Vxr vs calais

[Badgerdog]

I would have looked into a VXR if I could have fitted comfortably into the Recaro seats, plenty of people don't including the salesman who sold me my car.

Adjustable suspension and the Brembo's are good bit of kit for sure, although I am quite happy with the brakes in my Calais V. Decorative add on bits to make it look a bit sportier in VXR, is personal taste. Plenty of talk that the Calais V ride is a bit firm on 20's and depending upon your taste this could be a fair call. I swapped out my 20 inch rims for some 18's with 45 profile tyres and find the ride-handling fine and a better fit for me than with 20's.

Only you can decide if the VXR is worth the extra money. Much will depend upon what deal you can get for each model.

 

[kos]

RSV how comfortable are those seats? They look pretty exxy

 

[arsevee]

RSV how comfortable are those seats? They look pretty exxy

They're standard in the RS-V...

 

[Badgerdog]

Dead ringer for the seats in the Calais, pretty sure they're the same.

 

[arsevee]

Dead ringer for the seats in the Calais, pretty sure they're the same.

Same as the Calais-V, the Calais' are 'flatter':

 

[kos]

RSV you missed the question....how comfortable are those seats?

 

[wetwork65]

I would have looked into a VXR if I could have fitted comfortably into the Recaro seats, plenty of people don't including the salesman who sold me my car.

Adjustable suspension and the Brembo's are good bit of kit for sure, although I am quite happy with the brakes in my Calais V. Decorative add on bits to make it look a bit sportier in VXR, is personal taste. Plenty of talk that the Calais V ride is a bit firm on 20's and depending upon your taste this could be a fair call. I swapped out my 20 inch rims for some 18's with 45 profile tyres and find the ride-handling fine and a better fit for me than with 20's.

Only you can decide if the VXR is worth the extra money. Much will depend upon what deal you can get for each model.

I reckon my (and maybe wife's) arses are narrow enough to fit in those RSV seats.
Given the prices low mileage second hand ones are going for in Victoria, I'm starting to get interested in buying one.

 

[Mjrobbo88]

car sales seem to have very thin stock of used / demo vxrs in Victoria in either black / grey. Has anybody have experience getting a red hot deal on a new car price?? Looking at spending $40k max,which is achievable through used car dealer , but frustrating there’s barely many out there

 

[benny66]

I don't think Holden have sold many vxr new. They seem to be mostly executive GMH driven which are then auctioned off to the Holden dealers who subsequently sell them. Thus means general motors bear the loss and the dealer network get the car cheaper wholesale as trying to sell one for 60k would be very hard . If you check the warranty book it will state if general motors port Melbourne is the original owner.

Yes there are quite a few white and red . The former most probably company cars and the later a purchaser who wanted a sporty car . i notice that some of these vxr gave done 30k km in 12 months so driven a lot

 

[benny66]

With the VXR is the artificial engine noise only sent through the Bose sound system when in VXR mode or is it all the time?