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[cbx550bertie]

i got turned from the darkside(ford) after getting my mondeo ghia x smashed up by an asian woman with no licence an driving her sons company car!!!..so i bought a 2.0 veccy upon recommendation from my best mate an this year decided i wanted something that was big an comfortable as i`m a big bloke an me mate makes me look skinny an liked the look of the miggy so i thought why not an i aint regretted it yet even with the teething troubles everyone gets with new or used motors..all i want now is to get the bodywork upto scratch an sort the dreaded rust round the doors out...

[sir moanalot]

purely on styling and looks, but i have been eased further by all the gadgets of my cdx !!

[pete1666]

Hi i needed a car and my bro inlaw lent us his omega his second car,
my wife liked so much she told him he wasn`t getting it back so we bought it off
him, even with the problems i`ve had with it i would`nt change it.

[TheBoy]

Reason I bought Omega?

Well, I had (which she now drives) a nice little Rover 25. She, at the time had cars from a work lease scheme. Early 2004, that scheme came to an end (the lease was a Focus, couldn't wait to get rid of that heap of junk). The plan was, I would get a banger for the winter, and use the Kawasaki in the summer.  However, that summer, we were driving to south of France, so we wanted a big car.

Looked at cheap cars that would be good for the France trip, and less than 5yrs old.  Boiled down to Omega or Rover 800. No contest really, test drove a number of both, 800s are awful, Omegas in a different class.

The intention was to sell it after France, but 3.5yrs later (and a couple of french trips), we still have the MV6.

[Admin]

The intention was to sell it after France, but 3.5yrs later (and a couple of french trips), we still have the MV6.

.... and the knowledge that when travelling abroad you take a spare crank sensor!  

[TheBoy]

The intention was to sell it after France, but 3.5yrs later (and a couple of french trips), we still have the MV6.

.... and the knowledge that when travelling abroad you take a spare crank sensor!  

Ouch, that hurt....   ....you can really go off some people you know  

[Martin_1962]

As others via Carltons

[cem_devecioglu]

How I become omega owner ?

Originally I was looking for 2 liter laguna's..Here in my country the taxes and the gas prices are horrific..
I looked in car bazaars for 3 months..Couldnt find one in good condition for normal price..

Finally one sunday nearly I was leaving the bazaar and find my omega..Was in good condition.And acceptable
price (And for luxury ,comfort, performance much better lagunas)..Mechanic friends resisted.Tell will spend too
much gas, expensive parts etc. As I'm a capricorn I go in my direction and got it.Now happy with that..(Now the friends are wating for me to sell   )

For future..I want an original turbo car..if budget will permit..

[OmegaFanatic]

you get a lot of car for your money

spacious

brilliant drive

classy shape

the list goes on and on and on and on and on

[Ken T]

I had had a couple of cavaliers, but my family were growing up, and 3 young adults wouldn't fit in the back of a Cav, well not quietly  . I liked Vauxhall engineering, I could fix most things myself, so garage bills were going to be low. I then read a Car Mag report on the Omega which remarked on its comfortable ride and space, and that made up my mind. Interesting how way back 6 or 7 years ago, the Omega was noticable bigger than a lot of other cars, but they all seem to be getting bigger now.

[Chopsdad]

I've always had Vauxhalls until I switched to a Pug 306 1.9D (No T ) and then decided to buy a caravan.

Hated the Pug so went to Vx to get a Frontera.  General Manager told me they were sh1te and would be better of with an Omega.  He'd just bought one for his forthcoming twins due to the huge boot - but as all good car dealers would, he took it off his wife and sold it to me for a few extra quid.  That was a 2.0 GLS. 2 year old, 50k £9000.

2 years later he phoned me up with a story that he needed to sell 1 car today to meet the sales targets and as such if I gave him a deposit I could have any new Vx at nearly cost

Mv6 mmmm, Elite mmmm - only wanted heated seats......CD would do..... £13400 SOLD!  And I still have it 4 years and 50k later

[amigov6]

 :)Same, born 1963 grew up on Sweeney, Dad had company mk2 & 3 Cortinas(mk3 favourite car way before Liife on mars) tried to make 2000E look like a GXL. Always preferred RWD and big comfy motors.
     Later on drove late Granadas as taxis, the company changed to Omegas @ Mreg, then bought N&Preg mini facelifts which was better 'cos i do'nt like the Astra/Cav sreering wheel(sorry early model owners).
     Moved up north did HGV then noticed how cheap they'd got, remembered how much i liked 'em & after about 5yrs with other motors bought this one cos it was v6, cd, manual & 95k.
     I did phone a 2.0 auto cos it had 57k & full history but it had gone.
      To sum up i love mine nearly a year on but much as i like the toys on cdx's elites i think a manual late as i can find V/W reg pre facelift is my personal choice, but would have to be low mls/ history so not easy to find or cheap. Also regarding previous "finance post" will have to wait a couple of years.
      Btw if i opted for luxury cdx/elite, reckon i'd be ok with an auto, suits big cars. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[amigov6]

:)Same, born 1963 grew up on Sweeney, Dad had company mk2 & 3 Cortinas(mk3 favourite car way before Liife on mars) tried to make 2000E look like a GXL. Always preferred RWD and big comfy motors.
     Later on drove late Granadas as taxis, the company changed to Omegas @ Mreg, then bought N&Preg mini facelifts which was better 'cos i do'nt like the Astra/Cav sreering wheel(sorry early model owners).
     Moved up north did HGV then noticed how cheap they'd got, remembered how much i liked 'em & after about 5yrs with other motors bought this one cos it was v6, cd, manual & 95k.
     I did phone a 2.0 auto cos it had 57k & full history but it had gone.
      To sum up i love mine nearly a year on but much as i like the toys on cdx's elites i think a manual late as i can find V/W reg pre facelift is my personal choice, but would have to be low mls/ history so not easy to find or cheap. Also regarding previous "finance post" will have to wait a couple of years.
      Btw if i opted for luxury cdx/elite, reckon i'd be ok with an auto, suits big cars. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

:DSorry forgot to say the V/W reg i want next is an MV6.

[PaulW]

Always been a Vauxhall man, had an old Astra Belmont, then 2 Corsa's.  Always fancied an Omega, and when the chance of getting one for a damn good price came up, I got it

2.5i GLS Auto, 98-R, 103k miles, Bargain at £350  

Drove it for about 9 months tho, but as I lost my job and couldn't afford to run it, I had to sell up, so made twice what I paid for it reselling it, and managed to fix up my old Corsa GSi which had been stood for about 2 years prior...

To be honest though, I really want another, so now looking for an Elite, either 2.5 or 3ltr.  Corsa being what it is (stripped & gutted), its just not up to the long cruising on the motorways like the Omega was!

[VXL V6]

Apart from starting off with SD1 V8's (Insurance wasn't too expensive in my teenage years!) I always had Vauxhalls as company cars. Cavaliers, Carltons and Vectra's.
 
I wanted something rear wheel drive with a V6 up front and i've grown to appreciate Vauxhalls over any other make, i'm happy to do basic maintenance on them and on finding this site I knew there'd be plenty of help. The residuals are so poor that it becomes a lot of car for the money and what are your other choices? If you look at BMW's and the like they cannot match the equipment levels for the money, everything is an option.... then there's the image, nobody keys an Omega....

Driving the Omega reminds me of the SD1, same basic concept I suppose.... just leagues ahead in development.