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[05omegav6]

Don't worry you'll soon have Vauxhall's to play with!

Nope, never have an advanced Vauxhall......as there aren't any  The Omega was the last one as far as I can see, the Vectra never really cut it & wasn't big enough - same with the Insignia.

Now with forces moving all their fleets to devil juice the only real contenders are Audi A4/5, BMW 330/530 or Jag XF as their diesel engines have enough clout to keep up with petrol derivatives.

Hopefully (said in loose terms) BMW will pay for the repairs as it is a manufacture fault, but I won't hold my breath.

I long for the day when the higher-ups smell the coffee and switch back to Petrol fuelled cars 

Tell them to hurry up, it might be sold next week

[Crazycarzowner]

Well, had some shocking news  X5 is at BMW, been examined & they're coughing up for all the repairs 

[steve6367]

Don't worry you'll soon have Vauxhall's to play with!

Nope, never have an advanced Vauxhall......as there aren't any  The Omega was the last one as far as I can see, the Vectra never really cut it & wasn't big enough - same with the Insignia.

Now with forces moving all their fleets to devil juice the only real contenders are Audi A4/5, BMW 330/530 or Jag XF as their diesel engines have enough clout to keep up with petrol derivatives.

Hopefully (said in loose terms) BMW will pay for the repairs as it is a manufacture fault, but I won't hold my breath.

I long for the day when the higher-ups smell the coffee and switch back to Petrol fuelled cars 

Surely the A6 if an Insignia is not big enough?

[Crazycarzowner]

Don't worry you'll soon have Vauxhall's to play with!

Nope, never have an advanced Vauxhall......as there aren't any  The Omega was the last one as far as I can see, the Vectra never really cut it & wasn't big enough - same with the Insignia.

Now with forces moving all their fleets to devil juice the only real contenders are Audi A4/5, BMW 330/530 or Jag XF as their diesel engines have enough clout to keep up with petrol derivatives.

Hopefully (said in loose terms) BMW will pay for the repairs as it is a manufacture fault, but I won't hold my breath.

I long for the day when the higher-ups smell the coffee and switch back to Petrol fuelled cars 

Surely the A6 if an Insignia is not big enough?

Vauxhall don't do a performance diesel Insignia

[05omegav6]

Don't worry you'll soon have Vauxhall's to play with!

Nope, never have an advanced Vauxhall......as there aren't any  The Omega was the last one as far as I can see, the Vectra never really cut it & wasn't big enough - same with the Insignia.

Now with forces moving all their fleets to devil juice the only real contenders are Audi A4/5, BMW 330/530 or Jag XF as their diesel engines have enough clout to keep up with petrol derivatives.

Hopefully (said in loose terms) BMW will pay for the repairs as it is a manufacture fault, but I won't hold my breath.

I long for the day when the higher-ups smell the coffee and switch back to Petrol fuelled cars 

Surely the A6 if an Insignia is not big enough?

Vauxhall don't do a performance diesel Insignia

Ahem, what about the Biturbo 195bhp CDTi lump

On a side note, my proper Vauxhall trafficmobile is off to pastures new next week, so probably a good thing that the X5 is being fixed...

[Gaffers]

I don't think it's enough to keep up with some modern cars.

[05omegav6]

I don't think it's enough to keep up with some modern cars.

Possibly not, but it won't cost twentyfive squillion pounds to repair when it breaks down

[Crazycarzowner]

I don't think it's enough to keep up with some modern cars.

Possibly not, but it won't cost twentyfive squillion pounds to repair when it breaks down

Nah, we'd probably just replace the car 

The insignia 2.0L lump Bi-turbo 0-60 about 8.9 secs v BMW 530 Bi-turbo 5.3 secs  Unfortunately wouldn't come close for some of the stuff we do 

[aaronjb]

The insignia 2.0L lump Bi-turbo 0-60 about 8.9 secs v BMW 530 Bi-turbo 5.3 secs  Unfortunately wouldn't come close for some of the stuff we do

Like waiting for the recovery truck to turn up? 

[tunnie]

The insignia 2.0L lump Bi-turbo 0-60 about 8.9 secs v BMW 530 Bi-turbo 5.3 secs  Unfortunately wouldn't come close for some of the stuff we do

Like waiting for the recovery truck to turn up? 

 

[Crazycarzowner]

Think they'd be much more frequent for the Insignia 

[YZ250]

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The insignia 2.0L lump Bi-turbo 0-60 about 8.9 secs v BMW 530 Bi-turbo 5.3 secs  Unfortunately wouldn't come close for some of the stuff we do 

And there lies the crux of the matter. Regardless of what people think of a certain brand of car, the straight six diesel's are bloody quick. If you're in a job where you've got to pursue another vehicle, or get somewhere quickly, you need to be in something pretty nifty. Our current vehicle (run of the mill production car) does 0-60mph in 4.7 seconds and knocks on the door of 160mph (limited to 155'ish). It returns damn good economy as well, achieving mid 40's to the gallon, so the Police need something close to these figures.
Narrows the choice down somewhat doesn't it.    As Jason knows, the *35d brings a smile to your face when you launch it, and the damn thing just keeps pulling until it hits the limiter. 
Driven like this daily though, something has to give now and then.   

[Crazycarzowner]

Driven like this daily though, something has to give now and then.   

On the newer ones the reliability ain't too bad, its usually about 150-160k in when sommat goes pop!

Getting delivery of 330 X-Drive tourers in a few months......see how long they last. 

[TheBoy]

Remind me YZ250, what happened in Horspath a couple of years back?

[05omegav6]

Put it another way, the Omega estate will always be preferable to a Meriva