On a more serious note, the Monaro is a coupe, and as such is a sporty-looking two-door and not the right car for me. I'm after a conservatively styled four-door saloon that does NOT look like it's The Business in the performance department.
My ideal car would have been the M5, but apart from ridiculous buying and running costs the last M5 that was nearly indistinguishable from the standard 520 was the early eightees first generation, the new ones look two intimidating for my taste.
The obvious choice for me was either a Granada (and I had an F-reg 2.9 Scorpio as a company car many years ago), or the Omega. The Granada got canceled first - not taking into accopunt the latest ugly-duckling model - and this left the Omega of which I had two over the last eight years.
Talking of the Monaro again, the right model for me would have been the back-to-its-roots Holden, now there's a proper Omega with V8 engine, but not for £50k... so it back to the drawing board for me, with the current contenders being the 300C (it's a Mercedes underneath, a new cost cost around £30, there lot's of them on the roas so soon there'll be lots of second-hand ones...), the CTS (same good old GM V6 engine block, but spoiled by the odd body styling), or the 75 V8 (too rare, will become a collectors item in 25 years but in the meantime will be very difficult obtaining second-hand bits for DIY repairs).
So maybe I'll just run the Omega to the ground... never did it with a car before, guess there's always a first time. So you'r all stuck with me for now
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Topic: ...who said there is no replacement for the Omega? (Read 3824 times)