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[Sir Tigger KC]

STMO can be the chief advisor and admin for when OOF members want a car other than an Omega, he can pick the ideal make, model, engine, trim level and of course most importantly the colour.

Apparently, metallic puke green is the must have colour in all the top fashion circles in downtown Wakefield at the moment.

I thought he got kicked out of Wakefield and understood he's currently hiding out near Barnsley....     

[The Sheriff]

I haven't got time for any of that. Too busy with pm's and my webcam. Thanks for thinking of me, though.

[RobG]

The thing to avoid is;

Op, I need a good wheel bearing.

Member, here's one. "Link to conti direct bearing for £35 posted up"

Op, thanks that's really cheap


3 months later op posts again. My wheel bearing has failed, £35 peshed up the wall and I've got to do the whole job again. Thanks very much oof member.

.and that`s where the problems start. Personally had 2 Conti front bearings fitted to one of mine, two years later prior to selling the Omega, bearings were still good

[tunnie]

The thing to avoid is;

Op, I need a good wheel bearing.

Member, here's one. "Link to conti direct bearing for £35 posted up"

Op, thanks that's really cheap


3 months later op posts again. My wheel bearing has failed, £35 peshed up the wall and I've got to do the whole job again. Thanks very much oof member.

.and that`s where the problems start. Personally had 2 Conti front bearings fitted to one of mine, two years later prior to selling the Omega, bearings were still good

Exactly, makes a mockery of "recommended" parts.

Best off each member giving an opinion, (as we all do now) then it's up to OP to make a choice. Rather than read a list and think it's the best choice.

In the future, people can still search and find these discussions. So useful if OOF ever becomes just a resource/knowledge point with no activity.

[chrisgixer]

Three bearings in a row, all shagged in three months. Would you fit them with that info?

I dare say there are a few people rolling around with Tc exhausts and kyb springs that are quite happy. Point is there's better available.

And if a thread on the subject is posted with it the member can make an informed decision without the saaame old arguments about eBay shite being better than genuine etc. each time somebody asks about a part. terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired!

[The Sheriff]

Doubt any recommendations thread will be as long as this one.

[Rods2]

I haven't got time for any of that. Too busy with pm's and my webcam. Thanks for thinking of me, though.

Anybody picturing STMO with a webcam and an immediate application of brain bleach will be required.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Perhaps at issue is the for instance...

Newbie: Hi guys, I have lots of wear on the inner edges of my front tyres. My mechanic mates reckons the subframe is bent. What is it?
OOF 1: terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired! it's your wishbones
OOF 2: Jesus, not another!
OOF 3: haha. What a moron, he doesn't know anything!
OOF 1: haha, yeah. Jesus. This guy knows nothing! Oh, how the kids, by the way OOF3?
OOF 3: yeah, not too bad thanks. Seeing you at Billing this year?
OOF 5: Hi, sorry to hijack this thread when is Billing this year?
OOF 2: Sick of all these wishbone bush threads.
Newbie: Um... sorry, 'wishbones bush'. That's on the suspension, right? Sorry I'm not very knowledgeable about cars. Erm don't massively appreciate being called stupid.
OOF 3: 11-12th Julaugustemberary. Jesus, what a moron. Lighten up!
OOF 1: Yeah, will be, got the time off work now, so all's fine. Will bring that V6 ABS ECU and the LSCs & the GM VOF93s, too.
OOF 2: OP read the guide.
Newbie: Right. Erm... thanks?

A slight exaggeration, I know, but point valid from both sides:
-'Seasoned' OOFers have had to answer a thread about inner tyre wear... what 'TC' is... how you have to use genuine GM crank sensors... and a dozen other common questions a hundred times, so some 'idiot newbie' appearing with the same tired old questions could be felt as repetitive.
-On the flip side, someone new has posed what the thought was a perfectly valid question, and been abused and ignored and not really given a straight answer.

That's not to say that ...
a) there aren't newbies who are just trying to flog their car for free, are keyboard warriors themselves, or actually a complete idiot for real.
b) by and large 99% on here aren't helpful, intelligent, knowledgeable, polite and decent, because they are
c) if you're new to the site, or any, it takes a while to get the hang of it/where things are etc.. and inevitably, you'll ask a question that has been posed before, and that's understandable

Potentially, a single resource that's freely editable, like Wikipedia could work. The recent tyre thread was a hugely useful one, irrespective of it being started on a certain amount of personal opinion, it was still 85%-95% of the way there as regards what are 'worth getting' and 'not worth getting' rubber, which is what any of us really want. It can be a trial hunting around for the right part, and finding you've just paid over the odds, or bought cheap rubbish is annoying. No-one wants to ask the admins to give up the last remaining OOF-free 8 minutes of their lives a week to making a dedicated section for this, and the ensuing bloodbath over what is the best tyre/fuel/oils/paint/exhausts/wishbones. And to be fair, they shouldn't have to, I agree.

I think an overall 'command decision' made by the admins, once something has reached a certain level of prominence or usage, let's say for instance polybushes. Safe to say we can, en masse recommend these. It'd just be a case of making a new section called 'OOF Recommended Parts" a thread entitled 'SUSPENSION-front-Poly bushes' and adding a post "Polybushes, [then a description of what they are, what they do, then the prices] £49.95 best price from ABC Suspension, Faketown, Fakeshire"

I pose this only as a suggestion only 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I haven't got time for any of that. Too busy with pm's and my webcam. Thanks for thinking of me, though.

Anybody picturing STMO with a webcam and an immediate application of brain bleach will be required.

  

[EMD]

OOF 1: terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired! it's your wishbones

 

 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Some modification has been made by mods, I suspect 

its original language was a couple of shades brighter!

[The Sheriff]

Some modification has been made by mods, I suspect 

its original language was a couple of shades brighter!

terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired

Y A w N

[chrisgixer]

Doubt any recommendations thread will be as long as this one.

....stop drivelling all over it then.

[The Sheriff]

Doubt any recommendations thread will be as long as this one.

....stop drivelling all over it then.

It's in gen diss.........I'm entitled to post......

[TheBoy]

before he strops off permanently closes the site members.

There are 4 owners, so if one "strops off", the other 3 can still run it.

As to no comments from me, I'm purposely keeping quiet, as I don't want to influence anything.


What parts are best for Omegas isn't really part of a Recommended Sellers section, or about the original post, but happy to have a ponder about it as a separate thing.


So back on topic... ?

Aye? I thought you said recommended isn't happening? Offered no further to a solution so we ended up at cross purposes, with an alternative offered.

Surely recommended parts leads to a supplier ? ....of said parts...? (Gixer throws hands in air )

No, not really.