Hi,
altho I've been on the forum for a couple of weeks already, just thought I should introduce myself.
I run a 97 Opel Omega 2.5TD CD which has now done 300 000 km, up to now no major problems. I hung around on the Yahoo forum for the last few years, but in the recent past I began to wonder where everyone had gone - now I know!!!!
I live/work in France, but my workshop is in England, this has benefits and inconveniences:
Benefits:
cheap diesel!
cheaper spares (for some reason Opel don't charge so much in France as UK!!) :o
cheaper labour (approx £30/hour at an Opel dealership) :)
food :D
wine ::)
women ;)
Inconvenients:
no workshop - if the thing breaks, I'm going to have to pay for it to be fixed :'(
Can't think of any more right now! :-/

An official welcome to the site :)

Hi & welcome :y

Hello & welcome  :)

Howdoo, and welcome to the forum.  Where in France are you?  Looking to travel to the South of France at the summer and trying to find places/sights to view/visit, not always on the tourist path.  Any tips?

B

Welcome & happy Omega motoring  :y   http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n21/iggy21_2006/drive.gif

Welcome to the forum :y

Welcome  :y

Humm you say parts are cheaper over there huh?  :-/

Hummm on my Euro trip i could fill up with cambelt kits / brake discs / HG's and sell them when i get back to the UK  ;D

Hello and welcome officially to OOF  :y

Welcome to the forum.  8-)  :y

Hello and Welcome to the site :y

Bonjour wombatcurry and welcome aboard. :y Where in France are you?

Hi and welcome to the forum :)

Hello & Welcome

Hi again, I work in Paris but have a house about 40 miles to the West in a hamlet near a town that even the French have never heard of!
My UK base is near Hitchin, I am sometimes here two weekends a month, sometimes I don't get back for months at  a time.
Genuine GM parts are definitely cheaper for major items (ex I was quoted more in pounds for the aircon compressor than I actually paid in Euros!) - however "standard parts" such as glowplugs etc are about the same price.
Pattern parts are not so widely available except from major "Halfrauds" type outlets - one that I'm particularly impressed with is "Norauto" - they have a fitting service, generally know their stuff and have regular "good deals" - like when I wanted new shocks, they just happened to have 35% discount! (front Monroes cost 150 Euros per pair - the same price as on ebay for unbranded "made somewhere in europe we think" shocks)

Hello  :) and welcome to the forum  :y

Hi & welcome :)