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[Nick W]

I still have a Desmond manual and hopefully it will last a few years yet. New clutch last year.  Owned for the last 4 years and hopefully for at least another 4 years. 

Presumably with the original cat section. I have grown weary of swopping cat sections every year to get them through MOT tests, the more so if the exhaust manifold is cracked and the manifold cover bolts are all sheared off by earlier owners.

Well fix the cause, not the symptom

[Andy A]

I still have a Desmond manual and hopefully it will last a few years yet. New clutch last year.  Owned for the last 4 years and hopefully for at least another 4 years. 

Presumably with the original cat section. I have grown weary of swopping cat sections every year to get them through MOT tests, the more so if the exhaust manifold is cracked and the manifold cover bolts are all sheared off by earlier owners.

Original cat on mine still and yes the car came with a cracked manifold and one broken stud. Luckily its just past its MOT so cat still good. 

[bootie]

My 2.5 TD elite estate was a manual, sadly no longer in my possession. Scrapped after an altercation with a road sign, earth bank and dry stone wall. Lovely box on that.

[Andy B]

My 2.5 TD elite estate was a manual, sadly no longer in my possession. Scrapped after an altercation with a road sign, earth bank and dry stone wall. Lovely box on that.

The manual box on the 2.5 diseasal I drove wasn't ..... though in its defence it was the first & last manual Omega I ever drove 

[TheBoy]

My 2.5 TD elite estate was a manual, sadly no longer in my possession. Scrapped after an altercation with a road sign, earth bank and dry stone wall. Lovely box on that.

The manual box on the 2.5 diseasal I drove wasn't ..... though in its defence it was the first & last manual Omega I ever drove 

They are all pretty similar.  On the 2.5TD, I'd concede it is probably the best option, as the autobox just isn't suited.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Lovely box on that.

Wait!  I'm getting confused with all this talk of Lord Opti's Chambermaid.....                                                                     

[tigers_gonads]

Always had manuals and when I was forced to buy a slush box, it got converted to manual too 

[JimmyR]

I've been waiting for the right manual V6 to turn up for ages and I think it has. Collecting next Sunday.

Real shame how they've gone. I was offered a nice 3.0 MV6 manual a few years ago for next to nothing and I turned it down, not realising how soon they'd all be gone. Of all the cars I've turned down, that's the one I regret the most

[Kevin Wood]

Lovely box on that.

Wait!  I'm getting confused with all this talk of Lord Opti's Chambermaid.....                                                                     

Word is, he's fallen out of favour with her, hence he's using the "Manual" box.

[terry paget]

I suppose the reason is that when the clutch begins to slip, the garage cost of replacement (£800?) exceeds the value of the car, so the owner scraps it. That's the fate that befell all my 24v Senators.

[Andy B]

I suppose the reason is that when the clutch begins to slip, the garage cost of replacement (£800?) exceeds the value of the car, so the owner scraps it. That's the fate that befell all my 24v Senators.

perhaps their owners all saw the error of their ways & bought an auto ....... 

[omegod]

Anyone scrapping a manual, not 2.5 td though, please do get in touch with me !