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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Foxy Ford on 14 July 2008, 20:27:42
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I've just been offered the princely sum of......................... wait for it.................................. £180 part exchange for my poor Omega! The cheek of it!!!!! :o
Parkers poor condition is £565. I'm (almost) speechless!!!! ;D
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I've just been offered the princely sum of......................... wait for it.................................. £180 part exchange for my poor Omega! The cheek of it!!!!! :o
Parkers poor condition is £565. I'm (almost) speechless!!!! ;D
No Foxy that is not good! :(
I am very sure you can do better than that by selling it privately, or by very strong negotiation with the dealer...or walk away! ;)
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I've just been offered the princely sum of......................... wait for it.................................. £180 part exchange for my poor Omega! The cheek of it!!!!! :o
Parkers poor condition is £565. I'm (almost) speechless!!!! ;D
You will get more for it scrap at the moment, scrap metal is worth loads. I would walk mate, thats blooming cheeky.
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No way am I taking that, I'd rather burn it! ;)
Have asked for a price for no p/x lol
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But if the car you want to buy is only £250.00 what do you expect... ;D ;D ;D
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You'd get that just for the cats off the scrappy!
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drive back to the insulting garage....... and drive over his face!!
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Trouble is, I'd feel so guilty scrapping it, :-[ I've had it over 3 years, and am really quite fond of it, it's just that it's time for a change.
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what you thinking of changing to.?
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Chuck it on ebay, bound to get more than that :y
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its hard to believe that migs used to be £30 grand cars, and now look how much there worth, i lost a lot of money with my mig, bought it for £5000 and sold it for £1500 :'(
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what you thinking of changing to.?
Merc CLK 320. Pre-2001.
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Chuck it on ebay, bound to get more than that :y
Yeah, I think I will. I'll see what happens.
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what you thinking of changing to.?
Merc CLK 320. Pre-2001.
Nice, where did you go, mercedes dealer? :y
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what you thinking of changing to.?
Merc CLK 320. Pre-2001.
Nice, where did you go, mercedes dealer? :y
No, it was from a classified on Ebay. He is a dealer, in West Sussex.
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put in some more posting on here foxy and then advertise it in "cars for sale". :y
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put in some more posting on here foxy and then advertise it in "cars for sale". :y
Why do you think I've started this thread? ;)
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Plus, I'd rather it went to somebody who loves Omegas, even if they break it...... :'(
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What gets me is that I'm paying several grand more for a car only a bit younger than mine and with less of a spec than mine has!!! Yet my poor old Omega is worth next to nowt. Not fair is it?
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put in some more posting on here foxy and then advertise it in "cars for sale". :y
Why do you think I've started this thread? ;)
:y can see why your called foxy :y
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Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
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Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
Clever girl, but only another 34 posts or so before you can place it for sale on here!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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What gets me is that I'm paying several grand more for a car only a bit younger than mine and with less of a spec than mine has!!! Yet my poor old Omega is worth next to nowt. Not fair is it?
in that case,why not just keep the mig ? :-/
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It's time for a change. I'm surrounded by the lads at work having flash cars, and I'm jealous! ;D
The real reason is that my gearbox very occasionally slips (it's auto) and though the times are few and far between now, it can only get worse. I think it's losing a bit of transmission fluid too. It also has a small oil leak.
I've considered having the gearbox reconditioned, or buying a recon one, and even getting a new gearbox, but at the end of the day, it's not worth it for me to do, might as well move on.
I've been debating about it for a while now, considered Lexus GS300, GS430 even, Audi A4s and now Mercs. I'm almost certain that I'm going to go for the Merc (even though he insulted my poor mig). I can give you a link to have a look at it if you like? The Merc, I mean. Is that allowed?
If anyone's interested in making an offer, please PM me (I'm working on getting to 50 posts in the meantime!).
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Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
Clever girl, but only another 34 posts or so before you can place it for sale on here!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
I'll have bored the arse off everybody by then lol
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Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
Clever girl, but only another 34 posts or so before you can place it for sale on here!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
I'll have bored the arse off everybody by then lol
I am sure Foxy that like me and most all the women on here you have plenty interesting to say! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
Clever girl, but only another 34 posts or so before you can place it for sale on here!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
I'll have bored the arse off everybody by then lol
I am sure Foxy that like me and most all the women on here you have plenty interesting to say! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
But of course!!!!!!!! :y :y :y
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Just do not use this site for just selling your car though! E-bay, Auto Trader, local papers, etc., are for that, and this site is for enthusiasts with Omega's, or other cars, to socialize together as a 'community', along with gaining techinical knowledge of anything really! 8-) 8-) 8-)
If your aim is to get to 50 posts purely for selling your car, and I'm afraid I do query that unrealistic trade-in price you quoted, especially after reading your posting on the "AutoBarnStormer" thread, then none of us members, let alone the Administrators will be pleased. >:( >:(
I apologize in advance if this really is not your intention, and I warmly welcome another woman on this site. Just please do not let us all down! ;) ;)
Please also note my similar comment under the "AutobahnStormers" thread after your last, what I consider, to be a very revealing comment and seems to also support the previous observations on your Foxy name. ::) ::)
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what you thinking of changing to.?
Merc CLK 320. Pre-2001.
I nearly bought a 98 CLK320 for just shy of £4000 before I bought the mig....glad I didn't really. Mig was far better value for money :)
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I really wouldn't bother with Ebay. I would spend a little time cleaning and polishing it up and put it in the Autotrader, you will get alot more for it ;)
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you could put a good gearbox in the mig for less than a couple of hundred quid.. ;)
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Just do not use this site for just selling your car though! E-bay, Auto Trader, local papers, etc., are for that, and this site is for enthusiasts with Omega's, or other cars, to socialize together as a 'community', along with gaining techinical knowledge of anything really! 8-) 8-) 8-)
If your aim is to get to 50 posts purely for selling your car, and I'm afraid I do query that unrealistic trade-in price you quoted, especially after reading your posting on the "AutoBarnStormer" thread, then none of us members, let alone the Administrators will be pleased. >:( >:(
I apologize in advance if this really is not your intention, and I warmly welcome another woman on this site. Just please do not let us all down! ;) ;)
Please also note my similar comment under the "AutobahnStormers" thread after your last, what I consider, to be a very revealing comment and seems to also support the previous observations on your Foxy name. ::) ::)
OK, this is now 3 bollockings, and I shall repeat that I didn't join to sell the Omega, and I object to being called a liar. I can forward you the email with the abysmal p/x offer on it if you want, it is perfectly genuine, and I thought it was an insult to my poor old Omega.
Now I know how my Omega feels, as I now feel the same way.
I wont be back, sorry to have bothered you.
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you could put a good gearbox in the mig for less than a couple of hundred quid.. ;)
Chances are it may well just be low on fluid. Fluid and filter change would be my first move.
If a car's worth more to you than anyone'll give you for it, it's generally best to keep it IMHO. :y
Your Omega might not be as flash as some of your colleagues' cars but I bet it can see most of them off, and that's what really matters IMHO.
Kevin
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Foxy .. I don't think anyone is having a go at you directly .. but in the past few weeks (since the changes to Road Tax were announced) there seems to have been an influx of folks only joining to try and sell... this is not the ethos of the forum and you may have been tarred with the same brush, by mistake.
Add to that a few problems with buying/selling by shall we say "unscrupulous" persons... and some folks are getting a little twitchy.
You know your intentions ... folks reading your posts don't ... and like everything else on 'tinternet people are prone to jump to wrong conclusions very easily, and you can also "read-in" to any replies things that may well not be meant.
It actually takes very little effort to reach 50 posts .. some folks have done it in a night !!.. you can then advertise your car quite easily :y :y :y
;) ;)
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Foxy .. I don't think anyone is having a go at you directly .. but in the past few weeks (since the changes to Road Tax were announced) there seems to have been an influx of folks only joining to try and sell... this is not the ethos of the forum and you may have been tarred with the same brush, by mistake.
Add to that a few problems with buying/selling by shall we say "unscrupulous" persons... and some folks are getting a little twitchy.
You know your intentions ... folks reading your posts don't ... and like everything else on 'tinternet people are prone to jump to wrong conclusions very easily, and you can also "read-in" to any replies things that may well not be meant.
It actually takes very little effort to reach 50 posts .. some folks have done it in a night !!.. you can then advertise your car quite easily :y :y :y
;) ;)
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If a car's worth more to you than anyone'll give you for it, it's generally best to keep it IMHO. :y
Your Omega might not be as flash as some of your colleagues' cars but I bet it can see most of them off, and that's what really matters IMHO.
The local Volvo dealer offered me £250 for my immaculate 960 estate a few years back in PX for a £20k used V70 T5. Much as I would have liked the new car (handles well for a FWD job), I told him exactly what to do with the offer. The following year, I got £3000 in PX for a £13k Mondeo. Financially good, but the Mondeo (Ghia X Estate TD) was rubbish.
But I understand exactly what you mean about wanting a newer car. I like my Omega, and I wouldn't want to swap it for any of the cars down my street (except the XJ6 next door, perhaps), but they are all much newer than my car, and I feel I'm not "keeping up with the Jones's", if anyone can remember what that ancient expression means. :( :(
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Foxy .. I don't think anyone is having a go at you directly .. but in the past few weeks (since the changes to Road Tax were announced) there seems to have been an influx of folks only joining to try and sell... this is not the ethos of the forum and you may have been tarred with the same brush, by mistake.
Add to that a few problems with buying/selling by shall we say "unscrupulous" persons... and some folks are getting a little twitchy.
You know your intentions ... folks reading your posts don't ... and like everything else on 'tinternet people are prone to jump to wrong conclusions very easily, and you can also "read-in" to any replies things that may well not be meant.
It actually takes very little effort to reach 50 posts .. some folks have done it in a night !!.. you can then advertise your car quite easily :y :y :y
;) ;)
Entwoods right, but as highlighted you dont help the case with some of your own comments.
Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
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Foxy .. I don't think anyone is having a go at you directly .. but in the past few weeks (since the changes to Road Tax were announced) there seems to have been an influx of folks only joining to try and sell... this is not the ethos of the forum and you may have been tarred with the same brush, by mistake.
Add to that a few problems with buying/selling by shall we say "unscrupulous" persons... and some folks are getting a little twitchy.
You know your intentions ... folks reading your posts don't ... and like everything else on 'tinternet people are prone to jump to wrong conclusions very easily, and you can also "read-in" to any replies things that may well not be meant.
It actually takes very little effort to reach 50 posts .. some folks have done it in a night !!.. you can then advertise your car quite easily :y :y :y
;) ;)
Entwoods right, but as highlighted you dont help the case with some of your own comments.
Foxy by name, foxy by nature! :y ;D
Exactly right Entwood and Skruntie and what I have diplomatically attempted to impart to Foxy. :y :y
So much of her threads read all wrong and give at least an unfortunate impression. Shame! :( :(