Let's See What Holdens Got.

[Dagabond]

Thought i'd try out a holden for a few day's while mines being repaired.

Only picked it up this morning havent had much of a drive so far, but from what i have done so far i'm glad i made the decision i did.

Fair enough it's only an exec but it'll be something to compare the differences by.

So far:

The bad:

I've found it feel's a lot heavier in steering and handling, the instrument layout is shocking I miss ICC already, the auto is hard to tell which gear your in without looking up over the steering wheel and looking at the tiny display at the bottom of the speedo.

The cruise control is on the indicator stalk and although I havent had a chance to use it, it look's like it'll be a pain in the butt.

The power well it's only an N/A V6 so we wont go there.

The good:

Although it seem's smaller on the inside it's a lot more open and not as many blind spot's particulary the pillar between the front and rear door's which I have found quiet annoying in the XR6, the external mirror adjustment is a lot closer and easier to use, the remote is on the key itself and easier to use than the fumbly remote of the XR6.

More to come when ive had a decent ride in it.

[richdave]

The cruise control is on the indicator stalk and although I havent had a chance to use it, it look's like it'll be a pain in the butt.

Yeah my VT has it on the stalk as well, just another carry over from the older models. It is IMO a pain to use...god! my EF Futura had cruise on the steering wheel. So much easier to use.

As for looks of the VY.....lets not go there.

[Mondie]

l love the look of the VY SS, but the exec looks sad. Its almost as if the SS was born first, and then Expensive Daewoo had to 'de-sport' it to exec trim instead of the other way around.

l had to laugh when you commented on the instrument layout. It appears to be a peice of tin screenprinted with instrument faces, some holes punched in for the needles and that's your lot. How cheaps that?

[Guest MavSS]

Dagabond.

Good thing you didn't get the VY SS, for the force is strong with this one

Hope you get your beast back soon. May I ask what it's in for?

[Dagabond]

Short memory MAV?

I can remember posting it somewhere

You dont have to push the Holden to me oldson

Click Here

[BlueXR6Turbo]

When I was at my dealer, he gave me an excerpt from Wheels Magazine (Nov 02) of comparisons between the different BA Falcons and VY Commodores. I have since found these same articles on the Web, so if you're interested, here are the links:

Falcon v Late model camira overview

XT v Executive

XR6 v S Supercharged

XR6 Turbo v SS

Fairmont Ghia V8 v Calais V8

The printed version has a lot more pictures. It also has a table at the end of each article comparing such things as price, performance (0-100, etc.), technical specs, etc. At the bottom of the tables are ratings out of 5 stars. Falcon got better ratings in every comparison.

I'll leave you with a quote from one of the articles:

Falcon XR6 Turbo is king.

[Robbo]

Love the Turbo vs SS report. I need to send that one to my SS shod brother.

[PSI40L]

Why are we even talking & looking at holdens .we all know what they are we all know what they can do and how they go I think we should close the topic

[Mondie]

Why are we even talking & looking at holdens .we all know what they are we all know what they can do and how they go I think we should close the topic

A bit of perspective never hurts!

[Guest HOTXR6]

Too loose sight of ones opponent means the opponent will have an upper hand. Or as my father would put it, keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.

Thanks

HOTXR6