It failed it's MOT ;-(

[scooby_doo_do]

Not the Ultima, but my £500 bargain buy run-around vauxhall omega 2.5 v6. Picked it up in august with Tax and MOT till end of January. Fully loaded with electric everything. It had an oil leak from the cam cover seals - which i spent the best part of 10 hours fixing! damn nightmare those things. other than that it's been well behaved.

 

Failed on rear brake pipes corroded (£12 + £50 fitting)

And a 3" hole in the chasis where something pointy has punctured it? (£80)

 

Other than that everything else was ok...

 

Total bill was £219 - close call weather i kept the car or sold it, but a part of me likes it at heart.. Hopefully should last me as a run-around as it's a little cold and scary in the ultima this time of year.

[Carl]

I had a V6 CDX version. Absolutely loved the car, beautifull ride quality but it was just so thirsty. My Supra done more MPG I think.

I would consider another with LPG tho.

[movistar]

Wait untill the oil cooler goes....thats a nightmare! or the headgaskets or the dis pack or the cambelt rollers fail...the list goes on with those thats why they are so cheap, nice while they are going tho

[scooby_doo_do]

Well i took the car to nottingham, and i managed to get 36.9mpg average over 300 miles - so quite chuffed at that - beats the 10 or so i get from the ultima :-)

 

Oil cooler's not gone yet (Fingers crossed), i've replaced the cam cover gaskets (that was a complete b$stard) of a job) and replaced the spark leads/plugs/pollen filter/air filter and coolant..

 

The cambelt rollers - i'm kind of guessing that the oil leaking from the bottom pulley on my car is that! - i have planned to do my own cambelt change and pulley seal when it's warmer.

 

I'm a complete novice with car's but really enjoying working on this - the sole reason being if it breaks it's harldy worth anything anyway to worry about.