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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omega3000 on 12 November 2012, 18:00:59
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I bought a runaround cheap an not so cheerful mk5 escort (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o202/Mrs_S_Brown/Smiley-HidingBehindWall.gif) It was very tappety from cold and only owned it 2 months ::)
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This little beauty, before it lost a big argument with things far bigger...
(http://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/rover/rover1_1X.jpg)
(http://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/rover/rover1_3X.jpg)
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A brand new Ford Cortina Estate MK5 in about 1978.
After that it was on to my first Vx, a "all new" Cavalier Hatchback in 1980. :y :y
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Before this and the previous Omega, it was a Granada Scorpio (not the crap looking later one either), before that was a mk3 Granada, before that a Honda Accord, before that an MGB Roadster, which was preceded by the last Vauxhall .. A Marina Coupe 1.8 TC .... and that's gone back far enough .... for now .. :)
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A mint 1 owner 1993 Mercedes 190e ,if I had a double garage I would have kept it, along with the 2.6.
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Bigest mistake I ever made, a Renault Laguna - Ugh!
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Bigest mistake I ever made, a Renault Laguna - Ugh!
I spent a miserable Sunday morning under one of those yesterday. Still, I spent a miserable evening under and Omega in the evening.
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Can I count Opel as non vauxhall? In my murky past I can include ownership of a 2CV! thats only one of my 40 odd previous cars for the road. i dont count breakers or banger racers.
keith B
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Other than the ones I buy and sell the last one I actually owned was a mint Mercedes 190e, lovely machine and I might just buy another one!!
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prior to senator 24v and carlton gsi, it was the lovely old rover sd1 v8 including a twin turbo, had 11 of the buggers!! lol all auto,s if i was forced to buy one, were immediately swapped to manual,love em!
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A mint '97 plate Discovery V8 till some numpty >:( >:( >:( drove into it parked outside my house and wrote it off ::) ::)
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before i had the mv6 i had a 2 ford puma's,which were great cars,couldnt fault the drive in them at all.
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The Jeep on the drive...... :D :D
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Alfa 156 v6 wicked car no issues at all!
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'93 Rover 214s
Nice little car and plenty nippy - written off by an uninsured driver >:(
Replaced by my first (of many) Carlton.
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Mercedes C180 about 3 years ago. Quite liked it apart from the dire lack of grunt and only 31mpg for having to suffer the lack of grunt.
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R320 :y :y
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very briefly, between senators and sintra, there was a pug 505 GTi 7 seat estate....
it was shit
for my 30th birthday (nigh on 18 years ago) my wife bought me a Ford 2.8i crapheap "as a bit of fun" to recapture my teenage idiocy...
my senator at the time was faster, handled better, and was better on fuel, with a bigger boot, and more comfortable for everyone on board....
the capri went as soon as it was polite to do so....
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I have a 1988 (E) Mk2 VW Golf 1.6D that I use for my commute to work. Technically I didn't buy it though. My parents (having owned it from new) were going to scrap it, but I managed to convince them to give it to me instead! ;D
Bought a 1995 3.0 Auto Laguna about 14 years ago. I had it a week and averaged 13mpg! :o Took it back to the dealer, told him he was having a laugh, and traded it up against a 2.0 16v Calibra and a 1.7TD Cavalier! ::)
Other than that, every single one of my cars has been a Vauxhall... and there have been over 50 of them to date! 8)
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Audi A6 Avant estate, got it after my first mig (which was a V6 that gave me loads of trouble).
It was pile of c**p, had it for 3 months and then got the first mig I could find for sale nearby.
Still got that one (2.2) and the current one.
Before that Rover 25 (ex dad's) 2 Vectra's, 2 Cavalier's, Astra, Commander & 2 Mk1 escort's oh and a Mini
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1979 bmw 323i
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Mk 1 mondo.
Good car. Poor life expectancy. It just wore out approaching 100k. Clutch, rack, suspension, HT system. Ect ect
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The Jaguar that's parked on the drive in front of the Mig,other than that a Rover SD1 in the mid-nineties before being replaced by my first Senator,had at least one of the big Vauxhalls ever since.
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Before the MK5 escort i had a triumph herald with the interior in the boot ::) and before that a peugeot 309 diesel which was great on fuel . Then the long lost capri which the buyer was going to put a diesel in it :'(
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..... Then the long lost capri which the buyer was going to put a diesel in it :'(
:o :o :o :o :o I trust you had him shot in front of his family! ;) ;) ;)
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..... Then the long lost capri which the buyer was going to put a diesel in it :'(
:o :o :o :o :o I trust you had him shot in front of his family! ;) ;) ;)
No but we did laugh when the gear stick came off in his hand on the test drive ;D ;D
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3 Ford Scorpios between1985 and 2002. Not the most recent frog thing though.
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Does my two rover p6's count 5litre for looning in and 2.2for day to day
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Mk1 MX5 and it was brilliant :)
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Mk1 MX5 and it was brilliant :)
nice little cars slightly underated i think
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3 Ford Scorpios between1985 and 2002. Not the most recent frog thing though.
Actually it was 4 of them between those dates.
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Mk1 MX5 and it was brilliant :)
nice little cars slightly underated i think
They tend to get slated by people that haven't driven them ;)
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..... Then the long lost capri which the buyer was going to put a diesel in it :'(
:o :o :o :o :o I trust you had him shot in front of his family! ;) ;) ;)
No but we did laugh when the gear stick came off in his hand on the test drive ;D ;D
Mk1 facelift, with plastic screw in gear lever base..... ???
super epoxy , great for sticking them in so they stay stuck in, and don't come out in your hand during a rapid 2nd-3rd change....
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Lada Samara 1.3. :-[
Bought for swmbo's Ukrainian cousin who rejected it ::)
So I used it for a year, sold it to another Ukrainian who was very happy and bought a Frontera ::)
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1996 Rover 218 SD Great little car that ran happily on veggie oil and refused to die, until I committed 'Carslaughter' whilst changing the glowplug relay! :'( I forgot to disconnect the battery and accidently shorted it, which completely fried the electrics..... :-[
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Our last non Vauxhall was a 2001 Volvo S40 T4 200bhp auto. It was a fun car, real wolf in sheeps clothing, made many people open there eyes in the traffic light grand prix, Only sold it when idiot brown decided to up the road tax on high emission cars. We sold it then the tax was changed to 2006, gutted.
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Range Rover in vogue model, had the hamper & stainless tail gate & fuel consumption on a par with a Vulcan bomber :'(
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The beast in my avatar ;)
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Hopefully I have them all and in order from the first;
62 Mini traveller
64 Mini 850
65 Mini 850
65 Victor 101
71 Mini Clubman
64 Victor FB estate, fantastic car
73 1600 Mk3 Tina estate
79 Mini 1000
74 1100 Allegro, square steering wheel model
78 1900 cav Mk1, very quick, had new engine
73 Mini van, wiring loom caught fire
75 Mini van
73 Reno 12 estate, very spacious, and fairly quick
79 1500 allegro special, quick but scary in corners
81 Mk2 Escort van
79 2000 Mk 1 cav, Mantaised it
74 Mk1 face lift Capri
79 1300 Allegro
82 1300 s Metro, fore runner to the MG model
83 1000 Metro
79 Mk4 Tina
79 2CV, in green with CND sticker
79 1900 Mk1 Cav
79 2000 Mk1 cav sportshatch, very modified engine
82 Alfa sud had 1359 engine, quick as sports hatch
82 Mk1 astra estate
84 MG Montego EFI
87 Mk2 Cav 1.8 GLSi
81 Seator 3.0 S, very rare, still got it
86 Mk3 Escort 1.3 Ghia
87 Senator 3.0 CD
85 Senator 3.0 CD, went around corners on rails, may be had GSE suspension
82 Commadore "C" 2.5E, very rare, only bought it as I had know it from new
86 Senator 2.5, bought for engine for Commadore, thrashed it hard
93 Carlton Diamond 24V estate, Frost blue, lovely colour, engine packed up
93 carlton Diamond24V estate, Spectral blue, head warped
91 1400 Mk3 Cav, 12k miles in 10 weeks and 47mpg
89 Cartlton GSI manual, very entertaining and economical
2000 Omega 2.5 disel elite estate, still got, love it lots
86 Suzuki 410 Jeep, bought for project
86 Opel Monza GSE, recent aquisition, SWMBO has claimed it as she loves it
95 1.8 Mk3 Cav, work car
Loads missing as i bought, used and sold sometimes weekly
Keith B
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93 mondeo si with adaptive suspension the only good feature of the car ;D
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Mine was a 1988 Ford Fiesta Popular Plus, 1.0l 4speed. I absolutly refuse to add it to my car count because it was absolulty shite! ;D
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Hopefully I have them all and in order from the first;
62 Mini traveller
64 Mini 850
65 Mini 850
65 Victor 101
71 Mini Clubman
64 Victor FB estate, fantastic car
73 1600 Mk3 Tina estate
79 Mini 1000
74 1100 Allegro, square steering wheel model
78 1900 cav Mk1, very quick, had new engine
73 Mini van, wiring loom caught fire
75 Mini van
73 Reno 12 estate, very spacious, and fairly quick
79 1500 allegro special, quick but scary in corners
81 Mk2 Escort van
79 2000 Mk 1 cav, Mantaised it
74 Mk1 face lift Capri
79 1300 Allegro
82 1300 s Metro, fore runner to the MG model
83 1000 Metro
79 Mk4 Tina
79 2CV, in green with CND sticker
79 1900 Mk1 Cav
79 2000 Mk1 cav sportshatch, very modified engine
82 Alfa sud had 1359 engine, quick as sports hatch
82 Mk1 astra estate
84 MG Montego EFI
87 Mk2 Cav 1.8 GLSi
81 Seator 3.0 S, very rare, still got it
86 Mk3 Escort 1.3 Ghia
87 Senator 3.0 CD
85 Senator 3.0 CD, went around corners on rails, may be had GSE suspension
82 Commadore "C" 2.5E, very rare, only bought it as I had know it from new
86 Senator 2.5, bought for engine for Commadore, thrashed it hard
93 Carlton Diamond 24V estate, Frost blue, lovely colour, engine packed up
93 carlton Diamond24V estate, Spectral blue, head warped
91 1400 Mk3 Cav, 12k miles in 10 weeks and 47mpg
89 Cartlton GSI manual, very entertaining and economical
2000 Omega 2.5 disel elite estate, still got, love it lots
86 Suzuki 410 Jeep, bought for project
86 Opel Monza GSE, recent aquisition, SWMBO has claimed it as she loves it
95 1.8 Mk3 Cav, work car
Loads missing as i bought, used and sold sometimes weekly
Keith B
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Nice one , any pictures of this beast :)
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a 1997 Mazda 626 2.0 Estate.
Good car to be honest, boring, but reliable and functional.
(and always sounded a bit like a sewing machine)
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I've had a few in the 2.5 years I've been driving... I was on bikes before then.
'99 Omega MV6
'98 Primera GT SE
'95 C230 Estate
'98 Shogun Pinin Elegance
'95 Musso 2.9d
'01 Mondeo Estate
Now back with the '95 Elite Estate ;)
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a b reg xj6 4.2 with pepperpot alloys,a beatifull looking car and allways wanted one since a kid,but was a dissapointment as needed all its bushes renewing really,leant it my dad one day and the pass side front wheel fell off!! still had grease joints on them which were bone dry and thats how that fell off,all in all a dissapointment and went back to another carlton.
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a 1997 Mazda 626 2.0 Estate.
Good car to be honest, boring, but reliable and functional.
(and always sounded a bit like a sewing machine)
I had an automatic version of that, GLX from memory,comfy car but went rusty :'(
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300tdi Disco..... :y
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Dont know how to do pics on here and not up on computing terminaligy. It was cover car on the ABS mag edition 46. unfortunatly it is in a sad state at the moment EMD. getting panels made for it and still got to get a gearbox for it.
Keith. B
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Dont know how to do pics on here and not up on computing terminaligy. It was cover car on the ABS mag edition 46. unfortunatly it is in a sad state at the moment EMD. getting panels made for it and still got to get a gearbox for it.
Keith. B
This one ;) ;) ;)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/scan0001-1.jpg)
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An '07 Seat Altea XL 1.9tdi :-\ a bargain good looking cheap Golf estate, let down, like all VAG products by really shockingly pish poor dealers and bargain basement parts bin construction >:( Bought pre regd for £12.5k, sold two years later for effectively £2.5k
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Volvo 960 estate. Great car apart from reliability.
Engine block had a casting fault, which was replaced by Volvo at 27,000. I just had to make a small contribution. On new engine head gasket went at 80,000 miles (just over 50,000 on new engine) and the alloy around the cams disintegrated due to being a poor casting (common problem), which meant a new cylinder head! Every electronic sensor that could go wrong pretty much did.
Shame the engine was not more reliable as in many respects it was better than miggy 3.0 V6.
Great load carrier, bigger than the Omega Estate. Big downside was rigid rear axle, so not as comfortable as miggy, especially for rear passengers and it handled like a camel. Miggy has a much better suspension and higher corner speed before it is on the limit. Miggy is far better equipped and seats have about 90% comfort of the Volvo, which are still by the far the best I've had in any car.
The Volvo was great in cold weather as the engine would be up to temperature in about 1 mile and unlike the miggy, the windows demisted very quickly and stayed clear in cold damp weather with 4 people in the car.
It is a shame and IMHO a big mistake, that the S80 never had an estate version as unlike most cars the 740/760 and 940/960 sold more estates than saloons. V70 never interested me as FWD and much small boot and loading area.
I much prefer the poise and balance of a RWD drive car.
When it comes to replacing the miggy, options are very limited, either another miggy or a Merc E-Series Estate.
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A Citroen Athena for me ( going back a good few years)
a volvo 760 estate for Phil
Lee
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S80 estate is the V70, and at least the V70 could/can be had with 4wd, rather than the fwd only of the s80 :y
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Volvo 960 estate. Great car apart from reliability.
Engine block had a casting fault, which was replaced by Volvo at 27,000. I just had to make a small contribution. On new engine head gasket went at 80,000 miles (just over 50,000 on new engine) and the alloy around the cams disintegrated due to being a poor casting (common problem), which meant a new cylinder head! Every electronic sensor that could go wrong pretty much did.
Shame the engine was not more reliable as in many respects it was better than miggy 3.0 V6.
Great load carrier, bigger than the Omega Estate. Big downside was rigid rear axle, so not as comfortable as miggy, especially for rear passengers and it handled like a camel. Miggy has a much better suspension and higher corner speed before it is on the limit. Miggy is far better equipped and seats have about 90% comfort of the Volvo, which are still by the far the best I've had in any car.
The Volvo was great in cold weather as the engine would be up to temperature in about 1 mile and unlike the miggy, the windows demisted very quickly and stayed clear in cold damp weather with 4 people in the car.
It is a shame and IMHO a big mistake, that the S80 never had an estate version as unlike most cars the 740/760 and 940/960 sold more estates than saloons. V70 never interested me as FWD and much small boot and loading area.
I much prefer the poise and balance of a RWD drive car.
When it comes to replacing the miggy, options are very limited, either another miggy or a Merc E-Series Estate.
Odd innit,my uncle has a P reg 960 2.5 24v that has just turned 100k and has had nothing done other than servicing,brakes and tyres,still feels tight on the road and looks set for another 100k :y
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Thats the one Andy B, thanks. Had sills and rear valence made so far, got a pair of new wings. will be getting lower rear quarter panel sections done next, got them done for the monza. Senny ones are 75mm longer with the front and rear at the same dimensions as the monza ones. Then,its just the time to get on with it!!
Keith B