Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: STEMO on 07 August 2025, 17:35:41
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Don't worry, you're definitely not alone
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Nine years and ten months. Thats brand spanking new to me. ;D
Shitroen is 18 years old.
Omega is 23 years old.
And the Boxster I just sold was 25 years old. :)
New cars hold absolutely no interest for me. They are universally shite.
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My new (to me) car is 14 years old. :)
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1999 and 2003 for mine. :y
So 22 year and 26 years. Do I win a prize? ::)
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2007 & 2022, hoping to keep both for a few more years yet.
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i class my omega as "nearly new" even thou its actually 22 !
my others cars are 51,49,47 and 39 and all used regularly.
a chap at work was disgusted that he had to use his wifes very old car one day whilst his was in for a repair.he turned up in a 2019 mini !
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My Evo is 1994 easy to fix, and the most reliable car ever. Age is just a number however
the newer they get the worse they get, you have virtually no chance of fixing a new
Car, yourself even with all the experience we have grown😢
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1999 and 2003 for mine. :y
So 22 year and 26 years. Do I win a prize? ::)
Probably not if you buy a new car >:D
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I'd like to own a 1960's-1990's classic British sports car.
I'd love a TR6 although French Albitz informs me they are utter shite. Perhaps a TVR Griffith 500 would be the sensible choice. >:D
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My Evo is 1994 easy to fix, and the most reliable car ever. Age is just a number however
the newer they get the worse they get, you have virtually no chance of fixing a new
Car, yourself even with all the experience we have grown😢
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I don't "fix" anything now I last did an oil change on our old Forester about 3 years ago & vowed never to get under a car again at 71 years of age I'm not laying under cars anymore, still interested in how things work & watching vehicles being restored etc..
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My Evo is 1994 easy to fix, and the most reliable car ever. Age is just a number however
the newer they get the worse they get, you have virtually no chance of fixing a new
Car, yourself even with all the experience we have grown😢
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I don't "fix" anything now I last did an oil change on our old Forester about 3 years ago & vowed never to get under a car again at 71 years of age I'm not laying under cars anymore, still interested in how things work & watching vehicles being restored etc..
I got down to look at my exhaust a couple of weeks ago and getting up was a bit of a struggle. ;D. Thought that at 80 i should leave it to some other bugger to look for me. :D
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I'd like to own a 1960's-1990's classic British sports car.
I'd love a TR6 although French Albitz informs me they are utter shite. Perhaps a TVR Griffith 500 would be the sensible choice. >:D
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My mate has a 1974 MGB GT V8 it has been completely restored the total cost including the purchase price is around £60,000 it looks & sounds terrific, but after a ride out in it you realise how much vehicles have improved I felt quite vulnerable in it .
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I'd like to own a 1960's-1990's classic British sports car.
I'd love a TR6 although French Albitz informs me they are utter shite. Perhaps a TVR Griffith 500 would be the sensible choice. >:D
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My mate has a 1974 MGB GT V8 it has been completely restored the total cost including the purchase price is around £60,000 it looks & sounds terrific, but after a ride out in it you realise how much vehicles have improved I felt quite vulnerable in it .
I suppose the old adage is true.
"We are never more alive than when we are close to death"
I imagine a 1974 MGB GTV8 offers the same crash protection as a Kentucky fried chicken box that has been left out in the rain. >:D ::)
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I'd like to own a 1960's-1990's classic British sports car.
I'd love a TR6 although French Albitz informs me they are utter shite. Perhaps a TVR Griffith 500 would be the sensible choice. >:D
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My mate has a 1974 MGB GT V8 it has been completely restored the total cost including the purchase price is around £60,000 it looks & sounds terrific, but after a ride out in it you realise how much vehicles have improved I felt quite vulnerable in it .
I suppose the old adage is true.
"We are never more alive than when we are close to death"
I imagine a 1974 MGB GTV8 offers the same crash protection as a Kentucky fried chicken box that has been left out in the rain. >:D ::)
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I was certainly glad to get out of it & back into the Range Rover.
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I'd like to own a 1960's-1990's classic British sports car.
I'd love a TR6 although French Albitz informs me they are utter shite. Perhaps a TVR Griffith 500 would be the sensible choice. >:D
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My mate has a 1974 MGB GT V8 it has been completely restored the total cost including the purchase price is around £60,000 it looks & sounds terrific, but after a ride out in it you realise how much vehicles have improved I felt quite vulnerable in it .
One of my neighbours has one, and I helped him fix some issues with it. Nearly exited a roundabout backwards, and that was with only half the engine working ;D
If you're used to anything modern something built out of the BL parts bin will always be a massive disappointment.
Possibly a Lotus is the only thing that'll handle from that era. That's not to say they aren't rubbish in other ways...
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I had a drive of a mates MGB years ago .... early 80s. I wasn't impressed even back then, even compared to my MKIII Cortina ;D ;D
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I had a drive of a mates MGB years ago .... early 80s. I wasn't impressed even back then, even compared to my MKIII Cortina ;D ;D
The MGB was introduced in 1962 and was far from modern even then.
I believe the last cars with 'cow catcher' bumpers dribbled out of the factory around 1980/81.
There was a Costello version of the V8, but these were few and far between.
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I had a drive of a mates MGB years ago .... early 80s. I wasn't impressed even back then, even compared to my MKIII Cortina ;D ;D
I fondly remember 'bird pulling' days with a friend in his 2 litre GXL. Came with an 'M' plate if memory serves.
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I'm up in North Yorkshire in my 1.6 diesel grandland and I'm getting around 700 miles from a tank on the 60mph A roads up here.
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I'm up in North Yorkshire in my 1.6 diesel grandland and I'm getting around 700 miles from a tank on the 60mph A roads up here.
How big is your tank?
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55litres or 12 gallons
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55litres or 12 gallons
So 700 divided by 12 gives us.......58.33 recurring. Not bad. But then old duffers such as yourself rarely see the dark side of 50 MPH. ;)
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I'd like to own a 1960's-1990's classic British sports car.
I'd love a TR6 although French Albitz informs me they are utter shite. Perhaps a TVR Griffith 500 would be the sensible choice. >:D
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My mate has a 1974 MGB GT V8 it has been completely restored the total cost including the purchase price is around £60,000 it looks & sounds terrific, but after a ride out in it you realise how much vehicles have improved I felt quite vulnerable in it .
One of my neighbours has one, and I helped him fix some issues with it. Nearly exited a roundabout backwards, and that was with only half the engine working ;D
If you're used to anything modern something built out of the BL parts bin will always be a massive disappointment.
Possibly a Lotus is the only thing that'll handle from that era. That's not to say they aren't rubbish in other ways...
Lots of trouble, usually serious.
.....although I'd be more than happy to own an Elan Sprint. :y