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Title: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: elddis on 26 May 2012, 11:35:49
Does anybody have any thoughts on this...Elite 2003 3.2 on Ebay?[url][/url]][ftp][url][/url] (ftp://[ftp)[/ftp]
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: Tetleysmooth on 26 May 2012, 11:57:04
Would it be this one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-ELITE-3-2-V6-AUTO-FINAL-EDITION-SUPERB-CAR-NO-RESERVE-/261028339409?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cc6805ed1
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: elddis on 26 May 2012, 13:00:04
Yes,thats the one...
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: kingycos2 on 26 May 2012, 16:45:28
"Unfortunately I did not receive any service history with the car"

If that doesn't put you off, it seams ok. Always go up in price at the end of auctions the 3.2 elites!!!!! 
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 26 May 2012, 17:10:31
Buy it, service it, do the cambelt, how much in total? £1200 so far?
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: OmegaAnglesey on 26 May 2012, 18:23:59
There are a few strange things about this one,


Doesn't look like its got the electric blind strange for a 3.2 elite
no elite badge on one of the doors ( crashed/damaged in passed ?? something to do with that dent? )
radio unit different colour looks odd ?...
No service history with that much mileage.
 ::)
Wouldn't risk any more than £800 my self without seeing it in the flesh....
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 26 May 2012, 19:54:15
There are a few strange things about this one,


Doesn't look like its got the electric blind strange for a 3.2 elite
no elite badge on one of the doors ( crashed/damaged in passed ?? something to do with that dent? )
radio unit different colour looks odd ?...
No service history with that much mileage.
 ::)
Wouldn't risk any more than £800 my self without seeing it in the flesh....

You're right WRT the door badging - worth an ask...

IIRC they didn't fit the blind as standard to the last batch of Elites.

The radio, could simply be that the old one died - and has been replaced with one from a Vectra or similar, again worth asking.

The lack of service history is more intriguing - do VX hold details on a central computer, or is it dealer-specific?
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: Big_Al on 26 May 2012, 19:58:02
There are a few strange things about this one,


Doesn't look like its got the electric blind strange for a 3.2 elite
no elite badge on one of the doors ( crashed/damaged in passed ?? something to do with that dent? )
radio unit different colour looks odd ?...
No service history with that much mileage.
 ::)
Wouldn't risk any more than £800 my self without seeing it in the flesh....

You're right WRT the door badging - worth an ask...

IIRC they didn't fit the blind as standard to the last batch of Elites.

The radio, could simply be that the old one died - and has been replaced with one from a Vectra or similar, again worth asking.

The lack of service history is more intriguing - do VX hold details on a central computer, or is it dealer-specific?


Agreed . . I've looked at a few late 3.2 elites  & it seems they were not standard as several did not have them
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: TheBoy on 27 May 2012, 09:36:52
Blinds not fitted to MY2003 Elites.
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: belldarr on 27 May 2012, 21:49:09
I know it has finished now BUT look at the MOT history - 2 MOT's in 2009 a few days apart but 20K mileage difference.....Thought it may be a typo but the rest of the MOT history seems in step with the mileage after 2009.

Gut feeling on this one would be to keep on looking.

Darren.
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: Entwood on 27 May 2012, 21:55:26
I know it has finished now BUT look at the MOT history - 2 MOT's in 2009 a few days apart but 20K mileage difference.....Thought it may be a typo but the rest of the MOT history seems in step with the mileage after 2009.

Gut feeling on this one would be to keep on looking.

Darren.

and if you look at the dates ... the "earlier one" - 02/07/2009 has more miles, 93905, than the "later" one 06/07/2009, 73512 !!!!!! so in a week it "lost" 20,000 miles.

Now a replacement speedo might do that ..... but why MOT it twice in a week when it had just "passed with no advisories" ......

Very strange IMHO
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: OmegaAnglesey on 28 May 2012, 01:43:05
I know it has finished now BUT look at the MOT history - 2 MOT's in 2009 a few days apart but 20K mileage difference.....Thought it may be a typo but the rest of the MOT history seems in step with the mileage after 2009.

Gut feeling on this one would be to keep on looking.

Darren.

and if you look at the dates ... the "earlier one" - 02/07/2009 has more miles, 93905, than the "later" one 06/07/2009, 73512 !!!!!! so in a week it "lost" 20,000 miles.

Now a replacement speedo might do that ..... but why MOT it twice in a week when it had just "passed with no advisories" ......

Very strange IMHO
And someone won the auction for £1,600  :o  thats a bit much with allot of strange things about this Omega 3.2....
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: elddis on 28 May 2012, 15:06:50
Yes,I agree.....Looked a bit dodgy....Someone paid way over the odds at £1600!
Title: Re: Elite 2003 on Ebay
Post by: kingycos2 on 02 June 2012, 11:58:05
Paid good money for an average motor with lots of "concerns" IMO