Who’s keeping their cars?

Thought about upgrading my Maloo to an LSA Maloo.

Some drivers cant be trusted with that much grunt under their right foot.

I'm one of 'em.....

 

Money down on a 2017 LSA Tourer. It will be my daily until the grave or until I can't afford the fuel. Either way, its not for sale during my lifetime.

 

I believe that this is going to be an interesting situation.

I am currently considering buying one of the last SV6 Manuals with a view to keeping it as long as possible. If not, my MY14 will stay in the family as long as I can keep it going.

However, the computers in the car, being totally integral to the operation, may make that difficult in the long run. I am already hearing of ten year old falcons being permanently "retired" due to computer glitches and no more parts.

Those older cars you see driving around are so much less complex, so it is not that hard to keep them going. I personally have a couple of 40 to 50 yo Triumphs that have proven reasonably easy to keep going, especially as they are not daily drivers.

If I had the money, I would seriously consider buying and storing one.

 

I don't believe this will be such an issue. When EFI cars started coming out in the early 80's people carried on like it was the end of the world thinking that the cars were too complicated and nobody would be able to fix them. Well that was proven wrong and many of those cars are still running fine today.
I certainly haven't heard of ten year old Falcons being retired due to lack of parts, go to any wrecker and there are mountains of parts available.

 

Just as a side issue, (and you may already be aware), if you want a manual SV6, you'll need to grab an MY16 (and I'd suggest quickly..). Manual SV6 has been discontinued for MY17..

Apologies if I'm preaching to the choir..

 

Probably keep my w375 more as a weekender & street meets. Really only for sentimental reasons and by then it will probably owe me a truck load more than it'll be worth

 

I love my Vf1 Redline sedan and bought it new in September 2014 as our weekend/road trips car. At the same time we bought an I30 as our daily driver but as the wife and I are now both retired neither car gets a lot of mileage. The Redline has 22k on it and has done a few interstate road trips with almost no local driving and pretty much all highway work at which it excels.
I have toyed with the idea of buying one of the last Commodores but it seems a bit of an indulgence considering what we have at the moment is fitting our needs perfectly. If we were to upgrade I would probably go for a Clubsport with the LSA motor.
For the time being I'll wait to see what HSV deals come about this year before they close the doors. One thing I do know is that whoever gets my Redline will be getting a great car, the best I've ever owned in fact.

 

It's that, plus cost:value ... a 10yo Falcon might not be worth as much as it costs to fit & tune an aftermarket ECU.

 

That and usually a pile of rust by then.

 

And correct. Signed for one today.

 

I had a 2009 Falcon G6eT that was starting to get some serious electric problems from corrosion in the wires.
Also, the car had the classic boot hinge rust happening from the way they designed the rear to pool water under the boot. Nice car but some seriously dumb oversights in the design.

 

Mines going nowhere!

Just got my black Calais V wagon on Friday

 

I pick up my MY16 SV6 manual tomorrow. Hopefully I will be able to keep it going for many years. This will be my third VF SV6 manual, and I expect to be very happy with it.

On an aside, I have kept full fuel records for my current VF, and have put in 4,287.04 litres (will not be refueling before handing it over) while covering almost right on 45,000 km. Being retired now means missing peak hour traffic and making good economy easy to achieve. Total fuel cost of $4,593.56.