Thought it best to say Hi seeing as Im now in Omega ownership once again. Below is a Cut/Copy/Paste effort from my PH thread:
Okay, Ill give a quick over view of how this came to be bought.
In 2005 I bought an Ex-Lincolnshire Constabulary Omega estate 3.0 v6 manual from Paul Mimmack Cars in Blackpool with just 101,000miles on the clock. This was to be used as a general hack and dog carrier to keep the toys clean. However as time went by I really began to get attached to the old girl, and despite by far being one of the roughest looking cars Ive owned (no reconditioning had been done, ariels still in the roof, rusty tailgate etc), it was just truly an epic car. I spent a little tidying it up, painted the roof & tailgate, fitted some Vectra SRi alloys and got some MV6 Recaros's & roof rails.
She plodded away for 4 years, done pretty much anything it was asked, and spent a large amount of time hooked up to a Brian James trailer towing cars all over the place.
Sadly despite having been hassle free through the 4 years the time came where the full exhaust system required replacing (which was around £1k), it required a rear ABS sensor and a few other bits.......stupidly in early 2009 I decided to scrap the car and bought a Vectra SRi estate instead, a decision I still regret to this day:
The old girl in action:
So, fast forward from 2009 to the present day, and I was on the look out for a new project to keep me entertained through the summer. I looked at lots of varying Astra;s and travelled to Chester to look at an early SRiT which had issues, again travelled to Newcastle to look at an Astra coupe Turbo (shed), and then went off to look at something different in the form of an Omega. Main criteria being a V6 (3.0 or 3.2 preferable), and it had to have a sunroof. Sadly they are becoming harder to get now being nearly 10years out of production. I travelled through to Glasgow to look at a 75k mile Elite 3.2 which despite the sellers best 'its immaculate' claims was not......it was a shed.
So back on Ebay, Autotrder, Gumtree etc. I went where upon I found a 3.2 Elite Auto Saloon for sale in Leeds. I originally ignored due to the travelling again, but the more I looked at it the more I was convinced it was an epic idea. So a few calls to the seller and a bank transfer later and I had an Omega, I just had to work out the logistics to get it back which due to work was proving challenging. Thankfully my good mate Dave stepped in, jumped on a train and brought it back, legend.
So here it is, a 2002 Elite 3.2 Auto saloon, 123,686 miles, 3 owners from new (Vauxhall fleet management 12months, Drive Vauxhall 12 months 1 private owner since). It has full black leather, Sunroof, Sat nav & Bose system as options its a little rough around the edges but bodily is solid and is a great base to start from.......all for less than £700
Heated rear seats:
Stack of paperwork that came with the car, along with service history (more or less full history, car has been serviced on mileage rather than time):
So last night was time to make a start, and start making lists.
Into work she went and onto the ramp:
small bit of rust on the near side rear door:
off side rear door has soome blistering starting
near side rear arch starting to go a bit:
Has an oil leak from the cam cover, atlest the gearbox wont rust
It had both sentre sections replaced recently and there is a slight blow where the left bank cat is bolted:
Tailgates....well its fooked, however the garage it was bought from assures me if I take the trim panel off and give it a few chaps with a hammer it will come out perfect.....eh naw:
Off side mirror broken
Sat nav & on board computers in German
