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[Sir Tigger KC]

Ah, true. Sorry I was thinking he'd mentioned already. He won't be anywhere near me, anyway, Lincolnshire is the second biggest county in Britain but only has 87 people in it; all regularly exchanging bodily fluids to give the county plenty of cuzzies. 

Fixed! 

[Mr Gav]

PMSL 

[Broomies Mate]

had my last 2.5 from showroom to death at 190K miles. never replaced any suspension component not even shocks. only one set of front disks too, near the end.  it did die needing track rod ends though (and egr and heater valve and handbrake shoes and cam gaskets and air con gas and sun roof) . did have engine replaced at 60K, oops.

If that is even close to to truth, you are still talking 'dangle berries'.

190,000 miles and not a Steering Idler, Wishbone or..... Just remind me NEVER to buy a car from you!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I'll have you know our pigs are the most beautiful in the Land! They're even prettier than our women....



oh, hang on... 

[omega2018]

had my last 2.5 from showroom to death at 190K miles. never replaced any suspension component not even shocks. only one set of front disks too, near the end.  it did die needing track rod ends though (and egr and heater valve and handbrake shoes and cam gaskets and air con gas and sun roof) . did have engine replaced at 60K, oops.

If that is even close to to truth, you are still talking 'dangle berries'.

190,000 miles and not a Steering Idler, Wishbone or..... Just remind me NEVER to buy a car from you!

so i'm a liar am i?  you're an offensive idiot, why don't you try listening to peoples real experience instead of just spouting abuse at them.

[tunnie]

I also find it difficult to believe you can do 190K on original suspension, shocks and one set of brake discs. I'm quite light on car use, I don't drive that aggressively. But my year 2000 2.2, is on its:

3rd set of rear shocks (GM Original replaced at 135k, GM's fitted, replaced at 183k, now on pattern)

2nd set of front shocks.

3rd set of front discs - Not sure if replaced before my ownership, but I'm getting around 50k out of them.

Wishbones replaced at 155k, they were very, very shot!
 

[tunnie]

That said, even though the wishbones were fubared, they still passed MOT's 

[TheBoy]

If you toddle round sedately and are particularly unfussy on handling, its possible you were unaware of it being knackered.

It became a joke of here for ages that tunnie wouldn't except his 2.2 had shot suspension...  ...it was a car I used to drive a bit when he lived around the corner, I assure you it was absolutely mullered.  Tunnies requirements and expectations were lower than mine, possibly because he drove this (sedately) for a number of years, not noticing it had deteriorated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

[Broomies Mate]

had my last 2.5 from showroom to death at 190K miles. never replaced any suspension component not even shocks. only one set of front disks too, near the end.  it did die needing track rod ends though (and egr and heater valve and handbrake shoes and cam gaskets and air con gas and sun roof) . did have engine replaced at 60K, oops.

If that is even close to to truth, you are still talking 'dangle berries'.

190,000 miles and not a Steering Idler, Wishbone or..... Just remind me NEVER to buy a car from you!

so i'm a liar am i?  you're an offensive idiot, why don't you try listening to peoples real experience instead of just spouting abuse at them.

I do listen, and have done for many hundreds of Omega Owners on here and other Vx sites, this is how I know your car won't have original suspension components, or if it has, they will be completely shot, ergo, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the (more than likely) dangerous pile.

Offensive idiot?  Probably.  At least my car is safe.