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[anV6]

As somebody looking for an omega to buy, it's great to read all those reports of daily driving without major problems.

[Stargazer57N]

Buy new every three years.....not a problem,if you are made of money!

May be one year I be able to by what I want rather than what I can afford.

[ronnyd]

My Desmond is the only drive in our household (SWMBO & me) and i take it anywhere in UK. Same with my old PFL i had for 8yrs.

[MonzaGSE]

Got two omegas as daily drivers. I drive a 95 opel omega mv6 estate thats done 450.000km(280.000 miles) on norwegian poor roads which are covered in salt/snow half the year. It does around 30.000km a year in temperatures between 30c and -30c. Had it for 8 years now and very few problems. Have done some welding due to rust and done regular maintenance. Girlfriend bought her first car this spring. A 94 Omega 2,0 saloon. Its also in daily use. Hasnt gone wrong once since she bought it. And it also did a 3000 km trip to the north of norway this summer without issues. This car has done about 300.000 km. Good cars with regular maintenance. Have found however that some parts (at least here in norway) are getting harder to come by. Which leads to longer downtime than a modern car when they do go wrong.

[TheBoy]

My 2 are our "daily" drivers...  ...not that either of us use a car every single day...

[BazaJT]

Let's face it any car can break-and buying new ever 3yrs or so does not guarantee success[and the number of manufacturer recalls on new stuff is quite frightening]but you do have the warranty to fall back on.It all depends on how much you are willing to pay out on any given vehicle as to whether it's worthwhile or not.Regular maintenance is key on older cars in particular depending on d.i.y or if you have to pay a trusted garage to do this.

[New POD]

I bought my Omega at the end of Sept 2016, with 162K on the clock.  I didn't pay much for it.

I intend it to be a daily driver.  Although at weekends I have access to a mk1 Mx5 and a BINI cooper.

I figure that if the MV6 fails to proceed, I'm in the RAC, and I can use the MX5. 

4800 miles later, I've found a few things wrong with it. All are solvable, by throwing time and money at it.

I don't have much time (I work away from home during the week) and I don't trust professionals to do the job right. I can't even get an omega in my garage. (I did some welding on the MX5 and that was TIGHT) .

However, I'm prepared to accept that it will cost more than the car cost me, to make it right.

Once it is, it's just a case of keeping up with preventative maintenance.

One thing though, is that I like driving it.  Unlike the PERFECT low mileage mk4 astra that I had before, which was reliable but painful. 

[anV6]

One thing though, is that I like driving it.  Unlike the PERFECT low mileage mk4 astra that I had before, which was reliable but painful.

By the way, are MK4 astras particularly known for being reliable or more reliable than omegas? I'm just curious as I know somebody who swear by them.

[Doctor Gollum]

One thing though, is that I like driving it.  Unlike the PERFECT low mileage mk4 astra that I had before, which was reliable but painful.

By the way, are MK4 astras particularly known for being reliable or more reliable than omegas? I'm just curious as I know somebody who swear by them.

In the grand scheme of things, the Omega isn't particularly unreliable... each engine type has a couple of weak spots, and there's perhaps half a dozen common items such as wishbone bushes/geometry related niggles and central locking motors.

If serviced regularly, they'll easily hit 300,000 miles... my last one was a Police car for its first 4.5 years before I then used it as a taxi for further five or so years. Still going strong.

[Zirfeld]

Oh, I like my Omegas! I newer will through them away.

One is the beauty, the other one is the worker. Both mine. The beauty sleeps during wintertime, the worker rests over summer.

So I have enough time to do maintenance on the car that is actual not in use.

Of course any Omega will need expensive repairs over the time. Learn to do it by yourself!

Bodywork, suspension service, brakes, timing belt? Not a real problem!

Learn to do and keep the car. I did so and I am very happy with that. A selfmade Omega is not expansive!

Rolf

[anV6]

One thing though, is that I like driving it.  Unlike the PERFECT low mileage mk4 astra that I had before, which was reliable but painful.

By the way, are MK4 astras particularly known for being reliable or more reliable than omegas? I'm just curious as I know somebody who swear by them.

In the grand scheme of things, the Omega isn't particularly unreliable... each engine type has a couple of weak spots, and there's perhaps half a dozen common items such as wishbone bushes/geometry related niggles and central locking motors.

If serviced regularly, they'll easily hit 300,000 miles... my last one was a Police car for its first 4.5 years before I then used it as a taxi for further five or so years. Still going strong.

What I meant was if the astra MK4 has a reputation for being extra reliable or something. Especially compared to the omega.

[terry paget]

As said recently, I run 6 Omegas and over 10 years have found them very reliable. Four are in Somerset, but one is in Chippenham and another in Enfield, and when these two remote cars misbehave I have always been able to drive them back to Somerset for repair, leaving another car for daily use.
Breakdowns have been crank sensors (V6s) cam sensors (4 cylinder cars) and aux belt pulley bearings, which I now know to grease and trust that problem is gone.

[Scatmancraig]

I have a very cosmetically challenged 2.5TD auto which is somehow still running, but the list of faults is getting longer and longer.  With the MOT just over a month away, I am reluctant to throw any more money at the car, so I'm weighing up getting a replacement.

The questions is, what?  I like the idea of a big comfy diesel auto, but I'm not struck on Mercs or Beemers.  I seem to be drawn towards the Vauxhall Signum for some reason, as there's a 3.0 V6 diesel version.  I've no idea what they're actually like to run though.

[EMD]

The Omega is a well put together car , feels solid .. i mean see how heavy just one door is  I would always repair it rather than buy new . Repairs even if it needs a lot doing can easily be sorted and once your done all those repairs its just a case of servicing once a year  I would have another omega any day over the bland new cars .

[Sir Tigger KC]

I seem to be drawn towards the Vauxhall Signum for some reason, as there's a 3.0 V6 diesel version.  I've no idea what they're actually like to run though.

We know a member of the Lincolnshire aristocracy who has one of these sat doing nothing on his crunchy drive!  It's not a diesel though!