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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #15 on: 12 April 2011, 13:10:25 »

Welcome on board Carl  :y
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #16 on: 12 April 2011, 22:51:28 »

Welcome to the forum. Where you located mate? Might help people find you a nice omega :)
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #17 on: 13 April 2011, 01:36:45 »

Welcome bud! :y
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #18 on: 13 April 2011, 16:54:10 »

Hi and welcome to the forum ;)
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #19 on: 13 April 2011, 18:56:10 »

Hi Carl, and welcome to the forum!

In answer to your question, you're not got to find an Omega that can complete on mpg AND performance with your Calibra I'm afraid.  The Omega is a much heavier car, so you can't have both.

A 2.5/2.6 Omega should give comparable performance to your Calibra, but will be more thirsty.

If you're looking for economy, the 2.2 dti is good, but under powered, and the 2.5TD with it's BMW diesel provides better grunt but at the expense of some mpg.

Probably the best all round Omega these days is a late model 3.2 V6 petrol with an LPG converstion - truely the best of both worlds!  :y
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #20 on: 13 April 2011, 19:51:52 »

Hi Carl, Welcome to the OOF..  ;)
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #21 on: 14 April 2011, 05:23:58 »

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Hi Carl, and welcome to the forum!

In answer to your question, you're not got to find an Omega that can complete on mpg AND performance with your Calibra I'm afraid.  The Omega is a much heavier car, so you can't have both.

A 2.5/2.6 Omega should give comparable performance to your Calibra, but will be more thirsty.

If you're looking for economy, the 2.2 dti is good, but under powered, and the 2.5TD with it's BMW diesel provides better grunt but at the expense of some mpg.

Probably the best all round Omega these days is a late model 3.2 V6 petrol with an LPG converstion - truely the best of both worlds!  :y
Thanks for gte advice buddy, I just want something on par really, as long as mpg doesn't drop below 22 then I will/should be happy :)
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #22 on: 14 April 2011, 07:45:59 »

Hi and welcome to the forum.  :y
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Re: hey guy's, im on the look out for a omega....help
« Reply #23 on: 15 April 2011, 09:12:08 »

Welcome to the forum.......
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