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[Diamond Black Geezer]

Ah, agreed.

When he said he was getting an SRi my head immediately went 'ahhh a far newer car, so many new refinements. Ohh, SRi - sporty, bodykit, fast, biig alloys, turbo, maybe?'

And it was 'no' to all the above  I was ready to have my old girl embarrassed with all these 21st century refinements, but it was the other way round.

He now looks longing at my beautiful V6 (which was his / the family car a decade ago) and I suspect misses her, don't blame him. I love Omegas because they embarrass much newer cars with inferior spec levels. 

I reckon yours, Al, is the one to have. As I say, I don't dislike them, I'd maybe even own one, one day. But a high spec, estate, maybe 4wd too. And a turbo, or V6 for sure.

[05omegav6]

If you can stomach the fuel costs, then a manual  VXR saloon with leather would be my suggestion

Absolutely mental

[Diamond Black Geezer]

haha. If I can stomach 20.4mpg, which is what I'm getting from Pissy at present, then I should be ok 

[05omegav6]

haha. If I can stomach 20.4mpg, which is what I'm getting from Pissy at present, then I should be ok 

20.4 would be optimistic on a run... took one for a test drive around Sluff and had to stop for fuel

I put a tenner in it and within two traffic lights the fuel light was flashing again

[D]

The 2.0 turbo seems to be a rare beast. One with 4X4 capabilities seems even rarer.

[henryd]

Not a massive fan of them. But, to be honest as you say, if he's not willing to get his hands dirty, then you could do a lot worse than the Insignificant. Don't 'feel' anything for fatherdear's, have no 'interest' in it, it doesn't have a 'soul' to me -  but has it ever caused a spot of trouble? Has it ever missed a beat? Has it ever failed to deliver what it promises? Sadly the answers to all those questions are 'no' And two guys I know (one a mechanic) own one, estates, and really like them. One chose his Insignia over an XF, saying it just 'felt a nicer place to be'

Really

[aaronjb]

If he's a large chap I can see it - the XF (like all Jags, it seems; my XJ12 was the same) seems to have been designed around someone built like a racing snake..

[Marks DTM Calib]

And the XF is not proving to be an award winner on the reliability front sadly.

2.0 Turbo engine is a good (Turbo work done by Saab) reliable lump....easily boosted up to the sort of power figures which make your hair stand on end to...

No issues with GM auto boxes, the only problems I can remember in recent history were on the 1.9 diesels of circa ten years ago and it wasn't the box, it was the oil cooler failing and dumping coolant into the transmission fluid.

My issue with the Insignia are the hatch has no rear head room and the arse is a bit 'fat woman on a bike' looking.....hence the estate is the best of the two by some distance

[aaronjb]

A colleague at work has a diesel XF - so far he's had no problems in 5 years or so (I forget how many miles but it's 'many' ), of course one sample does not statistical significance make

... the arse is a bit 'fat woman on a bike' looking...

I was going to google up a picture and say "But that can be rather pleasant" .. but I can't find anything work safe

[Kevin Wood]

I was going to google up a picture and say "But that can be rather pleasant" .. but I can't find anything work safe

There's "riding a bike" and "hang on, I'm sure there was a bike there a minute ago", though.

[Kevin Wood]

.. and if that were a manual and an estate it might be interesting. I agree that the hatch has all the elegance of a tupperware product and not sure why you'd want an auto gearbox on a petrol turbo.

[Marks DTM Calib]

A colleague at work has a diesel XF - so far he's had no problems in 5 years or so (I forget how many miles but it's 'many' ), of course one sample does not statistical significance make

... the arse is a bit 'fat woman on a bike' looking...

I was going to google up a picture and say "But that can be rather pleasant" .. but I can't find anything work safe

A couple of colleagues are Ex Jag design team and tell me there are a few drive train faults plus random can bus issues (ask your friend to try using a cheap USB drive and see what happens to parking sensors and other weird bits!)

[Marks DTM Calib]

.. and if that were a manual and an estate it might be interesting. I agree that the hatch has all the elegance of a tupperware product and not sure why you'd want an auto gearbox on a petrol turbo.

Oh Mr Wood, todays small Petrol Turbo is yesterdays 3.0 V6.....loads of low down torque thanks to variable vane and VVT, better mpg, smaller, lighter.....tis the future you know    (It will be interesting to see how long it takes before the 1.4 and 1.6 Turbo are dropped into kit cars as there small, light, very powerful, cheap and plentiful)

[Kevin Wood]

Oh Mr Wood, todays small Petrol Turbo is yesterdays 3.0 V6.....loads of low down torque thanks to variable vane and VVT, better mpg, smaller, lighter.....tis the future you know    (It will be interesting to see how long it takes before the 1.4 and 1.6 Turbo are dropped into kit cars as there small, light, very powerful, cheap and plentiful)

Westfield are already using the 1.6 Turbo in their european type approved models, I believe.

.. but I still don't really understand why you'd want an auto gearbox on one.  Maybe it needs to rain, meaning I go back to commuting in the Omega. Looks like that's going to be likely tomorrow.

[aaronjb]

A couple of colleagues are Ex Jag design team and tell me there are a few drive train faults plus random can bus issues (ask your friend to try using a cheap USB drive and see what happens to parking sensors and other weird bits!)

I think I'll pass on that ... I'd like him to remain a friend!