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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: jereboam on 03 July 2013, 14:59:30
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Right, I've been out for a tour round the local used car dealers. Most seem to sell overpriced motorised shopping trolleys, not proper cars. But I did see something I liked at a very reasonable price. So reasonable, in fact, that I wonder if I'm missing something important about it.
It's a V-reg Volvo V70 2.5 diesel automatic, no visible rust, excellent paintwork, immaculate inside, 121K, will come with 1 year MOT. Cambelt has been done, which presumably means the same as it would for an Omega - an expensive frequently occurring problem already dealt with. He only wants £1250 for it, and he'll give me £200 for mine.
Looked on Autotrader, but prices differ wildly, as do mileages.
Only negatives I can see are that it has those horrible black windows at the back, there's no cruise control, and I don't think it had a sun roof. I know it's very old (but so am I), but it looks to be in very good nick for its age (unlike me). The seller says he bought it off an old bloke.
Anybody know anything about these cars?
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Forgot to say that the £200 for the Omega was what the dealer thought it would be worth when scrapped. This was a surprise to me - I thought I'd have to pay to have it scrapped. So I went to the local scrapyard, and asked what they'd give me for it, and they said £200.
Might be able to get more from selling the bits if I can find a suitable outlet... :)
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Right, I've been out for a tour round the local used car dealers. Most seem to sell overpriced motorised shopping trolleys, not proper cars. But I did see something I liked at a very reasonable price. So reasonable, in fact, that I wonder if I'm missing something important about it.
It's a V-reg Volvo V70 2.5 diesel automatic, no visible rust, excellent paintwork, immaculate inside, 121K, will come with 1 year MOT. Cambelt has been done, which presumably means the same as it would for an Omega - an expensive frequently occurring problem already dealt with. He only wants £1250 for it, and he'll give me £200 for mine.
Looked on Autotrader, but prices differ wildly, as do mileages.
Only negatives I can see are that it has those horrible black windows at the back, there's no cruise control, and I don't think it had a sun roof. I know it's very old (but so am I), but it looks to be in very good nick for its age (unlike me). The seller says he bought it off an old bloke.
Anybody know anything about these cars?
From a dealer that sounds quite reasonable to me. However, remember that it's 14 years old, the same age as the car you're about to scrap.
Dilemma. :-\
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With further thought, £1000 for the Volvo and £200 for your Omega seems closer to the mark. :y
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.........also, it will handle like a dog on lino. But I'm guessing that your 'boy racer' years are well behind you. ;)
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From a dealer that sounds quite reasonable to me. However, remember that it's 14 years old, the same age as the car you're about to scrap.
Dilemma. :-\
Got it in one! That's the big problem. :-\
.........also, it will handle like a dog on lino. But I'm guessing that your 'boy racer' years are well behind you. ;)
Yeah! Never was much of a boy racer, anyway. But at least a Volvo will be fairly easy to park - borrowed a Toyota from the garage the other day, and it seemed to have about the same turning circle as a bus! Always assuming I can see anything out the over-tinted windows, that is.
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Whoops! Took a while for the penny to drop!
The V70 is FWD. Don't like FWD! :( :( :(
But most cars are these days, except for the really expensive ones, so I'll probably have to learn some new driving skills whatever happens. Think the Mondeo was FWD, but didn't like that for other reasons.
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only merc or bmw do RWD i think :-\ vx and everyone else do FWD because its cheaper as far as mass production goes ;)
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Volvos have some nasty issues with the drive-by-wire throttles around this sort of mileage which will leave you in a similar position as you are with your ABS ECU, except you'll have the additional irritation of wrong-wheel-drive. ;)
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Audi engine I recall and at that age its a rebadged 850?
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JB......have you decided not to replace the ECU on your Omega?
I'm sure there are guys on here who can help you.
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Volvos have some nasty issues with the drive-by-wire throttles around this sort of mileage which will leave you in a similar position as you are with your ABS ECU, except you'll have the additional irritation of wrong-wheel-drive. ;)
Petrol models :y
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Yep, avoid the petrols of that age.
Bah, what am I saying, avoid wwd full stop. Does limit options though. :(
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One of these perhaps, years MoT as well :y
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306287543189/sort/default/usedcars/body-type/saloon/model/300/make/mercedes-benz/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/postcode/rh202dg/radius/1501?logcode=p (http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306287543189/sort/default/usedcars/body-type/saloon/model/300/make/mercedes-benz/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/postcode/rh202dg/radius/1501?logcode=p)
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FWD, but S80 Volvo's are nice:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201307027601197/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/s80/make/volvo/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/radius/1501/page/1?logcode=p
E39 5 Series:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201307037606275/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/5_series/make/bmw/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/radius/1501/page/5?logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306287538695/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/5_series/make/bmw/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/1501/page/7/postcode/tn231ln?logcode=p
Audi A6:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306267492075/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/a6/make/audi/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/radius/1501/page/2?logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306107205755/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/a6/make/audi/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/page/3/radius/1501?logcode=p
Quite a few about :y.
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
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FWD, but S80 Volvo's are nice:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201307027601197/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/s80/make/volvo/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/radius/1501/page/1?logcode=p
E39 5 Series:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201307037606275/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/5_series/make/bmw/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/radius/1501/page/5?logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306287538695/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/5_series/make/bmw/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/1501/page/7/postcode/tn231ln?logcode=p
Audi A6:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306267492075/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/a6/make/audi/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/radius/1501/page/2?logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201306107205755/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/automatic/model/a6/make/audi/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/tn231ln/page/3/radius/1501?logcode=p
Quite a few about :y.
Some good value motors there. :y
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
Good point.
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
Thought that Omega omegod has for sale was involved in an accident with a car wash :-\ not 100% sure though. But yes why not go for something like that then ???
EDIT: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=115978.msg1466215#msg1466215
Think it's another Omega ?
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
Thought that Omega omegod has for sale was involved in an accident with a car wash :-\ not 100% sure though. But yes why not go for something like that then ???
EDIT: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=115978.msg1466215#msg1466215
Think it's another Omega ?
Ah, yes. I was unaware of this. :-\
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
Thought that Omega omegod has for sale was involved in an accident with a car wash :-\ not 100% sure though. But yes why not go for something like that then ???
EDIT: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=115978.msg1466215#msg1466215
Think it's another Omega ?
Ah, yes. I was unaware of this. :-\
Hi guys, to elaborate I have recently picked up a mint 2.2 in need of some mechanical love from an old friend , this was the one sadly damaged in the car wash :'( The lovely champagne 2.6 is still here and ready to go to a new home !
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
I forgot about it - looked in the "for sale" forum a couple of days ago.
Good looking car, good price. But it's in Liverpool and I'm in Suffolk - it would take me two days to get there and two days to get back - I can't do long drives any more - too old, too decrepit. OK - we're going to Scotland for our hols, but planning 2 overnight stops each way.
Same thing goes for 3 of the 5 cars suggested by Del Boy.
The Volvo uses diesel juice - much cheaper. Had a 960 once - on a good day. on a run, I'd get about 22mpg - needed it's own tanker.
TBH, I'd feel much happier buying from a local dealer, even if I have to pay a bit more.
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JB......have you decided not to replace the ECU on your Omega?
I'm sure there are guys on here who can help you.
No, I haven't decided anything yet. As I said somewhere else, it's the rust and the clunk from underneath (which may be as simple as worn out exhaust rubbers) that make me want to get rid of the car.
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
I forgot about it - looked in the "for sale" forum a couple of days ago.
Good looking car, good price. But it's in Liverpool and I'm in Suffolk - it would take me two days to get there and two days to get back - I can't do long drives any more - too old, too decrepit. OK - we're going to Scotland for our hols, but planning 2 overnight stops each way.
Same thing goes for 3 of the 5 cars suggested by Del Boy.
The Volvo uses diesel juice - much cheaper. Had a 960 once - on a good day. on a run, I'd get about 22mpg - needed it's own tanker.
TBH, I'd feel much happier buying from a local dealer, even if I have to pay a bit more.
I can't imagine you'll get much of a waranty on a 14 year old car.....It'll probably amount to the dealer sucking air through his teeth and slowly shaking his head. :-\........along with "what do you expect from a car this age"... ;D ;D ;D
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Bit puzzled why you have not had a look at the 53 plate CDX on here from omegod. I would have thought that Volvo would have used a fair bit of juice. My 2.6 is quite economical.
Just a thought :y
I forgot about it - looked in the "for sale" forum a couple of days ago.
Good looking car, good price. But it's in Liverpool and I'm in Suffolk - it would take me two days to get there and two days to get back - I can't do long drives any more - too old, too decrepit. OK - we're going to Scotland for our hols, but planning 2 overnight stops each way.
Same thing goes for 3 of the 5 cars suggested by Del Boy.
The Volvo uses diesel juice - much cheaper. Had a 960 once - on a good day. on a run, I'd get about 22mpg - needed it's own tanker.
TBH, I'd feel much happier buying from a local dealer, even if I have to pay a bit more.
My beautiful MV6 came from a forum member. For an extra £75 he delivered it to me..........Manchester to North Lincolnshire.
Takes away a lot of the hassle. :y
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Rear wheel drive cars up to 2006' lifted from wiki cars
Almost all non-4WD trucks and most SUVs are rear wheel drive.
The overwhelming majority of sports cars are rear wheel drive, although some also have four wheel drive options. It would be redundant to list them all here.
BMW - All cars except the MINI, and all wheel drive variants.
Cadillac - CTS, SRX, XLR, Catera
Chevrolet - Camaro, Corvette, Chevrolet Caprice
Dodge Charger/Dodge Magnum/Chrysler 300
Ferrari
Ford - Crown Victoria, Falcon (Australia), Mustang, Scorpio, Thunderbird, Capri
Holden - Holden Monaro (Australia) and versions sold overseas: Pontiac GTO (USA) and Vauxhall Monaro (United Kingdom), Holden Commodore (Australia)
Honda - S2000, NSX (Acura NSX in North America)
Hyundai - Hyundai Genesis is the new RWD system, which is shared with the Hyundai Genesis Coupe.
Infiniti - G35,M45,M35,Q45,M30,J30
Jaguar - All except the X-Type
Lexus - IS, GS, LS, SC
Lincoln - Town Car, Mark VIII and LS
Lotus - All except Elan-M100
Maserati - All models
Mazda - MX-5 Miata, RX-7, RX-8
Mercedes-Benz - All cars except A-Class, B-Class and all wheel drive models
Mercury - Grand Marquis, Marauder, Cougar
Nissan - 350Z,370Z, Z Cars, Skyline (except 4WD models), Silvia (200SX in Europe/Oceania, 240SX in USA), 180SX
Pontiac - Firebird, Solstice
Porsche - All cars except the AWD Carrera 4, 911 Turbo and Cayenne
Saturn Sky
Toyota - Supra, MR2, Altezza (Lexus IS), Crown, Mark X
TVR - All models
Vauxhall Carlton/Opel Omega - All models
I'd suggest fixing the Omega tbh. :)
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Interesting list. Funnily enough, I looked at a Merc today, but he wanted too much money. Anyway, they all look like taxis to me. As with BMWs, all their cars are somewhat spartan, not to say basic, until you get a long way up the range, and then they become prohibitively expensive to buy and maintain.
Nothing else on the list is likely to fall within the appropriate age/price range. Except for a Jag. Fortunately, I didn't come across any on my ride round today, 'cos I'm awfully fond of Jags. Mind you, were I to get one, my wife would kill me - she remembers the last one I had.
Also noticed the Ford Scorpio there - can't be many of those around. I had a 2.8i Granada GLX (I think), followed by a 2.8 GL (bought new - couldn't afford the i or the X) and then a Scorpio 2.4 GL in succession - lovely cars, but not as good as the Omega. Scorpio wasn't as nice as the Granadas.
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My beautiful MV6 came from a forum member. For an extra £75 he delivered it to me..........Manchester to North Lincolnshire.
Takes away a lot of the hassle. :y
Absolutely no disrespect meant to any member of this forum, but I would hesitate to buy a car I haven't seen in the flesh, as it were. The paintwork colour might clash with delicate grey colour of my eyes.
And, asking as an effete Southerner, aren't Manchester and Lincolnshire next door to each other anyway?
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Volvos have some nasty issues with the drive-by-wire throttles around this sort of mileage which will leave you in a similar position as you are with your ABS ECU, except you'll have the additional irritation of wrong-wheel-drive. ;)
Petrol models :y
Oh, it's a tractor. ::)
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Volvos have some nasty issues with the drive-by-wire throttles around this sort of mileage which will leave you in a similar position as you are with your ABS ECU, except you'll have the additional irritation of wrong-wheel-drive. ;)
Petrol models :y
Oh, it's a tractor. ::)
That's OK - I live in Suffolk - even the local football team drive tractors.
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
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A Lexus isn't a bad call actually, they're RWD, nice kit, and cheap, reliable too.
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Mrs Gixer has a Lexus is300 sport cross btw. Not is big for occupants as an omega. But as an Estate, its quicker and carries more than mine.
Rear suspension is a weeny bit willowy when pushing it, but ...
Ahem, it's not a GS so I'll shut up. ;D
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I looked at a Merc today
My daily drive at the moment is a slightly battered 15 year old Merc C250 TD Estate with 166000 miles on the clock. :) In terms of trim levels and spec you are right as it's nothing special, but the quality shows in the way it drives and handles. I can't imagine a similar aged Veccie or Mondeo being such a pleasure to drive! :y
You have to watch out for the rot though... :(
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Volvos have some nasty issues with the drive-by-wire throttles around this sort of mileage which will leave you in a similar position as you are with your ABS ECU, except you'll have the additional irritation of wrong-wheel-drive. ;)
Petrol models :y
Oh, it's a tractor. ::)
That's OK - I live in Suffolk - even the local football team drive tractors.
Blue army :y
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
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That's why we all drive omegas. ;)
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That's why we all drive omegas. ;)
+1 ;) ... Although maybe not everyone, But the majority still have at least one Omega even though the youngest would be 10 years old and the majority of them will be well over 100k. Unless your lucky enough to get a 04 or 54 ex plod.. ::)
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
IS200 is small imo :(
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I've been spoilt with the Omega in terms of running costs, with LPG and DIY work its cheap as chips to run.
It makes any replacement car for the Omega very difficult choice, I'd love an A8 V8 TDi, but I'd have to kiss good-bye to DIY service work and hello to big garage bills. :(
I think I would be very tempted to stay GM, maybe late Saab?
Looking at Monaro's last night, about as heavy as 3.2 Omega on fuel, but could be cheaper to run in terms of garage bills.
Do the do Trade club prices on Monaro disc/pads ::) ;D
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
IS200 is small imo :(
Very and no head room.....also not nearly as relaible and well made as you would hope.
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The Volvo uses diesel juice - much cheaper. Had a 960 once - on a good day. on a run, I'd get about 22mpg - needed it's own tanker.
I realise it's unusual to "quote" one's own post, but I was talking rubbish. One of the reasons I've been away from this forum, and many other social environments, for a long time is that my memory can be unreliable at times. For some really strange reason, I missed out the last 20 years, and momentarily reverted to the time I lived in the Netherlands, where diesel and LPG were half the price of petrol. Don't understand why this happened - I drive past several garages every day, and fill up once a week, and I know perfectly well that diesel costs 3-4p a litre more than petrol.
My wife has indicated that exchanging one 14 year-old car for another 14 year-old car at a cost of £1000 is probably not a good idea. Since she is the one with the income, I can only concur. Bye-bye shiny green Volvo. :( Looks like the Omega will be repaired, then, 'cos I didn't see any cars I liked the look of locally.
So what is the advantage of diesel? Better consumption?
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diesels, if used on long runs do get better mpg. Omega DTi can average 45mpg over the course of a tank, without too much trouble.
In town though, they can suffer, especially if autos, in that respect a small 1.2 petrol is what you want.
In reality it all depends on mileage you do, I'm looking at LPG'ing the 3.2, at a cost of around £700-850 approx. Instead of 22pence a mile, it will cost around 15p. (fuel running cost)
So instead of 27mpg at £1.35/L it will be 21mpg at £0.69L
Even so, will a 40% reduction there abouts in fuel costs, it will still take 10,000 miles approx for LPG to pay for itself.
So if you see a petrol car at £2k, then a diesel version at £2.8k, remember it takes quite a long time to claw back just a few hundred quid :y
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
IS200 is small imo :(
Very and no head room.....also not nearly as relaible and well made as you would hope.
It's not often I disagree with the Master.... Although having met old long body/short legs, I have to say I have less head room issues in the Lexus than the omega elite with a sunroof. Both have electric seats which tend to sit higher due to the motors underneath and a sunroof which takes an inch of head room as well.
And while the is300 has its faults, there are far less faults than on an omega. FAR less. Me thinks Master has his Vauxhall tinted spectacles on again. ;D ;)
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Although undoubtedly we'd be looking at a more expensive car in any Lexus now anyway on average. So on cost there STILL isn't anything more suitable than an omega.
It's a simple choice, buy a more expensive car or stick with the omega. We've been looking for as long as I've been a member for an omega replacement, and while there may be more desirable models, there are certainly none cheaper.
My next car will be a vxr8 going by the way the depreciating cars are feeding down to us. The Phaeton catches my eye, but then I'm happy with a saloon.
We're cirtain lay buggered for an Estete replacement for those that need them. ££££
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That's why we all drive omegas. ;)
+1 ;) ... Although maybe not everyone, But the majority still have at least one Omega even though the youngest would be 10 years old and the majority of them will be well over 100k. Unless your lucky enough to get a 04 or 54 ex plod.. ::)
Stupid boy, Pike ;D ;D ;D
Newer doesn't mean lower mileage, especially ex plod... 250k on my '54 estate 8)
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
IS200 is small imo :(
Very and no head room.....also not nearly as relaible and well made as you would hope.
It's not often I disagree with the Master.... Although having met old long body/short legs, I have to say I have less head room issues in the Lexus than the omega elite with a sunroof. Both have electric seats which tend to sit higher due to the motors underneath and a sunroof which takes an inch of head room as well.
And while the is300 has its faults, there are far less faults than on an omega. FAR less. Me thinks Master has his Vauxhall tinted spectacles on again. ;D ;)
Not at all, I help maintain a 2.0 Auto one and its had an auto box, cam chain, pretty much every suspension bush plus the usual consumables and it lunched a cat.
And headroom wise, there awful, no where near as much as pretty much every other car out there, as bad as the old rover 200's
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Last thing I need to worry about is headroom. If I raise the seat to it's maximum (necessary to see over steering wheel) I could still wear a top hat and not touch the roof.
There's a big list of cars I am unreasonably prejudiced against, and Lexuses (or Lexi according to Alan Partridge) are quite high up on that list. Don't bother to try and talk me out of it - it's totally unreasonable of me.
Not keen on anything French or Japanese for similar unreasonable reasons.
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The more I read this thread, the more sensible it sounds to fix the ECU on your Omega.........provided there are not too many other significant faults to add to the mix. :y
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Last thing I need to worry about is headroom. If I raise the seat to it's maximum (necessary to see over steering wheel) I could still wear a top hat and not touch the roof.
There's a big list of cars I am unreasonably prejudiced against, and Lexuses (or Lexi according to Alan Partridge) are quite high up on that list. Don't bother to try and talk me out of it - it's totally unreasonable of me.
Not keen on anything French or Japanese for similar unreasonable reasons.
Me neither ::) ;D ;D ;D
There's a really cheap Lexus GS300 for sale near me , it looks well worn but i see many of these with high mileage . Very tempting to get a low mileage one , i like the shape of them and many toys plus lovely armchair seats :-*
Having said that if funds were available i would have another Omega but one thats had all the work done so i could just get in and drive without getting hands dirty every other week ::) ;D Ideally buy one off here like twiglets ::)
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That's why we all drive omegas. ;)
+1 ;) ... Although maybe not everyone, But the majority still have at least one Omega even though the youngest would be 10 years old and the majority of them will be well over 100k. Unless your lucky enough to get a 04 or 54 ex plod.. ::)
Stupid boy, Pike ;D ;D ;D
Newer doesn't mean lower mileage, especially ex plod... 250k on my '54 estate 8)
I know got 190k myself, Jusy pointing out the youngest Omega ain't so young anymore especially hammered newer ex-plod :P ;D
The Omegas I've been to see over the years I'd say the ones with higher miles on them have been better proves they've been used and serviced to archive those high miles unlike say a 2001 with 40k on the clock..
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The more I read this thread, the more sensible it sounds to fix the ECU on your Omega.........provided there are not too many other significant faults to add to the mix. :y
+1 or get another Omega from the forum there's always one popping up :y
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
IS200 is small imo :(
Very and no head room.....also not nearly as relaible and well made as you would hope.
It's not often I disagree with the Master.... Although having met old long body/short legs, I have to say I have less head room issues in the Lexus than the omega elite with a sunroof. Both have electric seats which tend to sit higher due to the motors underneath and a sunroof which takes an inch of head room as well.
And while the is300 has its faults, there are far less faults than on an omega. FAR less. Me thinks Master has his Vauxhall tinted spectacles on again. ;D ;)
Not at all, I help maintain a 2.0 Auto one and its had an auto box, cam chain, pretty much every suspension bush plus the usual consumables and it lunched a cat.
And headroom wise, there awful, no where near as much as pretty much every other car out there, as bad as the old rover 200's
Head room exactly the same as an omega Elite, little legs. :P not as wide as omega inside obviously, but being 6ft1" I dont have a problem driving it at all.
Mates Mrs has 150 k on her 3.0, and over and above consumable service items, its had a lambda sensor, that's it! ...and it drives tight as a drum. If only omegas where that reliable.
I wouldn't give the 2.0 a second glance anyway though. (Weaze)
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What about a Lexus GS 300 :-\
Cheapest Lexus automatic on Autotrader within 40 miles of here is £5k. Manual £2k - more than I want to pay. It's an IS200 a which means absolutely nothing to me, but it doesn't look very big.
IS200 is small imo :(
Very and no head room.....also not nearly as relaible and well made as you would hope.
It's not often I disagree with the Master.... Although having met old long body/short legs, I have to say I have less head room issues in the Lexus than the omega elite with a sunroof. Both have electric seats which tend to sit higher due to the motors underneath and a sunroof which takes an inch of head room as well.
And while the is300 has its faults, there are far less faults than on an omega. FAR less. Me thinks Master has his Vauxhall tinted spectacles on again. ;D ;)
Not at all, I help maintain a 2.0 Auto one and its had an auto box, cam chain, pretty much every suspension bush plus the usual consumables and it lunched a cat.
And headroom wise, there awful, no where near as much as pretty much every other car out there, as bad as the old rover 200's
Head room exactly the same as an omega Elite, little legs. :P not as wide as omega inside obviously, but being 6ft1" I dont have a problem driving it at all.
Mates Mrs has 150 k on her 3.0, and over and above consumable service items, its had a lambda sensor, that's it! ...and it drives tight as a drum. If only omegas where that reliable.
I wouldn't give the 2.0 a second glance anyway though. (Weaze)
rarest ;)
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Your joking, they're bloody everywhere. 3.0 sport cross I only ever see two. Ours and theirs. ???