Omega Owners Forum - THE OTHER PLACE

royston1945 Junior Member Offline Posts: 96	THE OTHER PLACE 24. Aug 2006 at 17:36 At the risk of sounding stupid, can somebody give a newbie a clue(cryptic if you like)as to WTF is 'The Other Place'?
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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #1 - 24. Aug 2006 at 17:38 royston1945 wrote on 24. Aug 2006 at 17:36: At the risk of sounding stupid, can somebody give a newbie a clue(cryptic if you like)as to WTF is 'The Other Place'? Easy www.omegaowners.com ;
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Timbuk Omega Baron Offline owned a Datsun 120y once! Posts: 3866 Coventry Gender: Drives: 1998 Irmscher MV6	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #2 - 24. Aug 2006 at 17:39 It's too dangerous to tell you !!!!!!!!
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bobdent Omega Lord Offline Drives better than an Omega Posts: 6705 A pub in Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2002 3.2 MV6 Irmscher Estate	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #3 - 24. Aug 2006 at 17:47 royston1945 wrote on 24. Aug 2006 at 17:36: At the risk of sounding stupid, can somebody give a newbie a clue(cryptic if you like)as to WTF is 'The Other Place'? You really don't want to go there.....far too dangerous
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royston1945 Junior Member Offline Posts: 96	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #4 - 24. Aug 2006 at 17:49 So most of you on here are refugees from 'The Other Place'-What happened?
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Auto Addict Administrator Offline OOF's Elder Statesman Posts: 10091 North Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2.6 CDX	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #5 - 24. Aug 2006 at 17:49 Or you could try, www.acmeotherplacesfornoncaringomegaowners.com as recomended by the coyote.
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bobdent Omega Lord Offline Drives better than an Omega Posts: 6705 A pub in Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2002 3.2 MV6 Irmscher Estate	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #6 - 24. Aug 2006 at 17:52 royston1945 wrote on 24. Aug 2006 at 17:49: So most of you on here are refugees from 'The Other Place'-What happened? Best ask one of the mods - it's a bit of a delicate subject
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royston1945 Junior Member Offline Posts: 96	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #7 - 24. Aug 2006 at 18:03 Is anybody else a member of ABS( I can ask now I know I won't get lynched for admiting I'm a member)?
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Taxi Driver Omega Lord Offline OOF Holly Dog Posts: 8413 Swindon Gender: Drives: Fiat Scudo 90 Multijet (whatever that means!)	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #8 - 24. Aug 2006 at 18:08 royston1945 wrote on 24. Aug 2006 at 18:03: Is anybody else a member of ABS( I can ask now I know I won't get lynched for admiting I'm a member)? Antilock Braking System......im not a member of that....tho i think my cars are
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Reply #9 - 24. Aug 2006 at 18:13

It is not so much delicate, as old news.

The "other" site is www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk

Many of us were members there before a "difference of opinion" on various matters occurred!

As a result of this. I went off and set up www.omegaowners.com with a not inconsiderable amount of assistance from IT hero and all round good guy Jaime (TheBoy), our own "Arfur Daley", Finlay (Ronald McBurger) and the god like figure reverently known as Marks DTM Calib Smiley

(hallowed be thy name) Wink

We just don't want threads cropping up on this as the split was not entirely amicable (mention us over there and you are in serious trouble!)
While they may wish to act in that way, we prefer to just do our own thing and let them do theirs.
To this end, we closely monitor any threads on the subject.

Put simply. It is history, let's leave it there and concentrate on what we are achieving here.

Dave

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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #10 - 24. Aug 2006 at 18:17 royston1945 wrote on 24. Aug 2006 at 18:03: Is anybody else a member of ABS( I can ask now I know I won't get lynched for admiting I'm a member)? Only those of us with a full compliment of cylinders.
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royston1945 Junior Member Offline Posts: 96	Re: THE OTHER PLACE Reply #11 - 24. Aug 2006 at 18:52 Whoa,sorry I asked Now I know,I promise not to mention 'The Other Place' ever again, oops I just did ,sorry..... What I meant to say was,I promise not to mention the unmentionable ever again I'm off to check out the unmentionable, you've all aroused my curiosity
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Reply #12 - 24. Aug 2006 at 22:16

ABS = AutoBahnStormers?

Thought about joining but

a) I dont agree with membership fees as I feel technical info should be public domain (you paid for the car so why shouldn't you get easy access to the detailed stuff!)
b) They are very good for many of the rear wheel drive Opel/Vaux cars but, dont seem to hot on the Omegas
c) I already have trade club!

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Reply #13 - 24. Aug 2006 at 23:03

Yeah,the Autobahnstormers. I joined when I had a Carlton GSI,mainly for the trade club discount at VX dealers and found the forum friendly and informative.A lot of the members own Lotus Carlton/Omegas and discuss the finer points of Lotus ownership at great length,which is very nice,if you can afford a £15K Sunday toy!
A lot of members run Omegas as everyday cars though,and their knowledge of the cars is quite extensive and although the members gallery seems to favour the earlier cars ie Carltons,Monzas, lotuses(Loti?)and the like,there are lots of cherished meegas owned by members.
The club predates web based car clubs by many years,and to be fair, was formed at a time when membership fees were the norm.Mind you you do get four magazines a year and a sticker!

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Reply #14 - 25. Aug 2006 at 00:17

What makes a forum good is not just the technical info available, but the people you meet.... online and sometimes in person. I am spending quite a lot of time here, not because I need that much help with the car - luckily it is fairly new and boringly reliable, and on top of everything it is being serviced by Vx dealer - so I don't really need much help on regular basis. But I love Omegas, and I love even more Ronnie's stories... Grin

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« Last Edit: 25. Aug 2006 at 00:17 by Markjay »

Alas, no more Omegas....

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