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Harrier is not an actual warranty company, all the do is charge dealers a small amount in order to administer the dealer’s own mechanical protection plan(you can’t actually call it a warranty anymore due to ACL, only actual insurance companies can offer warranty products). As a customer you...

Holden sent out a bulletin specifically about condensation forming inside lamps a few months ago, stating that it was basically due to changes in atmospheric conditions and that they would deny warranty claims with dealers that just change head or tail lights without good reason. There...

The GMH ex-company fleet Redlines are making more than your $45k offer at dealer only auction, so I don't like your chances of owning one for your $45k offer.....

The Astra is a brilliant car, especially in comparison to a lot of the competition. Holden stuffed up initially by thinking they could bring the car in at much higher pricing, when the brand no longer holds the cachet it used to. The discounting happening currently on Astra is crazy, they must...

They'll just build the replacement vehicle somewhere else, if they decide to replace it at all. With the way SUV/CUV sales have been growing over the past decade, it's quite likely they won't replace the car at all, because it won't be worthwhile due to low volumes globally. It will be...

FYI, announced today, all Director owners will be getting the 7 year warranty, as a goodwill offer due to the stuff up with the chrome/black door mould fiasco.

The original selling dealer pays for the first service, if you can even call it that. Holden pays nothing, in fact they don't even do it on their own cars to save cost. It's literally just a chance for the dealer to have extra contact with the driver in order to build retention and for the...

AC Delco Dexos 2 is suitable for petrol and diesel engines. It is fully synthetic and comes in many different ratings. The 5W 40 rating is a new one for diesel Colorado's with oil burn issues. Dexos 2 is a better oil than Dexos 1 (it's also a lot more expensive).

Order date = whenever you signed a contract for the car and paid a deposit on it. Up until October last year that date was firm and Holden audits deals to make sure that dealers aren't being dodgy (I.e they check customers contracts and want written evidence of deposits paid etc) to make sure...

The 7 year warranty (and any other Holden promotions) are applied to a car based on your order date, it has nothing to do with your delivery date. However, the dealer can alter your order date, but there is a dealer contribution towards the promotion, which is $681.82 plus GST ($750), except...

The 7 year warranty (and any other Holden promotions) are applied to a car based on your order date, it has nothing to do with your delivery date. However, the dealer can alter your order date, but there is a dealer contribution towards the promotion, which is $681.82 plus GST ($750), except...

The 7 year warranty (and any other Holden promotions) are applied to a car based on your order date, it has nothing to do with your delivery date. However, the dealer can alter your order date, but there is a dealer contribution towards the promotion, which is $681.82 plus GST ($750), except...

It's only photos of cars, I would share it with a customer if needed to choose from the colours available. They produced it due to the confusion caused from the wrongly advertised accents on some colours. If Holden is sending it to customer's directly (as per photos shared above), I don't see a...

We're working on it, it's quite large... It's basically the same photos that have already been posted, but for every model (Motorsport, Magnum and Director) all in one PDF, but it's over 6mb.

I have a document with all colours of every special edition, but it's 4mb. If someone knows how to upload that I can send it to your email and you can PM me and load it up here.

The GST item is just to show the total amount of GST in the purchase, it hasn't been added twice. For tax purposes because some items are GST exempt (government duties, etc), it's easier to show a total GST figure, rather than breaking each line item down individually. Most contracts/invoices...

Just before you make any accusation the GST figure is correct and you're not being charged twice: $72,530 drive away less tax free components: - $34 VicRoads fee - $121 Plate fee - $788 Registration fee - $902 LCT - $3,546 Purchase stamp duty = $67,139. The GST component of $67,139 is...

Dealers can't place orders for MY17 VF. Holden places the orders and then allocate the vehicles to dealers based on the allocation that was communicated directly to dealers a few months back. We were allocated May build cars last week, so I assume June will be next week and July not long after...

Issues above and beyond the electrical connection issue. Has only been on V8's so far and early build cars (2013-2014). I think we've done 2 cars so far, so its not a major issue.

Considering a 2016 SV6 Black edition is $38990 drive away, you should aim for just a little bit more than this for a 2017 SV6. I imagine come mid year once all the V8's are definitely gone there will be decent discounts on SV6, as they're not moving that quickly. I don't know of anyone who...

On our build allocation sheets there are indeed June build special editions and the presentation that someone shared with you all (I'm still not sure if this was supposed to be shared with the public, but it's out in the open now), also confirms that wholesale of the vehicles begins in June, so...

So you can take the finance offer at effectively RRP (the dealer only has their regular margin to play with) or if you don't take the finance offer the dealer gets paid a bonus, which they can choose to pass on or keep. This is only on V6's, (V8's are exempt from any offers). Remember the...

Only read about the photos here, haven't heard anything from Holden themselves. Knowing how good they are at organising things (sarcasm noted), this will be a disaster.... Apparently there will be a website where you can try and reserve a build number, not sure how this is going to work...

I'm still around, just haven't had a lot to contribute. We've sold all our special packs and the majority of the hype appears to be over. There's hardly any V8's now remaining unsold and the V6's are essentially saleproof without a discount. BTW Holden is actually paying dealers a bonus on...

And then there's the tech/features that it has that VF can't match: -panoramic roof -electric tailgate on wagon -wireless charging port -apple CarPlay and android auto -360 degree camera -lane keep assist and radar cruise control -heated rear seats -ventilated front seats -rear USB ports -split...

They cut the 57D factory 20 inch upgrade on wagons quite some time ago, like nearly a year ago. Holden will not fit 20 inch wheels to any wagon, but there's nothing to stop a dealer from doing it, but obviously as a spare parts upgrade the cost is huge (the price Bridgestone charges for those...

There's deals to be done on V6's.

No, I said it was disappointing that they're not fitting them. They're much better looking than the rubber ones we have fitted on VF.

Correct! They've tried to strip out as much complexity a possible in this final model year run. No more beige trim for Calais V, Calais V, Caprice V and SS have the same wheels now, SSV model gone (along with it's Sunroof/Bose additional pack), no more leather pack on SV6/SS. Other than the...

Instead they've switched it around. The take up on the black out kit is very high, plus it suits the Redline with the black wheels. The only disappointing bit has always been the window trims, which should be gloss black, like we have had fitted on previous Opel sourced Astra's. It looks much...

Black out only on Redline. The SV6 and SS are no longer Black editions either, so these get chrome, with the black out at an additional cost. Maybe you could convince someone to do a swap? :) The only factory options are spoilers, 20 inch wheel upgrade on Redline or the $350 brake upgrade on...

I hope you're right....

Holden has an auction once a week, every Thursday. It's just a matter of waiting for certain colours to come up. Some Like it Hot, Regal peacock, Jungle green are dealer order only colours, so it would need to have been a marketing department car, etc (they're allowed to order the...

These are the option codes (RPO) for everything fitted to the car. Now these link up with individual models, so sometimes the same code on a different car can mean different things. If you look at the specs for a Chevy SS Sedan, the car will be very similar to that :)

Not sure, sorry I can't be more helpful.

Price is not available yet and I'd only be speculating, but I would assume a $6k to $7k premium over and above the regular models. That will be the big thing released on Thursday, along with the specs, names I don't think mean much to most people. We've taken deposits on most of our cars...

I don't know the full specs, I've only seen our internal RPO codes list, but there's a few ambiguous ones in the list which can mean any number of things.

MY17 stuff is already out, has been for a while. I put up the spec changes and RRP increases a few weeks ago, along with confirmation of colour changes. 19/1/2017 is just confirmation of the 3 special pack models they are building from June onwards (Names, Features and prices). There's a few...

The offers are always on everything (in very rare instances they have exceptions). Even when you see the offer only showing on SV6 Black Edition for instance, we can still do the same thing on all cars in the model line.

It definitely feels like they've under forecast V8 demand. V6 retail orders are always strong, but at discounted prices, not anything like full RRP. It's going to be interesting to see if they will pay incentives on SV6 etc, because at present it's $36490 on the road for a 2016 SV6 Black...