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[TheBoy]

If I could pick one up competitively, I'd consider  Range Rover diesel as a Zaffy replacement.

[omega3000]

Never letting my baby go , never i say 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

As much as I'd like the Monaro/VXR8... I'm Getting tempted by the 535d E60 M Sport, Only thing stopping me is the price tag but saying that at lest they hold some kind of value after you've spent your dosh  .. Think I'd still have to have at least one Omega though. Even if it wasn't used. 

Exercise great caution when buying any modern BMW. "German reliability" is a myth. A colleague of mine has not long had his 36k mile X5 (same engine as 535d) returned from BMW having suffered main bearing failure  . (after a 5month battle of BMW trying to tell him he'd hyrdo-locked it despite the fact piston 4 had bloody valve marks in the top!)  .  See the thousands of timing chain failures on the 2.0 diesel units too. 

Another colleague had an F10 525d for 3 years, sold it and bought a E39 530d.  The E39 is a better car in pretty much every way... apart from the cupholders.

How are the petrol E60s 530i 545i 550i etc... Would love an M5 V10 but running one would be impossible 

[Taxi_Driver]

If I could pick one up competitively, I'd consider  Range Rover diesel as a Zaffy replacement.

You'd want a bigger engine than the 2.5TD , my bro used to have a disco 2.5TD, it went like a slug in a coma....top speed 100mph....lots of engine noise when accelerating, but accelerated quite slowly  ....he also broke the gearbox in it.....quite common a problem on the discos i believe....dunno about the RR's

[05omegav6]

With large lithium ion battery packs costing less week by week, and Tesla looking at 500+mile range in the very near future, if they can deliver a family sized car with 500 mile range for £30k in the next three years then the fossil fuelled car will be dead in the water...

In the meantime, any suitable petrol engine on lpg is the way forward

[X30XE]

How are the petrol E60s 530i 545i 550i etc... Would love an M5 V10 but running one would be impossible 

Given BMW's long history of buggering up everything from Nikasil to Vanos.... if the E60 petrols are ok it's down to nothing other than luck 

Funny > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlneaZ-2KaI

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

With large lithium ion battery packs costing less week by week, and Tesla looking at 500+mile range in the very near future, if they can deliver a family sized car with 500 mile range for £30k in the next three years then the fossil fuelled car will be dead in the water...

In the meantime, any suitable petrol engine on lpg is the way forward

If.......

I'll stick with petrol.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

How are the petrol E60s 530i 545i 550i etc... Would love an M5 V10 but running one would be impossible 

Given BMW's long history of buggering up everything from Nikasil to Vanos.... if the E60 petrols are ok it's down to nothing other than luck 

Funny > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlneaZ-2KaI

 ... Seen this video before can't recall what for possibly Android/iOS

[joff]

If I could pick one up competitively, I'd consider  Range Rover diesel as a Zaffy replacement.

You need a DTI estate TB, should be done by the end of the week!!

[Taxi_Driver]

With large lithium ion battery packs costing less week by week, and Tesla looking at 500+mile range in the very near future, if they can deliver a family sized car with 500 mile range for £30k in the next three years then the fossil fuelled car will be dead in the water...

In the meantime, any suitable petrol engine on lpg is the way forward

I can see your list of cars next week Mr TA...

Omega 3.2
Merc E220
Tesla 

[TheBoy]

If I could pick one up competitively, I'd consider  Range Rover diesel as a Zaffy replacement.

You'd want a bigger engine than the 2.5TD , my bro used to have a disco 2.5TD, it went like a slug in a coma....top speed 100mph....lots of engine noise when accelerating, but accelerated quite slowly  ....he also broke the gearbox in it.....quite common a problem on the discos i believe....dunno about the RR's

I've driven a BMW powered 2.5D Range Rover and its....    ....slow . But quick enough, as said, it would be a Zaffy replacement, not an Omega replacement, and its a damn site quicker than the Zaffy

[VXL V6]

If I could pick one up competitively, I'd consider  Range Rover diesel as a Zaffy replacement.

You'd want a bigger engine than the 2.5TD , my bro used to have a disco 2.5TD, it went like a slug in a coma....top speed 100mph....lots of engine noise when accelerating, but accelerated quite slowly  ....he also broke the gearbox in it.....quite common a problem on the discos i believe....dunno about the RR's

I've driven a BMW powered 2.5D Range Rover and its....    ....slow . But quick enough, as said, it would be a Zaffy replacement, not an Omega replacement, and its a damn site quicker than the Zaffy

Please tell me your not considering a P38....

[05omegav6]

In all likelihood Mr Opti, it will happen...

£100 to fill your Omega up for 300 miles or less than a tenner to charge your posh golf cart for the same mileage (or more...)

Tesla is no longer a small scale quirky car manufacturer, with a massive car plant bought from Toyota/GM producing 20,000 cars a year, and plans for a second plant in the pipe line

[X30XE]

Tesla is no longer a small scale quirky car manufacturer, with a massive car plant bought from Toyota/GM producing 20,000 cars a year, and plans for a second plant in the pipe line

Or to put it another way... to replace the 30 million cars on the UK roads alone that factory would need 1500 years  ... assuming the number of cars didn't increase...

Tomorrow's World said we'd be living in bubbles now... surprise surprise we're mostly still in Victorian terraces   

[TheBoy]

If I could pick one up competitively, I'd consider  Range Rover diesel as a Zaffy replacement.

You'd want a bigger engine than the 2.5TD , my bro used to have a disco 2.5TD, it went like a slug in a coma....top speed 100mph....lots of engine noise when accelerating, but accelerated quite slowly  ....he also broke the gearbox in it.....quite common a problem on the discos i believe....dunno about the RR's

I've driven a BMW powered 2.5D Range Rover and its....    ....slow . But quick enough, as said, it would be a Zaffy replacement, not an Omega replacement, and its a damn site quicker than the Zaffy

Please tell me your not considering a P38....

Most definitely not!!!