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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: mantahatch on 06 November 2009, 19:56:58
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
If it had a resprayed front in early years (sounds like rear bumper may have been done), the replacement finish would chip more easily. They are all 6+ years old and most have the odd ding from being so large-especially on the front bumpers. Oil leak should be sorted before delivery.
I got fed up a chasing rainbows and bought mine which was ok overall but not perfect, but would buy off here next time as cars on here are more likely to have been looked after and be well sorted.
There's lots about, depends on your urgency :y
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If you don't hold up for what really want Manta whatever you buy will always be second best.
I would continue looking.
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
The first one at lmington cars is a 3.2 Elite, all 3.2 elites had leather as standard and that doesn't, I would avoid to be honest.
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
The first one at lmington cars is a 3.2 Elite, all 3.2 elites had leather as standard and that doesn't, I would avoid to be honest.
Ex-police with bits added?
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
The first one at lmington cars is a 3.2 Elite, all 3.2 elites had leather as standard and that doesn't, I would avoid to be honest.
Well then for me an Elite is useless then. Sorry but had leather seats on wife's old Volvo, I won't have them again. :(
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
The first one at lmington cars is a 3.2 Elite, all 3.2 elites had leather as standard and that doesn't, I would avoid to be honest.
Ex-police with bits added?
Seen a few Elites about witout leather though-it's got the Elite cloth trim, are you saying only 3.2 always had leather?
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
The first one at lmington cars is a 3.2 Elite, all 3.2 elites had leather as standard and that doesn't, I would avoid to be honest.
Ex-police with bits added?
Nope comes up as Elite on a car check, interior must have been changed :y
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I posted awhile back about buying a new Omega, Well this is the one I thought I was going to buy out of the Elites I had seen http://www.lymingtoncars.co.uk/18749/lymingtonc_stock.htm and frankly it is not up to standard in my opinion, it has an oil leak, a scratch on front bumper a scratch on rear bumper and the paint on the rear bumper is really really flat, also the bonnet and front wings have the same amount of motorway stone damage that I would expect to see on car that has 200k miles.
So I have looked elsewhere and found this http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=82614&pageid=1&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=2&start=8&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200944345016822
Now I am going to see this in the morning so don't have a fault list for it yet.
But judging by the sellers description over the phone it is in good condition.
I suppose the question is do I hold out for 3.2 Elite or buy a car in better condition but a lesser model.
I have now looked at 3 Elites and all of them have been well overpriced for there condition.
The first one at lmington cars is a 3.2 Elite, all 3.2 elites had leather as standard and that doesn't, I would avoid to be honest.
Ex-police with bits added?
Seen a few Elites about witout leather though-it's got the Elite cloth trim, are you saying only 3.2 always had leather?
2.5/2.6 Leather was optional, 3.0/3.2 leather was standard :y
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo, goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo, could have been changed I suppose, boot quite clean, nothing untowards on the interior I would say, in fact the interior is the tidiest bit of the car.
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
Interior and dash is easily changed....
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
New shape calibrated only goes to 150 :y
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
New shape calibrated only goes to 150 :y
155...... :y
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
New shape calibrated only goes to 150 :y
155...... :y
;D ;D :y
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Leather is standard not compulsary
Perhaps they specified cloth?
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
No one cares, to be honest. Its whether its got a calibrated speedo or not thats in question as a means to give at least some indication as to whether its ex police or not.
Just a few nits being picked, as is often the want on here by some..... ;)
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
The OP may do as he may not want an ex plodder.
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
Just re-read my post H21 and it read as if no speedo which is calibrated will go up to 160 was meant to have a , after meaning that car didn't have a calibrated speedo as it goes up to 160 mph and its a facelift, that'll teach me to forget grammar :y
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Just a few nits being picked, as is often the want on here by some..... ;)
After reading my Inbox, I know EXACTLY what you mean mate ;)
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3.2 'Elites' in police spec would have been cloth interior. If its now masquerading as a civvy car, check for a calibrated speedo and extra holes in the dash and/or boot where extra kit would have been fitted in Police use....
No calibrated speedo goes up to 160 MPH :y Also has the built in Sat-Nav etc, just no leather.
Beg to differ....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187171420
Just re-read my post H21 and it read as if no speedo which is calibrated will go up to 160 was meant to have a , after meaning that car didn't have a calibrated speedo as it goes up to 160 mph and its a facelift, that'll teach me to forget grammar :y
Whatever!.... ;D Its no great shakes either way. :y
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
The buyer will care a great deal, as it would be police spec, rather than retail.
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
The buyer will care a great deal, as it would be police spec, rather than retail.
What I meant was, if the speedo was calibrated in 1mph increments (meaning it's ex filth), it won't make any odds whether it's 150 or 160 FSD....it ain't gonna make a REAL 150 anyway.
Same applies if it isn't ex filth, it ain't reaching 150 in the real world unless it's been tweaked.
It don't matter anyway, because the only place you can safely reach those sort of speeds is the racetrack....and most people buy a MIG to use daily on the public highway.
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
The buyer will care a great deal, as it would be police spec, rather than retail.
What I meant was, if the speedo was calibrated in 1mph increments (meaning it's ex filth), it won't make any odds whether it's 150 or 160 FSD....it ain't gonna make a REAL 150 anyway.
Same applies if it isn't ex filth, it ain't reaching 150 in the real world unless it's been tweaked.
It don't matter anyway, because the only place you can safely reach those sort of speeds is the racetrack....and most people buy a MIG to use daily on the public highway.
Even less so if its plod, as their diffs (as i under stand it) where not standard ratio, they were shorter to allow better acceleration, at the cost of top end speed.
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Who cares what the speedo is calibrated to?
Simple fact is it ain't gonna make a REAL LIFE 150mph, even if you drove it straight off Beachy Head.
The buyer will care a great deal, as it would be police spec, rather than retail.
What I meant was, if the speedo was calibrated in 1mph increments (meaning it's ex filth), it won't make any odds whether it's 150 or 160 FSD....it ain't gonna make a REAL 150 anyway.
Same applies if it isn't ex filth, it ain't reaching 150 in the real world unless it's been tweaked.
It don't matter anyway, because the only place you can safely reach those sort of speeds is the racetrack....and most people buy a MIG to use daily on the public highway.
As you say, who really cares?? Point of the post was to confirm cars parentage, nowt else.... :-?
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I reckon a healthy 3.0/3.2 could reach 150mph given enough room & under suitable conditions. I've never had the Beastie higher than 130 ish but there was plenty left. No need as so many posts here in the past & on youtube show 150ish attainable so i don't risk it. Given no such posts are made for the 2.5 i did let my old CD manual go full trot once & got an indicated 145 on a flat before i backed off due to her feeling a little light given the high profile tyres & soft suspension. She'd stopped pulling hard but was still creeping up. I accept these are indicated speeds but it gives an idea of the top whack a good 6 can achieve. Traffic police used them a while back....B!!!
Regarding the Elite seats i could'nt say for sure but i agree with the comment an Elite might have been specced from new with cloth. The above CD was specced with leather so it could be down to the first ownwers tastes.
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If you don't hold up for what really want Manta whatever you buy will always be second best.
I would continue looking.
thats a life lesson that I spent 43 years and some to learn ;D :y :y :y
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The 3.2's came with leather as standard, however it was a no cost option for empire velour to be fitted in place of the leather. This is indicated in my 2003 Omega brochure, so I assume it was also the case in 2001 when I think the car in the advert was first registered.
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I have picked up a lot of info on here tonight!
Great stuff :y