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Hey guys,
So, a few months ago I purchased (privately) a MY06 190kw VZ Calais, after being involved in a high speed crash that resulted in my car being written off.
It's been going great, hasn't given me any troubles so far, not that it should.
I've noticed the following things a few weeks after owning it and exploring the car whilst I was detailing.
- To start with, I thought all Calais'came with the puddle lights in the lower section of all 4 doors, they seem, to be missing on all 4 doors of my Calais. The doors have the leather inserts and the silver door handles, so I'm guessing they're the original doors?
- Under the CD tray in the center console as well as under the rubber mat where the storage compartment is (normally cup holders in lower models) there's a hole drilled in the corner as well as under the rubber mat under the stereo. I also noticed the lid to the compartment under the stereo was super glued shut also... seems strange.
- When the car is idling the rpm needle seems to move up and down ~100rpm, does the same whilst driving but that could be my foot moving? It stays steady when using cruise control at 110km/h
- Last thing, I noticed that when I accelerate I can hear a softish kind of hydraulic type of sound which seems to come from the transmission? A mates SV6 with the 5 speed auto seems to be pretty quiet, but I haven't been in his car for a while so not 100% sure.
The car has just under 105,000km on the clock, was originally a local Government owned car (City of Joondalup) then a family car (3 young children) then owned by a mature ages couple, they only did 12,000km in the car over 3 years as they had a company car to use.
Sorry about the long post, I blabber a lot (If you have seen my car accident post, you'll understand haha)
Cheers in advance.
So, a few months ago I purchased (privately) a MY06 190kw VZ Calais, after being involved in a high speed crash that resulted in my car being written off.
It's been going great, hasn't given me any troubles so far, not that it should.
I've noticed the following things a few weeks after owning it and exploring the car whilst I was detailing.
- To start with, I thought all Calais'came with the puddle lights in the lower section of all 4 doors, they seem, to be missing on all 4 doors of my Calais. The doors have the leather inserts and the silver door handles, so I'm guessing they're the original doors?
- Under the CD tray in the center console as well as under the rubber mat where the storage compartment is (normally cup holders in lower models) there's a hole drilled in the corner as well as under the rubber mat under the stereo. I also noticed the lid to the compartment under the stereo was super glued shut also... seems strange.
- When the car is idling the rpm needle seems to move up and down ~100rpm, does the same whilst driving but that could be my foot moving? It stays steady when using cruise control at 110km/h
- Last thing, I noticed that when I accelerate I can hear a softish kind of hydraulic type of sound which seems to come from the transmission? A mates SV6 with the 5 speed auto seems to be pretty quiet, but I haven't been in his car for a while so not 100% sure.
The car has just under 105,000km on the clock, was originally a local Government owned car (City of Joondalup) then a family car (3 young children) then owned by a mature ages couple, they only did 12,000km in the car over 3 years as they had a company car to use.
Sorry about the long post, I blabber a lot (If you have seen my car accident post, you'll understand haha)
Cheers in advance.
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