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I had a new windscreen put into my VXR after the original was cracked by an acorn sized rock. The glass place asked me what driving aids are in my car, I replied, "all of them." ;) They did a great job too, everything works fine, no complaints from me and it was all paid for by insurance so...

I thought you said you were looking to buy a wagon?

I have never tried to turn it off. Adaptive cruise is a bit weird at first but once you get used to it you don't go back.

Have you noticed any changes in the efficiency of the batteries so far? While it is reasonable to expect that the total battery capacity will slowly decline over time, what about the mileage in terms of kwh/100km?

I considered a 2016 Insignia VXR back in 2018. Tech was dated, 239kw and 435nm might have been good back in 2016 but it is only 0.2 sec faster 0-100 as my atmo ZB, drinks a lot more premium fuel (like 20% more), has less internal space and weighs 40kg more so the extra torque advantage is...

I think he might have meant the Calais-V Tourer? None of the liftbacks have it.

He says the VXR has a powered tailgate at the 3:45 mark

I have one question. Did Australian VXRs get powered hatches? Because NZ certainly didn't get them!

That might have been me. The wheels were way out of alignment and I didn't notice till it was too late.

Not as standard, but there is a thread on this forum somewhere about after an market mod Not automatically, you either press the button the drivers door or press and hold the lock button on the remote to fold them in Replaced the rear drive unit under warranty, and a rear seat belt but that was...

No, he's sold his to a Buick owner... ;)

They cannot be rotated front to rear or vice versa because they are 275/35/19 on the front and 285/30/20 on the rear. I've seen a photo of a modded car in Europe which has 20"s with 285s all round. Looks very nice on a 20mm lowering kit, but scraping your carbon fibre splitter on a speed bump...

All you RWD purists can rejoice because the M XDrive allows you to disconnect the front axle from the driveshaft, turn all the driver aids off, and melt your 285 section rear Michelins into the road professionally supervised skidpan to your hearts content. :cool:

I'll say this. Your VXR while not perfect is still a great piece of kit and incredible value for money since Holden sold them at a loss. I had to spend a large chunk of change to find something better. Enjoy it.

I thought I would waste bandwidth give you guys a recap of my car search to replace my trusty 2018 VXR. Mechanically the only thing that has gone wrong with it was the rear diff leak defect which was repaired. It has developed an annoying rattle in the dash somewhere near the HUD gap behind...

Sorry not sorry for the thread necro but this is as good a place as any to post this: For me, the time has come to start thinking about replacing my car. My budget has gone up by a shitload because there is nothing and I repeat, nothing in the same price range that provides similar bang for...

I have a similar age car to yours and also run wired Car Play. I've never had a delay that long, sometimes its maybe 4-5 seconds. Is your version of iOS up to date? How old is your phone?

My response would be, "I hope it comes with a driver as well coz I ain't driving it!" My missus knows better that to mess with my drivers car buying decisions.

I am currently running Michelin PS4S on the rear and PSSS on the front and I don't have any problems. My car had it's diff issues when it had PSSS on all 4 corners so it cannot be tyre related.

Personally I wish it firmed up the steering weight a little but unfortunately it doesn't. But it's not that big a deal and you get used to it.

VXR mode adjusts the shift map, adaptive damper settings and adaptive cruise control response. I haven't noticed any change in steering response.

Turns out it wasn't recalled, I must have got it mixed up with my Hyundai i30 that was recalled, twice.

Ebbett Hamilton replaced my RDU and did a fluid flush, my car was recalled so it's something they will have performed a few times.

I asked about a GPS update in early 2020 between the COVID lockdowns when I was getting my car serviced, the Holden Service Centre said there wasn't one available. Haven't bothered to ask since.

The first gen ones were dry clutched and liked to eat themselves from the inside out. They were also effectively a single unit replacement, so were not cheap to maintain or repair. I know someone who spent $14k fixing their VW after it's DSG lunched itself. Despite wet clutch DSGs seeming to...

I'd rather look at something like a Cupra Born over any electric SUV because... SUV!

I've started casually looking too because I want to replace my ZB next year. In terms of ICE touring sedans there is the Stinger then you have to go high end Euro. I didn't like the Stinger GT when I drove one in 2019, and I doubt Kia would have bothered to invest money fixing that shitbox...

As a side story, I had my windscreen replaced after it got hit by a stone and cracked. The conversation with the glass place went something like: "Do you have autonomous emergency braking?" Yes "Do you have automatic wipers?" Yes "Do you have adaptive cruise control?" Yes "Do you have...

The concept of the Stinger is a grand tourer, all well and good. So why on Earth did Kia match that awesome V6TT engine with a slushbox out of a limo? Poor response/kickdown, a lack of any real manual mode as the box reverts back to auto very quickly, the sport mode doesn't hold gears...

BYD must stand for Burn Your Dollars then ;)

Yes I did notice chunks coming out of the front tyres grooves. But you can also see from the attached photo the belts starting to show through the sidewall after some pretty nasty scrubbing. All due to a poor alignment.

So I just replaced the last original pair of Michelin Pilot Super Sports after 33000km - the first pair needed replacing early due to a excessive wear from a poor alignment (so make sure you get them aligned regularly folks - it will save you money!). Not too bad for a super sticky set of...

Replace the engine or the car?

I think we're nearly the same as you. Ours isn't daily driven but I do take it out to the golf club whenever I successfully escape the house.

It's mainly a space issue. The chassis was designed for a traverse 2.0L 4 cylinder engine and they only just managed to squeeze in an atmo V6 to please Buick and Holden's request for a larger engine for their respective markets. There is no additional room in the engine bay for a turbo or...

The whole thing about car manufacturers like BMW moving to features as a service in their vehicles is worrying too. Not sure I want to look at owning Euro's if they go down this road. Something about paying 6 figures up front only to be extorted monthly fees to use features I've already paid...

After reading the last two pages of this thread I had to remind myself this is a Holden forum ;)

Since I think Elon Musk is a total nut case and I wouldn't trust him with a cent of my money, I'll probably be looking elsewhere, at something like this when I sell my VXR: It'll probably have a mid $100k-$200k price tag but if anyone can make an EV drive right, Hyundai can, and the first...

I had an empty glass bottle do the same thing. It certainly makes a racket alright!

An Aussie, a Maori and an Arab were sitting at a park watching their kids play together. They started talking together and eventually the conversation turned towards their families. The Aussie said, "I have 12 grandchildren, 1 more and I'll have a rugby league team!" The Maori replied, "I...