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Aaaaagggh... Burnt off by a Vauxhall
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:16 am
by dr_wimpkins
Well.. it was a Monaro.
Took me by surprise a bit when he put his foot down. Id never seen 1 before, I was expecting it to be a 3.0 V6 or something, but the sound that came out of that 5.7 v8 !
rolling start 30-60 kept with him pretty easy
60-120 he was loosing me easy
Mines bog standard, after that performance a chip is even higher on the cards!
RE: Aaaaagggh... Burnt off by a Vauxhall
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:05 pm
by andy123
A VAUXHALL??you bring dishonuor upon the brand!!!!in order to make up for your ways you MUST get a k04/rs6 hybrid turbo conversion, remap and all the other associated bits!!!
You can sleep safe in the knowledge that you have to remortgage your house to put a full tank in a monaro tho!
RE: Aaaaagggh... Burnt off by a Vauxhall
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:55 pm
by docurley
It's not really a Vauxhall it a re-badge highly respected (maybe not here) Holden.
RE: Aaaaagggh... Burnt off by a Vauxhall
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:47 pm
by ajsl
I've been a Holden man since I was a lad (back in NZ) and always aspired to own a Torana (ideally an A9X, but that's going to be a bit of a pipe dream I think so instead a LX SS hatch
) I fully intend to have one too when I go back to NZ.
RE: Aaaaagggh... Burnt off by a Vauxhall
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:44 pm
by ShaneyB
I rekon you should do 20 push ups as a punishment..!!
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:48 pm
by eddiecrawford
mate at work has one, frig fast, tho he hasn't yet let me have a shot....
he takes the abuse about rwd well every time it snows (less and less often alas
)
great q cars
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:22 pm
by CliveH
The Holden Monaro is a superb car and has the same q-status as our S4, IMHO, but I've no idea how it ended up with a Vauxhall badge in this country...!
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:40 pm
by eatthis
my semi realistic dream car HUUUUUGE bang per buck MASSIVE power is relativly cheap and reliable
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:43 pm
by don
As you guys probably realise the Holden Monaro is from down under and they are a dime a dozen here and would not say that they have any great Q-status, although like the WRX they are very popular with some.
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/act ... hicleid=12
Note this model has also been exported to the US as the Pontiac GTO, where is better optioned and cheaper!
http://www.pontiac.com/gto/index.jsp
There was even a 4wd model put together.
Personally.. it is just another holden with a big engine which doesn't really bring a lot of cudos around here unless you're a holden or ford fan. No offence though since that's probably a large % of the Australian population.
Though, with 5.7 - 6.0 l of V8 it's going to be quick!
I would think in UK it would look kind of rare.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:27 pm
by Olly_K
the moral of this story ? chip your s4....it'll transform it !
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:41 pm
by Dippy
don wrote:I would think in UK it would look kind of rare.
And with our fuel prices will BE rare!
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:06 pm
by ChrisG
was it metallic black ? if yes probably Mose, over on Tyresmoke, think he is in the Aldershot area...... luvurly sound !
Think it's running at over 500bhp