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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 31 January 2018, 16:46:00

Title: MOT time again
Post by: terry paget on 31 January 2018, 16:46:00
It's time to sort out my cars for MOTs. It is dawning upon me that I am running seven 18 year old cars. In the 60s cars used to rust away in 6 or 7 years. In the 80s my cars wore out mechanically in 10 years. In the 1990s and 2000s my Senators eventually wore out their clutches, so I scrapped them. JamesV6CDX and forum members have taught me how to change Omega clutches, now rusty cills are the problem.

I have begun to inspect the April MOT candidates. The first 2, both 2000 2.5 estates, have sound cills. Great! The third, a 2000 2.2 saloon, will need both cills repairing. Bother. All seven cars are running well, and could last another year.

Used Omegas seem to get rarer and more expensive. Last week a 2002 2.6 went for £1300 - ridiculous!
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Post by: ronnyd on 31 January 2018, 17:59:05
Some dealers are asking £2 to£3k for GLSs as well Terry :o
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Post by: Doctor Gollum on 31 January 2018, 18:52:05
Nothing wrong with GLS cars...  ::)
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Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 31 January 2018, 19:01:17
They are lighter than variants further up the range, which could be important with a 4 pot engine.  :y
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Post by: ronnyd on 31 January 2018, 19:19:27
It,s not the fact that they are GLS. it,s just a lot for an entry level 15yr old car.
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Post by: neil74 on 31 January 2018, 20:48:35
There's something wrong with the 99 elite estate on ebay for £1495 at the moment. check out its recent MOT results..
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Post by: terry paget on 31 January 2018, 21:49:16
There's something wrong with the 99 elite estate on ebay for £1495 at the moment. check out its recent MOT results..
So there is!  MOT failed January 2018 22 items, mainly brakes and lights. MOT passed March 2017 1 advisory worn rear brake discs.
Title: Re: MOT time again
Post by: neil74 on 01 February 2018, 00:00:00
You've forgot to mention the cracked and rotten chassis rails too.
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Post by: ajsphead on 01 February 2018, 07:53:12
A random MOT check of Omegas for sale tells a depressingly similar story. Terry's don't sound too bad in comparison, eminently fixable.
The one mentioned on ebay looks like one step removed from a death trap to me - cracked chassis rail -  unless it's £1495 because he's rectified everything that's wrong and needs to make something on it. Looks like it's going to need one hell of a welding session.

When going to buy an Omega now, best take the overalls and a pointy tool.
Title: Re: MOT time again
Post by: terry paget on 01 February 2018, 09:50:13
A random MOT check of Omegas for sale tells a depressingly similar story. Terry's don't sound too bad in comparison, eminently fixable.
The one mentioned on ebay looks like one step removed from a death trap to me - cracked chassis rail -  unless it's £1495 because he's rectified everything that's wrong and needs to make something on it. Looks like it's going to need one hell of a welding session.

When going to buy an Omega now, best take the overalls and a pointy tool.
Here is a low mileage  Omega, with current MOT to March 2018, in a terrible state, beyond economic repair. I am shocked that in 9 months and 4000 miles a car could deteriorate so much.
Do MOT testers have check lists specific to certain cars, or just go around with check lists inspecting standard things and ticking boxes? I have watched them doing it often enough, but stood back and not enquired.
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 01 February 2018, 10:45:04
I'm sure they have things to look out for on certain models. That the back end isn't only connected by the fuel line, the exhaust and the propshaft in the case of a Navara, for example. :D
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Post by: annihilator on 01 February 2018, 11:30:19
Here's one with a nearly perfect Mot history and its the much better pre-facelift  ;D

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292427384081
Title: Re: MOT time again
Post by: neil74 on 04 February 2018, 00:55:22
Well it seems that the dealer thought it worth the bother and has had the 99 elite estate "repaired" and it now has an mot for another year.. but just how well was the work done??.
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Post by: Shackeng on 04 February 2018, 10:32:06
My CDX similar went for £400 last year. No-one on OOF wanted it, and it had complete new shocks, springs plus all welding done. :(
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Post by: Doctor Gollum on 04 February 2018, 10:38:09
My CDX similar went for £400 last year. No-one on OOF wanted it, and it had complete new shocks, springs plus all welding done. :(
A missed opportunity there :-\
Title: Re: MOT time again
Post by: terry paget on 04 February 2018, 14:42:30
Well it seems that the dealer thought it worth the bother and has had the 99 elite estate "repaired" and it now has an mot for another year.. but just how well was the work done??.
Quite. Both test results are there for all the world to see. I am sure the second testing station was aware of the original test, yet now all is apparently well apart from an advisory on nearside sub frame mounting. Let's see what it goes for. I thought it was rusted beyond repair.