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Title: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 21 March 2011, 19:30:55
Ok,

Of my Migs owned so far, the things that I've "inherited" are as follows:

On my old 2.5 CD Estate the instrument panel light wiring had been re-arranged/bodged to disguise a problem that brought the EML on. It was the Emissions Purge valve which is a pig to get at, but apart from that easy enoug to fix. As bodges go it was very clever.

On current Elite, the previous owners kids had managed to get an entire McDonalds happy meal under the back seat - complete with receipt. It had been there for 18 months before I bought the car! I discovered the "fosilised" remains when I took the back seat base out  :(

What have you found with yours  :question
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: omegod on 21 March 2011, 19:43:41
Knickers!
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: 05omegav6 on 21 March 2011, 19:48:55
My first Omega, ex Devon and Cornwall plod WA51YNG, came with its own personalised Shell fuel card, which expired the week before I bought the car. ::)

My second one, ex Thames Valley plod OU54AEW came with a bundle of unused TVP evidence tags.  8-).
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: Big_Al on 21 March 2011, 20:01:53
Quote
Ok,

Of my Migs owned so far, the things that I've "inherited" are as follows:

On my old 2.5 CD Estate the instrument panel light wiring had been re-arranged/bodged to disguise a problem that brought the EML on. It was the Emissions Purge valve which is a pig to get at, but apart from that easy enoug to fix. As bodges go it was very clever.

On current Elite, the previous owners kids had managed to get an entire McDonalds happy meal under the back seat - complete with receipt. It had been there for 18 months before I bought the car! I discovered the "fosilised" remains when I took the back seat base out  :(

What have you found with yours  :question

With my previous mini-face lift,  got it on a Sat morning from down Croydon way.  Swmbo & me spent the afternoon cleaning it out  although it was pretty tidy) in the boot  we found a full colour picture of previous owners wife ...     STARKERS ! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Recognised  her because she made me a cuppa when I went to pick it up that morning.

Thought about posting it back--  ended up putting it in the service history folder  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Thinking about it now,  it could have been someones Missus from on here :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

Any SWMBO's  match up to about 35years old,  ,  38 -24 -36, dark hair & with a Brazilian  down belo. . . . . 
 (No couldn't be . . . could it :-/)

 ;D     ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: tonyyeb on 21 March 2011, 20:22:48
About £18 in change from in / under the front seats in my old 406, formerly owned by Sainsbury's Head Office.... ;D
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Post by: plym ian on 21 March 2011, 22:02:20
found a replica gun in the boot of a scorpio i bought from an auction :o
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: millwall on 21 March 2011, 22:08:49
£210 in tenners in a previous car i bought
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2011, 22:10:23
With my current 2, I have inherited little more than decent, solid cars
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 21 March 2011, 22:16:57
fe*kin, worned  crap tires on both of cars without an exception.. >:( >:(

and I dont count other missing bits.. garbage people >:( >:(
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: robbo299 on 22 March 2011, 00:03:14
Bought mine from a dealer and when checked pockets behind front seats i found previous owners bank details in a folder. It had a loan application for his business, business account details plus all his personal banking details. Sent it back to him by registered post with my contact details in case of any queries saying where i had found them and didn`t even get a reply to say he had received it ok  :(
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 22 March 2011, 10:00:27
Only the customary 20p stuck on a seat runner and a lack of service.Loads of rust and tyres that had been down to the cord on the inside as the wishbones were knackered.The front tyres had also been put onto the rear axle rather than get it fixed as they were also down to the cord on the insides  :o
Title: Re: In your cars previous ownership ...........
Post by: aaronjb on 22 March 2011, 10:15:18
Nothing in the Omega (it came, valeted, from a dealer) .. but on previous cars:

Japanese coins and a packet of Japanese cigarettes (in a Japanese import car)
The cam angle sensor (so.. fairly important!) attached to the wiring loom with spade connectors & bits of wire just twisted together with the main loom..
CEL lamps removed (which reminds me, I know the CEL works on the Omega now as it just came on! d'oh)

All sorts, really  ;D