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[geoffr70]

My dad had an ex police 2.3 t5 for years. A basic interior, and as said is quite small compared to the Omega, although put the seats down and the boot is huge. As said no boost no power. From a standing start they're sluggish unless you ride the clutch lots, which is obviously not good. 2nd gear acceleration is good, but its real trump card is 3rd gear mid range acceleration. Obviously When the plod need fast acceleration they are probably moving anyway, hence the t5, shich as said is slow off the mark. Quite a bit of body roll, heavy clutch pedal, a long gearstick throw. But who cares about that when the engine sounds like a v8 and it scares Porsches for fiesta money!

[biggriffin]

Try to buy one from the auction direct ex-fleet will save you up to a grand,best to try and find a traing car. No horrid holes every were,lots of late ones and most of the Audis now also have dual batteries, the Volvos eat tyres as already said,gearboxs last about 90k,in service 1st cog goes. Lot more economical than omega.
. Obtw anything in white with zenons coming up PDQ behind a porches scares them

[Elite Pete]

As an alternative, i've been considering an ex plod 2.8 Turbo Vectra again around 2008 year and they seem much cheaper than the Volvos. Anyone got any info, pitfalls ect?

TIA

[05omegav6]

Pretty durable, turbo is the only potential weakness if neglected  king rapid, about a second quicker to 60 than the plod Omega  also they have normal uprated springs/shocks rather than the IDS from the VXR,

Estates look smart in white when scrubbed up. Alot cheaper if bought straight from auction, just be choosy about where it has come from. Thames Valley or Bedfordshire would be my first choice TVP look after their cars and those from Bedfordshire. As an example, mine had a 100k service, new alternator and battery 3 weeks before I bought it at 98k

[Del Boy]

As an alternative, i've been considering an ex plod 2.8 Turbo Vectra again around 2008 year and they seem much cheaper than the Volvos. Anyone got any info, pitfalls ect?

TIA

Vectra's are very, very quick in 2.8 Guise, 280 horses is good, and they're very cheap  . As said though if you buy direct from an auction it'll be much better, as then you haven't got the dealers add on's  .

[Elite Pete]

As an alternative, i've been considering an ex plod 2.8 Turbo Vectra again around 2008 year and they seem much cheaper than the Volvos. Anyone got any info, pitfalls ect?

TIA

Vectra's are very, very quick in 2.8 Guise, 280 horses is good, and they're very cheap  . As said though if you buy direct from an auction it'll be much better, as then you haven't got the dealers add on's  .

It's knowing which auctions sell the ex police stuff though

[Del Boy]

As an alternative, i've been considering an ex plod 2.8 Turbo Vectra again around 2008 year and they seem much cheaper than the Volvos. Anyone got any info, pitfalls ect?

TIA

Vectra's are very, very quick in 2.8 Guise, 280 horses is good, and they're very cheap  . As said though if you buy direct from an auction it'll be much better, as then you haven't got the dealers add on's  .

It's knowing which auctions sell the ex police stuff though

WOMA  .

[Elite Pete]

As an alternative, i've been considering an ex plod 2.8 Turbo Vectra again around 2008 year and they seem much cheaper than the Volvos. Anyone got any info, pitfalls ect?

TIA

Vectra's are very, very quick in 2.8 Guise, 280 horses is good, and they're very cheap  . As said though if you buy direct from an auction it'll be much better, as then you haven't got the dealers add on's  .

It's knowing which auctions sell the ex police stuff though

WOMA  .

It's a bit far to go on the off chance of saving a few quid

[Del Boy]

As an alternative, i've been considering an ex plod 2.8 Turbo Vectra again around 2008 year and they seem much cheaper than the Volvos. Anyone got any info, pitfalls ect?

TIA

Vectra's are very, very quick in 2.8 Guise, 280 horses is good, and they're very cheap  . As said though if you buy direct from an auction it'll be much better, as then you haven't got the dealers add on's  .

It's knowing which auctions sell the ex police stuff though

WOMA  .

It's a bit far to go on the off chance of saving a few quid

Check what they've got there before you leave, train there, if there's a few there, the you've got a good chance of grabbing a bargain  .

[Elite Pete]

5 hours on the train Think i'll have a look for somewhere closer

[05omegav6]

Pete, I trekked all the way up to WOMA from Sussex

If it saves you a couple of grand over dealer prices, then surely it's worth the trip

[Del Boy]

Pete, I trekked all the way up to WOMA from Sussex

If it saves you a couple of grand over dealer prices, then surely it's worth the trip

Exactly  .

[05omegav6]

To put it another way, my first Omega, dealer purchase, 3.5 years old, 130k no history £5495.

Second one, direct from TVP, via WOMA, 4.5 years old, 98k, full history, £1875, and that was about £800 over what it might have been due to a bit of competition

[hoody]

avoid the 2.8 turbo vectra's,some real horro stories

http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=105827

[05omegav6]

That Saab link is just scaremongering , a bit like saying all Omegas are unreliable because a handful of 2.5s have cylinderhead issues...

Plod ones are serviced every 10k, not the 20k+ that Joe Public use. Also the Vectra C doesn't have the added complication of 4wd If an early batch of those engines suffer from substandard chains, they would have either been replaced/repaired properly, or the cars affected withdrawn from service.

Have driven one of these with 150k on it. Only three issues with it... one of the driveshafts knocked a bit, and the dealer, (that so called specialist in Breirley Hill), is a 'rather' ejit, and it was well over priced.