Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lizzie_Zoom on 11 April 2009, 17:52:08
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,has anyone actually seen one out there?? :-? :-? :-?
Since testing the Insignia saloons last year, and now being sent a special promotional package (what a waste of money when GM are struggling!!) about the Sports Tourer launched yesterday (10th April), I have not seen any of them on the road! :o :o :o :o
Are they selling; how many of you have actually seen one?? :-? :-?
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A mate of mine is test driving one from the local dealership next week -- they haven't sussed oout that he hasn't got two coins to rub together !!!!
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Ther are 3 of them down here in cornwall. 2 black and 1 dark grey, think the dark grey is a lease hire.
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Ther are 3 of them down here in cornwall. 2 black and 1 dark grey, think the dark grey is a lease hire.
What part of Cornwall would that be ?
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i havent seen any yet. must admit the black one in my local vauxs looks nice
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they look ok on adverts but in reality look like mazdas or toyotas
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I see bloody loads of them going back and forth to work
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Ther are 3 of them down here in cornwall. 2 black and 1 dark grey, think the dark grey is a lease hire.
What part of Cornwall would that be ?
Bodmin and wadebridge whilst driving around in my TNT lorry.
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Loads of them here. I've been parked next to a few and when compared side by side, it just doesn't cut it :y
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i saw a silver one in Great Yarmouth a couple of weeks ago, and another silver one in London 2 days ago...
t-star
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see several around St.Neots, look good, not that I'll be getting one anytime soon
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
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I see bloody loads of them going back and forth to work
Same here. They look............erm......anonymous.
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Had a test drive around the block (2 miles) a few weeks ago, 2.0CDTI 16v(160PS) Manual, hatchback. Plenty of torque, engine a little noisy compared to Ford diesels, headroom in the back not as good as an Omega, by a long way. Also the trim was very dark, in fact too dark if you go for the black option, (inside of a coffin).
Loads on the road around here, they do look very good.
Sorry not a Omega replacement !!!
regards
richarda
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
Give it ten years.
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
Give it ten years.
Yes, we do have a high proportion of 'older' cars around here, but there is a growing business community who I thought would be driving them by now. As you say, 10 years time and they will be everywhere / going to the breakers!! ;) ;)
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
Give it ten years.
Yes, we do have a high proportion of 'older' cars around here, but there is a growing business community who I thought would be driving them by now. As you say, 10 years time and they will be everywhere / going to the breakers!! ;) ;)
I worked in Mill Hill and had a mate from Ashford. We finished at 6 o'clock and he sometimes didn't get home until nine. Lorries stacked on motorway or something.
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Had a test drive around the block (2 miles) a few weeks ago, 2.0CDTI 16v(160PS) Manual, hatchback. Plenty of torque, engine a little noisy compared to Ford diesels, headroom in the back not as good as an Omega, by a long way. Also the trim was very dark, in fact too dark if you go for the black option, (inside of a coffin).
Loads on the road around here, they do look very good.
Sorry not a Omega replacement !!!
regards
richarda
Anyone interested in the latest from GM is probably hanging on to an Omega until a suitable replacment comes along (never) :P
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
Give it ten years.
Yes, we do have a high proportion of 'older' cars around here, but there is a growing business community who I thought would be driving them by now. As you say, 10 years time and they will be everywhere / going to the breakers!! ;) ;)
I worked in Mill Hill and had a mate from Ashford. We finished at 6 o'clock and he sometimes didn't get home until nine. Lorries stacked on motorway or something.
Oh yes STMO, that is one hell of a journey!! :o :o I used to commute backwards and forwards to The Old Kent Road, South London every day. It could take me up to 3.5 hours to get home, when it only took 1.5 hours in the morning (or under 1 hour on a Sunday / Bank Holiday!) :o :o
The journey through New Cross, Lewisham, the South Circular and the M20 could all conspire against me (and thousands others!) with one journey I remember including going 1.5 miles in 1.5 hours!! :o :o
Your mate would no doubt have used the M25 / Dartford Crossing as well, which I avoided like the plague due to its horrendous holds up at rush hours. >:( >:( God help anyone taking that route!! :'( :'(
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Sorry not a Omega replacement !!!
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It's replacement for the Vectra!
I noticed the back of one the other day. You'd have thought that when they had a clean sheet for a new car, they'd have found room at the back for 2 fogs & 2 reverse lamps. They've gone the route of using the driver's side reverse light for the rear fog ..... looks cheap to me. :-?
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Saw one this morning - not over impressed with the one I saw - looked cheap
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Had a spin in the Brother-in-Law's hire one the other day... Not impressed at all TBH :( :(
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
That's because in wealthy Kent.......................everyone drives a Bentley..........Aston Martin.................Ferrari................Lamborghini..........or Zonda......Lizzie. :D :D :D :y
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Loads round here, looking forward to seeing the estate though.
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Loads round here, looking forward to seeing the estate though.
Seen one and driven one.....not bad. There is one where Man Father works
Typical family car.
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
That's because in wealthy Kent.......................everyone drives a Bentley..........Aston Martin.................Ferrari................Lamborghini..........or Zonda......Lizzie. :D :D :D :y
Well funny you should say that Optimist as I keep on seeing a Bugatti around here..... :D :D ;)
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I've seen 6 or 7 in the last 2 weeks driving on the M40. I'm not so keen on the design of the rear end, it looks like you would struggle to get anything big in the boot
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I've seen 6 or 7 in the last 2 weeks driving on the M40. I'm not so keen on the design of the rear end, it looks like you would struggle to get anything big in the boot
Interesting that you should say that, because when I was at the preview day of the Insignia last year, the boots I tried to look in were sealed, so never got to see inside one! :o :o :o I wonder why now! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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I've seen 6 or 7 in the last 2 weeks driving on the M40. I'm not so keen on the design of the rear end, it looks like you would struggle to get anything big in the boot
No good for carrying bodies then. Unlike an omega :y
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The boot entry space looked quite narrow but that was only from a distance. I'm sure someone who's got first hand experience will advise
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seen 5 or 6 on the m4, hogging lane 3 usually. older drivers mostly for some reason, where they get the cash? :-/
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my mate has just hired on one from enterprise . its in black its a td looks very nice its on a 58 plate ? ill have to sak him what its like on the road :-/ :-/
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It's good that so many of you have seen them, so GM must be selling them; they need to! ::) ::) :D ;)
Perhaps it is just me, but as I have said I have yet to see one around Ashford which is very surprising. :o
Give it ten years.
Yes, we do have a high proportion of 'older' cars around here, but there is a growing business community who I thought would be driving them by now. As you say, 10 years time and they will be everywhere / going to the breakers!! ;) ;)
I worked in Mill Hill and had a mate from Ashford. We finished at 6 o'clock and he sometimes didn't get home until nine. Lorries stacked on motorway or something.
I know it well. ;) Whereabouts did you work and why didn't you ever pop in for a cuppa? ;D
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What I can't understand is why Vauxhall are still racing the Vectra in the BTCC series. They should have had enough time to build an Insignia and capitalise on the TV exposure of such a high profile race series from race 1.
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see several around St.Neots, look good, not that I'll be getting one anytime soon
Were they on bricks by any chance... ;D ;D
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fair few round my way. Followed a 1.9 diesel on the first dat of 09 plate, it smelt of neat, unburnt diesel ;D
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seen two (one estate) here in Switzerland but both looked like garage-owned cars.
The styling too busy for my liking. But that can be said for many if not most of new cars.
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Seen a few around and about, look good from some angles but from others look bloody awful IMHI :-/
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Had a look at a brand new one a while ago,thought it looked shite tbh.
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what is the biggest petrol engine they do on this insignia any one know :-/ :-?
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what is the biggest petrol engine they do on this insignia any one know :-/ :-?
Think its a 2.8?
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is that a v6 :-/
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Yep it is, with 60/40 4wd
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Yep it is, with 60/40 4wd
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Yep it is, with 60/40 4wd
wrong way round - but then there os a reason for this - a lot of new drivers are actually scared of RWD, I used to live next to someone who was terrified of the idea - even though it was so much better
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Saw one on Friday while driving to Berlin on the A2, driven by an outside lane hugging tw......
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saw one the other day not sure if it was owned or being test driven.
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Loads around these parts, I think it has the lines of the new Mercedes C class !
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Saw one pulling away from my local shell station in Truro on Thursday. I have to say it looked smaller than I imagined but good all the same
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Thank goodness so many of you have seen them as i gives hope that one day there will be enough second hand Insignia going around for us to purchase one, although I don't want to ever lose my miggie, like I never wanted to lose my Senator but stupidly did!! ::) ::) :'(
But will it keep GM going?. :-? :-?
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Sat in a rather nice Elite at the dealership t'other day.
Was seriously disappointed at the lack of interior space and lack of movement in the seat.
It didn't make me feel very comfortable or indeed as welcomed as my old £300 Miggy.
It's really well designed and pretty to look at, but, give me me a Mig any day.
Seen a fair few on the road tho.
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i seen one today,nice looking motor.
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Really Lizzie, I've seen probably about 10 in ashford, go to enterprise one in there too :y
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Better specced ones dont look too bad with their larger wheels
Anyone else think that the front looks alot like a Toyota Avensis (the model they have just replaced) ?
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Work colleague was down from Leeds last week and he has an 09 Insignia in black. Was looking at a Passat but managed to fully load a 160PS diesel with loads of toys (including parking sensors as his missus can't park) and keep it under the £300 a month company car allowance.