1985 Holden Camira SL/E from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

When I first purchased my Camira, the drivers seat was warped.

At the same time the fuel pump was replace because of age.

The Camira hadn't been serviced for about 2 years.

Very quick little machine, hasn't let me down once since I bought her.

Is excellent on fuel, can get about 600km out of 60 L.

Being fairly tall is a slight disadvantage, has no-one can sit behind you, with the drivers seat all the way back!

If looked after, this car will last a few more years.

Unfortunately, having a lot of molded plastic on the body, scratches are common.

To the Reader. I have my daughters JD Camira. I have to admit that it has done 300500klms, but not properly maintained. After much research l still have problems with pinging when the vehicle gets hot and under half to full acceleration. I guess after twenty years with poor maintenance many factors could contribute to this. I would like to hear some enlightened comments on this matter.

Jeff.

I have a holden camira stationwagon jds it goes hard. I have run it off the clock twice. I have had minor problems, but that is what you expect from an older car. It is has good fuel economy, I have done it up a bit. I only paid $100 for it, I got 4 new tyres, I only had to put it over the pits and register it.

PS Good for first car.

Have had a jd 1.8 mpi for six years and know everything about them. your pinging problem may be due to incorrect fuel? these were designed to run on reasonably high octane super. with new laws in effect and super not availible you need to use premium unleaded fuel with lead substitute as regular is only around 91 octane. as for servicing, like most front wheel drivers with an alloy head, good coolant has to be used and changed regularly. ditto oil and sparkplugs/filters. luckily this is very easy to do. I have had many cars. but my camira is reliable and exceptionally cheap to fix and run! very economical and reasonably powerful if maintained. good economy/performance ratio.