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Title: What's wrong with this?
Post by: VXL V6 on 16 December 2014, 19:01:52
It took me a couple of mins, but I got there eventually!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Omega-3-0l-V6-Elite-V-reg-/331417250070?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: omegod on 16 December 2014, 19:26:17
Apart from it's minging dirty and a shitad I can't see it! wipers the wrong way or sumat ?
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Entwood on 16 December 2014, 19:35:29
Methinks he refers to it being a 3.0 litre facelift ... petrol Facelifts should be either 2.6 or 3.2, V reg is the earliest facelifts came out so that bit could be right.

Josh's guide

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90488.0

seems to agree with my recollection, but I could be wrong....

EDIT:

just found this ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega

which shows, some way down, that the 3.0 litre was produced as a facelift for a few months from end of 99 to early 2000 ... so could be correct after all.
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 16 December 2014, 19:45:43
Taxed end dec 2014,mot to 18/1/15

3.0 in green :-\

As John said, filthy and crap ad :-\
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 16 December 2014, 19:47:19
Methinks he refers to it being a 3.0 litre facelift ... petrol Facelifts should be either 2.6 or 3.2, V reg is the earliest facelifts came out so that bit could be right.

Josh's guide

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90488.0

seems to agree with my recollection, but I could be wrong....

EDIT:

just found this ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega

which shows, some way down, that the 3.0 litre was produced as a facelift for a few months from end of 99 to early 2000 ... so could be correct after all.

Y being the reg you're thinking... very early facelift that one, first registered 18/1/00
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Nick W on 16 December 2014, 19:56:08


just found this ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega

which shows, some way down, that the 3.0 litre was produced as a facelift for a few months from end of 99 to early 2000 ... so could be correct after all.

Y being the reg you're thinking... very early facelift that one, first registered 18/1/00

Mine's even earlier; registered on 29(ish) December '99
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: VXL V6 on 16 December 2014, 20:20:42
Yep, the windscreen wiper arms and wipers are transposed.

Which means it's either had a new windscreen and the 'fitter' had an epic fail or the scuttle has been off.

Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: omega3000 on 16 December 2014, 20:30:54
The headlights need polished
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: minifreek on 16 December 2014, 20:54:26
Mines a 99 V plate 2.5 Facelift....?

The wipers are on the correct way round too....?
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Andy B on 16 December 2014, 21:00:46
Mines a 99 V plate 2.5 Facelift....?

The wipers are on the correct way round too....?

Driver's side doesn't look right  ??? ???

but I can't go & look at mine to check ............  ;D
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: 4x4 on 16 December 2014, 21:50:43
Wipers wrong way round,as said been removed and not replaced on correct side,its err wrong colour ,should be black as they are faster.
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: kevinp58 on 16 December 2014, 22:57:32
The is a  2ltr face lift on a V near me  :y scree does  look very clean unlike the headlights  :-\
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 December 2014, 09:41:58
Yep, the windscreen wiper arms and wipers are transposed.

Which means it's either had a new windscreen and the 'fitter' had an epic fail or the scuttle has been off.

Not come across a windscreen replacement job that has been anything else, TBH, so highly likely.
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 17 December 2014, 09:59:43
The dealer in the background is 'Wyverns' - which was a 1940s/50s Vauxhall, and the medium-to-large-ish saloon of the day, but with lower spec and a smaller engine. So like an Omega Select/GLS 2.0/2.2 today :-)

(http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/wyvern-eix.jpg)

After I got googling 1950s cars I sort of got distracted...  :y
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: aaronjb on 17 December 2014, 10:18:02
Yep, the windscreen wiper arms and wipers are transposed.

Which means it's either had a new windscreen and the 'fitter' had an epic fail or the scuttle has been off.

Not come across a windscreen replacement job that has been anything else, TBH, so highly likely.

I had to fix someones windscreen washer yesterday for the same reason - jets are in the scuttle and the fitter had managed to forget to reattach the washer pipe..
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Shackeng on 17 December 2014, 15:11:29
The dealer in the background is 'Wyverns' - which was a 1940s/50s Vauxhall, and the medium-to-large-ish saloon of the day, but with lower spec and a smaller engine. So like an Omega Select/GLS 2.0/2.2 today :-)

(http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/wyvern-eix.jpg)

After I got googling 1950s cars I sort of got distracted...  :y

The Velox was the bigger engined one. Lovely car to drive. :y
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 December 2014, 17:12:15
Methinks he refers to it being a 3.0 litre facelift ... petrol Facelifts should be either 2.6 or 3.2, V reg is the earliest facelifts came out so that bit could be right.

Josh's guide

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90488.0

seems to agree with my recollection, but I could be wrong....

EDIT:

just found this ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega

which shows, some way down, that the 3.0 litre was produced as a facelift for a few months from end of 99 to early 2000 ... so could be correct after all.
The inferior, loved-by-the-tree-hugging-hippies, DBW V6s didn't come in until model year 2001, so all MY2000 V6s had the superior, quicker, more economical 2.5/3.0 variants... :y
Title: Re: What's wrong with this?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 18 December 2014, 09:58:53
Agreed!!

And to Shackeng, quite true  :)

Dusting off my brain cells now, the... Velox got (I think) the 2 1/4 litre straight six, Wyverns had the 4 cyl 1.5, (later used in the F Victor, which replaced Wyvern as entry level model) and the even-higher spec model, the Cresta appeared a couple of years before the end of the E Series.

Also PFLs with proper cable throttles are most definintely the best  :y