Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: johnnycboy on 21 May 2010, 19:46:05
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Picked up the BM yesterday and must say I've been impressed so far ;). Still no where near as much grunt or fun as the 3.2 ;D but fuel consumption is double.
It was a hard decision but needed a car which was a bit younger and if VX still made the Omega I ould have bought one but there you go, things have to move on. :'(
So please be gentle with me as I get easily upset if I'm attacked ;D
Gun loaded now fire away ::)
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Which model did you get?
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Which model did you get?
Girlie 318i se ;D
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Smaller than an Astra....how will you ever cope lol
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Smaller than an Astra....how will you ever cope lol
Suprisingly roomy inside ::)
May have to bring it to one of the meets ;)
How come your an ex-member then Mark have I missed something :question
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Smaller than an Astra....how will you ever cope lol
Suprisingly roomy inside ::)
May have to bring it to one of the meets ;)
How come your an ex-member then Mark have I missed something :question
I found that with my 3 series, what year, E36, E46, E90?
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Smaller than an Astra....how will you ever cope lol
Suprisingly roomy inside ::)
May have to bring it to one of the meets ;)
How come your an ex-member then Mark have I missed something :question
I found that with my 3 series, what year, E36, E46, E90?
Its an 07 so not sure what comes in at - perhaps you can spread some light on it Delboy :y
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My missus is 40 next year and has got her heart set on a 3 series for her birthday. I think they look good and, surprisingly, are quite cheap at three yearsold.
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My missus is 40 next year and has got her heart set on a 3 series for her birthday. I think they look good and, surprisingly, are quite cheap at three yearsold.
I must admit even from the stealers, it was not as expensive as I thought it would be ;)
My misses is happy with it and it's growing on me. :y
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Thought you meant you'd started wearing pink crocs and listening to (p)Rick (gh)Astley CDs John. ;D ;D
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My missus is 40 next year and has got her heart set on a 3 series for her birthday. I think they look good and, surprisingly, are quite cheap at three yearsold.
You cradle snatcher you............ :D :D :D
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very dissapointing Mr. Cboy! :-/
;D
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Thought you meant you'd started wearing pink crocs and listening to (p)Rick (gh)Astley CDs John. ;D ;D
318se is more johnny hates jazz dont you think?
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07 it'll be an E90 :y
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
Same as the 525d, 530d and 535d all have 3.0 diesel engines after 2007 :y
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Isn't dark side Diesel? In which case you would have to have a 318d to qualify ......... ::)
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Isn't dark side Diesel? In which case you would have to have a 318d to qualify ......... ::)
I wouldn't mind a new 320ED, 163 BHP, 8 secs to 60, 143 MPH and £20 for a years tax :y
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
Same as the 525d, 530d and 535d all have 3.0 diesel engines after 2007 :y
Really? so the 535d is just a chipped 530d? Thought it had its own new engine :-/
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
Same as the 525d, 530d and 535d all have 3.0 diesel engines after 2007 :y
Really? so the 535d is just a chipped 530d? Thought it had its own new engine :-/
Not quite, this is how the 3 engines are:
525d - 204 BHP Small-ish Turbo
530d - 242 BHP Large Turbo
535d - 286 BHP Small Turbo & Large Turbo.
:y
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Thought you meant you'd started wearing pink crocs and listening to (p)Rick (gh)Astley CDs John. ;D ;D
Not in my lifetime ;D
Although Albs got one of my CD's which is close to rick ghastly Shite ::)
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07 it'll be an E90 :y
Thanks for info :y
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I thought you had gone wrong wheel drive
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I thought you had gone wrong wheel drive
Still on the rear :y
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
Same as the 525d, 530d and 535d all have 3.0 diesel engines after 2007 :y
Really? so the 535d is just a chipped 530d? Thought it had its own new engine :-/
Not quite, this is how the 3 engines are:
525d - 204 BHP Small-ish Turbo
530d - 242 BHP Large Turbo
535d - 286 BHP Small Turbo & Large Turbo.
:y
That means I could have it chipped up :y
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
Same as the 525d, 530d and 535d all have 3.0 diesel engines after 2007 :y
Really? so the 535d is just a chipped 530d? Thought it had its own new engine :-/
Not quite, this is how the 3 engines are:
525d - 204 BHP Small-ish Turbo
530d - 242 BHP Large Turbo
535d - 286 BHP Small Turbo & Large Turbo.
:y
How is the power output achieved then :question if they are all the same size lump :-/
Different sized Turbo's on the diesels, different engine mapping on the petrols, some I think IIRC have different manifolds, like your 318i will have I think 143 BHP, but the 320i I think has a different manifold and a couple of other little mods and it has 170 bhp :y
My 5 series has a 218 BHP 2.5 engine, the 523i has the same engine but 192 BHP due to a different manifold. But again the 525i after 2007 was changed to a more fficient 3.0 engine but still retains exactly the same power output, where as the 530i after 2007 has 272 BHP with the same engine. You could probably get you petrol mapped in a slightly different way and it'd give you 320i performance :y
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AND is has a 2 litre engine, well - 1998 or whatever.
The 316/318/320 are all the same size engine, just have different power outputs - so you call tell people that you have a 2 litre :y
Surprising I know, but check the handbook, the 3XX is just a marketing designation
Same as the 525d, 530d and 535d all have 3.0 diesel engines after 2007 :y
Really? so the 535d is just a chipped 530d? Thought it had its own new engine :-/
Not quite, this is how the 3 engines are:
525d - 204 BHP Small-ish Turbo
530d - 242 BHP Large Turbo
535d - 286 BHP Small Turbo & Large Turbo.
:y
How is the power output achieved then :question if they are all the same size lump :-/
Different sized Turbo's on the diesels, different engine mapping on the petrols, some I think IIRC have different manifolds, like your 318i will have I think 143 BHP, but the 320i I think has a different manifold and a couple of other little mods and it has 170 bhp :y
My 5 series has a 218 BHP 2.5 engine, the 523i has the same engine but 192 BHP due to a different manifold. But again the 525i after 2007 was changed to a more fficient 3.0 engine but still retains exactly the same power output, where as the 530i after 2007 has 272 BHP with the same engine. You could probably get you petrol mapped in a slightly different way and it'd give you 320i performance :y
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do the auto's take power increases? same box for all variants ?
mates e39 touring ate its auto box, it was chipped, but there was talk of a blocked/damaged oil cooler so not sure what the cause was.
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Rick Astley's to blame for everything! ;D :y
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I still keep thinking about changing mine for a 530d or 535d.
Its the first of the newer shape - 2003ish -> 2009ish? Which I love, but I cant really afford one yet.
What’s the running costs like on them vs 3.0 v6 I've got at the mo?