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Hi everyone noob here from sunny Perth.
Firstly ive spent a couple days on this forum and really like all the help full info.
Secondly and shock horror im a FORD boy through and through, so heres why i bought into the Red Team..
Growing up i was Ford born and raised , i can remember mum driving me to kindy in her 67 XR phase 2 Gt, that was about 1979. So you can see where im coming from, all the Bathurst races i watched with Dad cheering on Dick Johnson, booing Peter Brock. Most of all though im a very proud Australian and it never upset me when Peter Brock won the odd race here and there, though the Old man was devastated for days after....When we all heard a few years ago that both Holden and Ford were stopping production of their iconic cars, i thought to myself, im gonna buy one and ill never sell it Naturally it was all set a nice new XR8 fgx Sitting in the garage would do me just nicely, and we could all live happily ever after as i had my piece of motoring history.
Well it didnt quit plan out like that , as ive just joined this great forum, so i walked into a Ford dealership in Perth they had a blue 6 speed manual, test drove it, liked it, sales rep said right sir that car can be yours for 69K drive away. Now although i could afford that i thought to myself, the Interier is from 2008 FG it didnt have self parking, bugger all Multi Media, all it had really was the GT platform, it was 1900kg as well and to be honest its a car only ya mother could love, my tuned XR6 Turbo FG was heaps more appealing.S o i didnt buy it on emotion, i decided to wait then two weeks later was at my aunties for a coffee and bumped into cousin Gavin, told him and Gavin is the worlds biggest Holden fan. He said well why not test drive a new ss Commodore, i said your on ####ing drugs mate and Gavin said see past Holden and Ford bullshit for a minute and test one out, Its Australian designed and built and they both use American drive trains so same same.
So Saturday morning rocked up to Holden dealership with my FPV hat on and said to sales rep i wanna test drive Holdens new SS Commodore, and it will take alot to convince me to buy it. Anyway i bought one i got the ss , I wanted the redline but with the money save i was able to put 20 inch tyre package Wlakinshaw 375 pack and Blackout kit.. This is the deal i got..
2015 December build Slipstream Blue SS commodore sedan
Wlakinshaw 375 package
Blackout Kit
And the dealer threw in
1 years rego in stead of 6 months
a rear spoiler in stead of standard lip spoiler
5 years Warranty over two years, and 5 years roadside.
price $57.000 DRIVE AWAY. is this a good price?
When i drove the reps car that had a Walkinshaw kit on it , i could tell it added more grunt, but for 6.500 to get an extra 71 Kilowatts? not sure about that but it does add grunt like i say and sounds **** hot so 6.500 aint to bad. When its all said and done im glad to be behind the wheel of an Aussie designed , built muscle car the last of a generation be it Holden or Ford, and we all know what weve got to look forward to dont we.. shame damn shame..
Firstly ive spent a couple days on this forum and really like all the help full info.
Secondly and shock horror im a FORD boy through and through, so heres why i bought into the Red Team..
Growing up i was Ford born and raised , i can remember mum driving me to kindy in her 67 XR phase 2 Gt, that was about 1979. So you can see where im coming from, all the Bathurst races i watched with Dad cheering on Dick Johnson, booing Peter Brock. Most of all though im a very proud Australian and it never upset me when Peter Brock won the odd race here and there, though the Old man was devastated for days after....When we all heard a few years ago that both Holden and Ford were stopping production of their iconic cars, i thought to myself, im gonna buy one and ill never sell it Naturally it was all set a nice new XR8 fgx Sitting in the garage would do me just nicely, and we could all live happily ever after as i had my piece of motoring history.
Well it didnt quit plan out like that , as ive just joined this great forum, so i walked into a Ford dealership in Perth they had a blue 6 speed manual, test drove it, liked it, sales rep said right sir that car can be yours for 69K drive away. Now although i could afford that i thought to myself, the Interier is from 2008 FG it didnt have self parking, bugger all Multi Media, all it had really was the GT platform, it was 1900kg as well and to be honest its a car only ya mother could love, my tuned XR6 Turbo FG was heaps more appealing.S o i didnt buy it on emotion, i decided to wait then two weeks later was at my aunties for a coffee and bumped into cousin Gavin, told him and Gavin is the worlds biggest Holden fan. He said well why not test drive a new ss Commodore, i said your on ####ing drugs mate and Gavin said see past Holden and Ford bullshit for a minute and test one out, Its Australian designed and built and they both use American drive trains so same same.
So Saturday morning rocked up to Holden dealership with my FPV hat on and said to sales rep i wanna test drive Holdens new SS Commodore, and it will take alot to convince me to buy it. Anyway i bought one i got the ss , I wanted the redline but with the money save i was able to put 20 inch tyre package Wlakinshaw 375 pack and Blackout kit.. This is the deal i got..
2015 December build Slipstream Blue SS commodore sedan
Wlakinshaw 375 package
Blackout Kit
And the dealer threw in
1 years rego in stead of 6 months
a rear spoiler in stead of standard lip spoiler
5 years Warranty over two years, and 5 years roadside.
price $57.000 DRIVE AWAY. is this a good price?
When i drove the reps car that had a Walkinshaw kit on it , i could tell it added more grunt, but for 6.500 to get an extra 71 Kilowatts? not sure about that but it does add grunt like i say and sounds **** hot so 6.500 aint to bad. When its all said and done im glad to be behind the wheel of an Aussie designed , built muscle car the last of a generation be it Holden or Ford, and we all know what weve got to look forward to dont we.. shame damn shame..
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