Omega replacement??

[horsecow]

My brother has bought me 2.6 cd off me and I'm looking for something to replace it with. Starting a new site in Sept which will mean 100 miles per day travel. I dont mind the miles if I have omega level comfort and power. Been searching ebay and the trader and the only decent omegas are all auto's. Are the auto's much worse on fuel than manual and are there any decent alternatives. Ideally I'd prefer rwd, v6 or better and less than £1k.

[tunnie]

Have you not seen the other threads? 

I'm struggling to find a replacement that ticks all the boxes, I do 50 miles a day of mixed traffic.

Yes the auto's are bloody shite on fuel, but it depends if you are at a constant speed or sat in traffic for large amounts of time. I'd be interested to see what you get for less than £1k, but with that kind of miles, would £1k get something reliable enough? 

I'm having issues with ~£5-6k budget to source a decent replacement, to the point of I might as well say sod it and run the 3.2 and take the hit on the fuel bill.

[horsecow]

It's mostly motorbay and there won't be any traffic to bother me the times I'm going at. Been looking at some s type jags, 3.0 v6 but have no experience or knowledge of them. Don't want something that's going to give no end of grief. Very hard to find something and I'm more than likely going to go for another omega but I'll take a good look at around 1st.

[tunnie]

Like wise I'm finding it hard to beat a 2.2 on LPG, with cost on the wallet of 50/55mpg.

Might have to be another Omega 

[X30XE]

Merc w220 S class
BMW e38 7 series
BMW e39 5 series
Volvo v90/960 if you need an estate.

Job's a goodun. 

#moderncarsareshit

[horsecow]

I'll happily use my 3.2 elite but I just don't have time to get it running at the minute, there's no chance it will be ready for Sept. Any advice on the s type jags??

Thanks x30xe I've actually looked at a few merc's online will check out the others as well

[aaronjb]

Like wise I'm finding it hard to beat a 2.2 on LPG, with cost on the wallet of 50/55mpg.

That frugal? I am amazed! I'm having a hard time finding new cars that do that kind of mpg, let alone a 10 year old gassed banger (sorry, sorry.. ).  Makes the 3.2 look like George Best given I never used to better about 27mpg (so, what, 35mpg on gas, equivalent cost?).

[tunnie]

Like wise I'm finding it hard to beat a 2.2 on LPG, with cost on the wallet of 50/55mpg.

That frugal? I am amazed! I'm having a hard time finding new cars that do that kind of mpg, let alone a 10 year old gassed banger (sorry, sorry.. ).  Makes the 3.2 look like George Best given I never used to better about 27mpg (so, what, 35mpg on gas, equivalent cost?).

My big issue with gassing the 3.2, it'a already crap on fuel, I don't think I could crack 19mpg on gas.  So low 30's at best on the wallet? Bit crap!

The 2.2 does about 27mpg on gas, filling it up at 48p a litre near work, means 50+ mpg on the wallet.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Given the budget and the requirements I would be looking at an early LS400. I would be a bit doubtful about getting a half decent BMW or Merc for a £1k budget. Volvos - I know less than nothing about them.

[tunnie]

Volvo S60's appear plenty full and cheap, diesel and auto's to. Quite a few around for the £1-£2k region.

[Mister Rog]

Merc w220 S class
BMW e38 7 series
BMW e39 5 series
Volvo v90/960 if you need an estate.

Job's a goodun. 

#moderncarsareshit

Good V90s and 960s are rare as hens teeth now and are almost all autos. I had a great 960, lovely cars but they are NOT economical on fuel. Trust me I know 

[X30XE]

Given the budget and the requirements I would be looking at an early LS400. I would be a bit doubtful about getting a half decent BMW or Merc for a £1k budget. Volvos - I know less than nothing about them.

bm and merc far more plentiful than usable ls400s in my experience. especially e39s.

ls400s arent obdII compatible which makes them pretty much impossible to work on as well. Worst car I ever bought.

[BazaJT]

On the basis that I've had two BMWs and blown the engines out of both of them I'd avoid those.Never had a Merc but not too long ago[I think]they went through a period of really bad quality problems.Going on present experience of Volvos I'd vote for a V70,mine's a 2.4 petrol[they're 5pot motors]and on a recent run to Billing-just over 244 mile round trip-at 60-65mph most of the time it returned 41mpg on standard unleaded.

[BazaJT]

By the way if you go Volvo route avoid the autos like the plague!

[tunnie]

By the way if you go Volvo route avoid the autos like the plague!

Autos appear to last well, plenty on sale with 200k plus