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Giant killer for £1000
« on: 29 January 2007, 18:27:44 »
Dont dispair chaps if your Omega has niggles.

I had two interesting journeys to and from work today.

Going the old MV6 manual-impresivley realed in a Lotus Elise with ease (on a straight of course).

And on my return journey home again impresivley realed in a Mazda RX-8.......(mazda was the quicker of the two).

Not bad for a 100k Omega for about a grand.

Any of you guys had similar experiances and indeed when youve been thrashed by something??
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #1 on: 29 January 2007, 19:15:56 »
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Dont dispair chaps if your Omega has niggles.

I had two interesting journeys to and from work today.

Going the old MV6 manual-impresivley realed in a Lotus Elise with ease (on a straight of course).

And on my return journey home again impresivley realed in a Mazda RX-8.......(mazda was the quicker of the two).

Not bad for a 100k Omega for about a grand.

Any of you guys had similar experiances and indeed when youve been thrashed by something??
in the Omega, beat a beemer 330 who thought he was quick - just outdragged him up the A43 out of northampton. Also, in Omega, got trounced by a Jag - was wet and he got better drive of roundabout to keep level up the A420 leaving Botley, and mine went twitchy on the next bend so had to lift. Gutted, but he must have been 4x4 for that stability...
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #2 on: 29 January 2007, 19:23:08 »
Pulled in a couple of so called "fast" beemers and mercs
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #3 on: 29 January 2007, 20:17:45 »
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Dont dispair chaps if your Omega has niggles.

I had two interesting journeys to and from work today.

Going the old MV6 manual-impresivley realed in a Lotus Elise with ease (on a straight of course).

And on my return journey home again impresivley realed in a Mazda RX-8.......(mazda was the quicker of the two).

Not bad for a 100k Omega for about a grand.

Any of you guys had similar experiances and indeed when youve been thrashed by something??
in the Omega, beat a beemer 330 who thought he was quick - just outdragged him up the A43 out of northampton. Also, in Omega, got trounced by a Jag - was wet and he got better drive of roundabout to keep level up the A420 leaving Botley, and mine went twitchy on the next bend so had to lift. Gutted, but he must have been 4x4 for that stability...

What jag was it? not the mondeo in disguise one?
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #4 on: 29 January 2007, 20:34:49 »
My favourite (sort of) sleeper that I have owned was my BMW 540i Touring. Was an estate, so didn't look sporty, but it didn't half shift. It was much, much quicker than the 3.0 Omega's I have owned and was great fun. It would happily reach its 155 mph speed limiter on ... certain test tracks and could reel in most cars with very liitle drama :)

I paid £4500 back in 2002 which for a seven year old £41,000 car was quite good :)




I want it back now :(
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« Reply #5 on: 29 January 2007, 21:20:03 »
When I had the MV6 I beat a Renault Scenic off a roundabout - he was really upset.

I was dropping off my caravan for repair and service ;D ;D

I had a Diseasel people carrier on Telegraph Hill - only lost me eventually down hill because I won't go over 70 indicated when towing - this was the 2.0 :o
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« Reply #6 on: 29 January 2007, 21:29:47 »
am sick to death of having to crucify golf gti turbos and bimmer rep mobiles on the 30 mile trek to work... however on saturday nearly got owned by a st220 but he didnt have the testicles!!!!! :P ::) and i aint got my Mtek chip ......yet( supposidly in the post!!!)
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« Reply #7 on: 29 January 2007, 22:09:42 »
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am sick to death of having to crucify golf gti turbos and bimmer rep mobiles on the 30 mile trek to work... however on saturday nearly got owned by a st220 but he didnt have the testicles!!!!! :P ::) and i aint got my Mtek chip ......yet( supposidly in the post!!!)

LOL..............Those mondeos  ;D >:(
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« Reply #8 on: 29 January 2007, 22:10:39 »
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My favourite (sort of) sleeper that I have owned was my BMW 540i Touring. Was an estate, so didn't look sporty, but it didn't half shift. It was much, much quicker than the 3.0 Omega's I have owned and was great fun. It would happily reach its 155 mph speed limiter on ... certain test tracks and could reel in most cars with very liitle drama :)

I paid £4500 back in 2002 which for a seven year old £41,000 car was quite good :)




I want it back now :(

Nice beemer..........was it V8? or straight six?
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #9 on: 29 January 2007, 22:14:32 »
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am sick to death of having to crucify golf gti turbos and bimmer rep mobiles on the 30 mile trek to work... however on saturday nearly got owned by a st220 but he didnt have the testicles!!!!! :P ::) and i aint got my Mtek chip ......yet( supposidly in the post!!!)

Its well worth the wait for the chip. I went out yesterday for the first time without the wife and the car feels so much faster :y
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« Reply #10 on: 29 January 2007, 22:22:03 »
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My favourite (sort of) sleeper that I have owned was my BMW 540i Touring. Was an estate, so didn't look sporty, but it didn't half shift. It was much, much quicker than the 3.0 Omega's I have owned and was great fun. It would happily reach its 155 mph speed limiter on ... certain test tracks and could reel in most cars with very liitle drama :)

I paid £4500 back in 2002 which for a seven year old £41,000 car was quite good :)




I want it back now :(

Nice beemer..........was it V8? or straight six?

4.0 V8.

Had 286 Bhp & 295 lb/ft. Made it quite entertaining :)

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« Reply #11 on: 29 January 2007, 22:26:28 »
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My favourite (sort of) sleeper that I have owned was my BMW 540i Touring. Was an estate, so didn't look sporty, but it didn't half shift. It was much, much quicker than the 3.0 Omega's I have owned and was great fun. It would happily reach its 155 mph speed limiter on ... certain test tracks and could reel in most cars with very liitle drama :)

I paid £4500 back in 2002 which for a seven year old £41,000 car was quite good :)




I want it back now :(

Nice beemer..........was it V8? or straight six?

4.0 V8.

Had 286 Bhp & 295 lb/ft. Made it quite entertaining :)

I can easily beat that!! ;D ;D
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #12 on: 29 January 2007, 22:31:57 »
This was my other 540i that I had at the same time.

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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #13 on: 29 January 2007, 22:55:26 »
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in the Omega, beat a beemer 330 who thought he was quick - just outdragged him up the A43 out of northampton. Also, in Omega, got trounced by a Jag - was wet and he got better drive of roundabout to keep level up the A420 leaving Botley, and mine went twitchy on the next bend so had to lift. Gutted, but he must have been 4x4 for that stability...

Guy in the 330 must have been a crap driver, cos my dad's got one (330Ci coupe manual) and it will easily pull away from my MV6 and that's a manual. They're about 230 BHP and a few hundred Kg lighter. Electronically limited to 155MPH at the top end. It's quite a peaky engine though (similar to the Omega's) so you do need to drive it properly -- i.e. at least 6,000 RPM before shifting up -- to get the full acceleration out of it. Better geared than the Omega too which makes it easier to keep it on the boil.

I had a bit of a challenge off a roundabout coming onto a NSL dual carriageway against a Corrado. Didn't see the model but it must have been a VR6 cos I was struggling and that was damn near hitting the limiter with really quick shifts. Funny thing was though this road had a gentle S-bend where it went under a railway bridge and the guy obviously didn't have the bottle to maintain speed through the bends so I managed to pass him easily there :D I'm sure all his mates were impressed when he told them he pulled away from an Omega but I'm also sure he neglected to mention said Omega obliterated him through the bends!

Another interesting one was a Ferrari came zooming past on the M-way and I tried to keep up for fun, needless to say I didn't fare too well but I was reasonably impressed about the car's ability to accelerate well up the higher speeds as long as you keep it on the boil - shift up at 6500 RPM!

Incidentally... nice 540 :) I had a 540i Sport with the 6-speed manual box a few years ago, very nice car and yes it is a bit of a sleeper. Managed to creep past a 330i at full pelt in mine on a dual carriageway, there wasn't much in it but the 540 was definitely quicker. I don't think the guy was too happy, probably thought it was a kitted up 528i or something!
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Re: Giant killer for £1000
« Reply #14 on: 29 January 2007, 22:57:31 »
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This was my other 540i that I had at the same time.


Very smart,beemer engines look fantastic aswell dont they,my 325i looked awesome untill it broke.
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