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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #30 on: 28 February 2010, 21:55:27 »
I'm 37, only been driving the Omega for 3 weeks now, since I inherited it off my Late Father (who was 73)

I have always drive largish cars since I started driving at 17.

Still also drive a Landrover discovery 300tdi which I green lane and abuse ;-)

And the Omega is far more fuel efficient and cheaper on insurance than the Discovery
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« Reply #31 on: 28 February 2010, 23:26:53 »
58 now - have had the Omega for going on 8 years.

Previously SD1s, Scorpios, Carlton, Cavalier and Austin Cambridge (in my teens). At 6ft 6ins not too many options.

Replacing Mig with VW Phaeton (eventually) delivery date now delayed to 25th March.
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #32 on: 01 March 2010, 12:56:50 »
I'm 40 now but I've always driven largish cars I find them a lot more comfortable than the hothatches. Although my 3.0l V6 Renault 25 gave some boy racers a run for their money at the lights!!

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« Reply #33 on: 01 March 2010, 13:58:41 »
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Actually ::)  ::) ....... it's stands for Buick ..... which then implies V8  ::)  ::)  ::)  :y ;D
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #34 on: 05 March 2010, 08:34:43 »
I've only just turned 27 and recently got my Omega.

To be fair tho, my general opinion was/is that Omega's are less likely to be thrashed about because of the 'expected age of the driver' thing
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #35 on: 05 March 2010, 08:52:36 »
My other car is a Rover....

....now where is my flat cap :P


I tend to flick about different cars, from the pocket rocket type cars to larger comfy ones. Never liked the really small 'shit boxes' as Tunnie put it (and I guess I know where he picked that up from  :-[), for me its always been Astra size or larger.

When I got my first Omega, the intention was to replace with a Civic Type-R once I'd got back from France.
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #36 on: 05 March 2010, 08:55:46 »
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My other car is a Rover....

....now where is my flat cap :P


I tend to flick about different cars, from the pocket rocket type cars to larger comfy ones. Never liked the really small 'shit boxes' as Tunnie put it (and I guess I know where he picked that up from  :-[), for me its always been Astra size or larger.

When I got my first Omega, the intention was to replace with a Civic Type-R once I'd got back from France.

But that wouldn't tow a caravan.... ::)
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #37 on: 05 March 2010, 09:00:30 »
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My other car is a Rover....

....now where is my flat cap :P


I tend to flick about different cars, from the pocket rocket type cars to larger comfy ones. Never liked the really small 'shit boxes' as Tunnie put it (and I guess I know where he picked that up from  :-[), for me its always been Astra size or larger.

When I got my first Omega, the intention was to replace with a Civic Type-R once I'd got back from France.

But that wouldn't tow a caravan.... ::)
Good!

Mind you, don't your mob from the Caravan Club recommend inappropriate, small Asian shitboxes to tow vans? ;)
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #38 on: 05 March 2010, 09:01:44 »
Opps, sorry Vamps, no offense intended about the terminology used to describe horrible small cars  :-[
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« Reply #39 on: 05 March 2010, 09:08:35 »
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My other car is a Rover....

....now where is my flat cap :P


I tend to flick about different cars, from the pocket rocket type cars to larger comfy ones. Never liked the really small 'shit boxes' as Tunnie put it (and I guess I know where he picked that up from  :-[), for me its always been Astra size or larger.

When I got my first Omega, the intention was to replace with a Civic Type-R once I'd got back from France.

But that wouldn't tow a caravan.... ::)
Good!

Mind you, don't your mob from the Caravan Club recommend inappropriate, small Asian shitboxes to tow vans? ;)

I knew you'd got a secret interest, so you read the CC Magazine then?
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« Reply #40 on: 05 March 2010, 09:16:10 »
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My other car is a Rover....

....now where is my flat cap :P


I tend to flick about different cars, from the pocket rocket type cars to larger comfy ones. Never liked the really small 'shit boxes' as Tunnie put it (and I guess I know where he picked that up from  :-[), for me its always been Astra size or larger.

When I got my first Omega, the intention was to replace with a Civic Type-R once I'd got back from France.

But that wouldn't tow a caravan.... ::)
Good!

Mind you, don't your mob from the Caravan Club recommend inappropriate, small Asian shitboxes to tow vans? ;)

I knew you'd got a secret interest, so you read the CC Magazine then?
Nope, but had it shoved in front of me when I suggested that Mrs TB's dad's car was too small to pull his heavy van, when CC were saying Astra class stuff from Asia was their recommendation, along with the Skoda varient of the Golf.
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #41 on: 05 March 2010, 09:17:08 »
The CC mag is almost as embarrassingly bad/wrong as the CSMA mag that they have stopped sending me at last.
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #42 on: 05 March 2010, 09:20:10 »
Their camping sites are good though.
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #43 on: 05 March 2010, 09:24:08 »
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Their camping sites are good though.
No bogs, no showers, NO THANKS!

Oh, and they tend to be full of pikeys :P
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Re: Old Mans Car!
« Reply #44 on: 05 March 2010, 09:50:07 »
16 when i got my first carlton, 19 when i got my first omega, and 20 when i got my MV6  :y
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