1999 Holden Commodore Berlina series II from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

The dealer lent me a 1998 VT S pac for the weekend while my finance was being approved... Problem is that I think I have fallen in love with the handling of the S pac, more than I like to have all the luxuries of a Berlina.

I have noticed however... the S pac's Airbag warning light came on time to time, and there was a rumble in the boot somewhere when slowing from 70km/h.

The S pac has 61,300km on it.

I bought this vehicle from a Holden dealer. I would give them 11/10 for customer service. They gave me a high value for my trade in, and gave me the extras I wanted for no charge (window tint, boot spoiler and a free service).

Economy in these things are fantastic for a 3.8 litre. My old VN was the old Buick 3.8 V6 and guzzled $30 fuel in around 180 - 200 km. I put $25 in the VT with the Ecotech V6 and have done 260km and the gauge isn't even in the red yet.

Either you are a lead foot or your fuel gauge dosen't work properly, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it'a the latter as it is a Commodore.

I can tell you that with average driving and with average driving conditions I can only manage to get 450Km out of my VT before it hits the RED. (city driving)

Do yourself a favour and check your tail lights and brake lights chances are one will be blown and need replacing.

I won't go into any further details as to what I think of Commodores,

Especialy the VT model.

I too have gone from a VN to a VT, and there is really no point comparing the two, due to the advancement of technology over nearly 10 years.

But I too, also noticed the big difference in fuel economy, and I measure it from amount of fuel needed to top up the tank divided by the kilometers actually traveled since last top up. All I could say about the vn motor is that

A) they went like stink for a dinosaur design that they are

B) the economy could be affected by type of wheels, modified exhaust, and condition of motor in general including all filters and injection system. Remember most examples these days are close to 200,000km, some many more, without much having being done to them.

I noticed differences in power/economy after servicing/replacing normal items such as servicing the injection system, replacing fuel filter, air filter. After all this tho, the Ecotec motor is hands down more refined and economical.

Well, after reading the comments on VT Commodores, I can say they must have made a lot of changes when they introduced the VX. I have had mine (a VX "S") since July 2002 and it was just 12 months old when I bought it. I have had none of the problems mentioned, except for some creaking of the plastic dash. The engine's great, plenty of grunt from rest, I can take 4 full size passengers with me on a trip, and it gets really good fuel mileage for a full size car. I usually get a red light with 600 to 650 k's and it usually takes 62 litres to fill it. That's mainly city running. On a trip it will get 780 + before asking to be filled. It's an auto. I must admit that sometimes the gearbox is reluctant to drop back to third, or lockup the torque convertor when I am going up a long hill at 80 + kph, but a quick tap on the power button helps it change.

All in all, a great looking car. (Mines in Devil Yellow).

I just bought a VT s-pack 5 speed manual and I have fallen in love it drives so well and it is very fuel efficient.

I used to have a vn Calais and if I put $20 in the tank I would be filling up in 20 minutes there is no comparison between the 2 the VT wins hands down. and I even have a 3inch exhaust with extractors on the VT and it is still cheap to run, a beautiful car that I will be keeping for a long time.

What are the 0-100km time for manuals. I also have one, but apparently no one knows.