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"Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« on: 19 July 2008, 09:27:18 »
This is a question I had yesterday at work, just why are we all so interested in what he considers an ordinary car?

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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #1 on: 19 July 2008, 09:30:26 »
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This is a question I had yesterday at work, just why are we all so interested in what he considers an ordinary car?


I take it he has not driven a V6
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #2 on: 19 July 2008, 10:20:10 »
My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #3 on: 19 July 2008, 10:29:44 »
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My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/

Run over the Porsche in the tank !
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #4 on: 19 July 2008, 10:33:53 »
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My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/


Throw some laxatives in his cuppa ;D ;D
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #5 on: 19 July 2008, 10:35:02 »
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My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/


Porsche = VolkWagon Beetle
Hitler Rode around in a VW KubelWagon, Look what happend to him... ;D ;D
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #6 on: 19 July 2008, 10:43:03 »
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My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/


Porsche = VolkWagon Beetle
Hitler Rode around in a VW KubelWagon, Look what happend to him... ;D ;D
and he only had one ball :D :D
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #7 on: 19 July 2008, 10:50:22 »
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This is a question I had yesterday at work, just why are we all so interested in what he considers an ordinary car?


Compared to what, the car that he drives, which is??
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #8 on: 19 July 2008, 11:02:07 »
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My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/

Run over the Porsche in the tank !


....and bye bye career....  :( :( :(
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #9 on: 19 July 2008, 11:10:53 »
Omega is very ordinary and the V6 performance will never be neck snapping.

There are much faster machines out there... The omega just comes out well "overall" as a usable car.
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #10 on: 19 July 2008, 11:30:18 »
Sheesh -- just typed out a long and verbose response -- then hit "reset"  :-[

Long and short of it was:

What is "ordinary" ..... compare the Omega to a KA and the Omega will have more presence and cost a fair bit more new ..... make the comparison to a Countach and we will slip the other way !!!

When new the Omega Elite was in the £20 - £30K price bracket -- not your "run of the mill" car
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?
« Reply #11 on: 19 July 2008, 11:45:12 »
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My CO just told me that my Meega is not an Officer's car!!  :o :o :o   Yeah he can afford his Porsche (yuk!) on his wages........

What do I do? :-/ :-/
Well it was good enough for your bosses son to ride around in.
Prince Charles was regularly seen getting out of a miggy IIRC.
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #12 on: 19 July 2008, 11:50:53 »
Everyone just has a different perspective, Omega's like all GM products are / were produced in significant numbers and are hardly exclusive.

I like mine because I like Vauxhalls and after Cavaliers, Calibra's, Carlton's and Vectra's the Omega seemed to be the obvious choice and was a lot of car and equipment for the money (even more so if you buy one now).

Equally I like Rover SD1's but everybody else says they are C@@p... like everything in life I guess it's all down to what you want and like and not following the crowd just over the badge. Takes all sorts to make the World go round.
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?"
« Reply #13 on: 19 July 2008, 12:14:53 »
The Vauxhall omega is an extraordinary car for very ordinary money.
People who know little about cars think it is very expensive and therefore i am exceedingly rich.
I do little to change the opinions of these people. :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Re: "Why are you so interested in an ordinary car?
« Reply #14 on: 19 July 2008, 13:28:58 »
A 3.0 V6 is only slightly slower from 50 to exceedingly silly figures than a Go-faster Focus (RS?) I'd overtaken him/her a few miles before hand while he/she was fannying about. After a few miles he/she decided that he/she would leave my 'ordinary barge' behind. He/she did, but not as anticipated. The M61 was a little too busy for twice the limit .... allegedly. :-X
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