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[Entwood]

£70 a week in fuel  .. thats 62 ltrs which is 13.6 gallons which is about 350 miles a week ??

LPG it and you'll save 10p/mile. Cost of LPG DIY is £800 ish so takes 8000 miles to "pay" for itself .. thats 22 weeks... 5 1/2 months  .. after which you'll be saving £140 a month ....  

Its about 400 miles/week - it probably works out more than £70 as I fill it 3 times a fortnight roughly if you know what I mean and I tend to run it down to about 20-30 miles left in tank usually.
Not sure about lpg.  Funnily enough i was running my Fronterra 2.2 Sport for a couple of weeks and it uses less petrol!  Not as fast or comfortable though obviously.

I've had mine LPG'd for 4 months now ... well pleased .. and it towed me to the South of France, up a 3500 ft lump with the 'van on the back, and up to 5500 ft solo ... narry a twinge  

The only way you know its on gas is to look at the light and your wallet

According to my spreadsheet I have saved £550 in 4 months .. and I only do 1000 miles a month normally .. did a few more on holiday !! ...   if I had gone the DIY route it would almost have paid for itself already  

[JueV6]

£20 - £30 per week in lpg, most around town, but of late it's had a few runs.

coming back from DeiselDeans yesterday, I was talking to Markey Mark on the phone and ... Towing a trailer with the new tractor engine,(HEAVY) an engine hoist, full compliment of tools at 50mph, inst consumtion was showing 38 - 46 mpg on gas with an average of 32mpg over 200 miles of mainly A roads.

Yes owning a MIG is worth every penny, and YES going down the LPG route is a NO BRAINER

[Kevin Wood]

Owning a Mig... Is it worth it?

Absolutely, and LPG is a no-brainer too. To match my running costs a petrol car would need to be doing 39.6 MPG and a diesel around 42 MPG on mixed urban / extra-urban driving.

Show me a car with 218 BHP, auto gearbox, comfort and performance matching the Omega that achieves that. We're talking something pretty "sit up and beg", then.  

Yes, they have their fair share of niggles. For a 5 year old car I'm not that happy with mine in that respect, TBH, but it's worth it, I reckon.

Kevin

[ngrainqey]

yeah omegas do have their niggles, it's only like other cars... i spose atleast parts are cheap if you know where to get them

in my opinion omegas seem to last quite well(mines 15 year old and it has got/had the rust along windows) but i'v since been gradually sorting it out and the rust that i got rid of properly hasnt come back!

[sev]

As far as the cost of spares goes, there are plenty of people on here with vauxhall trade club cards - they will all be only to willing to buy the parts for you at the trade price.

[willyboy]

jesus ENTWOOD!, are you carol vordamanns brother

I don't want to be a her brother...............  

 Me Neither  she's a looker to me  

[davlad22]

just been stung (in last couple of months) for ...
1.  Front disks + front and rear pads (£180)
3.  Rear box (£90)
4.  Both middle exhausts (£130 +VAT)
5.  Track rod and tracking set (£45)
6.  2 front tyres (£130 + VAT)

Sorry mate, you'll have to try harder than that! Those are all standard consumable parts on EVERY car!! Just so happens it's all come at once  

...those tyres were quite good value though!  

Stick with it mate, there is no more comfortable, faster, smoother and classier car out there for the money  

OH, and consider this, it's £3.50 on the bus to go anywhere from where we live add to this a day-return ticket to leeds at £11.50 and that's fifteen quid and 3hrs a day on public transport! Enjoy your migster dude