ZB Q&A

[VS 5.0]

Can someone hurry up and crash their ZB so I can take its parts

Someone has to buy one first.

 

[greenacc]

New models usually get crashed pretty quick. Give it a month!

 

[Skylarking]

I had a look at one the other day but it was not the VXR as that dealer was yet to get one. It was the Calais variant and it looked OK though I didn’t like that the electric handbrake release being on the passenger side of the centre console. Seems Opel/Holden were a little too cheap to make a new console with the button on the drives side for right hand drive markets.

I also didn’t like the fact that you couldn’t get a full size spare which was a bigger annoyance.

Is not having space for a full size spare going to be the new standard in new vehicles?

 

[commodore665]

having a chat to a couple of former colleagues from the police yesterday , who have tested the new ZB in 2.0 turbo , which will be the general duties cars , and the V6 which is for the highway patrol boys , in both instances the ZB canes the VF Evoke and SV6 in every sense , and that's with all the extra weight needed for police duties , so if a couple of coppers are happy with whats on offer , maybe we perhaps reserve judgement until we've driven one .

 

[VT&VX]

so if a couple of coppers are happy with whats on offer , maybe we perhaps reserve judgement until we've driven one

OK, but the car still needs a rhinoplasty.

It would be interesting to ask them if their general duties car still feels so good after they have driven it for 6 months.

I would say they are comparing this brand new car to a Police car that has been a workhorse for a couple of years, or the 50,000 km use by?. (Something like that?)

Reserve judgment, yes

FWD's don't age as well as RWD's

 

[commodore665]

OK, but the car still needs a rhinoplasty.

It would be interesting to ask them if their general duties car still feels so good after they have driven it for 6 months.

I would say they are comparing this brand new car to a Police car that has been a workhorse for a couple of years.

Reserve judgment, yes

No not at all , they were tested along side two run out VF's a Evoke and SV6 also in police livery , so they are well placed to comment on both the VF and ZB , any car will lose its zing after 6-12 months especially as police cars , which do get a hard life .

 

[Calaber]

OK, but the car still needs a rhinoplasty.

It would be interesting to ask them if their general duties car still feels so good after they have driven it for 6 months.

I would say they are comparing this brand new car to a Police car that has been a workhorse for a couple of years.

Reserve judgment, yes

FWD's don't age as well as RWD's

How many general duty or HWP cars are still active after two years?

In NSW, they were leased for 60,000km then disposed of through auction. In the case of HWP, this only took a few months to knock up. GD vehicles a little longer. This means that police are always driving cars only a few months old. Two years? No way.

 

[VT&VX]

How many general duty or HWP cars are still active after two years?
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2 years? No way.

They won't last 2 years

 

[commodore665]

How many general duty or HWP cars are still active after two years?

In NSW, they were leased for 60,000km then disposed of through auction. In the case of HWP, this only took a few months to knock up. GD vehicles a little longer. This means that police are always driving cars only a few months old. Two years? No way.

generally , they are fairly knackered when they are replaced , I can't speak for the Australian police , over here they were getting sent off to auction when they get to around 100,000 K , as mentioned , fairly knackered , as an aside , very easy to tell them at the auctions , plain white , or a plain colour , holes in the dash , boot and roof , and scuffed up side bolsters on the seats , and vinyl back seats on some , (easily cleaned) , and a faint whiff of Dettol inside .

 

[blackve76]

How many general duty or HWP cars are still active after two years?

In NSW, they were leased for 60,000km then disposed of through auction. In the case of HWP, this only took a few months to knock up. GD vehicles a little longer. This means that police are always driving cars only a few months old. Two years? No way.

Nsw run to 90k as do SA, Vic police around 60k.