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Con: people will think you are a Volvo driver.

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I could probably convince the nopix to put up with the sombre interior for that price ...
No, I wouldn't, who am I kidding?...

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All very true.
Although Mk4 Golf was shit compared to ... let's face it, a Corolla. Why anyone bought a Mk4 Golf here given how much they were, I dunno ...

And there's so much choice...

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Good point ... I'd suggest maybe it'd be a 3.6L full-sized sedan rather than 6.0L full-sized sedan on the basis of sales numbers, but the point's still valid.

When I think about it though,...

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Before the Bankstown stereotype wrote-off Dad's J31 in Bankstown, it was a good car. 7L/100km to the Hunter & back or to Canberra & back, as well. The floatiness was disconcerting at first,...

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While that's a worthy suggestion, it made me remember the oft-forgotten & IMHO really cheap last-model AWD Legend in 3.5L or 3.7L form.
Those would have to be perfect for long trips, and I've...

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I'm not entirely convinced ... because a Corolla these days is entirely as capable of doing a comfy Brisbane to Melbourne trip as a Falcodore was in 2003 when Jetstar started (although I'd actually go...

[Captiva Fan]

Generically speaking, without knowledge of Kluger-specific stuff, you can get units where that stuff all still works. The Alpine drop-in unit for VF Commode (which also replaces some of the HVAC control...

[Captiva Fan]

Ew!
Keep that stuff away from my car interior!!...

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Any comment on the fuel-economy part, any idea?
I kinda/sorta have the impression that 2JZGE's aren't the most frugal of engines & it's not exactly a light car (but then on the highway weight's...

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And undoubtedly at 5x the per-unit profit to Chrysler Head Office than a Mazda6, Wanker or Pusfinder are to their manufacturers....

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Just because most of them are creaky & clapped-out & road-noisey doesn't mean they all are.
Really my only complaint about our VS was the flat-arse seats, fuck-all support in them (I remember...

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My assumption if they're talking about a "GMSV" label is that Corvette (already production-ready) will be one, and the rest converted to RHD locally by whichever company (that owns HSV or which...

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If Aurion, what about 380?

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They, and I'm dead serious with this, reckon they're creating a specialist brand called GMSV for General Motors Special Vehicles ......

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Hmm ... have read in a few places now that Holden / GM won't yet comment on whether they're still bringing Corvette to Australia ...

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An Ecomoo VS 4spd will do 7L/100km if you're using it on the highway.
Later Ecomoo cars aren't that much heavier, surely?
I'd probably want to do something about the driver's seat though....

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The main thrust of that was ditching the big import duties?
If so, then probably. Although the still-being-made-here 6cyl base Commodore would probably cost us the same ~$60k as a Mazda3 if the...

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I thought it was announced there was no Camaro in any-hand-drive?
And my guess is that this is the last Corvette in RHD (the development having been done & the line probably already set-up I...