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Hello from the Philippines! I'm new here and have been browsing your site for a few days now. I must say that your forums are extremely informative indeed. I'm not a current Omega owner but am considering becoming one as I am being offered a good deal on a good example by a good friend. My only problem is that I don't have that much info on how the Omega is here in our country. Here it was sold as an Opel when the local GM dealers still carried the mark. Sad to say, GM removed all other marks in their lineup a few years back and decided to sell only Chevrolet cars. Other brands such as Subaru and Suzuki eventully came back under their own individual management but not Opel. To make matters worse, GM has has a very, very bad rep when it comes to servicing Opels, whether it be the Vectra, Astra, or Zafira (good thing enthusiasts and owners found a few specialists). Because of this the re-sale and reputation of the mark has been greatly affected. Anyway, I really like the Omega but am unable to get decent info on the car because of its rarity in our country as most Opels here are from the 3 previously mentioned models. That's why I'm glad to have found this group.

By the way I'd like to know how the late '90s Vectra is over there. The first batch of units that were sent here were quite unreliable and broke down too often (probably lacked modifiation for our tropical climate, most say), but the Astras were ok. As for the Omega, that I'm still trying to find out. :)

Burns
Manila, Philippines

Welcome to the forum :y

Hello & welcome :)

Post your questions in the "General Chat" section, you'll get better coverage there :y

Thanks for the warm welcome! :D

Hi Burns,

I'll be staying at Moncada, Tarlac.

My Friends wife is from there.

Omega's don't like Manila Traffic :)

Arriving 25/12/07 till 11/01/08. :y

Hi & wecome to the forum :y

Thanks for the tip! :)

Hi & wecome to the forum :y
8-)
DaveL

Welcome to the site :)

Vectra-B's are not too unreliable here. Not the best, but not too bad.

Howdoo. Glad to see you. ;)

Take time to browse around - lots of helpfull peeps so don't be shy in posting a question in any of the threads. We were all new once!

Thanks guys! TheBoy, thanks for the info. That means that the first Vectras we had really weren't meant to take our kind of climate. But I hear that the latter models (facelifted ones) were ok. I guess I'll just have to 'borrow' the Omega I'm interested in for a week to see how it is (especially in heavy Manila traffic!). ;)

Hi Burns and welcome to the forum :)

Hi Burns and welcome to the forum :y Hope you find a goodun' ;) :)

Welcome to the site ;)

Hi Burns and welcome to the Forum :y

Hi and welcome to the site.... ;)

Welcome to the forum. :)

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