Calais V - V6 vs V8

[Skylarking]

If your not stuck on VF/VF2 and would consider something older, the AFM flex fuel capable Calais V Redlines with the cream/titamium interiours were a rather nice machine. They are hard to find with very low kms but they do occassionally pop up. They were also available in Wagon.

Heres a 2011 Calais V Redline Sedan in silver with 107,000kms for $24K DA and likley you'd haggle the price down.

Yes not VF, but if you don't like it, the loss would be much less buying a VF/VF2 and deciding you don't like that.

I actually looked for a Calais V Redline but none could be found so I went all in and bought the MSE. The juries is still out on whether that was a better choice due to Dealer/Holden issues that spoilt the purchase/delivery process for me.

 

[VS 5.0]

Heres a 2011 Calais V Redline Sedan in silver with 107,000kms for $24K DA and likley you'd haggle the price down.

Looks like a nice car but good lord, this is pretty amateur.....

.....the 2014 Holden CALAIS V VF Auto MY11.....

 

[Pablito]

If your not stuck on VF/VF2 and would consider something older, the AFM flex fuel capable Calais V Redlines with the cream/titamium interiours were a rather nice machine. They are hard to find with very low kms but they do occassionally pop up. They were also available in Wagon.

Heres a 2011 Calais V Redline Sedan in silver with 107,000kms for $24K DA and likley you'd haggle the price down.

Yes not VF, but if you don't like it, the loss would be much less buying a VF/VF2 and deciding you don't like that.

I actually looked for a Calais V Redline but none could be found so I went all in and bought the MSE. The juries is still out on whether that was a better choice due to Dealer/Holden issues that spoilt the purchase/delivery process for me.

Aren't series 1 AFM VFs flex fuel capable too?

 

[monstar]

Looks like a nice car but good lord, this is pretty amateur.....

Wrong engine too.

Aren't series 1 AFM VFs flex fuel capable too?

Not from factory, no. Easy to enable that though.

 

[Pablito]

Wrong engine too.


Not from factory, no. Easy to enable that though.

Ah ok. I thought E85 capable was the same thing as flex capable. My mistake

 

[Forg]

Huh? Ours is.
Maybe it was dropped for MY15 VF1?

 

[monstar]

Ah ok. I thought E85 capable was the same thing as flex capable. My mistake

No you’re correct about that up to e85 = flex fuel vehicle, just not correct to say they all VFI were - half were and half weren’t - from MY15 was dropped.

Huh? Ours is.
Maybe it was dropped for MY15 VF1?

Yes I think you are correct.

 

[VS 5.0]

Wrong engine too.

How so ?

 

[426Cuda]

Looks like a nice car but good lord, this is pretty amateur.....

Equipped with HUD and auto start too!

 

[426Cuda]

Aren't series 1 AFM VFs flex fuel capable too?

Yes, they certainly are Pablito.