Bringin' On Back The Good Times!

[yes oui si]

On 23/03/2025 at 09:40, eddyramrod said:

Forgot to tell you about this on Friday....

I parked in town for a meeting.  When I came back to the car, there was some random oddball chap photographing Desmond!  He said he hadn't seen one in ages, I told him I think I've got the only one on the road in Barrow.  His Omega memories were of a light-gold estate.

Nice to be a celebrity!

Coincidentally, a friend has just got this:

[danthecapriman]

I wonder what became of the silver Omega Elite estate @dollywobbler had from my brother in laws dad, that was sat on the driveway with my Volvo? 
That was a nice car, even better after the leaky diesel pump was sorted out.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

I wonder what became of the silver Omega Elite estate @dollywobbler had from my brother in laws dad, that was sat on the driveway with my Volvo? 
That was a nice car, even better after the leaky diesel pump was sorted out.

Deaded in 2023 by the look of it...

[eddyramrod]

Was the Sprite Musketeer savable?

[danthecapriman]

3 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Was the Sprite Musketeer savable?

As far as I know, it went to the same person as the Wolseley to be restored too. I know the Wolseley has changed hands since and is absolutely mint now but no idea if the Sprite was ever done. I can’t imagine it’d be easy to find out either. 
When I saw it, it didn’t look particularly bad condition. Mostly just algae and moss but I don’t know for sure. Obviously if it’d leaked unseen then it might well have been a goner. Rotten floors and roofs are usually the killer.

[eddyramrod]

You know how I failed on one of the required elements?  Well here it is.

Since I collected this car, I only filled the tank once, and that was far enough after the collection mission that I forgot to do this.  So on Friday, preparing for my weekend away, I filled up again.  There y'go.

Also since I collected this, I haven't seen another one.  I'm pretty certain it's the only one in Barrow, certainly on the road.  Last week I actually caught someone photographing it in a car park!  We're not the only car-loonies out there.  So yesterday I drove down to Chester (130 miles) and again, failed to see another one.  Yesterday and today I've been driving around the Chester area, both within and without the city, and still not seen another one.  Today I also drove the 130 miles home, and again, the only Omega in sight was the one I was driving.  I'm beginning to suspect they're rarer than we might think.

[Dave_Q]

648 total taxed Omegas left if my quick count of all the variants is right.

Based on howmanyleft data so very unlikely to be 100% accurate 

[eddyramrod]

Another rival parked in my street yesterday...

Now I'm not entirely "up" on the various generations of Mercedes, but I do know this is a C220 because it says so on the back.  I also know it can't be any older than N-prefix, which is fine, the mk1 Omega was on the market by then, and I don't think it'll be much younger because I've already parked him with a younger Merc.  The only question really is, would a C or an E be a more likely rival?  I suppose I'll have to park by an E, if I can find one, to check!

[lesapandre]

Price-wise a C would have been more of a rival - the E's were comparatively more expensive by quite a bit.

It has non-standard wheels - possibly AMG copies.

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 30/03/2025 at 22:47, eddyramrod said:

Today I also drove the 130 miles home, and again, the only Omega in sight was the one I was driving.  I'm beginning to suspect they're rarer than we might think.

I had a gold, 2-litre auto estate on a T plate back in 2010 down in Devon. I don't recall seeing any others on the road even back then.
Since then I have only seen one 'in the wild' which was a very late V6 estate owned by a guy who worked next door to the local LPG place here - it was rather nice (all black, leather seats to die for etc etc) - and he ran it on LPG.

[eddyramrod]

I've just been on DVLA's site.  Desmond is now registered with E5 MBX, the plate I won in a Roffle some weeks ago.  Insurance notifed too.  Zero cost, and on a Bank Holiday!  Maybe there is something to this "Progress" shizzle after all...

 

So this afternoon's job is going to be plate-fitting

[FakeConcern]

7 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

So this afternoon's job is going to be plate-fitting

With pictures I hope!

[eddyramrod]

Naturally!

 

Patience, young Padwan, patience.  I'm going to have something to eat first, then go for a little drive to make it worthwhile starting the engine before I bring the car to the back gate for the actual work.

[eddyramrod]

As promised then...

^Before. 

^During.

^...and After.

[Split_Pin]

Love the short plates. I've always wanted those but invariably someone's been in and drilled holes right where there won't be any plate covering it any more!

I've not seen another Omaga in a long time either.

Looks great!

[eddyramrod]

TBF if you look closely, you can see the holes where the standard plates were fitted.  I'm just going to ignore them.