Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: hitcho on 01 November 2009, 20:19:13
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hi i am looking to buy am omega i took a 2.2 out the other day and it was guttless i floored it and didnt seem to go anywhere is this normal or should i buy a 2.5 v6 and suffer the fuel bills cheers
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hi i am looking to buy am omega i took a 2.2 out the other day and it was guttless i floored it and didnt seem to go anywhere is this normal or should i buy a 2.5 v6 and suffer the fuel bills cheers
Buy neither! You want a 3.0 or 3.2 depending on the size of your wallet! :y :y :y
Thee's little difference in economy between any of the V6's. the difference in power though is quite noticable. ;) :y :y
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will have a very nice 98 2.5cdx saloon in black for sale later this week. no rust, & i mean no rust. ::)
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cheers andy i will have a look at those i never really looked thinking they would be really thirsty
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I've owned a 2.5 and 2.6 - the economy is not as bad as you might think - good in comparison to some 2 litre cars I have owned. As mentioned, even the 3.2 is good for its size.... :y
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If I'm sensible with my 2.5 Auto estate I can get 30+ on a run. My manual 3.0 could top 35 sensibly.
Its around town they seem to suffer IMO
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Go for the manual V6. Had both and miss the manual like mad.
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cheers for the replys there a great help any more will be great and grrrrr i love the autos cheers
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Not sure what you are used to, but you said "Gutless". Remember you are driving a very smooth quiet comfy car, weighing well over a Tonne & a half, so it may seem slow. ::)
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thats true amego i used to have a 2.5 v6 and that went really well compared to the 2.2
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""agemo"" sorry
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hi i am looking to buy am omega i took a 2.2 out the other day and it was guttless i floored it and didnt seem to go anywhere is this normal or should i buy a 2.5 v6 and suffer the fuel bills cheers
If your realy after performance and economy, go for a 3.0 / 3.2 with lpg or a 2.5 TD manual and get it chipped.
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I have both 3.0 and 2.6 and I don't notice a huge difference in speed, the 2.6 is far from gutless and I doubt its much worse on petrol than a 2.2, so any V6 is more than fast enough
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Our first Omega was an X reg 2.0CD auto, which we replaced just over a year ago with a 2001 MV6 2.6 auto.......
Havent really noticed at all that the MV6 costs more to run, insurance is about £6 a month more, but fuel economy honestly doesnt feel much different....
Going over to family in Caernarfon I can get 36 mpg out of it at a steady 65-70mph.....
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v6 manual :y :y
auto will kill you round town >:(
used to get 28 mpg around town :y
" thats before the engine went bang :'( :'( "
that reminds me [size=14]markey mark ............ ring me please !!![/size] >:( >:(
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Ive got a 3.0 manual and I barely go over 2500rpm before changing up, and still only average 22mpg... i also have a remapped leon cupra R that i drive quite a bit quicker and average 22-25mpg in that :-? so the V6's are quite thirsty :lol:
gets nearer 40 on a long haul though :y