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pscocoa

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Daily driver - longest serving
« on: 18 April 2013, 13:07:02 »
The Omega has been my daily driver for 11 years now.

Can anyone claim longer continuous usage?

Not talking about ownership alone here, vehicles on SORN, used now and then etc but where it is used basically everyday.
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #1 on: 18 April 2013, 13:09:31 »
2005 got mine, so 8 years.

Does it have to be same Omega though? FatherT is on his second Omega, his first we got in 1997, so 16 years!  :)
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #2 on: 18 April 2013, 13:14:23 »
2006 for me daily used :y
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #3 on: 18 April 2013, 14:49:58 »
mid 2000 for me!
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #4 on: 18 April 2013, 15:10:51 »
Three since 2006 ish. :y

Two auto and one manual. Have to say I'm not a fan the manual gearbox.
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #5 on: 18 April 2013, 15:24:51 »
1999 I bought my first Omega which was a 97 CD estate.
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #6 on: 18 April 2013, 15:40:09 »
Sold my 2.0 ltr last month...had it for 12years never let me down in 198.000 miles :'(
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #7 on: 18 April 2013, 15:44:09 »
Quote from: nitro on 18 April 2013, 15:40:09
Sold my 2.0 ltr last month...had it for 12years never let me down in 198.000 miles :'(

I'm suprised you sold it Ken, you'd looked after it so well. Have you replaced it with something else?
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #8 on: 18 April 2013, 15:55:18 »
I'm still driving the '99 TD Estate I bought at 7k in November 1999, still my daily driver, chipped with an AR 35 auto. Passed its MOT this morning with a few minor advisories. At 116k it is good for another 14 years, at which point I may have to use the 3.2 Elite a bit more often. ::) ::) ::) :y
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #9 on: 18 April 2013, 15:58:24 »
Feb 1998, scrapped last year :'(
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #10 on: 18 April 2013, 15:59:11 »
Quote from: nitro on 18 April 2013, 15:40:09
Sold my 2.0 ltr last month...had it for 12years never let me down in 198.000 miles :'(

Ken - you wanted to buy my 3.2 at the last meet in Kent!!!
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #11 on: 18 April 2013, 15:59:59 »
Quote from: jonathanh on 18 April 2013, 14:49:58
mid 2000 for me!

You seem to be the leader - so it is your daily drive and has been since mid 2000??
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #12 on: 18 April 2013, 16:01:29 »
Quote from: tunnie on 18 April 2013, 13:09:31
2005 got mine, so 8 years.

Does it have to be same Omega though? FatherT is on his second Omega, his first we got in 1997, so 16 years!  :)

I think so as he is spoilt for choice ;D

A difficult one in these circumstances but hope you appreciate the point I was getting at.
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #13 on: 18 April 2013, 16:17:44 »
As pscocoa says,his car is a very nice,well cared for example and if it had been for sale in recent months I would have bitten his hand off for first refusal..but have since bought a 3.2 from Elite Pete and am at the moment doing a bit of fettling on it,will probably have it on the road sometime next year :y
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Re: Daily driver - longest serving
« Reply #14 on: 18 April 2013, 20:08:23 »
Mrs TB and I tend to share cars, rather than a "his and hers".

So, between us as daily drivers, the Silver Bullet will be 10yrs later this year, and currently 112k in our ownership, but the little Rover, that met its demise after losing an argument with a Passat, Audi A5, Laguna and a central reservation at 12yrs, 116k
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