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[Zirfeld]

If a nice girl is waiting, it is a good reason to put the hammer down....

[Pmacca2000]

All I know is that people are already passing comments and asking me about my omega, may become an "i remember those" car?

[zirk]

I was referring to the Mk3 rather than the frogmoose hybrid that was the Scorpio

Indeed. Hence my point that the facelift Omega wasn't ugly enough (to push up prices of the inferior PFL).

I still maintain that the Omega is the car the Scorpio should have been... especially in Facelift form

I had the 2.9 24V Cosworth Ultima for a while, was a nice drive, when it wasn't thinking about breaking down, made a lovely noise when you floored it as well, Overdrive was handy, they should have made a Manual version of though.

Back leather seats were gorgeous, friends would fight to sit in than back rather than the front, just a shame it looked so ugly. 

[Pmacca2000]

There was an Opel senator A on eBay classic section a few months ago and that was up for £8-9000 if memory serves so maybe ?

[aaronjb]

True Classics are cars which fall into one of a few categories: genuinely rare, ie aluminium bodied '60s Ferrari convertibles; achingly gorgeous; cars our parents owned; our first cars... some cars are slow burners, look at the W116 Mercedes for example... only just coming into its own, compared to the W108... a classic the second they stopped making it

I have to google those model designations every time I pass an R107 on my commute a lot of mornings - I'd take one of those. Or a W198 if I ever win the lottery!

[Pmacca2000]

The current Astra could make it as a classic, one of the last GM cars ?
Just depends what psa do next

[Doctor Gollum]

The current Astra could make it as a classic, one of the last GM cars ?
Just depends what psa do next

Not in our lifetime

[Nick W]

I suspect my 2.3 was running 2.8 carbs and had been tuned properly... was considerably quicker than it should have been...

Junction 5 of the M20 to check in at Dover in a snip under 19 minutes without speeding in Dover was apparently doable...

Apparently   That's 43 miles, including at least 5 miles not on a dual carriageway , much of it through town.
I've done near J8 to halfway down the A230, half that distance, in 20 minutes(and J6 is less than a mile from J5) at midnight in a tuned 2.9 Capri that required a really heavy right foot, and halved my usual fuel economy.
But then I knew people who apparently had genuine 150mph RS Turbos, so what do I know?

[Doctor Gollum]

It doesn't average out that fast for the motorway stretch.

[Doctor Gollum]

Actual time 'might' have been 24 minutes... But it was over 20 years ago and was a timed run because the speedo suffered from a floating worm drive causing intermittence.

I knew a bloke who banger raced them and he always maintained that it was one of the quickest 2.3s he had driven.

[The Red Baron]

Well, I'm hanging on to my 99 built mfl 3l mv6 saloon. I'm sure it will be sought after one day. 

[Webby the Bear]

I suppose the question is whether you want it to be called a classic (ie folk often ask about your motor with awe) or it's a classic where it's going to be of much value.

I personally see it gauging interest from older folk as the years go on. I can't see it being worth anything in the near future. Could be wrong of course 😀

[Doctor Gollum]

Well, I'm hanging on to my 99 built mfl 3l mv6 saloon. I'm sure it will be sought after one day. 

Scrappage is making a comeback

[Pmacca2000]

I know my standard CD has begun to generate a bit of interest when I'm at the pumps,  nice care mate, not many of my them about etc.
This has taken some getting used too as I've never driven a car that's generated this much interest before.
Financially I will argue that it costs me less to look after my omega a year than it does to keep smokers and drinkers in comfort for the same amount of time and while it's no multi million pound classic it does make me feel special when people give admiring glances and comment on her condition.
On those grounds I'd say yes it's a classic.

[STEMO]

Give me strength.....