Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: sir moanalot on 04 December 2006, 20:48:40
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on sunday i sold my mondeo 1.8 td est, it has been a reliable motor but always had my heart set on an omega, when i went looking in 2000 they were just too costly. its amazing how you get attatched to a car but my missus swore she see a tear in my eye as it was driven away..............
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on sunday i sold my mondeo 1.8 td est, it has been a reliable motor but always had my heart set on an omega, when i went looking in 2000 they were just too costly. its amazing how you get attatched to a car but my missus swore she see a tear in my eye as it was driven away..............
Aaahhh :'(...but now you've seen the light :y
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Oh the memories... 1.8TD mondeo 0-60.... er....still waiting, and a lovely 30 mpg :o...what a car ::)
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152,000 on the clock and it still pulled well, but nowt compared to the pull of a 2.5 v6........ ;D
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152,000 on the clock and it still pulled well, but nowt compared to the pull of a 2.5 v6........ ;D
:y
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152,000 on the clock and it still pulled well, but nowt compared to the pull of a 2.5 v6........ ;D
I wasn't expecting it to be a rocket for obvious reasons but i couldn't live with 30 mpg from a diesel.... i get that from the V6 :-?
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Used to have an Lreg Mondeo Si 2.0 was nice but i tell ya i then got my omega (not the current 1 2.5 Elite 96 Preg only 2 years old then with leather was lovely :o) this was back in 98 and i tell ya the amount of extra pull in the meega was so much better (of course)
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i sat and worked it out- mondeo, diesel 6p xtra per litre but only 5 mpg more -it evened itself out really!!!
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The 1.8TD did get bad write-ups :(
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i sat and worked it out- mondeo, diesel 6p xtra per litre but only 5 mpg more -it evened itself out really!!!
Yup, diesel mondeos are useless on fuel
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i sat and worked it out- mondeo, diesel 6p xtra per litre but only 5 mpg more -it evened itself out really!!!
Yup, diesel mondeos are useless on fuel
Not as bad as my Volvo V70 T-5 was i used to put £10 a day in that mind u my wife says i'm heavy footed :-[
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its easy to get :-/ sentimental about a car
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Mondeo or Omega? Not a difficult choice. Has to be the Mondeo for me. Yah yah yah, I know I can here you all shouting at the screen, but the Mondeo is a better car. In fact it is so good, after 2 years of running it around, I sent ours back to South Africa, where it is now waiting my next visit. Something I definitely would not consider doing with an omega!
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I remember weeping copious tears at the sale of a Wolsely 18/85S a (good) number of years ago.
Great 'Q' car passion waggon......
Magic wand gearlever from towards the front bulkhead, handbrake out the dashboard, all seats leather with front seats side by side (with no gaps between to get caught up in) and centre armrests (good grief, even the Omega Elite don't have them!)
Piece de Resistance was that the front seats, lacking in headrests that they were, folded flat and flush with the front of the rear seat squab and made a rather convenient double bed sized surface upon which one could indulge in ones 'courting'.
No need for a grubby Escort van with an old mattress in the rear!
(and the leather was wipe clean :-[ )
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ahhhh, you cannot beat an estate for that, mines a 2.5 v6 est! would be a bit scared indulging on a leather seat though!!
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I currently run a 97 2.0 lx mundaneo(aka the bin), now firstly, I have to admit the mundaneo (bin) is a good car, very cheap to run and insure. Secondly, I picked mine up for £150 at an auction, 118k with FSH, company car from new, 6mnths MOT and because it had two cracked bumpers the traders would not touch i. I drove home in this perfectly good runaround.
Herein lies the problem.
She who must be obeyed can have her little 1.2 shopping trolley SEAT IBIZA.
Whilst I indulge myself with a frankly BARGAIN £500 1997 Omega Reflection manual 2.5.
Apart from the usual issues, mainly bypass valve p**sing coolant and spots of rust on the bootlid, the meega is due to get another years MOT, and a fresh tax disc in the window.
The Meega is a frankly interesting little project, whilst the mundaneo (bin) will be kept as the daily driver/shunter/rescue vehicle it has already been, until the car gives it up.
The meega is ultimately the favourite, as fords competition was only available in a slush box as opposed to the manual MV6.
P.S. I dont have anything against autos, it's just nice to have the choice.
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SWMBO had a 'T' plate Mondeo 2.0 16v Ghia X estate before her Omega.
It bit the big one!!! I was soooo happy to see that go!!
It is easy to get attached to cars though. I bawled my eyes out when I had to say goobye to my first car, (Cortina estate), and definitely had a lump in my throat when I sold my Supra a few years back.