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Title: Hello everyone
Post by terry909 on 30. Oct 2007 at 17:53

Just bought a rather nice Omega estate on an 03 plate. Never owned one before but had a decent read on the forum last few days. Seems a nice friendly place with some good advice.

Look forward to stopping by in the future.

Terry :y

Title: Re: Hello everyone
Post by bob.dent on 30. Oct 2007 at 17:57

Hi and welcome aboard Terry. :y You've got yourself one of the late models there - pretty sure they stopped making them shortly after 03.

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Post by ffcgary1 on 30. Oct 2007 at 18:01

welcome to the forum terry, enjoy your miggy, and keep her serviced and she will see you alright. :y

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Post by A380 Elite on 30. Oct 2007 at 18:03

:) Hiya Terry.

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Post by entwood on 30. Oct 2007 at 18:44

"Hello" and welcome :)

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Post by Sir Crazydad on 30. Oct 2007 at 19:10

Hello and welcome to the best Omega Forum on the Net :y

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Post by Auto Addict on 30. Oct 2007 at 19:23

Welcome to the forum :y

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Post by Amigov6 on 30. Oct 2007 at 19:59

:)Welcome aboard Terry. You had a browse & STILL joined? Brave man! I'm sure i've seen a 53 plate Mig so yours is certainly a late model. :y

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Post by Elite Pete on 30. Oct 2007 at 21:01

Hi Terry and welcome to the forum :)

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Post by Loo-knee on 30. Oct 2007 at 21:04

Welcome to the site Terry :y

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Post by Omegalord on 30. Oct 2007 at 21:25

Welcome ;)

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Post by gstylebaby on 30. Oct 2007 at 21:31

Bet you carnt stay away. I carnt. Welcome to the forum

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Post by Cav9_4 on 30. Oct 2007 at 21:56

Hi & welcome to the forum :y

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Post by mikedundee on 30. Oct 2007 at 23:35

Welcome to the Forum :y

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Post by Maria on 31. Oct 2007 at 09:38

Hello terry... welcome to the forum :y

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Post by TheBoy on 31. Oct 2007 at 22:37

welcome to the site :)

Title: Re: Hello everyone
Post by terry909 on 01. Nov 2007 at 05:02

Thanks for the welcome everyone. :) For those that are interested, my car is the 2.2CDTi version and its an 03 which is (I think) one of the last produced. It comes with FSH, bills and is almost immaculate. Having gome from Cavaliers to Vectras Ive now arrived at the Omega. Wanted to try a diesel, my last Vectra was a 2.5V6 a flying machine for sure, trouble was the need for "in flight" refuelling! :o

Im well impressed so far, really nice to drive, getting better than 40mpg just mooching around, going on a longer ride this weekend so hopefully Ill improve that. THe equipment level is good too, I love the climate controls. :y

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Post by JamesV6CDX on 01. Nov 2007 at 05:36

terry909 wrote on 01. Nov 2007 at 05:02:

How do you find the performance?

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Post by Jim on 01. Nov 2007 at 10:30

Hello, And welcome to the forum :y

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Post by Kev on 01. Nov 2007 at 10:59

Welcome to the forum. :y

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Post by macca on 01. Nov 2007 at 22:04

Hello, welcome to the forum :y

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Post by Markie on 02. Nov 2007 at 20:16

Hello and a big welcome to the site :y

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Post by Sir Golfbuddy on 02. Nov 2007 at 23:18

Welcome to the forum. :)

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Post by alan2450 on 04. Nov 2007 at 21:50

Hello & welcome :y

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Post by tomoco on 05. Nov 2007 at 15:10

:) hi and welcome to the site Terry

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Post by terry909 on 05. Nov 2007 at 19:40

"How do you find the performance?"

Well, to answer James V6CDX's question, its really hard so far, Ive only had the car for a week so far and Ive not had chance to get away anywhere on a run longer than to work and back (about 12 miles).

Having said that, its nowhere close to the V6 Vectra I had, but I never expected it to be, its also not using anywhere near as much fuel. Its really unusual to see the fuel gauge not dropping like a stone with each squeeze on the pedal. I bought it for a totally different role, I use my car to go fishing, to take my kayaks, to take the wife and our dog hill walking, and I load up all my military kit in there too. I wanted a big comfy bus that would be a multi role vehicle with plenty of space and a significant improvement in fuel. So far its ticked all those boxes and I'm well pleased with it.

It takes off nicely and goes really well, 1st gear is very short (if thats the right description?) but 2nd, 3rd etc go on forever and she keep booming away accellerating. The most striking difference though is probably my perception of size, it seems massive and the roads that I threw the Vectra round now seem ever so narrow! Gaps that I used to happily slide through now feel much smaller.

But so far so good, I feel like Ive made a great buy.

Terry

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Post by Boldy on 06. Nov 2007 at 15:47

Hello and welcome to the best auto forums ever 8-)

And yes, Omega is my best car so far ;)

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Post by Jimbob Purple Plums on 07. Nov 2007 at 12:07

Welcome & Enjoy :y

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Post by Martin Imber on 11. Nov 2007 at 21:25

Hello & Welcome :y