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[Hudson]

Been looking for a decent (low ish miles) Elite for a while now and still no luck, i am coming across a decent number of 2.2 CDX''s and 2.6 CDX's with a lot more CD's etc but very few Elites and the ones i see have always got moon mileage or a ' story '.

Do you think they are long gone now ?

[STEMO]

Well....they are a minimum of 13 years old.....

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I wouldn't worry about mileage at all. I recently bought a lovely Elite with 170k on the clock. The car had been pretty well looked after, and for me that is far more important then mileage. I would say quite confidently that the car will easily do another 100k miles if it is looked after properly in the future.
I have dismantled sub 100k mileage Omegas for parts that were wrecks because they hadn't been looked after by their owners.

[Nick W]

You are talking about cars that are at least 13 years old, cheap to buy but expensive to keep and that have no image to 'justify' that sort of expenditure. They are at the end of their life.


Why is an Elite so important? The only real upgrades are the self-levelling suspension which is only an asset if you tow frequently, and the standard sunroof something that many people don't consider important. Ignore those two features, and you'll have to really concentrate to notice the difference between an Elite and a CDX. Although I don't think I've ever seen a 3.0l CDX; the bigger engine is a requirement for me.


Low mileage is only worthwhile if it comes with receipts for the same stuff that a high mileage car should have had: cam belt, front suspension work, exhausts, working A/C and smart bodywork. Such a car is always going to be hard to find.

[Kevin Wood]

Agreed. At this age the most important thing to look for is sound bodywork. We know mileage is almost irrelevant to an Omega's condition if it's been reasonably well cared-for.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Personally owning a 2.5V6 CDX with the tricky elec rear blind, leather door cards and I feel very happy with all aspects of the drive. Don't feel I 'need' the extra 30 horses, leather seats. As Nick says, there's not much between the two cars.

Personally I'd be finding the car (sound bodywork, known history etc), then customise it to what you want. If FL CDX you gain Xenons/HIDs, which is nice (and thereby makes it nigh-on superior in spec to some PFL Elites)

A budget of £1000 could get you a mega low-miles CD 2.2 or something similar in low demand, a donor Elite/car with the parts you want, several weekends of swapping at your leisure. If the engine is an issue engine swaps are very doable for a few sheckles from the right OOFer's travelling services.

As above, also, galactic mileage is no issue on V6s (even on the 2.0/2.2s in many cases), especially when you really out to be doing lots of preventative maintenance on then, regardless of the history, anyway.


Also consider the personal pleasure of having your own unique-specced car. Rather than, dare I say it, another star silver facelift Elite.