Purchased new Calais V V8 Wagon. How km on delivery?

Up your expectations or you're going to be disapointed.

 

Maybe 6 maybe 60. Doesn't matter too much. Before you know it you'll have 50000 on it!

 

My Series 2 VE SSV was purchased brand new with 4km travelled on the clock but was already at the yard. My Series 1 VE Omega 60th Anniversary had 14km brand new on it and I had ordered that one.
If yours is a factory QA test vehicle expect more and possibly a delay in delivery time.
Of course if it is QA tested than there shouldn't be a bloody thing wrong with it.

 

They grab cars off the production line all the time for testing. If this is the case it will have around 30 to 40kms on it. Also keep in mind the dealer needs to put fuel in it as well.

5kms is unreasonable. They come in with more than that most of the time. I would say the average local build has around 5 to 6kms in it before any of the pre-delivery processes are completed.

 

all my new cars

06 VE ss(was 6months old bought in feb 07) had 70kms on it

08 SS ute 22kms

14 prado 21kms

I know a guy who recently got a 2115 XR8, had done the extra factory quality test delivered with 68kms.

 

I used to deliver factory cars to HBD on the Gold Coast. I've seen anywhere from 3k upto 60 something. This was 12 yr ago.

 

I got my VF SSV Redline with 18ks on the clock, it wasn't registered till I got it. So I asked the broker I used and he said the same thing, that they are tested by the factory.

 

2115? Sure it wasn't a DeLorian?

 

Brand new VF SSV ute in stock, didn't check the odometer when it was covered in "polish/grease", after detailing done on collection it has 25km on the clock.

 

New, not in stock and mine had 7kms on it. A mate bought a prado new and he had over 30kms on his.

 

The odometer starts as soon as the car is running. There is a lot of shuffling and moving between it rolling off the assembly line to on side storage and then delivered to the dealer. Anything up to 60 sounds about right.

 

I had 7kms. And photo to prove haha

 

I had 7km on my Demo VF SS.

I put 10km on it during my test drive!

So, 17km

 

In the end, it really doesn't matter. Especially when it will likely have a lifespan of 20+ years and 400,000km+. In any event, you'd be extremely unlikely to hang onto it for that long.

Having 20km on it won't make it any 'less new' lol

 

You will actually find that many "demo" cars will actually have less miles than "new" cars. Dealers are encouraged to register so many " demo" cars. Many of them are not actually test driven by customers.

 

When I bought my MY09 SV6 "demo"during the GFC, it came with 2 km on the odometer. My MY11 was a demo also, but with 797 km. My MY12.5 Z was brand new, with 4 km on the dial. My MY14 was a demo with nearly 5K on the clock, but that did not worry me when I paid $26,990 drive away for it (after my GM Card discount).

 

Perhaps 20 years is possible, but the average car by the time they reach say 12 years old they are a couple of grand sh!tter. Hopefully something like a Calais V 6 litre (or even just an SS) in good nick would be somewhat better than that. Given the VF II's will be the last of the Commodores as we know them, hopefully at least the VF/ VFII V8's will have reasonable resale value. I still have my VX R8 Clubby (manual) which has just under 100,000Km on it, I know it's worth more than a couple of grand, but not many people aspire to own a 15 year old HSV, so I think if I was to sell it, I'd probably be disappointed with the price I would get.

Edit, from the OP's point of view, he would have raised the question as he doesn't want the car to be driven by others not sympathetic to new car running in (say giving it a flogging to test it out, especially when the engine is cold).

 

If a potential customer wants a test drive of the model vehicle (same as yours) then you can expect that it will be used regardless of what distance may be added to the odometer.