should i buy my 7th VL?

[walesy]

ok well i have a huge love for the VL commodore, so much so that in the 6 years ive had my licence ive owned 6 of them... not all of them were kept for long and drivin all the time only 3 were...

but now comes the time where i want to get another one to use as a daily, ive owned 2 wagons one of which i done a efi 5ltr conversion on but unfortunately due to moving alot for work reasons i ended up selling it before it was on the road,

ive always wanted to have a clean wagon but i also wanted to find a beige SL sedan to clean up as sort of a tribute to my 1st VL that i had on my L's and P's... man i miss that car,

as its a daily i wouldnt get a v8 or turbo model and ive had a calais before so i would be happy with an SL or executive im not fussed... so guys what you think i should do? and if your in perth and have a VL i have a VB SL/E that i would swap with some cash your way aswell, depending on condition...

[Goon]

go for it!!!

[daron]

get with the times and get a real car
7 is beeing gready

[walesy]

lol yeah im with the times but the love of a certain model sometimes just sticks lol, plus if i get a vl i can pull the caprice apart for some internal work ;-)

[Goon]

lol yeah im with the times but the love of a certain model sometimes just sticks lol, plus if i get a vl i can pull the caprice apart for some internal work ;-)

plus u need real "stock" power for a daily driver

[badaz]

Mate if you wan,t it get it, it sounds like you have made your decision. I would love to have the time and space to get a car to do up.

[Astranomical]

If you love the VL, go for it! Buy the car you want, don't let anyone try and talk you out of it.

[greenfoam]

Turboise a SL manual sedan

[Calaber]

Normally, I would say no, but after owning six of them already, you are obviously chronically ill and suffering from withdrawal syptoms.

The only obvious cure is to get number seven.

Are there really any decent stock VL's left out there?

[greenfoam]

You can still get a good stock FJ if you look hard enough a VL is no problem

[Troy711]

Other:

Make up your own mind

[walesy]

lol yeah the withdrawrals are pretty bad haha and yeah there are some pretty clean stock ones left, even if they are a bit rough it doesnt take much to get them looking good again...

my wagon went from this shabby lookin wagon to the neater example here with pretty basic stuff... new suspension, took the stripes off the side just below the windows, new tyres and stckie rims, and a cut and polish... thats when i decided to put the efi 5ltr in

[fuzzy2308]

other by a daewooooooooo

[Cobez]

You shouldn't have bought the first one......

[Troy711]

You shouldn't have bought the first one......

Hahahaha good call.

[Ripcell]

time for a real car, post 2000 ls1 come on man, VLs look like they fall down the road as opposed to drive on the road

[walesy]

umm is anyone in this thread thats sayin time to get a real car looking at my ride info on the right hand side? i got a 2002 caprice ... the vl as said in the 1st post is for a >>>***DAILY***<<<...

plus i can appreciate the 255RWKW of the caprice after being in my DAILY vl

[greenfoam]

Not if you turboerise a NA SL to 280 rwkw (at 1300kgs) VN Luke (MK 1) style, then you can drive your WH to appeciate your daily. I'm all for the 5 litre and it does feel like I'm on the grid at the Daytona 500 everytime I start it ready to go and get some bread from the shop but the RB30 goes faster easier

[danja]

What happened to the first 6?

[VNexecutive]

meh go for it. im on my 3rd vn after 2 years of having my licence. cant say im gunna stop at 3 either. lmao

[MADVRSS]

hey mate it will never be the same as your old 1 sorry dude

[walesy]

What happened to the first 6?

#1. well... the first one was a mild worked na 6 with a minispool and done nothin but get me (a fresh 17yr old p plater) into trouble, so i sold it to a local bloke who had a vl because he wanted the engine and diff...

#2. the second one was a stock wagon that i only had for about a month which i tidied up a bit and sold for a profit...

#3. 3rd was a maroon sedan same deal as the wagon the paint was a bit rough but id never seen such an immacualte interior, plus it was manual with tint and central locking... i ended up swapping that for...

#4. my ice blue calais... it had a genuine 93,000kms on the clock with service records, bought it off an old bloke who owned it since new, but never drove it because his wife alwayd drove their other car or some crap... i ended up lowering it converting it to manual chucking a set of 19's and a stereo in it, i had it for bout a yr then sold it...

#5. was a white berlina i bought it just to re-sell as i could get it cheaper than it was worth

#6. my favorite... was my asteroid silver wagon with a sun roof... i scored it for $500 and the rust had been cut out already... it was an auto 6 but the engine was almost dead and my vp 5ltr was about to run out of rego so i thought... stuff it, so i pulled the baby cammed 5ltr and shift kitted and stallied auto out of the vp and put it in the wagon... i stripped the vl of any spare weight as much as morton has with his VQ stato got it wired up but i never got it regod or finished coz i ran out of time before i joined the navy so it sat at home for a few months before i ended up selling it...

[excalibur]

if thats what u want go and grab it i think VL's look very nice when clean and tidy

[andyman]

daniel, its time.... you need to move on lol


are you planning on driving back to w.a? lol i havnt seen one vl in town here that isnt flogged haha

[greenacc]

i think if they were any good you would have kept one of the ones you already had. So stop looking for something that does not exist, and buy a real car with a holden engine. Alternatively do what greenfoam said and boost the nissan.