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[Baron Von Spongebob]

Miles better than the Veccy-B you had

Nice as Omega?

To be honest, I'm not impressed with the performance of the GM V6 Anymore. I got thrashed off the lights the other day, and right up to 90mph, by a 2.0 TDi Astra  

Oh dear

What you need is a 3.0 V6...........alfa romeo

You want to try driving my Peugeot 405 diesel  

Why?

Trust you to ask that  
Perhaps i should have explained myself sily me..

Given the choice i would not moan about GM V6 after driving my excuse for a car, namely the 405..
There Steve is that  better i forgot about the old folk not understanding things these days...Im one of the old folk too  

Thanks for clearing that up young fella


TW*T

Out come the magnifying glass again  

[JamesV6CDX]

Miles better than the Veccy-B you had

Nice as Omega?

To be honest, I'm not impressed with the performance of the GM V6 Anymore. I got thrashed off the lights the other day, and right up to 90mph, by a 2.0 TDi Astra  

Oh dear

What you need is a 3.0 V6...........alfa romeo

I'm gonna have to settle with lobbing some 3.0 cams in mine, I think

[tunnie]

Miles better than the Veccy-B you had

Nice as Omega?

To be honest, I'm not impressed with the performance of the GM V6 Anymore. I got thrashed off the lights the other day, and right up to 90mph, by a 2.0 TDi Astra  

Oh dear

What you need is a 3.0 V6...........alfa romeo

I'm gonna have to settle with lobbing some 3.0 cams in mine, I think

Even with the company car comming?

[STMO123]

Miles better than the Veccy-B you had

Nice as Omega?

To be honest, I'm not impressed with the performance of the GM V6 Anymore. I got thrashed off the lights the other day, and right up to 90mph, by a 2.0 TDi Astra  

Oh dear

What you need is a 3.0 V6...........alfa romeo

I'm gonna have to settle with lobbing some 3.0 cams in mine, I think

Yes. Do it. But, a warning........the feeling of speed will last for a couple of months. Then you will want something a bit quicker...and so on.

That's why you see so many erm.......middle aged men ......in very fast cars. You just have to go faster.

[cem_devecioglu]

Miles better than the Veccy-B you had

Nice as Omega?

To be honest, I'm not impressed with the performance of the GM V6 Anymore. I got thrashed off the lights the other day, and right up to 90mph, by a 2.0 TDi Astra  

Oh dear

What you need is a 3.0 V6...........alfa romeo

I'm gonna have to settle with lobbing some 3.0 cams in mine, I think

as I'm planning to use omega for a long time 3.0 cams are in my todo list also.

[Jay w]

leave the car in gear when parking it  

These things have a reputation for rolling away, guy across the road has encountered this and it cost a pretty penny to rectify, has been featured on watchdog over the last few weeks, VOSA are currently looking into it along with the DoT

[Danny]

leave the car in gear when parking it  

These things have a reputation for rolling away, guy across the road has encountered this and it cost a pretty penny to rectify, has been featured on watchdog over the last few weeks, VOSA are currently looking into it along with the DoT

i remember that, same happened with the signum of the same age

[Taxi_Driver]

leave the car in gear when parking it  

These things have a reputation for rolling away, guy across the road has encountered this and it cost a pretty penny to rectify, has been featured on watchdog over the last few weeks, VOSA are currently looking into it along with the DoT

I think they have looked into it....as a few months ago when i had a veccyC....i got sent a sticker to stick on the drivers sun visior.....basically said make sure handbrake fully applied and leave in gear.

[Golfbuddy]

Right, back on subject. Why would you want a company car? Will the job involve doing lots of company miles? Far better to use your own car and pocket the cash.

I had a company car for nearly 20 years and by the end of that time I was paying around £250 per month in tax for the priviledge. This was hard cash out of my monthly take home pay and money that I had no choice in paying. Actually, to make it worse, I was paying £250 for a car that I wouldn't have bought if it was my money. And yes, I had a choice of cars, but I never had a choice of a car that I would actually buy.

The problem is that during works time the car belongs to the company and will proabably be used and abused as a pool car. After work, you are paying an arm and a leg for the car to be sat on the drive.

If you want my advice, ask if they have a private use scheme in the company and use the Omega. With your mechanical skill you should be quids in and not pay a penny to the government for driving in your own time.

Oh, and one more thing. If you have a company car and you lose your job, you lose your means of transport as well.  

[Marks DTM Calib]

leave the car in gear when parking it  

These things have a reputation for rolling away, guy across the road has encountered this and it cost a pretty penny to rectify, has been featured on watchdog over the last few weeks, VOSA are currently looking into it along with the DoT

I think they have looked into it....as a few months ago when i had a veccyC....i got sent a sticker to stick on the drivers sun visior.....basically said make sure handbrake fully applied and leave in gear.

Its a standard feature of any disc based emergency brake setup.....the setups hava a spring in them which needs compressing so as the disc cools down the pads remain clamped.....trouble is people dont pull the hand brake on hard enough.

The same happens on Mondeos, Mercs, VAG group etc etc etc.....its a pretty common braking setup used by all the major manufacturers

[TheBoy]

leave the car in gear when parking it  

These things have a reputation for rolling away, guy across the road has encountered this and it cost a pretty penny to rectify, has been featured on watchdog over the last few weeks, VOSA are currently looking into it along with the DoT

I think they have looked into it....as a few months ago when i had a veccyC....i got sent a sticker to stick on the drivers sun visior.....basically said make sure handbrake fully applied and leave in gear.

Its a standard feature of any disc based emergency brake setup.....the setups hava a spring in them which needs compressing so as the disc cools down the pads remain clamped.....trouble is people dont pull the hand brake on hard enough.

The same happens on Mondeos, Mercs, VAG group etc etc etc.....its a pretty common braking setup used by all the major manufacturers

Yup, Audi have sent out similar info to drivers...