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Old 7th November 2014, 12:53 PM
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Default Lotus Omega

Spotted in Costco car park, I'd never seen one before. The Lotus Carlton was the car of choice for local ram raiders when I was a youth, I must have missed the Lotus Omega somehow. Just googled it and they're worth a bit of money nowadays.

It looked small and insignificant next to an S8 though
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Old 7th November 2014, 01:06 PM
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Omega would be the Opel equivalent (to UK's Vauxhall Carlton) in continental Europe. Was it LHD?
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Old 7th November 2014, 01:11 PM
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Spotted in Costco car park, I'd never seen one before. The Lotus Carlton was the car of choice for local ram raiders when I was a youth, I must have missed the Lotus Omega somehow. Just googled it and they're worth a bit of money nowadays.

It looked small and insignificant next to an S8 though
Carlton is very nice, someone on here has one, I think (and I'm sure they'll be along shortly…). Volvo T5 estate was preferred by Manchester ramraiders - more capacity..
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Old 7th November 2014, 02:42 PM
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Omega would be the Opel equivalent (to UK's Vauxhall Carlton) in continental Europe. Was it LHD?
Yeah, it looks that way from the pic, I didn't take too much notice at the time but the trade plate is on the right side of the dash, suggesting it's left hand drive. The Carlton was a great car, that's what I thought it was till I got closer.
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Old 7th November 2014, 02:48 PM
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Good old traders - MOT expired in July and it's currently SORN'd! Using trade plates only covers you for use in the course of business so with no driver present he could've been royally shafted.....

Lovely cars and good ones now fetch strong money - rusty ones are money pits if paying a garage to sort though.
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Looking again I think I can see part of the steering wheel (on the left) through the headrest.
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Yup.. It's a left hooker... So an imported one.
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Old 7th November 2014, 05:06 PM
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Good old traders - MOT expired in July and it's currently SORN'd! Using trade plates only covers you for use in the course of business so with no driver present he could've been royally shafted.....
Looks like a motorway service station, so could be delivering it to a dealer or a new owner.

Edit. Doh, shopping trolleys so not a service station.
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Costco, so "could" have been in there for tyres.......
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2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 7th November 2014, 06:07 PM
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Edit. Doh, shopping trolleys so not a service station.
Where I live, shopping trolleys mean it could be anywhere.
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