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Title: Hi all!
Post by lowtina on 10. Nov 2007 at 16:18

Afternoon everyone,

I'm new at Omega ownership (only had it 3 days!) and pretty new to Vauxhall having only had a chevette estate in the past and an astra for 3 weeks. I'm really a Ford man with numerous cortinas tucked away.

Wanted a cheap, rear wheel drive motor for dangerous winter driving and the omega lent itself to that perfectly!!! Bought a 3.0 elite saloon for £500 on an N plate. Plenty of car for the money and, although I hate to say it, much better than the Granada or Scorpio.

I do have some, mainly electrical, niggles with it so you'll find me, shortly after this, in the technical section!!

Good to meet you all and please forgive my Ford roots! LOL!

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Post by entwood on 10. Nov 2007 at 16:20

"Hello" and welcome :)

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Post by TheBoy on 10. Nov 2007 at 16:40

Welcome to the site :)

Glad you've seen the light - quite a few Ford people don't believe the Grandad and Scorpio can be beaten ;)

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Post by Auto Addict on 10. Nov 2007 at 17:19

Welcome to the forum :y

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Post by mikedundee on 10. Nov 2007 at 18:03

Welcome to the Forum :y

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Post by Chopsdad on 10. Nov 2007 at 20:17

Welcome aboard :y

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Post by Elite Pete on 10. Nov 2007 at 20:23

Hi and welcome ;)

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Post by thewelshman on 10. Nov 2007 at 21:00

Welcome to a vibrant forum :y

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Post by Amigov6 on 10. Nov 2007 at 21:15

:)Welcome aboard Lowtina. I'm sure you'll enjoy the Elite. Soon as i've sold my Landy i'll be looking for another 'Tina to play with, prefer early Mk3 but would consider a 1 or 2 if it was the right one. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

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Post by Cav9_4 on 10. Nov 2007 at 21:37

Hi & welcome to the forum :y

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Post by Sir Golfbuddy on 11. Nov 2007 at 01:10

Welcome to the forum. :)

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Post by Boldy on 11. Nov 2007 at 07:56

Hello and welcome to the forums :y I`m glad that you got rid of that bucket of bolts at last :y (just kidding hehe, that`s how Ford is often called in the Latvia ::) )

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Post by A380 Elite on 11. Nov 2007 at 08:41

:) Hiya lowtina.

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Post by lowtina on 11. Nov 2007 at 10:48

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

The omega was only meant to be a winter car but it is suprisingly good to drive so I might well keep her a little longer!! That's not more Ford fan disbelief, it's just that for such a big car, it's really predictable and less sofa like than every other big car I've owned (including jags and mercs).

In responce to Amigov6, I have a '72 mk3 estate and a mk5 saloon (cosworth powered). Both are, essentially, bags of bolts, but I can't help loving them!

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Post by Sir Crazydad on 11. Nov 2007 at 11:07

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

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Post by ffcgary1 on 11. Nov 2007 at 14:59

Welcome to the forum mate, enjoy the forum :y

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Post by jay w on 11. Nov 2007 at 15:23

hi and welcome to the site :y

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Post by Markie on 11. Nov 2007 at 19:56

Hello and welcome to the forum :y

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Post by Martin Imber on 11. Nov 2007 at 21:31

Hello & Welcome :y

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Post by hotel21 on 14. Nov 2007 at 00:51

Howdoo and welcome to the best place for Omega info on the web... :y

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Post by Neil_MV6 on 14. Nov 2007 at 10:26

Hi there and welcome.

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Post by macca on 16. Nov 2007 at 22:46

Hello, welcome to the forum :y