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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / upgrade my bose system

« on: 12 April 2008, 17:59:29 »

of all the chit that can happen to me it has,   the control panel that you push into the system to activate it slipped from my hand and straight down the drain now iv either got to find another bose or replace the system, can anyone advice me on a good system to buy that will fit straight in, budget around £200 to £300 lots around but im not sure what to buy, and i dont want any compatability problems. my existing player is cd changer cdc2, and the head unit is the ccr 800 thanks guys

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / car security

« on: 29 February 2008, 05:00:21 »

last week saw me buy my 98 omega elite sport estate wat a car black bodywork with black leather interior the full spec however little did i know that some asswipe would allso like to have it for nothin... i was lucky enough to get away with the rear side glass going through the rac came out to make the car safe as they dont carry this glass in stock so its gonner be next week before the damage is put right so iv been lookin at more security on the car as i dont have a garage and its out of site to when im at home iv been looking at the microscan car alarm this they say warns of a would be toerag before they can do any damage to the car my question is this is there anyone in the forum who has one of these alarms fitted and if so do they really work i dont want a  waste a lot of money on this and its not all its cracked up to be there will allways be those who want your car for nothin having it stolen is bad enough but the damage they couse trying to take it can be worse id be gratfull for comments otherwise its bullet proof glass yer...

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 01 May 2008, 16:28:30 »

im insured with endsleigh, they are the agents but my policy shows that axa are providing cover, for this i pay them a handsome £1.500 a year for comprehensive cover :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 01 May 2008, 04:10:47 »

taking the advice of you lads here we, have once again gone to war with the rac and my insurance company over what we rightly believe is the fault of the rac in that they, coused a problem with my airbag system while fitting new glass to my front passenger door on my elite. all along this sorry state of affairs my insurance company did not want to get involved. after long and repeated conversations with the rac at their head office they agreed that we could take the car to vauxhall main dealers for them to find and rectify the problem, that is untill vauxhall phoned us and stated that the rac were not prepared to pay the bill or to pay for further investigations of the problem to be carried out by vauxhall. their only contribution was to pay for the tech2. so i got on to the insurance companys head office and got hold of a senior manager there and asked him what he was going to do about it. he contacted the rac and phoned me back later in ther day telling me that....
in order that they identify the fault they need to check out the whole loom from the door to the airbag control unit for that it will cost the rac £85 per hour plus vat.
they will not pay for this becouse

1. i have failed to have the airbags serviced as the car is 10 years old.
2 they are not responsible for the loom once it passes out of the door
3 it could be a co-incidence that this has just happened while they have the car in their care.
4 there is no firm evidence that they coused the problem only my word.
in other words mate "get lost" i have pointed out to my insurance that this is a safety issue, and i allso asked them what happens in the event of a accident where the bag fails and my passenger is injured would if affect my claim, he really didnt know what to say it is quite clear to me im a problem they want gone, and so today he allso stated that becouse i had failed to have the airbags serviced neither they nor the rac would look at my claim any further. but with the help of a couple of great lads on here we are going to simply "change the door" as a cheaper way of solving the problem iv got grey hair over this and guess il have to sort this one out my self i would just end by thankin you all for your imput and for gods sake please be very wary if a certain windscreen company gets hold of your car

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 30 April 2008, 01:33:44 »

Well now i know it was to good to be true  :-/ as you will all be aware my insurance company sent me to playschool   otherwise known as rac windscreens to get broken glass replaced in my front passenger door, in the process of this they buggerd my airbag loom or sensor in the door.  after much time spent on the phone and many letters later they agreed to pay for the damage pending a report from vauxhall and estimate. happy was i that the matter was settled untill the phone rung and i was told that the rac would not pay for the damage becouse...... :-?

vauxhall say that the bill could be as much as £600 to complete and no final figure could be put on the job so playschool has shut and run away, from me that is, i now have it in mind to hire a tractor and a muckspreader and see how they like being left in da chit  seems the next action will be the courts cos im not letting this drop and il keep you all in the picture

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 24 April 2008, 21:25:23 »

THE CONCLUSION...
after weeks of wriggling and doing their best to get out of this one, the rac have agreed to pay for the cockup they made to my airbag system while fitting new glass in the front door of my elite. i have allso insisted that vauxhall complete the repair. so my thanks to you all for your advice on this one certainly, it pays to push on and not give up, its just a shame that the rac have taken so long to admit libility and do the right thing, becouse i had to bash top brass at the rac head office before anything was done...

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 08 April 2008, 17:06:55 »

well half a day later im back home and still no further forward with the rac....the bloke took of the door panal concerned grabbed a bunch of wires (which could have been anything) and looked at me like man who wished he was some where else,after fumbling about he proclaimed everything was "ok" and nothing was loose or damaged. having put all the door panal back he restarted the car then turned it off  :-? :-? "yep its ok the lights gone of" he shrieked, "feekin hell mate just give me my car back" "of course the lights out" i said
    THE BLEEDIN IGNITION IS OFF....... :-? :-? :-?
NOW IM BACK HOME AND THIS AINT GONNER REST IM GONNER BASH THE RAC PR DEPT..... AND IF MY INSURANCE COMPANY DONT MOVE OVER THIS IM CANCELLING MY POLICY....ENUF SAID

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 08 April 2008, 10:32:28 »

  many thanks to you all who have given me you opinion on this problem with the rac. i only took the car there becouse my insurance company told me thats where it had to go. im on my way back there now to see what exactly they are going to do about it but, i have a gut feeling that they will be doing a very good job of bulls***in me off, if that happens and i get no joy with these people then il let the insurance company deal with this one. i dont intend to be footing a bill that is not of my making il let you all know what they say when i get back  

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Omega General Help / Re: rac and the miggy elite

« on: 07 April 2008, 21:05:50 »

yep jamie told him that and pointed this out to him.....but he aint havin it   all i hope is that they are capable of putting this matter right  :-/ :-/ :-/

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Omega General Help / rac and the miggy elite

« on: 07 April 2008, 20:21:47 »

i would be gratfull for your comments here regarding a problem i have with rac windscreens   last week they replaced my nearside front door glass and allso the rear, when the car went in it was fine there was no problems with regard to the air bag system.   on getting the car back the bose system was in safe mode and the airbag warning light was on, the great one   "the boy" did the tech 2 on my gearbox but could not reset the airbag system becouse it seems the rac made a cock up possibly with regard to a senser or wireing in the door. having taken the car back to them the manager came out to look at it for him self   "yes well sir this car has 6 airbags, 2 in the doors, 2 in the front seats, and 2 front ones"  :-/ :-/ :-/ i did not believe i was hearing this, "no mate it has 4 bags 2 front and 2 in the front seats, sensors and wireing for the side bags in the doors" i said..... na..na..na he said well the short of it is that he would not have it no way, im sure im right and hes wrong so in the morning its going back for them to prove me wrong, so lads am i right the omega elites only have 4 airbags as iv described, i cant wait to see his face when they take of the door panel and there is no bag in there........    

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Omega General Help / Re: Fuel warning light

« on: 21 March 2008, 02:51:34 »

dont think id ever take the chance of letting mine go into the red it cant im told do the fuel system any good so i keep mine at the quart tank mark all the time it makes common sence to many times iv seen bloke walking up a long long road with fuel can in hand hopin theres a garage at the end of it an i dont fancy pushin my 3ltr miggy i only use my range guide as that nothin more as i guess no two cars are the same guess this is no answer to your question phil but thats the way i see it

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Newbie Welcome Area / saying hello

« on: 28 February 2008, 22:15:57 »

   hi all you omega lovers im new to the forum and saying hello i have a 98 elite sport estate didnt know they could pack so much in a car and its a big improvment on my old 93 model i had and they could not print the money fast enough to keep up with the repairs so i was a bit unsure about another one however im smitten with it hope to get to know you all and im sure il find the help i need here if problems arise  

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: LONDON area meet

« on: 28 February 2008, 21:27:17 »

   yep im up for ithope to se ya all there

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General Discussion Area / Re: Porn - XXX - Be warned

« on: 05 May 2008, 03:57:50 »

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General Discussion Area / Re: F********   ARS******   Windscreen smashed

« on: 05 May 2008, 03:55:56 »

really sorry to hear this has happened to you max, speaking from experiance when, we came down one morning to find all my windows popped right up one side of my mig, mr plod says it was done with a ball punch. my problems didnt end there cos the windscreen company went on to balls up my car even further. on my comprhensive cover im allowed 3 claims per year for glass, now we keep the car garaged (out of sight out of mind) and yer id love to get my hands on the cretins who thought it was play time good luck max i hope you get it sorted