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Old 23-08-2006, 05:17 PM   #1
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Default VE Spotted today....OMG....
Whilst out and about today was driving past Pedders in Moorabbin and seen this car sitting out the front. Wonder if this is Holdens stripe package they are offering, do I need to say any more........what about the legs of the rear spoiler as well. This was actually being lowered for Booran Holden

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Old 23-08-2006, 05:18 PM   #2
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look on the holden website, that is the factory stripe package.
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Old 23-08-2006, 05:18 PM   #3
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Someones already getting the 4wd suspension lowered huh....



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Old 23-08-2006, 05:21 PM   #4
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Someones already getting the 4wd suspension lowered huh....
i know it's obviously for safety/pederstrian impact regulations etc, but still can't stand how high that thing is.. even when lowered, the distance from the bumper skirt to the headlight level.... not to mention the window sills and the 10 foot high boot lid. It's made worse by the sideways rectangular cutouts for the driving lights. Hey, goes like stink though, and the stripes don't look too bad.
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Old 23-08-2006, 05:19 PM   #5
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Wow, it another VE and it still looks like a toy to me.
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Old 23-08-2006, 05:31 PM   #7
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Well if you cant beat them you may as well join them - but was thinking along the same lines when I posted it
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Old 23-08-2006, 07:47 PM   #9
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Agreed, its easier to find a VE discussion here, than it is at LS1.com !!!!! :
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Old 23-08-2006, 08:20 PM   #10
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Agreed, its easier to find a VE discussion here, than it is at LS1.com !!!!! :
Maybe they don't have many positive things to say...? Being facetious as I'd imagine they would be raving about it...dreaming about it...replacing their porn collection with VE pictures...

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Old 23-08-2006, 07:51 PM   #11
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Has anyone sat in an SS? what's the rear view visibility like with the "bum up" stance and rear wing??
The car inside is very coupe like. Rear view was fine but maybe a touch smaller in width then normal, The rear wing i didn't see it.
If noone is talking about it then large cars are doomed:(
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Old 23-08-2006, 09:27 PM   #12
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Last time I checked this was the general section. "For General Automotive Related Talk". Given the current hot topic is the VE what else should people be discussing.

And if you don't like it, don't click on the thread. Its actually really easy to skip over the ones you don't like/care about/have time to read.

The rest of the site is dedicated to Fords feel free to look around, you may find something more to your tastes.

For me, I find it good to see opinions put up and discussed, it would be very boring just talking about what station my Ford ICC picked up today.
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Old 24-08-2006, 08:36 AM   #13
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Last time I checked this was the general section. "For General Automotive Related Talk". Given the current hot topic is the VE what else should people be discussing.

And if you don't like it, don't click on the thread. Its actually really easy to skip over the ones you don't like/care about/have time to read.
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I think you missed the point of his post - why the need for a new thread, surely posting this picture could have been done in one of the other VE threads? Thats the way I read it anyway. :
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Has anyone sat in an SS? what's the rear view visibility like with the "bum up" stance and rear wing??



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Old 24-08-2006, 10:37 AM   #15
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Has anyone sat in an SS? what's the rear view visibility like with the "bum up" stance and rear wing??
Yeah I drove a SS-V. Not great visibility when it comes to parking. Spoiler isnt as bad as I thought it would be though. Basically it's like my GT, you can't see much at all out the back.

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Yeah I drove a SS-V. Not great visibility when it comes to parking. Spoiler isnt as bad as I thought it would be though. Basically it's like my GT, you can't see much at all out the back.

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Thats because you got a 4 foot wing on the boot.
New modern cars are not as easy as the 80-90's cars to view out of.
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Thats because you got a 4 foot wing on the boot.
New modern cars are not as easy as the 80-90's cars to view out of.
When you see the car in the metal the wing doesn't look bad. Kind of in proportion to the rest of the car.
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Old 23-08-2006, 06:32 PM   #18
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holden have really started the new trend for **** CARS. Persoanlly i think it look like a FOCUS XR5 just bigger. No aero dynamic deign. It looks like its made from fibre glass.
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holden have really started the new trend for **** CARS. Persoanlly i think it look like a FOCUS XR5 just bigger. No aero dynamic deign. It looks like its made from fibre glass.
Yep a good call was a Astra on steroids and by the way my mate works at holden and the first recall is in for the Ve apparantly they have seat belt issues!
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by the way my mate works at holden and the first recall is in for the Ve apparantly they have seat belt issues!
Forget to make room for them in the design like the battery?



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Yep a good call was a Astra on steroids and by the way my mate works at holden and the first recall is in for the Ve apparantly they have seat belt issues!
I heard that today. Supposedly they put the seat belt pretensioners in back to front. It's a big job getting all the trim off to get to the pretensioners, but the actual swapping them around after that is fairly quick.
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sadly, i have just founf out, my dad has just ordered a new red ve ss-v manual black leather and all, well if i wasnt gonna have an xr8, this would be he car, i love it
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sadly, i have just founf out, my dad has just ordered a new red ve ss-v manual black leather and all, well if i wasnt gonna have an xr8, this would be he car, i love it
Can you please correct all the spelling/grammar mistakes in this so I can work out what you're saying?
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Can you please correct all the spelling/grammar mistakes in this so I can work out what you're saying?
sorry, all im saying is we are selling our BA XR8 for a VE SS-V
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there junk. GGRR IM AN ASTRA ON STEROIDS. Well if you want to kill your children fast in a car Accident buy a VE Commodore. If you dont. Buy an XY Falcon
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Well if you want to kill your children fast in a car Accident buy a VE Commodore. If you dont. Buy an XY Falcon
I nearly fell off my chair from laughter after reading this. If you really believe what you are saying then you are a sad, sad person. What else can I say?
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if you want to kill your children fast in a car Accident buy a VE Commodore. If you dont. Buy an XY Falcon
This has to be one of the stupidest things i have ever read on here. A Ve is less safe then a 1960s designed car?

Lets see:
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dash buttons designed not to become daggers on impact
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Interior materials designed not to burst into flames or give off poisonous fumes in a fire
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descent steering/brakes etc to avoid accident
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seats designed to protect not maim you
fuel tanks designed not to rupure and ignite easily

.. I LOVE 60s classics, but lets not pretend they were safe!
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Well if you want to kill your children fast in a car Accident buy a VE Commodore. If you dont. Buy an XY Falcon
your either saying:

a. - a xy falcon is a safer car than a ve commodore or
b. - all xy falcons are slow.


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