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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: JayUK on 10 January 2008, 15:58:13
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Hello all!
This April I'm doing the Coyote Rally around Europe for charideeeeeee.
Calais - Paris - Munich - Prague - Amsterdam.
About 1,500 miles in total.
The car can't be worth more than £500 so I'm looking for ideas, and thought I'd ask my fellow Omega clansmen.
It needs to be pretty bulletproof, and comfortable - that's a LOT of driving in 4 days.
I'm toying with an older Omega, but not sure. There seems to be quite a few Mondeos & Vectras about the right price, age & condition out there, and I'm thinking these could be cheap to patch up and prepare.
If anyone fancies supporting us, take a look at
http://www.imagineeruk.com/2amigos
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Tunnies old senator would have been spot on for this
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Hello all!
This April I'm doing the Coyote Rally around Europe for charideeeeeee.
Calais - Paris - Munich - Prague - Amsterdam.
About 1,500 miles in total.
The car can't be worth more than £500 so I'm looking for ideas, and thought I'd ask my fellow Omega clansmen.
It needs to be pretty bulletproof, and comfortable - that's a LOT of driving in 4 days.
I'm toying with an older Omega, but not sure. There seems to be quite a few Mondeos & Vectras about the right price, age & condition out there, and I'm thinking these could be cheap to patch up and prepare.
If anyone fancies supporting us, take a look at
http://www.imagineeruk.com/2amigos
Not much of a challenge that.....we did checkwrecks 18 months ago and the car cant cost more than 100 quid on that one.
We opted for a 24V Senator.....not pretty but did us proud.
My advice would be the bigger the better, some of the driving legs can be pretty long and try for a manual if your going near any of the mountain passes (I guess your not doing to many given the short trip mileage) although we managed on an auto but, you have to learn how to descend slopes with little brake useage.
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Yep. Senator all the way. Much less boring than driving a Mundaneo all those miles.
Kevin
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Yep. Senator all the way. Much less boring than driving a Mundaneo all those miles.
Kevin
The Mundaneo that was on the same rally as us only made it thanks to our helping it along!
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Not thought about the senator... Good idea!
You're right though, it needs to be comfortable.
This is a starter rally for us, we hope to do some more in the future, and organise our own as well sometime soon :y
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94 95 96 V6 Omega
Late Carlton
Late Senator
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would try and get the best possible calton, senator or possibly Omega that i could get for my money......
There are a few out there
Big Volvos might be worth a look at as well, but they really drink the juice though
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Pains me to say it, but I think reliable = Japanese, probably Toyota, Camry? - boring certainly but should be comfy and reliable.
Ok bring it on... ::)
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would try and get the best possible calton, senator or possibly Omega that i could get for my money......
There are a few out there
Big Volvos might be worth a look at as well, but they really drink the juice though
940 or 960 would now be cheap but they don't handle too well
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Pains me to say it, but I think reliable = Japanese, probably Toyota, Camry? - boring certainly but should be comfy and reliable.
Ok bring it on... ::)
£400 - £500 for a 2.5 CD
Do the cam kit and crank sensor
Ready to go
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Pains me to say it, but I think reliable = Japanese, probably Toyota, Camry? - boring certainly but should be comfy and reliable.
Ok bring it on... ::)
you're right, they are boring as hell, lots of toys in the top spec ones......but they willl go on and on and and on and...........
Bet a low miler could be found for peanuts, something an OAP has had as a sunday driver
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Pains me to say it, but I think reliable = Japanese, probably Toyota, Camry? - boring certainly but should be comfy and reliable.
Ok bring it on... ::)
you're right, they are boring as hell, lots of toys in the top spec ones......but they willl go on and on and and on and...........
Bet a low miler could be found for peanuts, something an OAP has had as a sunday driver
As with ANY car....there only as good as the last owner.
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i took a £300 senator over 2,300 miles around Europe. UK>France>Netherlands>Germany>Swizerland (including the alps)
Fully loaded with camping gear, 3 big guys.... it never missed a beat and sat at 100+ all day long!!!
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i took a £300 senator over 2,300 miles around Europe. UK>France>Netherlands>Germany>Swizerland (including the alps)
Fully loaded with camping gear, 3 big guys.... it never missed a beat and sat at 100+ all day long!!!
me thinks you are exaggerating a little. ::)
100+ (even if km) all day long...... in the alps!
+ the Swiss would have thrown away the key (not the one for your car..) ;)
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Well if the problem turns out to be just the oil cooler I will have an M reg 95 elite up for sale in the very near future...MOT for 8 months but no tax...as its for charidee I could do it for under £500 I'm sure :)
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Ooooh, keep me posted on that then :)
Thanks for all the ideas guys, as it's not until April we have a little time to try and get it sorted.
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I'm assured it is oil cooler...its having a replacement one put in when I get the car next week and I have a decent radiator to put in too, will probably take the leather out and replace with more ordinary interior but will be sound all round...would you want the things like cruise control 6 cd changer etc? :)
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Cruise would be good, and the CD changer I think essential! Haha.
Unless I put a MP3 player in, we'll need the music to cruise to!
:D
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There you go...sorted...will let you know how it goes next week...if you wanna pm me we can always sort out a price for the working car if all goes well?
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Pics...
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/OmegaEliteFrontM138EFK.jpg)
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/OmegaEliteSideM138EFK.jpg)
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/OmegaEliteInterior2M138EFK.jpg)
Leather will be clean good ordinary interior and projectors will be back to normal 1995 headlights but all in working order and only 97.5k on the engine :)
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Looks good - could be an answer.
What's the economy on a 3.0 though? I know my 3.2 is a very thirsty beast. Sigh
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i took a £300 senator over 2,300 miles around Europe. UK>France>Netherlands>Germany>Swizerland (including the alps)
Fully loaded with camping gear, 3 big guys.... it never missed a beat and sat at 100+ all day long!!!
me thinks you are exaggerating a little. ::)
100+ (even if km) all day long...... in the alps!
+ the Swiss would have thrown away the key (not the one for your car..) ;)
No not in the alps, but it did 100+ everyware else....
i did some some long streches at 90mph on the swiss motorways... when you actually get out into sticks, they are actually quick roads.... not much slower here than the UK, everyone was cruising around 70-80.
Along the A type roads still did 60.... Swiss roads are not as slow as everyone thinks.
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About 30mpg average, but obviously if you boot it that drops lol
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Pics...
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/OmegaEliteFrontM138EFK.jpg)
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/OmegaEliteSideM138EFK.jpg)
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/OmegaEliteInterior2M138EFK.jpg)
Leather will be clean good ordinary interior and projectors will be back to normal 1995 headlights but all in working order and only 97.5k on the engine :)
that will get you there and back with no issues, 30mpg and still keep a respectable speed up
And you may even get your money back on it if you wanted to sell it on after you come back
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Good idea, hadn't thought about selling it when we get back - but obviously that'll then be more cash for the charities involved!
It'll take a little while to take the decals / stickers off after the rally I'm sure!
Great information from all - as usual :D
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Well its pretty low milage so chances are you will get as much if not more back when you get home...