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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Nooooooooobie!!!!

« on: 29 March 2010, 21:24:37 »

Wow, thank's guys, very very warm welcome from you all..
Now should I postmy question in my first post somewhere else on the site? Looking to get a Miggy and would like to know, diesel or petrol?  :-/

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Nooooooooobie!!!!

« on: 28 March 2010, 21:47:01 »

4 Hello's in 9 minutes, Nice!!! 

Oh I need to buy one NOW!!!!!!!

Gotta move house end of April first, and get bills settled, then flog (Dis)astra with 77k on it asap and get an Omega asap!!!

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Nooooooooobie!!!!

« on: 28 March 2010, 21:41:53 »

Rapid response there!!
I used to be a member of UKPassats with my TDI '98 B5 on 18's and joined AstraOwners Club.com but must be honest it's not my cup of tea. UKPassats were a lot more down to earth and friendly, seems like that on here in the ten minutes I've been flicking around.. 

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Newbie Welcome Area / Nooooooooobie!!!!

« on: 28 March 2010, 21:37:22 »

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, just found your site on google and have got to join as I'm going to be selling my '99 1.6 Ecotec Astra soon and have only just found out how cheap and tempting Omega's are by comparison.
I'm hoping to get a good price for mine and would like to know your opinions on best Omega to buy?
2.5 and above is what I'm looking at, but petrol or diesel?
I might mildly tune as I work at a car spares/accessory supplier and have a friend with a remapping business

Help me out if you can guys, Vauxhall No. 10 for me looks like it could be a stormer!! 

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General Car Chat / Re: Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 01 April 2010, 19:50:04 »

Ok mate, thanks for the reply.. Can you give a little bit more info on it at all? Photo's, mileage, T&T etc, history, as I could be very very interested..
Just got to clean the Astra up and then it's going straight on Autotrader for exactly what I paid for it originally, as I got it pretty darn cheap.
And to anyone else looking at this thread, first dibs!!! Lol.
I know things used to go pretty quick on my old Astra forum and wouldn't want to miss out..
This all seems especially tempting as you're a moderator on here, so you've instantly got a lot of credibilty, and you're not a million miles away..
Fingers crossed!!!!

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General Car Chat / Re: Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 01 April 2010, 16:46:28 »

Hmmmm,  now the Golden Nugget - a W reg facelift 2.5 V6 Elite with 3l cams and superchipped may be available for just over the top of your budget soon

Tell me tell me tell me tell me!!!!!!!!! 

I'm moving on the 30th of April and can't really sell the Astra til then, but who knows?? If it's the right car etc.

Scrap this plan, lol. Just spoke to the (ex) wife and she thinks now would be the best time before I settle into the new pad, so Astra's gonna get a valet-(ish!) and go on Autotrader, sooooooooo, should have money sooner rather than later, so keep me posted!!

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General Car Chat / Re: Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 31 March 2010, 22:23:43 »

Hmmmm,  now the Golden Nugget - a W reg facelift 2.5 V6 Elite with 3l cams and superchipped may be available for just over the top of your budget soon

Tell me tell me tell me tell me!!!!!!!!! 

I'm moving on the 30th of April and can't really sell the Astra til then, but who knows?? If it's the right car etc.

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General Car Chat / Re: Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 30 March 2010, 23:27:38 »

personally I would go for a manual 3.0 ..  and if budget requires later LPG it..  repairs are simple compared to diesels.. 

I've been looking on Autotrader in the evening's, but it seems there's a good market on here to buy from.. So you're a bit dubious about the diesels? Like I say, fuel economy isn't a big issue to a certain degree..

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General Car Chat / Re: Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 30 March 2010, 23:20:27 »

By the way, how much would an LPG conversion cost roughly? I know a few local's have done it round my way..

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General Car Chat / Re: Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 30 March 2010, 23:18:21 »

Ok, that's cool.. I do next to no miles at all really, work's van to commute back and forth five days a week. I just want something a bit beefier than my 1600 100bhp Astra, a bit of a Q car that doesn't attract too much attention from Mr. Plod.
I've had numerous Nova's, Astra's and Cavalier's, this Omega would be Vauxhall number ten, and I'd like it to be a bit of a grown-up wolf in sheep's clothing (with rear-drive!!). Couldn't believe how comparatively cheap insurance is for me at 29yrs old on a V6 etc.
Got a friend poss selling a 2.5 BMW V6, but it's auto, so I've heard you can't go crazy mapping, otherwise I might rip the box to shreds.
I had a 110bhp Passat Auto for a couple of years and loved it, lol..

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General Car Chat / Diesel or Petrol?

« on: 30 March 2010, 23:00:43 »

Good evening guys, thanks for all the welcome's so far in the newbies section.
Time to post my request up in here now though..

So what would you go for?
I'm gonna hopefully sell my Astra and get an Omega off here fingers crossed, but need your advice on diesel or petrol?

What are the pro's and cons? I'm lucky that fuel economy isn't a big issue really, and would like to either stick in 3.0 cams if a 2.5 V6 petrol, or get my friend to re-map if a diesel. I also work at a car spares and accessory shop, with mechanics as friends for the big stuff....

I'm thinking £500-800 mark, allowing money to fix probs and modify on top of this..

Any suggestions or advice anyone?

Thanks in advance 

Ror.