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Title: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a fa???
Post by: Omegatoy on 14 January 2007, 19:39:16: correct me iif im wrong but that looks like a facelift motor? didnt think it would be on a 96car|>????

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-3-0L-ELITE-1996-NREG-MOT-TILL-OCT-07_W0QQitemZ300070492129QQihZ020QQcategoryZ10404QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: TheBoy on 14 January 2007, 19:41:12: Aye, certainly facelift front and mirrors....
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: tunnie on 14 January 2007, 19:41:57: thats a facelift all right, someone could have put a 'private plate' on it and the dip stick seller marked it as 1996 due to the N on the plate.
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Omegatoy on 14 January 2007, 19:43:28: At first i thought private plate but he states its a 96 CAR??
Does that strike anyone else as a little dodgy??
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: STMO123 on 14 January 2007, 19:44:23: RAC number plate check comes back 1995 Elite :o
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 January 2007, 19:46:16: I just did same check,

Walk away from this one!!

I reckon it's been stuffed, and bodged with facelift parts by a cowboy.
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Del Boy on 14 January 2007, 19:49:23: Very very dodgy
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Del Boy on 14 January 2007, 19:51:59: Guys also if you look carefully you can tell it's a pre-facelift interior gaps in headrests etc
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: STMO123 on 14 January 2007, 19:52:18: I dont get it! This guys got oodles of feedback. You're local TB, check it out :-?
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: TheBoy on 14 January 2007, 19:54:54: Quote
I dont get it! This guys got oodles of feedback. You're local TB, check it out :-?
"Selling for a friend" always gets the alarm bells ringing... ...not worth checking out, just avoid it.
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 January 2007, 19:58:38: Why can't the "friend" sell it for himself?
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Admin on 14 January 2007, 20:25:15: Reported to ebay! >:(
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 January 2007, 20:27:15: Quote
Reported to ebay! >:(

Good man ;D

Lets see the outcome!
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Del Boy on 14 January 2007, 20:41:53: Quote
Quote
Reported to ebay! >:(

Good man ;D

Lets see the outcome!

Defiantly can't wait to see ;D
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Chopsdad on 14 January 2007, 20:53:20: It could be a clone or if the parts are just cosmetic he might have had a front ender and fitted facelift parts. I did this with a corsa once and it made it look bang up to date just for the sake of new bumpers and front/rear fogs after the kissis forgot to turn and ended up in a hedge. Either way it should be mentioned in the advert and for that reason I'd leave it well alone.
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Markjay on 15 January 2007, 00:57:25: Quote
It could be a clone or if the parts are just cosmetic he might have had a front ender and fitted facelift parts. I did this with a corsa once and it made it look bang up to date just for the sake of new bumpers and front/rear fogs after the kissis forgot to turn and ended up in a hedge. Either way it should be mentioned in the advert and for that reason I'd leave it well alone.

At the very least it would need to have a facelift bonnet with integrated grill, front bumper with washer bottle and fogs, headlamps... this would have been a write-off it was involved in a crash and required all these reapirs. I would have said that this was simply a mistake - i.e. the wrong picture, another car etc, but it does have N-reg plates... no idea.
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 January 2007, 02:44:24: I reckon...

That facelift car has been stolen. nicked. robbed.

And someone who doesn't know the first thing about Meega's, has put the plates of a shagged (but not sorn) old N reg Omega on this facelift car.

I smell a rat, I think it's some sort of criminal activity. I might be wrong, but I reckon that's what's happening.
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Markjay on 15 January 2007, 07:50:25: Looking closely at the picture, I think I can see a frame-type headrest on the front seat, which is pre-facelift, unlike the facelift ones which are solid...?
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Martin_1962 on 15 January 2007, 10:35:31: The interior looks like an N reg interior - I'd say it has either had a front ender or just a restyle to make it look newer
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: hotel21 on 15 January 2007, 10:38:16: This car has raised an eyebrow or two on other forums (fora?) and a post elsewhere is of a question to the seller with the reply - "I can confirm it is a '96 model has had a facelift to the front end"

ookkkkaaaayyyyy... :-X
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: tunnie on 15 January 2007, 12:26:29: the fact there is only 1 picture too, can't see the back end or interior. Could be a cut and shut job! :o
Title: Re: correct me if im wrong but that looks like a f
Post by: Martin_1962 on 15 January 2007, 12:46:46: Quote
the fact there is only 1 picture too, can't see the back end or interior. Could be a cut and shut job! :o

Head rests are early