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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: MOT

« on: 16 March 2017, 12:20:11 »

Looking at it from the other side, as a trading small printer, I must admit to charging what the market will stand, and accommodating a customer who finds  he can get a job cheaper elsewhere. 

I have insured 5 Omegas with Admiral Multicar for the last 5 years, and the premium has gone up every year. This year they wanted £3500. I sought prices elsewhere and got it down to £1461 (Hastings Direct and esure). I rang Admiral to advise them I would not be renewing with them, woman asked what price I had been offered. I told her. Oh, she said, we can match that. What! I said, you quoted £3500. Market forces, she replied. Thank you, I replied, I will bear it in mind.

Yes, you must shop around.  I use the AA as my broker, whilst getting comparison prices from GoCompare. Between the two I seem to end up with a competitive price.

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General Car Chat / Re: Big insurance hikes all round ?

« on: 16 March 2017, 12:15:11 »

After reading about the insurance hike I went on line and was pleased to note my quote has dropped, ok still roughly double the cars value but it's better than £700 I was quoted because I have 5 years experience in this type of car according to the log book.
The fact I've been restoring it since 2008-2009 and have been driving for 18 odd years isn't taken into account.
Neather is the fact it could be insured and live in a garage as a second car for 12 months.
It seems to me that if you or I tryed ramping prices up it's fraud, if an insurance company does it it's ok

I have held a full licence for 47 years now, but it seems it is your age, not length of driving experience, that affects the premium.  An 18 year old is obviously charged a very high premium for insuring a car like mine, but it is my age that reduces the cost, not the 47 years, 1 million miles experience. A point I made to my insurance company recently after my little crunch, and the fact the insurance industry have made a lot of money out of me; how about a little bit of leeway now?  They replied with raising my cars value by £500 and agreeing to paying me for the cost of the repair.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Imperial weights and measures

« on: 16 March 2017, 12:06:37 »

It was a chuffing mess, I guess anybody under about 45-50 would be mostly metric (In know I am!)

I'm (just ) over that age and I am fully converted.  Metric is much easier

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General Discussion Area / Re: Omega less

« on: 16 March 2017, 12:03:10 »

Sorry to hear you are leaving Paul

But, I promise you, once you are bitten by the big Vauxhall engine bug you cannot escape.  You are addicted.  You will pay anything to keep the Vx / big engine / Omega fix going.  That is my experience anyway over the last 30 years!!

Keep in touch, especially when you find your next Omega / Senator / VXR8!

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General Car Chat / Re: Facelift mig headlamps

« on: 14 March 2017, 16:18:54 »

Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.

Where can I source these?

Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍

Coming in late on this thread, all I would add is that I, last week, bought two for my Omega brand new from my Vauxhall main dealer via Luton.  Parts No's 009193420 , 009193419.  At trade they cost me £485.43 all in.  Full retail is £542.

According to my parts department friend I had the last drivers side headlamp at Luton, with just 5 n/s ones left.

That's more than his car's worth 

Probably!

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General Discussion Area / Re: A Busy Weekend!!

« on: 14 March 2017, 16:17:32 »

Another beautiful life joins us!

Congratulations!

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General Car Chat / Re: Facelift mig headlamps

« on: 14 March 2017, 14:36:58 »

Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.

Where can I source these?

Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍

Coming in late on this thread, all I would add is that I, last week, bought two for my Omega brand new from my Vauxhall main dealer via Luton.  Parts No's 009193420 , 009193419.  At trade they cost me £485.43 all in.  Full retail is £542.

According to my parts department friend I had the last drivers side headlamp at Luton, with just 5 n/s ones left.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: MOT

« on: 12 March 2017, 18:14:52 »

I use my trusted local main Vauxhall dealer and enjoy my trade discount with them; MOT £27.

My car has never failed with them either.

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega as a future classic

« on: 09 March 2017, 20:18:11 »

About 4 years ago Peter Best accepted my omega as an agreed value or £2000 on a classic basis with photographic evidence of her condition.
After a year plus in the garage I have found no one would give me classic status and every insurer states that a Vauxhall must reach 20 years old to be classed as a classic.
Annoying when you can buy a new jaguar and have it classed as. Classic before driving it from the dealers

Thanks. Just another 6 years to go then 

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega as a future classic

« on: 09 March 2017, 20:16:27 »

Lizzie, if you have spent time and enmoney nurturing your car, it might be worth talking to insurers who specialise in covering vateran, vintage and restored cars; they operate an "agreed value" policy tnat reflects its worth to you and not just the Glasses Guide price.

Ron.

Thanks Ron, that is good advice. I'll let my current policy run to it's end and then do what you suggest

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega as a future classic

« on: 09 March 2017, 09:58:15 »

There is real hope for mine then!

My gamble and hard work recently could well pay off.  I just have to persuade who ever insures my car that it is worth the money I say it is, without "negotiations" having to take place when the worst (a crash) happens

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General Discussion Area / Re: Taxi firms

« on: 08 March 2017, 19:45:52 »

Our local up market and everyday taxi firm is Arrow Taxis.

They run a fleet of mainly E class Mercedes, and they provide an excellently reliable service. No electric cars for them!

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General Car Chat / Re: My car is back on the Forum!!

« on: 08 March 2017, 19:21:47 »

Yes still do a fair bit of work in Ashford and surrounding villages so atleast 2 decent 3.2,s in the area then  .

Hope repairs proceed well and finished job meets your approval.

 

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General Car Chat / Re: My car is back on the Forum!!

« on: 07 March 2017, 19:45:51 »

Glad to her your beloved car is going to be put back to better than its forma glory Ms Zoom.

Perhaps I will catch a glimse of it when I am out and about in TN24/5 

Thanks amba, you may well do!

I think I have already seen your black Omega at a distance around Ashford

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General Discussion Area / Re: Anyone else fed up of Trump News?

« on: 07 March 2017, 19:43:40 »

Now we have the latest Tweet from this sickening joke of a President.

He reckons Obama tapped his phone lines. Really!!!

He lives in the USA with a very powerful CIA who tap into everyone's communications

The US NSA and UK GCHQ both have strict rules on who and how their internal 'citizens of interest' can be spied on in detail, which require court orders. However, all normal SIGINT is considered to be in the 'public domain' for the purposes of who is calling who and the scanning for keywords of interest. SIGINT is the most powerful tool the 5-eyes Western intelligence system has to keep us safe from terrorists which includes the recently announced 13 terrorist attacks stopped in the UK since 2013. Obviously people of interest will include embassies and diplomats within the US and UK, but this applies to ALL countries in the world where ALL governments spy on ALL governments. Any mock outrage you hear from any government, like the Germans a few years ago, is just 'pots and kettles'.

Authoritarian governments don't have the checks and balances that Western Governments do, whether different people agree or disagree with the line drawn by Western Governments is like all politics, matters of consensus, disagreements and opinions.

....and certain individuals in the CIA, MI5/MI6 will have their own corrupt agendas whilst seeking power for themselves or their bosses, but that is also worse in totalitarian regimes.