1986 Holden Commodore VL from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

19th Oct 2002, 09:41

"Good car, only it's an auto"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

I've had a few cracked hoses, it costed about $150, buts its good considering how old it is.

General comments?

When I first bought it, I went out driving. I discovered a loud thumping noise coming from the front left wheel. Spend about $100 on mechanic labour to find what the problem was. The previous owner screwed one of the bolts on by hand and forgot to tighten it properly... Lucky it didn't come off!

The car isn't really that fast. It is quick, and all right on corners too. Top speed is 155 km/hr, which I was not very happy with.

The interior of the car is probably the best you can get. Cleaned every week since the day it was purchased, the exterior is also spotless. There was a new paint job on the bonnet.

I only have 14" mags on it, I will be getting some 15" or 17" on it soon, as soon as I get the dough the better!

The sound system that is present, isn't that good, but if I turn the bass right up, you can hardly hear it outside, its probably the crap speakers, but it could also be very noise pollution efficient.

I only have my L's at the moment, and I need a manual car to practice on, I will be changing to a manual VL.


3rd Feb 2003, 05:29

Your car should do more than 155KM/H mine does.


3rd Feb 2003, 05:31

Your car should go faster than 155km/h, mine is a manual and I have had 185km/h out of it and I have heard of people getting over 200. even in the auto.

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