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[fuz1903]

First car 1300 fiesta ghia (with Capri 2.8i alloys, didn't fit too well) then Astra SR (Puke Green-nice) then company cars - Corsa, Astra, Mondeo, Escort (saloon and Estate), Astra van, Megane, Laguna, Vectra.
As soon as option ti opt out of company car scheme came, I knew what I wanted, had to be big, comfortable and quick, and at half price for an 18 month old MV6 who could ask for more.

The trouble is now what do I replace her with?

[amigov6]

First car 1300 fiesta ghia (with Capri 2.8i alloys, didn't fit too well) then Astra SR (Puke Green-nice) then company cars - Corsa, Astra, Mondeo, Escort (saloon and Estate), Astra van, Megane, Laguna, Vectra.
As soon as option ti opt out of company car scheme came, I knew what I wanted, had to be big, comfortable and quick, and at half price for an 18 month old MV6 who could ask for more.

The trouble is now what do I replace her with?

:DA pre-facelift manual MV6 [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[Entwood]

I had a Ford Granada Scorpio Mk 3 (2.9 V6) for 15 years .. absolutely brilliant towcar .. at 15 years old you can no longer get continental breakdown insurance so unfortunately it had to go as we holiday in France every year. Before that a standard 2.3 Granny for 6 years - good towcar but not as nice as the Scorpio - only replaced 'cos an idiot ran up the back and totalled it

As I hate 4X4's, love big comfortable powerful saloons, and want rear wheel drive for towing I have limited options, also due to the weight of the 'van I tow (1600Kgs) I will only tow with a vehicle of around 2000 kgs +/- a bit.. this left even fewer options ..boiled down to

BMW 5 series
Merc C Class
Omega

on the budget - at the time (6 years ago) this gave me a 6 year old Beemer, a 7 year old Merc or a 3 year old Omega.. and I found the Elite which had the same (or better in some cases) spec than the other 2...(especially the self levelling suspension) .... it became a no-brainer ... bought the miggy and have never regretted it.

Slightly slower away from the lights with the 'van on the back than the Granny was .... but from 30 upwards no comparison .. way more power, extremly stable and I get 30% better fuel consumption all round.

I am seriously considering replacing the current miggy with a newer one (2002-2003) simply while they are available with lowish miles not because of problems with this one, probably won't happen as once I like a car i tend to keep them 10-15 years, if I don't like them its 10-15 weeks !!

The miggy is a powerful, capable, comfortable armchair, with agro when you need it  

[The Barge Captain]

I wanted a large estate, always fancied an Omega and way better than a mundaneo which was the other option.  On my second one now and would like a 3.0 elite estate manual (I wish)

[hobbes]

Kinda just 'fell into' Omegas. To be honest - I didn't even notice them before i bought one, must be the subtle understated looks!
A customer of mine was selling his 2.5 Auto CDX estate, quite a step up from the mundaneo TD I had. Bought it, loved it - comfy, big and I like VX styling etc. But after a series of failures...OK, I was spending more fixing it that it was worth I bought a 2.5 CD Manual saloon. Utterly reliable...but just 'boring' and a bit underpowered for my liking - so went and got a manual MV6. Alright - I've practically spent a grand on it this year (brakes, exhaust, wheels, tyres, servicing) but it'll do me for another year or so before I get bored & need yet more power under the bonnet.

[amigov6]

Kinda just 'fell into' Omegas. To be honest - I didn't even notice them before i bought one, must be the subtle understated looks!
A customer of mine was selling his 2.5 Auto CDX estate, quite a step up from the mundaneo TD I had. Bought it, loved it - comfy, big and I like VX styling etc. But after a series of failures...OK, I was spending more fixing it that it was worth I bought a 2.5 CD Manual saloon. Utterly reliable...but just 'boring' and a bit underpowered for my liking - so went and got a manual MV6. Alright - I've practically spent a grand on it this year (brakes, exhaust, wheels, tyres, servicing) but it'll do me for another year or so before I get bored & need yet more power under the bonnet.

:)Love my 2.5 man cd but 3.0 MV6 next

[Crazydad]

I started years ago with a Manta i400, very sporty fast car and the most reliable that i had ever owned.
over the years, as we all do you tend to wander, try other makes other sizes until you mature enough to find the car that finally fits you, its like a chemical response.
 With me, it was not just the fact that Vx/Opel are quite reliable compared to others it also gives you everyting you desire at a reasonable price(although no one has yet told me why they are so cheep)
swmbo must like it too of course, and i think the size and comfortable drive the car offers just makes you feel safe in the case of an emergency.
I must admit that i have fell in love with a few migges here on the forum and shows me that when i change cars it will be an MV6 facelift 2002/2003 with everything the manufacturers have to offer, or the modifier who sells it too me

[Baron Von Spongebob]

I started years ago with a Manta i400, very sporty fast car and the most reliable that i had ever owned.
over the years, as we all do you tend to wander, try other makes other sizes until you mature enough to find the car that finally fits you, its like a chemical response.
 With me, it was not just the fact that Vx/Opel are quite reliable compared to others it also gives you everyting you desire at a reasonable price(although no one has yet told me why they are so cheep)
swmbo must like it too of course, and i think the size and comfortable drive the car offers just makes you feel safe in the case of an emergency.
I must admit that i have fell in love with a few migges here on the forum and shows me that when i change cars it will be an MV6 facelift 2002/2003 with everything the manufacturers have to offer, or the modifier who sells it too me

There one in your neck of the woods..
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130135255002&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&refitem=230150297308&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget

[Crazydad]

I started years ago with a Manta i400, very sporty fast car and the most reliable that i had ever owned.
over the years, as we all do you tend to wander, try other makes other sizes until you mature enough to find the car that finally fits you, its like a chemical response.
 With me, it was not just the fact that Vx/Opel are quite reliable compared to others it also gives you everyting you desire at a reasonable price(although no one has yet told me why they are so cheep)
swmbo must like it too of course, and i think the size and comfortable drive the car offers just makes you feel safe in the case of an emergency.
I must admit that i have fell in love with a few migges here on the forum and shows me that when i change cars it will be an MV6 facelift 2002/2003 with everything the manufacturers have to offer, or the modifier who sells it too me

There one in your neck of the woods..

When the time comes for me to depart with mine then i`m going to make mickdundee an offer he can`t refuse

Or kev like the Irmscher look goes with mine

[ffcgary1]

I like many others on here had'nt taken much notice of omegas or any other vx before i got my tourer,
I work as a field service engineer repairing all automatic vending m/cs and we installed one at a vx dealer in kingston surrey.

Anyway, got frendly with a mech there and got talking about cars ect, ect, and told him i was looking for a new motor,he said he would keep his ears open if anything came up.
Thats how i got mine,it had suffered the dredded roller failure and he had bought it off the woman who owned it,I paid £4000 with only 32000 miles on the clock and full s/h.

It has never let me down and any money that i  spent on the old girl is because i wanted to, rather than had too. I have had her 4 years now and dont plan to get any thing else unless a 3.2 fully loaded mv6  with irmcher pops up and grabs me gonads.

[MickAP]

I needed something heavy enough to tow my 1460kg caravan and be economical as well, the 2.5TD estate fitted the bill nicely. Also it has help shift no end of gear down to Oxford to my daughters flat no problem, that's saved having to hire a van as well. It's just returned an average 32mpg doing nearly 900 miles of which around 600 would have been towing the caravan. Not bad for a big old black beast.

Mick

[Jay w]

for me it was a combination of a lot of things........

1) Brand - Many years ago i worked for Vauxhall, about the time that the Omega came out, i always struggled to understand why Vaux ditched the Carlton/Senator and then expected 1 car to replace it, i have never really been into foriegn cars and i have an aversion to anything with an oval badge on it. In the past i have had a lot of cavs, especially Mk2's i love them, they were my 'weapon of choice' in my boy racer days!!

2) price - i was looking for something that would cover a lot of miles, would be reliable, could do the 'european run' when required with the kids not moaning that it was like a sardine can, we had a Zafira prior to this and that used to rev its head off at 70mph, the replacement would have to have been comfortable as well.

I had a strict budget of £3500 when i was looking for mine, it had to have less than 100K on the clock and had to be a light colour, i was down to a handful of cars:
7 series BMW
Omega Elite
C or E class Merc

The 7 series had the wrong image for me (sorry to all those BM drivers) the Merc didn't have enough toys and the Omega i found i didn't like originally, i wanted a prefacelift, never really like the look of the facelift models.

However it fitted the bill perfectly, since then i have done 40,000 since april '06, it has been utterly reliable and have served me well, however i have a feeling that it will be time to part company soon and so she will be up for sale.

Her replacement......another 2.5 Elite, but this time i will get the LPG conversion done so as to save money.

There are so many other reasons why i bought her, but i suppose value for money was the one that stood out the most.

[Andy B]

..... I always struggled to understand why Vaux ditched the Carlton/Senator and then expected 1 car to replace it,  ........

You & me too. The 'oval badge' maker tried to do the same thing with the Mundane & Scorpio/Granada and they failed too. It's been left to the Vectra now to take the place of the Omega too as Vauxhall have had the last 3 years or so to bring out another Omega.... and haven't.

[Tony H]

A bloke down the road got an Omega that I used to walk past every day, liked the look of it, got chatting to him and when I found out what he paid for it I was amazed.
I wanted a big saloon, with lots of toys,and right wheel drive and found you get a lot of "bang for your bucks" when you buy a Meega.
I also wanted o good tow car cos I pull a bloody big boat from time to time. I used to own a Granny and find the Omega streets ahead as a tow car.
The rests history here I am three years later and still chuffed to f*ck with my luxobarge

[Kieran]

Also owned a SAAB previously but someone ran into it and wrote it off. Needed to replace it with something cheap,relible,comfy and with adequate power.Being a rear wheel drive was an added bonus since i do some towing. Extremely pleased with my Omega, alot of car for the money considering i hadn't given them a thought before my other car was written off.Even my wife loves it and she is not that mad about cars.