Hi All. It was time to pass on our WM Caprice to a new owner after around 10 years of ownership, and clocking up 420,000km. It hasn't gone too far though, as our daughter is taking it on as her first car. We have just finalised a deal on a V6 2018 ZB Calais V. Trouble is, we can't take possession for a little while due to Covid lockdowns. In the mean time, I thought I'd ask fellow ZB owners - what was the best thing you discovered about yours that you didn't know until you bought it?
mine is a rs v6 variant and the best things are how it drives and handles.
i came from a vf ssv into the zb and compared to the vf it is much nicer to drive and it made the vf feel "floaty" on the handling aspect.
most of the handling change is due to the v6 awd models having hiper strut, a five-link rear suspension and the torque vectoring on the awd system.
it performs well on country roads and is fuel efficient because of the afm in the v6.
the only really bad parts are
the headlights are a bit dull.
the start stop system can be annoying if you dont like that type of thing.
the lane assist can be annoying too as it will sometimes gently pull the wheel when it is not necessary to do so.
you can get better headlight bulbs and turn off the start stop and lane assist so they are not really that bad.
you mentioned you will be getting a calais-v so the headlights are not an issue for you because your vehicle will have the adaptive led matrix headlight system which is pretty decent and you will notice it.
the calais-v has hiper strut and the 5 link rear suspension but it has fe1(touring) which is a softer or "comfort" type of suspension so it may feel a little floaty but you should notice a clear difference to your old vehicle.
