Ooh, tasteful.. I'm having a 1970s flocked wallpaper flashback :)
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You may all scoff, but someone is going to get a real bargain when they buy one of these second hand in a year or two.
I was told that my Omega would:
Be underpowered
Not handle
Have no image
Look naff
Break down all the time
Guzzle fuel
And (in my opinion) it's done none of these, yet was still dirt cheap (£9,000 odd at 18 months).
I have no doubt the Signum will be as good. I won't buy one because it's front wheel drive, but I bet when people get them second hand they will love them the way I love my Omega - by then someone else will have taken the depreciation hit.
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I was told that my Omega would: Be underpowered Not handle Have no image Look naff Break down all the time Guzzle fuel And (in my opinion) it's done none of these, yet was still dirt cheap (£9,000 odd at 18 months).
I bought a new Omega 2.5 V6 in October '94. Best car I've owned, and kept it until March this year when I changed it for a Honda Accord. It was the most reliable car I've had, and apart from tyres, front pads, exhaust system and battery, it never needed anything else doing to it.
I still have the Autocar or Motor review on it, somewhere, when they compared it very favourably with the BMW 5 series and Mercedes.
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"someone is going to get a real bargain"
Hence my original post. I wonder how they will compare to, say, the Kia Magentis?
It amuses me rather that large, durable cars lose so much value, while little buzzboxes that wear out twice as quickly hold their price.
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"It amuses me rather that large, durable cars lose so much value"
I think part of it is the attitude that my Dad had when I bought the Omega, namely "that's going to kill you on fuel". Then I told him that I get 31mpg while a mate of mine with a Corsa 1.4(1.3?) gets 26mpg because he's thrashing the thing all the time. And you know what, my Dad doesn't believe me.
In general, I think there's an attitude that big cars cost drastically more to run than small cars, hence their value.
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Quite agree - fuel cost is the thing that people notice most, when in fact it's not even the major item for most people (when you add tax, insurance, depreciation and maintenance). The overall difference, even if your big car does use more, is not likely to be more than a few percent (and may well be more than cancelled out by low purchase cost and longevity).
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That's what I keep telling myself, but I still can't bring myself to start looking for a Mustang ;)
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