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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: RobG on 18 August 2011, 19:40:26
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Collected a 3.2 Elite today. Starter motor just clicking, engine turns OK off the crank. Is it worth fixing or break. :question Opinions appreciated
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Definitely fix .. looks in good nick and to many being broken too fast .. :(
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Sadly you'll probably make more breaking it but I vote for fix :y :y I like that colour combo ;) ;)
If you do break it, bear in mind that the interior isn't a common (or popular) colour so may not shift ;) ;) ;)
Fix and sell/keep :y :y :y
If you break it, I may be interested in the wheels/tyres so fist dibs please :y
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I'm with Entwood on this one. Looks too good to break. .
Problem is .. broken it will probably add up to being worth a lot more than a clean good running example ...
A lot of very decent miggys being broken now though >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Too many being broken now - fix it
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Im all for breaking them, but that one imo is a seller.with that spec/year/ mileage etc. its worth a decent amount of money without the time/ effort/work/ hassle of breaking it. :y
I do like that colour. I would be tempted to offer you over £500 for that. :y ;D ;D ;D
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Im all for breaking them, but that one imo is a seller.with that spec/year/ mileage etc. its worth a decent amount of money without the time/ effort/work/ hassle of breaking it. :y
I do like that colour. I would be tempted to offer you over £1500 for that. :y ;D ;D ;D
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Admittedly I was looking for an Estate too, but 2.5 years looking for an estate with that spec Rob :y :y
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I really like that colour - I also like the interior! It would be a real shame to break that :(
Darren
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Im all for breaking them, but that one imo is a seller.with that spec/year/ mileage etc. its worth a decent amount of money without the time/ effort/work/ hassle of breaking it. :y
I do like that colour. I would be tempted to offer you over £1500 for that. :y ;D ;D ;D
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if I was there I could pay double for this one now :'(
dont break it.. :y
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looks far too good to break providing it doesnt cost a bomb to sort :y
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Got to be worth close to £2k I would think ? :-/
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Got to be worth close to £2k I would think ? :-/
Is that an offer Albs :D
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Got to be worth close to £2k I would think ? :-/
Blimey :o
I may have a 3.2 Elite to break/sell on soon. If I can get close to £2k, I'll sell it :o
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Don't break a perfectly good car, that's an absolute cracker, lovely inside, lovely outside, don't ruin it, there'll be none left soon :-/
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Got to be worth close to £2k I would think ? :-/
Blimey :o
I may have a 3.2 Elite to break/sell on soon. If I can get close to £2k, I'll sell it :o
I'm assuming the mileage is low on it from other comments so with patience and a good clean/service it would fetch £2k IMO
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Don't break a perfectly good car, that's an absolute cracker, lovely inside, lovely outside, don't ruin it, there'll be none left soon :-/
If it stays in one piece, hard to shift for a decent price :(
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Got to be worth close to £2k I would think ? :-/
Blimey :o
I may have a 3.2 Elite to break/sell on soon. If I can get close to £2k, I'll sell it :o
I'm assuming the mileage is low on it from other comments so with patience and a good clean/service it would fetch £2k IMO
Nope. 128K. Low enough for a 3.2 I suppose :-/
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Don't break a perfectly good car, that's an absolute cracker, lovely inside, lovely outside, don't ruin it, there'll be none left soon :-/
If it stays in one piece, hard to shift for a decent price :(
That'll sell, believe me, everything about it is right :y
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Don't break a perfectly good car, that's an absolute cracker, lovely inside, lovely outside, don't ruin it, there'll be none left soon :-/
If it stays in one piece, hard to shift for a decent price :(
That'll sell, believe me, everything about it is right :y
I agree... I got £800 for my 177k MFL saloon earlier this year, and it was starting to show it's age ;) Just use Autotrader and not here/ebay ;)
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128 on a 3.2 (or any other v6) is just average mileage.Not high by any means. As LD says put it on Autotrader. I think it would go for £2k on there.It looks like a cracking motor.
The one I picked up on Sunday has only done 75,000 but its an Xplate 2.5 with cloth for some reason, and the car is nowhere near as tidy as that .................so its getting broken up. :D
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Mend, Mend, Mend!! I'll even lend a hand if need be lol!! Colours are quite a mix and i love the contrast :)
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There isnt going o be much wrong with it imo. ;)
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Break it, you will increase the value of the survivors ;D
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Looks to nice to break rob...But i now its gonna be worth more in bits. :'( :'( :'(
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That really is a nice looking car. It seems a shame to break it. :'( :'( :'(
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It all depends on what you paid for it and whats wrong with it. Its worth a lot of money in parts and scrap metal prices are on the up ;)
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I didn't realise they offered the biscuit colour interior as an option on a facelift. At least it was saved from having a mushroom coloured steering wheel ::) ::) ::) :y :y
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I didn't realise they offered the biscuit colour interior as an option on a facelift. At least it was saved from having a mushroom coloured steering wheel ::) ::) ::) :y :y
Not a fan of it myself, in fact don`t like leather period :-X
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I didn't realise they offered the biscuit colour interior as an option on a facelift. At least it was saved from having a mushroom coloured steering wheel ::) ::) ::) :y :y
Not a fan of it myself, in fact don`t like leather period [size=14]FULL STOP[/size] :-X
Americans & women have periods! ;)
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Do it up, far to good to send to the crusher!
I didn't realise they offered the biscuit colour interior as an option on a facelift. At least it was saved from having a mushroom coloured steering wheel ::) ::) ::) :y :y
Not a fan of it myself, in fact don`t like leather period [size=14]FULL STOP[/size] :-X
Americans & women have periods! ;)
Haha Andy :y
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
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Have you sorted out what is wrong with it Rob?
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Have you sorted out what is wrong with it Rob?
Nope, still trying. Walked away for a bit ;D
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
I'm sorry, but no way is that just worth £1000 if it's sorted, absolutely not. Thing is if you try and sell it here or on eBay then yes (it'd fetch more than that on eBay though), but if you were to put that on AutoTrader, I'd say you'd get £2000 easily if not a bit more. That's a very rare combo it's got there colour/interior wise, and a very nice one at that, a very appealing car that'd sell easily :y
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Really depends what you paid for it Rob and the profits against mending / resale or breaking.
theres a lot 3.2 out there for sale at the moment and not really fetching the sort of money they would have done even 6 - 12 months ago.
Personally the body and trim colour ins't my cup of tea, if its an easy and cheap fix?, for a proper resale price it would need to come with a pretty much full MOT and some Tax, more money?
Chris :-/
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
I'm sorry, but no way is that just worth £1000 if it's sorted, absolutely not. Thing is if you try and sell it here or on eBay then yes (it'd fetch more than that on eBay though), but if you were to put that on AutoTrader, I'd say you'd get £2000 easily if not a bit more. That's a very rare combo it's got there colour/interior wise, and a very nice one at that, a very appealing car that'd sell easily :y
Its a 9? year old car, with 130k miles, with a "thirsty" V6 engine, going to struggle to shift that with petrol at £1.35 litre :(
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Fix and sell, less work and less hassle than breaking it.
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
I'm sorry, but no way is that just worth £1000 if it's sorted, absolutely not. Thing is if you try and sell it here or on eBay then yes (it'd fetch more than that on eBay though), but if you were to put that on AutoTrader, I'd say you'd get £2000 easily if not a bit more. That's a very rare combo it's got there colour/interior wise, and a very nice one at that, a very appealing car that'd sell easily :y
Its a 9? year old car, with 130k miles, with a "thirsty" V6 engine, going to struggle to shift that with petrol at £1.35 litre :(
Really nice Omegas with reasonable miles can still fetch reasonable money.Ask Josh. ;) That car (fixed) is worth two grand all day long.If he was selling it for a grand, I would probably have it off him myself. ;)
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
I'm sorry, but no way is that just worth £1000 if it's sorted, absolutely not. Thing is if you try and sell it here or on eBay then yes (it'd fetch more than that on eBay though), but if you were to put that on AutoTrader, I'd say you'd get £2000 easily if not a bit more. That's a very rare combo it's got there colour/interior wise, and a very nice one at that, a very appealing car that'd sell easily :y
Its a 9? year old car, with 130k miles, with a "thirsty" V6 engine, going to struggle to shift that with petrol at £1.35 litre :(
if I say its worth at least 10,000 £ here even as a non runner what would you say ;D ;D ;D (if its a runner you can see easily 13-14k £)
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
I'm sorry, but no way is that just worth £1000 if it's sorted, absolutely not. Thing is if you try and sell it here or on eBay then yes (it'd fetch more than that on eBay though), but if you were to put that on AutoTrader, I'd say you'd get £2000 easily if not a bit more. That's a very rare combo it's got there colour/interior wise, and a very nice one at that, a very appealing car that'd sell easily :y
Its a 9? year old car, with 130k miles, with a "thirsty" V6 engine, going to struggle to shift that with petrol at £1.35 litre :(
Really nice Omegas with reasonable miles can still fetch reasonable money.Ask Josh. ;) That car (fixed) is worth two grand all day long.If he was selling it for a grand, I would probably have it off him myself. ;)
So would I...
But for 2k, I'd rather buy this....
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201131408173627/sort/priceasc/usedcars/engine-size-cars/3l_to_3-9l/model/omega/make/vauxhall/page/2/radius/1501/postcode/tw89de?logcode=p
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Its only on a Y plate though. If that was an 03 it would be over 3 grand. ;)
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Its only on a Y plate though. If that was an 03 it would be over 3 grand. ;)
Maybe, but I've been considering that for a while, low miles, good condition. Very, very tempted. But its been on there for months!!
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Don't break it, it looks to good to break it makes a change to see one that isn't star silver mend it:y
Trying mate, trying. The way it`s going it`ll probably end up in bits :(
Shame, I like the colour combo too. You would get 1.5 to 2.0k if it had more like 80k miles.
Only worth about a grand whole :(
I'm sorry, but no way is that just worth £1000 if it's sorted, absolutely not. Thing is if you try and sell it here or on eBay then yes (it'd fetch more than that on eBay though), but if you were to put that on AutoTrader, I'd say you'd get £2000 easily if not a bit more. That's a very rare combo it's got there colour/interior wise, and a very nice one at that, a very appealing car that'd sell easily :y
Its a 9? year old car, with 130k miles, with a "thirsty" V6 engine, going to struggle to shift that with petrol at £1.35 litre :(
Even still, it's worth £2000+ easily, top of the range you pay a premium and what not ;) Trust me, that would easily get £2000, and if he sold it for £1000 as a runner, I'd take it straight off his hands and sell it the next day. You can just see the potential in that car :y
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Probably be in parts section later tonight ;D
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Probably be in parts section later tonight ;D
Don't you dare! Fix the fault.
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Penultimate post Del
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1313693340/20#20
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how much is the plane ticket from here to there ;D
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Penultimate post Del
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1313693340/20#20
Yeah have a bash at fixing it :y
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Penultimate post Del
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1313693340/20#20
Yeah have a bash at stripping it :y
;D
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i would fix it,to meany of these cars are diseapering,and there will be very few left :( :( :(
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Penultimate post Del
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1313693340/20#20
Yeah have a bash at stripping it :y
;D
I see what you did there :D :y
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Breaking a decent car just because the starter is FUBAR ???
Strange .. really strange IMHO ... :(
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Breaking a decent car just because the starter is FUBAR ???
Strange .. really strange IMHO ... :(
yeah i know i bet some one would buy this glorious machine :y :y :y
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128K. Cambelt done @ 102K, but 2007 so due now. Both camcover gaskets need doing, not leaking bad but have been leaking for a while. 4 x tyres. MOT expires Sept.. Interior not everybody`s cup of tea.. Tot up the expense of what I`ve just mentioned..............................
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
Yes I could. But how low would the offers be :-X
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
Yes I could. But how low would the offers be :-X
your right but would be a damn shame :'( :'( :'( :'(
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
Yes I could. But how low would the offers be :-X
your right but would be a damn shame :'( :'( :'( :'(
Can`t afford to be sentimental over a metal box ;)
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
Yes I could. But how low would the offers be :-X
your right but would be a damn shame :'( :'( :'( :'(
Can`t afford to be sentimental over a metal box ;)
yeah at the end of the day it's just a means of transport :) :) :)
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
Yes I could. But how low would the offers be :-X
your right but would be a damn shame :'( :'( :'( :'(
Can`t afford to be sentimental over a metal box ;)
£200? :y
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With that list I can understand why you're leaning towards breaking :(
Still a shame though... Good spec and colour combo IMO ::)
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With that list I can understand why you're leaning towards breaking :(
Still a shame though... Good spec and colour combo IMO ::)
Think you`re in the minority Paul ;)
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could sell it on for some to repair to good to break :'( :'( :'(
Yes I could. But how low would the offers be :-X
your right but would be a damn shame :'( :'( :'( :'(
Can`t afford to be sentimental over a metal box ;)
£200? :y
In your dreams Del Boy (you related to the Trotters) ;D ;D ;D
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With that list I can understand why you're leaning towards breaking :(
Still a shame though... Good spec and colour combo IMO ::)
Think you`re in the minority Paul ;)
I don't agree with it ;) But can understand... At the end of the day you want to make a buck or 2 ::)
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I still don't think that's a long enough list to break it for :y
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With that list I can understand why you're leaning towards breaking :(
Still a shame though... Good spec and colour combo IMO ::)
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You think so?............... :) :)
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It'd be a crime to break that. - It's worth more as a great car than you'd get by either breaking or selling!
And I like the colour. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Think about it: It's only worth peanuts if you're selling...and if you keep it long enough, the value will no doubt rise if it's in good nick! How many Carltons & Senators still exist in good condition? - I'd pay good money for a top of the range!
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It'd be a crime to break that. - It's worth more as a great car than you'd get by either breaking or selling!
And I like the colour. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Think about it: It's only worth peanuts if you're selling...and if you keep it long enough, the value will no doubt rise if it's in good nick! How many Carltons & Senators still exist in good condition? - I'd pay good money for a top of the range!
Too late, its being broken!
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It'd be a crime to break that. - It's worth more as a great car than you'd get by either breaking or selling!
And I like the colour. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Think about it: It's only worth peanuts if you're selling...and if you keep it long enough, the value will no doubt rise if it's in good nick! How many Carltons & Senators still exist in good condition? - I'd pay good money for a top of the range!
Unfortunately not... He'd have to spend a fair bit getting it ready for a top dollar sale an wouldn't get more than it's component parts, which are worth much more ;)
Vamps, I did say IMO ;) ;)
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Unfortunately not... He'd have to spend a fair bit getting it ready for a top dollar sale an wouldn't get more than it's component parts, which are worth much more ;)
Vamps, I did say IMO ;) ;)
Sorry, I meant "as a car to keep". If I had an Elite, I wouldn't be selling / breaking it to make a couple of grand. It would be worth more than that to me...replace the Vauxhall badges with a BMW roundels and you could sell it for £5k!
The infuriating thing is that people spend multiples of this on "white goods" shopping cars. At least an Omega's a good honest RWD saloon. A dying breed.
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Unfortunately not... He'd have to spend a fair bit getting it ready for a top dollar sale an wouldn't get more than it's component parts, which are worth much more ;)
Vamps, I did say IMO ;) ;)
Sorry, I meant "as a car to keep". If I had an Elite, I wouldn't be selling / breaking it to make a couple of grand. It would be worth more than that to me...replace the Vauxhall badges with a BMW roundels and you could sell it for £5k!
The infuriating thing is that people spend multiples of this on "white goods" shopping cars. At least an Omega's a good honest RWD saloon. A dying breed.
That may be... But Rob buys them reasonably cheap and breaks them as a living ;) ;D
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Unfortunately not... He'd have to spend a fair bit getting it ready for a top dollar sale an wouldn't get more than it's component parts, which are worth much more ;)
Vamps, I did say IMO ;) ;)
Sorry, I meant "as a car to keep". If I had an Elite, I wouldn't be selling / breaking it to make a couple of grand. It would be worth more than that to me...replace the Vauxhall badges with a BMW roundels and you could sell it for £5k!
The infuriating thing is that people spend multiples of this on "white goods" shopping cars. At least an Omega's a good honest RWD saloon. A dying breed.
That may be... But Rob buys them reasonably cheap and breaks them as a living ;) ;D
I wish :P
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Unfortunately not... He'd have to spend a fair bit getting it ready for a top dollar sale an wouldn't get more than it's component parts, which are worth much more ;)
Vamps, I did say IMO ;) ;)
Sorry, I meant "as a car to keep". If I had an Elite, I wouldn't be selling / breaking it to make a couple of grand. It would be worth more than that to me...replace the Vauxhall badges with a BMW roundels and you could sell it for £5k!
The infuriating thing is that people spend multiples of this on "white goods" shopping cars. At least an Omega's a good honest RWD saloon. A dying breed.
That may be... But Rob buys them reasonably cheap and breaks them as a living ;) ;D
I wish :P
Not your only living, but extra beer tokens at least :y :y
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A tragic waste but if they're going to be broken anyway, they might as well be broken by someone who's going to assist others in keeping theirs on the road.
I'm currently looking for one myself, but I need a large car quickly and don't have the time to repair otherwise I would have made an offer for this one! [smiley=cry.gif]
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I've got a mint 53 plate 3.2 Elite Estate in black that you can have for £3k :y
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I've got a mint 53 plate 3.2 Elite Estate in black that you can have for £3k :y
What? :o :o :o
You're not seriously going to sell it are you?
If it's being sold then it's worth every penny of that :y :y
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He couldnt ever sell it. He could contemplate divorcing it, but I doubt he would. :D ;D
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A tragic waste but if they're going to be broken anyway, they might as well be broken by someone who's going to assist others in keeping theirs on the road.
I'm currently looking for one myself, but I need a large car quickly and don't have the time to repair otherwise I would have made an offer for this one! [smiley=cry.gif]
There are a lot more things on this planet for that adjective to be used rather than a metal box. :-? :-X
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You sentimental old fool. ::) ;D ;D
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Wouldn`t call breaking a car "tragic"