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tautech:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 18, 2020, 09:24:31 am ---I don't think I would have liked to drive the thing around Bathurst. It went there, tho.

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Actually Bathurst results of late may have driven GM out of Oz with Mustang's taking away the prize money and whatsmore, driven by a Kiwi !
The straw that broke the camel's back ?  :popcorn:
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on February 18, 2020, 09:37:32 am ---Is it honestly that big of a shock? Holden/GM pulled out of manufacturing in Australia quite some time ago. To pull the brand entirely isn't a surprise.

Holden have been making mediocre cars for decades. There is nothing special about them. Even their over-priced sports utilities or 8-cylinder sedans are just loud, obnoxious cars for bogans (with equally loud and rattly interiors) which aren't really all that fast compared to equally priced European cars.

Walk into any Toyota, Kia, Mazda or Hyundai dealer and you'll get far better bang-for-buck plus a much longer warranty and better dealer support.

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No, many of us saw it coming. It was no secret.

I think you have to realise that with the Kingwood and the earlier commys had the ability to always get you home. It's has been forgotten.

The newfangled Japanese cars in the '80s, as reliable as they were sure, they were awfully more complicated. With the Holden, you get it home and you could fix it.

Then that commy that came out with front wheel drive, it was a dogs breakfast. A lot of people, including myself would buy a new one every other model. I still have the last one with the rear diff. Been all round the county and got the scars to prove it.

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: tautech on February 18, 2020, 09:41:11 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 18, 2020, 09:32:51 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on February 18, 2020, 09:28:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 18, 2020, 09:24:31 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on February 18, 2020, 09:18:31 am ---
Why, because they weren't considered cool !  ::)
If they'd been raced around Bathurst everyone would want one !  :horse:


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My one might not have been cool but it was like Grandma's feather bed. (Didn't get a lot of sleep, but I had a lot of fun)

I don't think I would have liked to drive the thing around Bathurst. It went there, tho.

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Stick a big fin on them like a Brute and what's the problem ?
Know too many that have been killed in high power Aussie utes.  ::)  :(

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Too light in the arse end.
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Exactly. Some would have 100kg of bagged sand in the back to keep them on our windy roads and to make for a fast getaway at the lights.  ;D  >:D


--- Quote ---I just found out that the VK was assembled in NZ. Never knew that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VK)
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Yep for many years until quite recently. Commies were very popular here and you still see lots around and lately late model V8's.....for those that can afford to feed them.  :scared:

Old joke
Where can you get a Commodore ?
Off a Commer van !  ::)

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Could be worse, get taken out by a stray plastic bag.   :box:
tautech:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 18, 2020, 09:51:25 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on February 18, 2020, 09:41:11 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 18, 2020, 09:32:51 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on February 18, 2020, 09:28:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 18, 2020, 09:24:31 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on February 18, 2020, 09:18:31 am ---
Why, because they weren't considered cool !  ::)
If they'd been raced around Bathurst everyone would want one !  :horse:


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My one might not have been cool but it was like Grandma's feather bed. (Didn't get a lot of sleep, but I had a lot of fun)

I don't think I would have liked to drive the thing around Bathurst. It went there, tho.

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Stick a big fin on them like a Brute and what's the problem ?
Know too many that have been killed in high power Aussie utes.  ::)  :(

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Too light in the arse end.
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Exactly. Some would have 100kg of bagged sand in the back to keep them on our windy roads and to make for a fast getaway at the lights.  ;D  >:D


--- Quote ---I just found out that the VK was assembled in NZ. Never knew that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VK)
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Yep for many years until quite recently. Commies were very popular here and you still see lots around and lately late model V8's.....for those that can afford to feed them.  :scared:

Old joke
Where can you get a Commodore ?
Off a Commer van !  ::)

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Could be worse, get taken out by a stray plastic bag.   :box:

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Nah, sacks not some piss sissy plastic bag and they were mostly wellsides with hard lids so pretty well contained.
tautech:
Speaking of utes, our youngest came home with an XR6 and if it wasn't for the fact he's the most sensible of our lot and not like his elder bro I would've started making a coffin for him to point out he need get rid of it before it killed him.
The bloody thing went real well as I got to drive it a bit when he went to Texas for 6 months twice for harvest seasons.
It had some 175 KW vs 150 in our VX-11 and knew how to drink gas......or was it just lead foot Dad ?  >:D
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