Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Clouseau on 16 August 2014, 17:07:28
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So having been an Omega owner for the past 8 years and having driven them professionally when they first came out, it is now time to say goodbye. I am in the happy position that for the first time in my life I am in the position to have a brand new car, and with my son working for JLR and bringing in a hefty 20% discount the Omega Estate is going to be replaced by an XF Sportbrake. :D
But I was devastated when the dealership only offered £200 px for the Omega (less than the £205 webuyanycar were offering). I could get £250 by weighing it in! The car is due an MOT in a couple of weeks and will probably need tyres, exhaust and possibly new discs on the front - I can do all this but it will cost much more than the car is worth and then I will have the faff of advertising and selling it privately.
So what should I do? Scrap it, MOT & sell privately, wait for one of the breakers on here to make me a reasonable offer? It's still in lovely condition, has 96000 miles and drives perfectly... :(
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Might help if you post up a few more details, engine ect and work done.
I'd pop it on Autotrader, eBay is full of scammers. Or get posting and put an advert here, I see you have been a member for a long time, so if you ask very, very nicely they may put an advert in sales.
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Cheers Tunnie
It's a 2.2 CDX petrol and standard throughout, including fully working CDR6000 with CD magazine. Recent tyres on the front and wishbones 6 months ago. Slight oil leak from the crankshaft seal (I've got a £20 GM one but haven't got around to fitting it yet). Standard alloys and I added the tailgate spoiler when I first got it. Interior is particularly clean. No rust but lacquer on bumpers is dull in places.
If the MOT work isn't too onerous I think I'm most likely going to sell it privately, but we'll see.
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200 quid! thats peanuts, scandelous. Looks a nice motor, MOT it and try to sell it.
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I dont think that would take long to sell even without mot , its probably worth £350 and with mot £550 maybe :-\ But would make a really nice car for someone :y Dont let them scroungers at wbac have though >:(
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How much is a sport brake? 60k? Ok its discounted, but money is clearly no issue, so why worry about a few hundred quid for the omega?
....ah is this the omega factor again...? Sentimental value, X factor (spit) call it what you will. They stick with us these bloody omegas. Any other car would be chopped in for the sport brake sharpish.
Looks a tidy car. Keep it, IMO. For those large items that won't fit in the sport brake ;) ;D
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How much is a sport brake? 60k? Ok its discounted, but money is clearly no issue, so why worry about a few hundred quid for the omega?
....ah is this the omega factor again...? Sentimental value, X factor (spit) call it what you will. They stick with us these bloody omegas. Any other car would be chopped in for the sport brake sharpish.
Looks a tidy car. Keep it, IMO. For those large items that won't fit in the sport brake ;) ;D
Well not quite! :o ... about half that actually ... but yes, you make a valid point about the whole 'letting go', 'end of an era' thing. And keeping it wouldn't be a bad idea if I had the space ... don't really imagine loading up the sportbrake with a bootful of crap/bricks/branches etc to take to the dump! ;)
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No dealer wants an 11 year old (or 13 year old in my case) undesirable heap cluttering up the truck they send everything to the crusher on .. £200 is what I was offered for my 51 plate 3.2 Elite Estate recently, and that's basically the reason they gave - it wouldn't even be going to auction, it'd be going straight to a scrap yard, so it's worth nothing to them.
I'd say get shot of it on here for a few hundred, but you don't have 250 posts.. so eBay/Autotrader/etc for £500 or so should see it gone and pay next years tax on the Sportbrake..
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Is it an automatic or manual and if you did fix it up and put m.o.t.on it whats it worth :y
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You guys should feel chuffed if you've been offered £200!
Webuyanycrap offered me £50 and that too was provisional. (Final price only will be offered after one of there staff inspects it on site)!
Sod it :D ;D ;D
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Is it an automatic or manual and if you did fix it up and put m.o.t.on it whats it worth :y
It's an auto. If I decide to get another year's MOT for it I'd be looking for £500. Oh and the tax on the sportbrake (2.2 diesel) is only £125 for the whole year due to the low emissions and it will do about 50-60 mpg compared to the Omega's 25-30 :y
Oh and I've got to tax the bloomin Omega at the end of the month, one week before the MOT expires!
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Looks a nice motor...as said a few more pics of inside/outside would be good...If m.o.t.....I think it is well worth that kind of cash :y
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Looks a nice motor...as said a few more pics of inside/outside would be good...If m.o.t.....I think it is well worth that kind of cash :y
There is plenty on this forum if you go looking. :y
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(There is plenty on this forum if you go looking. ) ...........I appreciate there are some on here but unfortunately they are not 2.2cdx estates and to far away that i want to go there....but thanks for the info matey,, :y
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(There is plenty on this forum if you go looking. ) ...........I appreciate there are some on here but unfortunately they are not 2.2cdx estates and to far away that i want to go there....but thanks for the info matey,, :y
Errr, I think OP meant there are pictures of the car on here. :y
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Ha..ha..ha...stupid me....its me age you know...sorry... ;D :y
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Hold on a mo......there are pics on here of omega estate.....are they the same car as the two pics show 2 different types of wheels....I am sure I am missing something here somewhere...a brain maybe or just completely confused ... help.... :-\
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Hold on a mo......there are pics on here of omega estate.....are they the same car as the two pics show 2 different types of wheels....I am sure I am missing something here somewhere...a brain maybe or just completely confused ... help.... :-\
Looking at the tread, they might be winter tyres :-\ but if so, that would explain the different wheels. Cd wheels with winters, cdx wheels with normal persons tyres ;D
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The car had vile Vectra alloys on when I got it ... quickly swapped to Omega alloys thanks to Gooseman then finally sourced a really good set of the correct alloys for the car from another member ;) Some photos also show the car with 'eyebrows' and a look-a-like Irmscher grill - thankfully sanity has returned and the car has been restored again to standard! ::)
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I see it all now...there is always a logical answer...ha.ha....still a nice car :y