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[amazonian]

Ah ok ronnyd, something else I've learned.

cheers for that.

 

[ronnyd]

Mind you, I suppose in some cases the shoes and lunch would cost more than an Omega, so not recommended in all cases.

 

Yeah, Jimmy Choos and Prada, I see what you mean. . Keep posting and you,ll soon get to your 250 posts.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Mind you, I suppose in some cases the shoes and lunch would cost more than an Omega, so not recommended in all cases.

 

I've bought bars of chocolate worth more than my insurance reckons my Omegas worth   

[Viral_Jim]

Congrats,  Nice purchase, a carbon copy of mine, just in better nick as ours has done 2 years of skip runs!

Oh and 40 mpg must be a joke 

I achieved that once, when driving back from picking it up, SWMBO was following so we were doing 65mph max from surrey to birmingham 

Mine does about 32-34 on the motorway (70-85) atm I'm doing a lot around town/short runs and its on about 25-26mpg.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I'm a bit down on that. For maximum economy I find about 47-49mph gets me the theoretical 40mpg. General motorway cruising at 70, 32-4mpg, but round town I'm averaging 22, as I say. Though reading 23.8mpg at present, so fingers crossed it won't go down much further, and the tesco ultimatum is doing good stuff. 

Just done an engine and gearbox oil change, too. Plugs and filters are next.. after I've repaired the crash damage to the offside 

[Clock]

If it's metallic grey, Vauxhall called it moonland

[migiestate]

  Nice looking car enjoy it 

[amazonian]

thanks for all your comments and handy advice lads.
I never expected to achieve 40mph as I had one of these before and know what to expect, so no problem there,
The big problem with these cars is that a lot of us buy them for their carrying capacity, and its quite difficult keeping them pristine while using them on a daily basis for lugging loads of crap around.
I must make more effort.
Anyway I am enjoying the car just now and will, like all other hapless Omega drivers, simply await the next crisis.
 

[Viral_Jim]

Definitely true in my case. When I first bought it I wasn't even that much of a miggy fan. I just couldn't find anything bigger that I could take ti the tip. Since owning one though, love em! 

If my new work allows an older car I'm going to get a saloon for "best" and a keep the estate as a dog wagon. Otherwise it will have to be a newer motor 

[ronnyd]

thanks for all your comments and handy advice lads.
I never expected to achieve 40mph as I had one of these before and know what to expect, so no problem there,
The big problem with these cars is that a lot of us buy them for their carrying capacity, and its quite difficult keeping them pristine while using them on a daily basis for lugging loads of crap around.
I must make more effort.
Anyway I am enjoying the car just now and will, like all other hapless Omega drivers, simply await the next crisis.
 

Don,t you mean 40 MPG.

[amazonian]

                                                                                                                                        Don,t you mean 40 MPG.

           Oops, well spotted sir !

             

     

[ronnyd]

                                                                                                                                        Don,t you mean 40 MPG.

           Oops, well spotted sir !

             

     

Never mind aye.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

What you on about? My Turbo Weasel once struggled to go above 40mph!  Reasonably steep hill, clearly the box was in the wrong gear, and refused to change down. By the top of the hill  we were laughing our heads off at the top at the uselessness of it; we were convinced from that day that the engine was powered by a BT call centre 

So, yeah, the 0-40 time for a 2.5TD Omega is 38 seconds. 

[Merlindriver]

Not many posts to go before you get to the 250, then you can hopefully get selling, and fund your Omega hobby 

Me too 

[amazonian]

Not many posts to go before you get to the 250, then you can hopefully get selling, and fund your Omega hobby 

Not sure if its a hobby or a terminal illness tbh!