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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: F/S 2002 CDX 2.2 manual saloon, 35,000 miles

« on: 14 August 2009, 23:08:29 »

The reason people think it's overpriced is that if you look on Autotrader there are plenty about from £1k up,not as new or as low miles but quite a reasonable selection.

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: F/S 2002 CDX 2.2 manual saloon, 35,000 miles

« on: 14 August 2009, 20:31:10 »

Really nice car but at todays prices I recon you will be lucky to get £2k.

I have been looking for a few days on autotrader and you would be suprised at what you can get for £1k-£1.5k.

Theres even an 03 less than £2k admitedly with slightly higher mileage.

Good luck with your sale

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General Car Chat / Re: Looking to buy an Omega am I crazy

« on: 12 August 2009, 08:13:24 »

That one sounds nice Zulu what sort of price is it and where abouts in the country

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General Car Chat / Re: Looking to buy an Omega am I crazy

« on: 11 August 2009, 22:52:27 »

Andy

I would consider a V6 from the petrol issue as I don't do to many miles, not really worried about power as I am not a boy racer but what about maintainance costs and reliabilty.

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General Car Chat / Re: Looking to buy an Omega am I crazy

« on: 11 August 2009, 22:46:44 »

Thanks for the quick reply,the servicing ain't the problem it's making sure it's a gud un that's more difficult.

I have been thinking about getting a second car for a few weeks and have been looking in Autotrader at 8-10yr old cars for around £1500.I started with Rover 75's then Audi A4 and VW Passat Saab and Volvo.I have sat looking at Autotrader thinking they look OK till you look into the forums and most of these cars seem to have a fair amount of reliability issues.

Obviously no 8+yr old used car is going to be totally trouble free but the frightening thing is I don't want to spend £1k+ on the car and then having to spend lots of dosh putting faults right.

Which bought me back to Vauxhall which does not have a great reputation for reliabilty.But the reason for me considering an Omega is because I have a 5yr old meriva which in the 3 yrs I have had it has been totally reliable.

My Daughter has a 9 yr old Fiat Punto which most people would not think of as a reliable make but she has had it for 5yrs and apart from new tyres/battery/exhaust it has not missed a beat so bad rep is not always reliable.

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General Car Chat / Looking to buy an Omega am I crazy

« on: 11 August 2009, 22:21:08 »

Hi Guys can you please help.

I am looking to buy a 2000-2002 Omega Automatic and have seen a few in Autotrader that look decent motors (not viewed any yet) they have low miles (70-90k) and most say full history some are dealer cars some private for between £995-£1295.

I will only be doing around 6-8k miles a year but need something that will be reliable and that's the problem.

I have a Vauxhall Meriva (54 plate) as another vehicle, had it for almost 3 yrs and no problems in 20k miles.

As you guys on here are pretty much all Omega owners do you think a 2.2 auto will make a decent 2nd car.

I have owned an Omega around 9yrs ago it was an N plate 2.0 auto and that went wrong (cambelt) which cost me £1k to fix.So how is reliability with newer cars as long as cambelt has been replaced and regular servicing been carried out.

Hope you can help as the Omegas certainly represent value for money as long as reliability is not going to be an issue as I don't want to be putting my hand in my pocket to often other than an annual service.

Cheers guys