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Newbie Area => Newbie Welcome Area => Topic started by: Shimmy on 04 September 2010, 20:37:40

Title: Hola!
Post by: Shimmy on 04 September 2010, 20:37:40

I'm new around here and have recently got myself a Vauxhall Omega 3.2 Elite.

Last had a mondeo mk2 2.0 zetec which I got off ebay for £500 to get me to the end of uni, which it did a fine job of. Until recently that is when the immobiliser started to play up, causing the battery to drain quickly and making the engine not switch off. After a few jump starts and replacement of fuses it seemed back to normal, but I decided it was time to get rid and upgrade.

Few days later I found this big barge with 74,000 miles on it. Looked like a clean example, all of the toys work bar the rear blind which I'm not fussed about. The last owner even had extra carpeting (insulation) installed over the original floor mats. Test drive was good, nothing knackered, the automatic gearbox perhaps isn't as smooth has my dads E38 7 series though. Ohh and obviously the 7 series feels more up market inside and handles that bit better.

I've not bothered to clean the car since buying it 10 days ago, but here are some quick snaps:

(http://i51.tinypic.com/27xjjx3.jpg)
Excuse the sports bottle, had just been playing 7 a side.
(http://i52.tinypic.com/5l9dp1.jpg)
(http://i53.tinypic.com/6zaekm.jpg)
(http://i53.tinypic.com/154f0nd.jpg)

Got the car for £980 on top of my old mondeo as trade in.

After 10 days of owning the car I'm really quite satisfied, no nasty surprises (yet  :P).  The car has leccy everything, seemingly more than my dad's 7 series.  It is quite thirsty, but that's fine by me for now.

Feel free to pass judgement or ask any questions, I certainly will!  ;D

Title: Re: Hola!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 04 September 2010, 20:43:48

Hello and a warm welcome to you and your lovely car! :y

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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 04 September 2010, 21:02:44

How do you do Shimmy :y :y  Car looks very well indeed 8-) :y

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Post by: Cliffo B on 04 September 2010, 21:12:21

Hello,welcome to the Forum :y

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Post by: RobG on 04 September 2010, 21:14:41

Hello and welcome to the Forum :)

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Post by: waspy on 04 September 2010, 21:21:20

How do & welcome along :y :y
How odd, an Elite without leather & it has CD spec alloys :-/
Even so she's a looker & you've done well :y :y :y

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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 September 2010, 21:28:07

Hi, welcome to the forum.   :y

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Post by: PhilRich on 04 September 2010, 21:56:10

Hi & welcome, the car looks in mint condition :y

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Post by: NF on 04 September 2010, 22:28:58

Hi
Welcome to the forum

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Post by: zvi on 04 September 2010, 23:03:25

welcome :y

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Post by: markspark on 04 September 2010, 23:33:06

very nice car you got there seems good price too
welcome to the forum  :y

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Post by: dbug on 05 September 2010, 02:07:36

Welcome to OOF mate  :y

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Post by: Welung666 on 05 September 2010, 10:23:43

Welcome to OOF Shimmy :y

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Post by: Varche on 05 September 2010, 12:02:32

Ola!  Welcome to the forum :y

Nice looking car!

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Post by: sandune on 05 September 2010, 12:22:04

Hiya welcome aboard :y

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Post by: Ploppy on 05 September 2010, 22:33:11

Welcome !! :y

Nice car !! :y

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Post by: Elite Pete on 06 September 2010, 16:40:53

Hi and welcome to the forum :)

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Post by: Elitenut on 06 September 2010, 17:00:30

Hello and welcome to the Forum. :y :y

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Post by: stevepugh on 07 September 2010, 11:04:28

hi and welcome  :y

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Post by: Pipsqueak on 10 September 2010, 00:43:49

Hello and welcome to the OOF.   :y

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Post by: Zipper on 12 September 2010, 00:51:29

Hello, welcome to the Forum.  :y