Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Please play nicely.  No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....

Pages: [1] 2 3 4  All   Go Down

Author Topic: You can say "I told you so".......  (Read 10313 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16658
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
You can say "I told you so".......
« on: 20 February 2017, 22:27:46 »
..... But, I have never had a new(er) car, and it was too good a deal to pass by :y

2.0 TDCi, 6 Speed, one careful (family) owner and 60k miles with FSH.









The only mark of note, was this one:



Having decided I couldn't do any worse than the chap who murdered the MV6 door, I had a go myself:



Reset the trip computer before heading home, and after the 40 mile trip (all twisties and backroads) the display was reading 49mpg.
Logged

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16658
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #1 on: 20 February 2017, 22:35:27 »
I initially thought it had more previous owners, and about 20k more miles than this, until we went to look and have a chat. But in light of the new information, it seemed like a no brainer at the price we paid :y
Logged

Shackeng

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Ramsbury
  • Posts: 7763
    • 3.2 Elite 2.0 TitX Mondeo
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #2 on: 20 February 2017, 22:40:44 »
Unfortunately it looks to have one too many pedals. ::)
Logged

b4ndit

  • Guest
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #3 on: 20 February 2017, 23:17:20 »
nice  :y
Logged

78bex

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • 0
  • Posts: 1051
    • 2.2 CD AUTO / FAZER 600
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #4 on: 20 February 2017, 23:35:37 »
For about 2 years my working life revovled around a similar Mondeo.
For what it`s worth, some things I noticed with the cars
I found it powerful & predictable over all road conditions.
We had several in the company I worked for at the time & tried them all
One of the first with 300 miles on the clock for some reason had annoying things from the off
 Odd rattles & squeaks would come & go. somehere a droning noise would become apparent  up thru the revs
On another car a dull noise what sounded like a worn wheel bearing  ??? & wind noise at certain speeds. The cruise control would also decide to randomly to turn itself off & throw warning lights on & off.

sounds odd now, but we all liked the silver car :y it seemed tighter & quieter than the others.
To my mind the QA inspection process must have been flawed somewhere along the build  :-\
Logged

Viral_Jim

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Telford
  • Posts: 4620
    • Too many, mostly broken
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #5 on: 21 February 2017, 02:08:02 »
My best friend has one of these (same yr, 2.0 TDCI 130 I think, TitX) seems a nice thing to knock about in. He has no complaints so far, bought at 70k ish, now 80k odd.

But surely you'll miss the rusty wheel arches and sub 30mpg that Omegas excel at  ;D
« Last Edit: 21 February 2017, 02:09:46 by jimmy944 »
Logged

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16658
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #6 on: 21 February 2017, 02:34:59 »
Quote from: jimmy944 on 21 February 2017, 02:08:02
My best friend has one of these (same yr, 2.0 TDCI 130 I think, TitX) seems a nice thing to knock about in. He has no complaints so far, bought at 70k ish, now 80k odd.

But surely you'll miss the rusty wheel arches and sub 30mpg that Omegas excel at  ;D

I still have an omega ;)
Logged

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16658
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #7 on: 21 February 2017, 02:36:30 »
Don't know how many varients there are, this is a 140ps and it has bags of punch :y
Logged

citroenguy

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Sweden
  • Posts: 201
    • 2005 Citroën C5 2.0SX
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #8 on: 21 February 2017, 06:13:25 »
Good car for the the daily runabout, and no auto gearbox to go boom. Just give that engine some new fully synth C3/C2 classed oil at good intervals.
Logged
124k on the C5
I like Omegas Senators and all other big 90´s euro saloons.
Previous motors: 3x Rover 600s, Citroën ZX, Volvo 850

106pete

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Plymouth
  • Posts: 189
    • Omega 3.0 elite
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #9 on: 21 February 2017, 08:09:16 »
They look even better with the factory lip kit on  :y
Logged

henryd

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • west cornwall
  • Posts: 8814
  • VW Touareg R5 tdi Auto
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #10 on: 21 February 2017, 08:11:39 »
Looking good James, enjoy :y
Logged
other rides 
  mk3 Volvo v70 2.0 Diesel , Pug 306 cabriolet, Pug 308 gt 180
  Sterling elite trekker pikey wagon

Viral_Jim

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Telford
  • Posts: 4620
    • Too many, mostly broken
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #11 on: 21 February 2017, 08:36:01 »
Quote from: JamesV6CDX on 21 February 2017, 02:36:30
Don't know how many varients there are, this is a 140ps and it has bags of punch :y

I think you have the pick there! The 2.0's came in several variants of approximately 110, 140 and 165bhp (I think ford tweaked these up through the life of the engine) and then a 175 and a 200 bhp 2.2 diesel lump.

Then you have a bewildering array of trim levels sitting over that. From memory I think Zetec is pretty good.

I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you that all the injectors will fail, the clutch will explode and the engine will drop out the bottom of the car. It wouldn't be OOF otherwise  ;)
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107657
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #12 on: 21 February 2017, 09:28:18 »
I quite like the Mundano.  Like all modern diesels, it has expensive issues when it gets a few miles on it, but if you want a diesel, thats the price you pay.

Hope it serves you well.
Logged
Grumpy old man

Field Marshal Dr. Opti

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Utopia
  • Posts: 33050
  • Speaking sense, not Woke PC crap
    • View Profile
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #13 on: 21 February 2017, 11:50:26 »
Looks good, James. :y

Go on then, how much did you pay? :)
Logged

2boxerdogs

  • Guest
Re: You can say "I told you so".......
« Reply #14 on: 21 February 2017, 12:06:11 »
Looks pretty good to me. 😉
Logged
Pages: [1] 2 3 4  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.012 seconds with 17 queries.