It's Finest
Post by: scimmy_man on 28 October 2014, 12:01:48
its just like a racing car.............. ;D