Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: martyn850 on 06 October 2008, 05:47:29
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Hi there,
can anyone assist me with the following questions?
Am looking at a 2001 Omega MV6 auto with the 2.6 engine.
What MPG do they return on average? I know it depends on my right foot but some sites (ie Parkers) say it's about 24mpg.
Also as it was registered on the 15th of March '01, so would I be right in thinking I'll be paying stupid amounts in tax in a couple of years?!?!
Cheers
Martyn
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Hi mate, based on a 2.5 24-27mpg is probably rightish around town...on motorway its more like 32-35mpg...
And yes March 1st 01 onwards (Y Reg) and your looking at the £400 a year tax probably for the 2.6, get yourself an X reg :)
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Hi Mutant, cheers for the reply. At the moment I'm driving a MG ZS v6 which is returning about 29 mpg combined and I think to dropping to 24mpg would be a bit much. Was hoping someone experienced would tell me Parkers was wrong!! As for the tax thing, that really sucks as from what I gather it was registered 15 days after the cut off!!! Such a shame as I the car was ideal and it was going to be pretty much a straight swop for the 2 cars as he needed less space and I need more!!! :(
If you hear if a facelift MV6 estate or elite v6 for sale let me know! ;)
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Hi Mutant, cheers for the reply. At the moment I'm driving a MG ZS v6 which is returning about 29 mpg combined and I think to dropping to 24mpg would be a bit much. Was hoping someone experienced would tell me Parkers was wrong!! As for the tax thing, that really sucks as from what I gather it was registered 15 days after the cut off!!! Such a shame as I the car was ideal and it was going to be pretty much a straight swop for the 2 cars as he needed less space and I need more!!! :(
If you hear if a facelift MV6 estate or elite v6 for sale let me know! ;)
Trouble is, what is your combined cycle.....one of mine does masses of stop start driving and gets 26-28mpg.
The other does careful motorway runs (500 miles per week) and is retrning 38mpg!
Plus auto will be worse....
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I would expect the Omega to use a bit more fuel than the MG as its much bigger and heavier. All the MGs were manual, weren't they? An auto will usually return a lower mpg.
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Yeah, the MG is a manual. I was expecting the MPG to be worse on the Omega auto but not sure if I can drop to mpg that low, along with it being in the higher tax bracket too. Such a shame as it's just what I'm looking for.
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My 2.6 auto is showing just over 30 at the moment, mixed use but more motorway than heavy traffic.
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Yeah, the MG is a manual. I was expecting the MPG to be worse on the Omega auto but not sure if I can drop to mpg that low, along with it being in the higher tax bracket too. Such a shame as it's just what I'm looking for.
Obviously depends on your driving, but I get 25mpg day to day and 30+mpg on a run from my 3.0l auto...
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Well I said Bo***cks to it, as the bloke wanted to do a straight swap for my MG ZS and am now the proud owner of a 2.6 MV6 auto estate. Loving all the space, it's ideal for slinging all my ice hockey gear in, and its a nice laid back cruiser. Now all I have to do is get rid of my Honda Prelude VTi......
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Well I said Bo***cks to it, as the bloke wanted to do a straight swap for my MG ZS and am now the proud owner of a 2.6 MV6 auto estate. Loving all the space, it's ideal for slinging all my ice hockey gear in, and its a nice laid back cruiser. Now all I have to do is get rid of my Honda Prelude VTi......
Good for you, enjoy the ride :y
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why is this bloke an ex member?
sounds like the same person who tried swapping my bmw with an MG zs on ebay a month or so back
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back to the topic.. should return around 22-26 in town depending how much right boot you use lol and anywhere from 33-38 on the motorway... depends quite a bit on the speed (revs) as over 3thou revs it drops quite alot and below 2 n a half-3 it's quite good
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Well I said Bo***cks to it, as the bloke wanted to do a straight swap for my MG ZS and am now the proud owner of a 2.6 MV6 auto estate. Loving all the space, it's ideal for slinging all my ice hockey gear in, and its a nice laid back cruiser. Now all I have to do is get rid of my Honda Prelude VTi......
Good for you, enjoy the ride :y
YEAH, thats the spirit... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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why is this bloke an ex member?
sounds like the same person who tried swapping my bmw with an MG zs on ebay a month or so back
Dunno. Might be worth keeping an eye on the MG forums for a while... ;D
Why didn't you swap, out of interest?
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i was selling the car to pay the finance off so i could buy this car i have now - saving myself £178 a month - swapping and not being able to pay the finance off would put me in the same boat!