1986 Holden Commodore SL review from Australia and New Zealand

Windscreen washers turn on by themselves.

Aircon switch no longer works.

Rust around the front windscreen is quite bad.

Boot leaks.

Electrical problems with front headlights and rear brake lights.

For a standard car I found it quite appealing performance wise, especially being a manual.

Still I wanted more power which is not hard to attain. I added a 2.5" exhaust, hi-flow cat, extractors, Simota racing air filter and cold air ducting.

Next I think to make the car even quicker I will chip it and add a cam and maybe even some head work, then for a non-turbo not much should get close unless it's wet.

The interior is quite good but the exterior needed some help with dark windows, no badges, 17" CSA mags. Being dumped to the ground with low profile tyres and some tinted brake lights always sets it off on a silver car.

Although seat covers, a racing steering wheel and gear knob do help the interior, it still needs a little more, colour detailing maybe???

Overall it's a great car and I love it, it blows off my mates crappy ET turbo and keeps up with a C18 Turbo. Make sure you get the speed restrictor removed however otherwise you're done for after 180km/h which some other performance cars cruise at.