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Author Topic: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?  (Read 4445 times)

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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #15 on: 24 July 2008, 22:58:31 »
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it seems they took them of the option list after the facelift

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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #16 on: 24 July 2008, 23:02:22 »
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of course you get lots of snow there ! forgot you was there    

thats why subaru is more popular here than anywhere else.
btw, i live in basle -we barely get any snow
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #17 on: 24 July 2008, 23:29:43 »
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I would be interested to hear comments, specaily in regards to performance and consumption

I have one of each.

The auto is much thirstier on anything other than motorway.  
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #18 on: 24 July 2008, 23:31:59 »
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estate, leather, sunroof, 17 inch rims, sat nav with CID, bose, 90k miles with fsh :) no spoiler, no lsd :(

Elite Pete has a nice estate with everything your after and a LSD and spoiler plus its a manual :y

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1216040537
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #19 on: 25 July 2008, 13:30:26 »
and if on top of all is also LHD it would be perfect
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #20 on: 25 July 2008, 13:52:38 »
Yup, I have owned an Ex-plod 3.0 V6 Auto estate and two 2.5 V6 manual saloons.

And when it comes to acceleration, there is nothing between them but, the 2.5 gives considerably better mpg!
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #21 on: 25 July 2008, 14:01:55 »
that is exactly opposite from what marky mark claims and is closer to what i would expect.
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #22 on: 25 July 2008, 14:56:08 »
I strongly suspect the better MPG is due to the manual box, but otherwise I agree with Mark on that.

In terms of performance its difficult to judge but the 3L does feel pacier to me.  May not be real though.. :-/
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #23 on: 25 July 2008, 16:26:16 »
2.5man is the best option if you do lots of pootling around in town.  As for fast motorway work, my 2.5 is no slouche.

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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #24 on: 25 July 2008, 16:27:26 »
I previously had a 1999 2.5 CD manual estate and then changed it for a 3.2 MV6 auto estate. Jeez, what a difference in power! :o Press the S button on the gearshift and it flies. 8-) Would have preferred it to have been manual but have got quite used to "lazy" driving. ::)
The downside is that is a fair bit thirstier than the 2.5, but that's only to be expected.
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #25 on: 25 July 2008, 16:32:21 »
I had before 2.5 v6 cdx manual  20-22 mpg round town
same driving 3.0 auto 17.5-19.5 round town
but 3.0 feel faster from 30mph with sport mode and kick down
and hard to fund 2.5 v 6 with mv6 spec
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #26 on: 25 July 2008, 21:11:16 »
2.5 manual should, day to day, give low 30s mpg (against 3.0l autos low/mid 20s).

0-60 similar, once about 50ish, 3.0l is noticibly more anxious....
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #27 on: 25 July 2008, 21:38:26 »
is it right to conclude: a  bit faster, a lot more thirsty
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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #28 on: 25 July 2008, 22:21:05 »
Sorry - a bit OT but I came across the consumption figure for my old 2.0 last night. It was a bit of a dog on tickover but ran ok otherwise. 29.0 mpg.

MV6 3.0, over about 2,000 random miles. 26.8 mpg.




P.S. Actually, it was a lot of a dog on tickover....

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Re: Who has owned/driven both 2.5man and 3.0auto?
« Reply #29 on: 25 July 2008, 22:55:04 »
My 2.0 Auto gives about 31mpg - but do wonder how thirsty a 2.5 Auto is..perhaps I should have had a 2.5 manual instead!  I fancied a slushbox one for commuting, though.

LPG nearly finished, so 50mpg equivalent is looming, but should have got a 2.5 and LPG'd that instead!

Sorry for going slightly OT..
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