My VE SS ute was noisy brutal angry but the front end and suspension felt rough compared to my VF Maloo it also cost me an arm and a leg with maintenance , **** just kept going wrong with it . Clutch and pressure plate worn out in too short a time ,Steering pump, two fuel pumps in 13 months which is exhaust and shaft out to get to the pump , multiple random display issues leaving me with no fuel level or speed indicator .
diff shat its self spent large on a tru track then got defected by the po po which cost me 4 k only to have the cam bearings fail six months later game over .
VF smoother to drive fast as **** in a different way very linear ,suspension is amazing feels way more modern , Im lucky as mine does not have all the chrome finish everything is blacked out not sure if this was a factory HSV thing but it looks maniacal , steering is precise ,heads up display is great and my first ever auto which I have mixed feelings about , so easy to drive no heavy clutch which was awful in slow traffic , reversing and hill climb from standing start it would shudder and smell as the friction plates dragged but I do miss the manual for sheer bogan hoonability .