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[flyer 0712]

i have been giving a lot of thought to buying a smaller...cheaper car for the last 6 months...i  love my old omega....she is reliable....very clean and tidy...and i have added a few bits and pieces to her..just passed the m.o.t for another year....ok fuel is going up and up and it hurts,but when i added up the cost of buying a new car that i do not know the history of and take a chance on it being reliable as my omega,i know that i would get another 10 m.p.g.out of the new one,but it would grieve me to part with the omega for crap money for such a lot of car  and then for the extra m.p.g.and new  car it will take me 5 years to get my money back.....so i am sticking to my old girl who is comfortable....reliable...( famous last words ) and such a loverly looking old girl...i will continue to look after her as i know that she is faithfull to me...amen..

[Webby the Bear]

i have been giving a lot of thought to buying a smaller...cheaper car for the last 6 months...i  love my old omega....she is reliable....very clean and tidy...and i have added a few bits and pieces to her..just passed the m.o.t for another year....ok fuel is going up and up and it hurts,but when i added up the cost of buying a new car that i do not know the history of and take a chance on it being reliable as my omega,i know that i would get another 10 m.p.g.out of the new one,but it would grieve me to part with the omega for crap money for such a lot of car  and then for the extra m.p.g.and new  car it will take me 5 years to get my money back.....so i am sticking to my old girl who is comfortable....reliable...( famous last words ) and such a loverly looking old girl...i will continue to look after her as i know that she is faithfull to me...amen..

couldn't agree more, Yar 

[jonnycool]

i have been giving a lot of thought to buying a smaller...cheaper car for the last 6 months...i  love my old omega....she is reliable....very clean and tidy...and i have added a few bits and pieces to her..just passed the m.o.t for another year....ok fuel is going up and up and it hurts,but when i added up the cost of buying a new car that i do not know the history of and take a chance on it being reliable as my omega,i know that i would get another 10 m.p.g.out of the new one,but it would grieve me to part with the omega for crap money for such a lot of car  and then for the extra m.p.g.and new  car it will take me 5 years to get my money back.....so i am sticking to my old girl who is comfortable....reliable...( famous last words ) and such a loverly looking old girl...i will continue to look after her as i know that she is faithfull to me...amen..

Yep, that's more or less where I'm at 

What am I saying...I could have written that word for word

[cem_devecioglu]

interestingly, one day I'll sell clit , may be for a honda (if money permits) .. but omega will definitely stay..

[Impact Pete]

I would agree all regarding cost of replacing, I think I'd had a bad day yesterday everyone wanting money!

I want to keep it, I know I have quite a few jobs on it and they all need doing by Jan, I think when it gets colder you always put off having to strip brakes down etc!

Two things that are behond my skills are the back passenger door has a real ingress of rust on the arch and some nice person reversed into it a few weeks ago and left a large dent in front bumper corner and then drove off without leaving any details

Other jobs;

Steering pump has gone I think only works over 1000 revs.
Front bush is creaking
Brake pipes all had an advisory on them last mot
2 tyres at about 2- 2.5mm
gear box needs 2/3 solenoid replacing (still)
Front Brakes shudder under heavy braking so I'm guessing new discs.
Lots of other niggles but they don't really matter!

Need some free time and a few favours to get it sorted!

[jonnycool]

Two things that are behond my skills are the back passenger door has a real ingress of rust on the arch and some nice person reversed into it a few weeks ago and left a large dent in front bumper corner and then drove off without leaving any details

I'd be surprised if this ever happened any more, it would have been common courtesy at one time 

[Omega32E]

Such a shame really, these must be one of the most under rated cars on the road. The up side here is if somewhere wants to buy one they are an absolute bargain. I have recently purchased a 2003 3.2 Elite one owner 68,000 history just about every bell and whistle you can think of and smashing condition, the cost for the above £1700 and some would say that was to much. My previous cars where Merc C320 (52) BMW 330CI (52) Jag XJR (51). Whilst I am not saying the Omega is a better car (although the ride is better than the Merc or BMW in my opinion) in terms of purchase price what you get for your money and running costs it leaves the others for dead for that class of car.

[Omega32E]

The best of it was I sold the XJR and only bought the Omega as a stop gap whilst I searched for a 535 or 540 5 series BMW. But having now owned it I'm not selling it and the BMW idea has gone out the window.

[El_Swervo]

I had this dilema only last week, Sell Omega, buy another car, considered Land Rover Freelander, found out that in my price range they are c*ap, thought of a couple of others, a F*rd or a smaller Vx. Came to the conclusion, buy another Omega, so it guzzles petrol and the tax is high but you travel in style!. Plus,this is by FAR the most helpful forum,( read People),I have Ever had the pleasure to frequent , including Classic/Custom/VW etc. No contest, not yet
I felt sad at not having an Omega in my life after nearly 8 years and Mrs Swerve was very upset!

[Webby the Bear]

I had this dilema only last week, Sell Omega, buy another car, considered Land Rover Freelander, found out that in my price range they are c*ap, thought of a couple of others, a F*rd or a smaller Vx. Came to the conclusion, buy another Omega, so it guzzles petrol and the tax is high but you travel in style!. Plus,this is by FAR the most helpful forum,( read People),I have Ever had the pleasure to frequent , including Classic/Custom/VW etc. No contest, not yet
I felt sad at not having an Omega in my life after nearly 8 years and Mrs Swerve was very upset!

not if it's pre 2001 or whenever the emissions 'dangle berries' came in  my g/f's tax was higher than my 2.5v6 cos hers is a 54 plate 1.8 focus