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Aren't these too old for the VED issue being 1997 (pre 2001)?
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That's exactly what I was saying. Post-2001 examples will be subject to huge VED rates, rendering them almost worthless I'd have thought. A 1997 will not be too bad on VED.
Edited by Alanovich on 12/12/2008 at 15:10
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But those are the ones which will get caned for VED. An R reg will only ever be about 170 quid. VED rates are quite important if the car's only worth a few hundreed I'd have thought.
I'd have thought the opposite. Unless you do very low annual mileage, fuel and depreciation are usually the major costs by far of owning your own car. I find maintenance is next, followed by insurance and finally VED, which hardly registers at all. Obviously on a £170 car, depreciation is a non-issue, but fuel still is (and probably quite a lot of it in a 2.5 litre Omega). Even a £200 increase in VED is still going to be dwarfed by the other costs.
For me, for a sub-£500 car, the fact that I'm not paying depreciation means that I could accept (I won't say "be happy with") high VED.
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I see what you mean. I'm looking at it from this persepctive:
I want a specific car, a Vauxhall Omega 2.5CDX. I can buy a pre-march 2001 model and pay 170 quid VED per year. Or I can buy a March 2001 or later and pay £stupid on VED. I think I'll look for an X-reg or earlier then.
If that 's how most people would look at it, it would mean demand for earlier models is higher, making them more valuable.
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I took a P plate 2.5 V6 from 90K to 150K over 4 years, no huge bills, one very common problem mine suffered from is that as the engines get old and the breathers get blocked the pressure forces oil under the cam cover gaskets into the spark plug recesses, eventually causes misfires, so check for oil leakage around the cam covers. The HT leads tend to last around 100K, a new OEM set was 200 quid last time I checked, I used a Beru set from Autovaux, about 80 quid. That was about it for engine related hassles.
One common Omega problem on leggy ones is that the dual layer front suspension bushes wear, causing uneven front tyre wear and tramlining. Non OEM suspension bits aren't worth the risk here, I think having them replaced at a dealer is about 200 quid - try and find one where these have already been changed. DIS packs don't last forever and are a PITA to change on the V6 unless you're into keyhole surgery.
You do get an awful lot of car for the money , my V6 estate returned high 30s to the gallon on a motorway cruise, dropped to about 22 on the 1mile each way school run though!
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Dont tend to see any omegas on the road now, are they all scrapped??
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Make sure the power steering works well without a lot of noise. The pump is expensive and difficult to replace.
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