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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Merlindriver on 09 March 2015, 11:08:07
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As much as I love it it is time for my 52 plate Omega Elite to go as a 3.2 just isn't viable as a commuting car for the distances I cover. Sadly I am not sure I'll be able to sell it as there are a number of things wrong with it which I can easily put up with but won't make it very attractive to a buyer. It has the dreaded P0420 and P0430 codes that clear for a short while with the OBD reader but alwyas come back, the drivers heated seat back shorted and burnt a hole in the leather, the aircon won't hold a charge, the Bose system sounds great but won't read a sat nav or audio disk in the single CD player and it has a slight oil leak from the bellhousing which is almost certainly the rear crankshaft seal. On top of that it is now due a cambelt change. Other than that it is great and at a shade over 100,000 miles with 6000 mile oil changed the engine is still so sweet. I am really reluctant to send it to the scrappy as it's got to be worth a whole lot more than they are prepared to offer so what should I do. Any ideas on what it might fetch as is because I see little merit in shelling out loads to fix a car that ultimately isn't going to be worth that much.
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Well, it looks like a duck, it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck... :-\
You know what, I think it might just be a duck ::)
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Personally, I'd advertise it on here outlining the issues, and set a realistic asking price ;)
(Need to speak to a friendly Admin first due to post count, and also move the post to General Car Chat) :-X
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Personally, I'd advertise it on here outlining the issues, and set a realistic asking price ;)
(Need to speak to a friendly Admin first due to post count, and also move the post to General Car Chat) :-X
Just so everybody is clear, we never move selling threads if the member lacks the necessary postcount. We only every move them for wanted type threads.
Any misplaced selling threads by members with low postcounts will be nuked, no matter how its worded ;)
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Personally, I'd advertise it on here outlining the issues, and set a realistic asking price ;)
(Need to speak to a friendly Admin first due to post count, and also move the post to General Car Chat) :-X
Just so everybody is clear, we never move selling threads if the member lacks the necessary postcount. We only every move them for wanted type threads.
Any misplaced selling threads by members with low postcounts will be nuked, no matter how its worded ;)
I am aware that over 250 posts are needed before anyone can sell on here and understand it's to prevent the unscrupulous - it wasn't my intention at all to sneak under the radar. Bit of a shame though when someone with a car that could benefit someone/many will see it end up at the crushers probably because its value as scrap per tonne is way more than a breaker would give for it. :'(
I'd break it myself but have neither the time or storage to do it.
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Could simply fix the broken bits... ::)
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Could simply fix the broken bits... ::)
Or get involved in forum life,and get your count up :)
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Could simply fix the broken bits... ::)
Which will cost more than the car is worth when it's finished! :'(
Or get involved in forum life,and get your count up :)
I could, but with an old TVR to keep going, a bike to enjoy, a full time job and part-time work (ok it's voluntary and fun) flying and displaying a Vietnam veteran helicopter I am a bit tied up elsewhere :)
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e bay it someone is allways after a 3.2 even needing a bit of work,just set a realistic start price!
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e bay it someone is allways after a 3.2 even needing a bit of work,just set a realistic start price!
That is my plan - if nothing else the engine is as sweet as a nut and the Bose sounds lovely and they might be good for someone to transplant.
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good luck with it bud
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good luck with it bud
Thanks. I have all the tools at home to work on the cars but not the space so I'll have to join the motor club at work where they have space and a vehicle lift and engine hoist. I only need to sell a few parts to make it worth more than the scrappy will give but haven't the time or contributions to get up to 250 posts to list it here so e-bay beckons.
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Could simply fix the broken bits... ::)
Which will cost more than the car is worth when it's finished! :'(
Or get involved in forum life,and get your count up :)
I could, but with an old TVR to keep going, a bike to enjoy, a full time job and part-time work (ok it's voluntary and fun) flying and displaying a Vietnam veteran helicopter I am a bit tied up elsewhere :)
Rubbish excuse...
Do you scrap the helicopter everytime summat breaks on it? You could argue that replacing four tyres is more the car is worth, or the front discs, or putting fuel in it... ::)
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Actually, scratch that, I have just discovered what they cost :o
http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/1755240.html
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Actually, scratch that, I have just discovered what they cost :o
http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/1755240.html
Precisely ;D
The problem is the residual values are just so low that a better option would be to can mine and buy another with everything working - but then I'm still faced with the 20mpg on my run to work :'(
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Sad thing is it's not a shed - cosmetically. OK it has a few scuffs here and there but it's still shiny and bar the small burn mark on the seat the interior is great - the back seat has been sat on less than a dozen times I reckon. On the go it is sweet but things just seem to have happened all at once - over the last 8 months really. To fix the strut bushes, do the cambelt change, fix the cats and the oil leak, possibly the thermostat is going to set me back best part of a grand if I do it myself, and then it'll be worth less than that because people don't appreciate how good Omegas are. There is always the concern about what's round the corner as well.
With that lot done, the car should be good for a while yet... put another way, anything you buy as a replacement will either need things doing, (brakes/tyres/servicing etc), or you'll be paying a premium in the first place... and even then there's no guarantees that significant work won't be required imminently :-\
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Hence the thread title - dilemma!
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That's my point, there is no dilema... better the devil you know and all that...
If you like the car, prioritise the jobs and fix it.
If you don't like it, the flog it and buy summat else safe in the knowledge that it too at some point will need money spending/will be less comfortable/wwd.
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The question you should therefore be asking is 'Do I like it?'
Simples :y
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Thanks a bunch - that is the last thing I need, someone asking me to make a rational decision. 8)
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Thanks a bunch - that is the last thing I need, someone asking me to make a rational decision. 8)
Nothing rational about it... one of mine has 267k miles on the clock, been written off three times and I still have it ::)
Why? Because I like it, pure and simple :y
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Do you want another one ;D
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If I had the space I would, but I currently have two estates, one pretty sorted apart from needing a new screen for its MoT and tother I acquired recently, and awaiting a front suspension rebuild/full service/cambelt/aircon regas and some paintwork... not to mention an as yet unidentified coolant leak (I haven't looked yet) or rocker cover gaskets or the fact that the MoT on that expires on Thursday :-X
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If I had the space I would, but I currently have two estates, one pretty sorted apart from needing a new screen for its MoT and tother I acquired recently, and awaiting a front suspension rebuild/full service/cambelt/aircon regas and some paintwork... not to mention an as yet unidentified coolant leak (I haven't looked yet) or rocker cover gaskets or the fact that the MoT on that expires on Thursday :-X
Mine sounds ok then ;D
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As much as I love it it is time for my 52 plate Omega Elite to go as a 3.2 just isn't viable as a commuting car for the distances I cover. Sadly I am not sure I'll be able to sell it as there are a number of things wrong with it which I can easily put up with but won't make it very attractive to a buyer. It has the dreaded P0420 and P0430 codes that clear for a short while with the OBD reader but alwyas come back, the drivers heated seat back shorted and burnt a hole in the leather, the aircon won't hold a charge, the Bose system sounds great but won't read a sat nav or audio disk in the single CD player and it has a slight oil leak from the bellhousing which is almost certainly the rear crankshaft seal. On top of that it is now due a cambelt change. Other than that it is great and at a shade over 100,000 miles with 6000 mile oil changed the engine is still so sweet. I am really reluctant to send it to the scrappy as it's got to be worth a whole lot more than they are prepared to offer so what should I do. Any ideas on what it might fetch as is because I see little merit in shelling out loads to fix a car that ultimately isn't going to be worth that much.
Ah this one ::) Got my work cut out on this then (http://comancheclub.com/public/style_emoticons/default/doh.gif)
Wonder if serek's busy ??? :D
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Actually, scratch that, I have just discovered what they cost :o
http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/1755240.html
Nice little one at work doing nothing, wonder if they would miss it ::)
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Actually, scratch that, I have just discovered what they cost :o
http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/1755240.html
Nice little one at work doing nothing, wonder if they would miss it ::)
Iconic helicopter - with any luck I'll be qualified on the Huey by the end of the year :)
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Hopefully it will be a fully kitted gunship,and I will be only to pleased to crew up as your trigger man,and I even have a confirmed first target,this being my local council's Planning and Highways dept.(long story) think we can do a proper job on them without to much collateral damage. ::) :y
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Hopefully it will be a fully kitted gunship,and I will be only to pleased to crew up as your trigger man,and I even have a confirmed first target,this being my local council's Planning and Highways dept.(long story) think we can do a proper job on them without to much collateral damage. ::) :y
It has a .50 cal each side if that helps - sadly decomissioned but make a good noise. The Loach I fly has a Minigun - again decomissioned and sadly silent (for the time being)!