Bringin' On Back The Good Times!

[yes oui si]

Fb memories popped up with this one today:

Yes. This. Excellent. 

[eddyramrod]

Are we looking at the same picture?

[warren t claim]

 

[warren t claim]

I noticed that your Omega also has a Trafficmaster button.

How long has it been since Vauxhall stopped providing updates?

[yes oui si]

TM only stopped a couple of years back, didn't it? 

[lesapandre]

Given you now have 'sensible' car @eddyramrod - how about a mad project? Currently on Ebay minus engine...🥳

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256836967488?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MA0unktbSt2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rmbjp-qvseq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[FakeConcern]

Somehow I seem to have missed how the name Desmond came about.

 

[eddyramrod]

8 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Given you now have 'sensible' car @eddyramrod - how about a mad project? Currently on Ebay minus engine...🥳

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256836967488?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MA0unktbSt2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rmbjp-qvseq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I saw that!  If only...

8 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Somehow I seem to have missed how the name Desmond came about.

 

Look at the engine size... 2.2  

[BorniteIdentity]

On 01/03/2025 at 19:37, eddyramrod said:

pose Desmond

 

On 04/03/2025 at 11:31, eddyramrod said:

spare bumpers from Desmond

 

On 04/03/2025 at 11:32, eddyramrod said:

Oh and... Desmond will be getting dressed up

 

[Dobloseven]

56 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

 

 

 

I don't think we can stop him!

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

 

 

 

I'm afraid the name comes from the previous owner, though I do, as I'm sure you've noticed, like to name my cars.  Desmond might not have been the first choice that sprang to my mind, but since it came with the car, it can stay.  The Austin A40 I had in Cyprus was Annie for the same reason.

 

What is it they say in Management Training?  Never Apologise, Never Explain?  Well I'm on course for a Fail on that module, aren't I!

[bangernomics]

So pleased to see you have a fun new companion. Always had a softspot for these. That engine is a good one too assuming it is nice and quiet place to float about in.

[Barry Cade]

Wibble.

 

[Wibble]

17 minutes ago, Barry Cade said:

Wibble.

 

That looks awesome!

[eddyramrod]

Well... kind of.  Those rubber-band tyres would have to go, and who the fuck ever thought that offensive non-colour was a good idea?

Meanwhile, I'm enjoying a calmness and serenity that I haven't felt in at least three years.  

I seem to remember the 2.2 in my Road Wars Vectra felt rather more powerful than the 2.2 in Desmond.  Is the Omega really so much heavier than a Vectra?  Or maybe the auto box doesn't help?  It doesn't matter really.  I wouldn't trade the auto for a few more bhp, and the FWD Vectra would always be the wrong answer set against the RWD Omega.  I'm not used to a car suiting me this well.

[Sunny Jim]

That's great news - it's good when are car just 'fits' you. Long may it continue. 👍

[Wibble]

16 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Well... kind of.  Those rubber-band tyres would have to go, and who the fuck ever thought that offensive non-colour was a good idea?

Meanwhile, I'm enjoying a calmness and serenity that I haven't felt in at least three years.  

I seem to remember the 2.2 in my Road Wars Vectra felt rather more powerful than the 2.2 in Desmond.  Is the Omega really so much heavier than a Vectra?  Or maybe the auto box doesn't help?  It doesn't matter really.  I wouldn't trade the auto for a few more bhp, and the FWD Vectra would always be the wrong answer set against the RWD Omega.  I'm not used to a car suiting me this well.

Sorry, I’m so used to the “AVAS” moniker, I may have got over excited.

[hairnet]

On 08/03/2025 at 08:09, Dobloseven said:

I don't think we can stop the craziness

 

[hairnet]

14 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

Wibble.

 

apart from the spoiler on the back

umphhhhhhhhh

eddy you need some parameters changing

 

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

apart from the spoiler on the back

umphhhhhhhhh

eddy you need some parameters changing

 

I have no issue with the spoiler.  What would you have me change?

[eddyramrod]

The other day I parked next to another Rival...

Mmmmmm Volvo 850.  I have a feeling it's not a match, because didn't Volvo go to the more rounded front before 2001?  Still, the 850 would have been a direct rival to the mk1 Omega, so it's good enough I think.