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Title: monaro
Post by: geoff on 05 April 2011, 07:37:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvTzFx2zuU
what a gone noise or what
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: geoff on 05 April 2011, 07:44:56
good noise i mean't ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: tunnie on 05 April 2011, 08:45:03
i do, really, really, really want a Monaro/VXR8 one day!  :-*
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Post by: feeutfo on 05 April 2011, 09:26:01
A fraction more silencing needed to be practical IMO. But yes, glorious!  :-*
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Sipey on 05 April 2011, 21:32:41
Nope, no more silencing needed :)

These are big cars so as loud as they are outside, they are nice and quiet inside.

That is, until they are supercharged. Then they just sound like a jet about to take off :D
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Shane mvsex on 05 April 2011, 21:34:16
urs does yeh  :y
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Post by: blackviper90210 on 05 April 2011, 21:42:31
Thats No.1 on my Xmas wish list, hope you listening Father Christmas!!   :y
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Post by: Amigo on 05 April 2011, 22:24:10
I will have a Monaro one day.

  Who needs porn when you can watch/hear that? 8-)
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Shane mvsex on 07 April 2011, 14:11:40
Mr sipey next time ur about in the roo il be bringing my cam corder loooool  :y
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 April 2011, 16:43:04
I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: feeutfo on 07 April 2011, 17:01:55
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!
Just slap an ls1 in yours Martin. Easy for you?  :y
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 April 2011, 17:02:37
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: feeutfo on 07 April 2011, 17:16:18
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin
Now how/why on earth would you know that Kev?  :-?
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 April 2011, 19:46:08
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Now how/why on earth would you know that Kev?  :-?

'cos I've been researching ways to become a hooligan and a pikey in one move. ;)

Kevin
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 April 2011, 19:55:03
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin


Not type Approved yet front drive crap is allowed to tow
Why is the boot so small?
Auto - why you have one as well :P
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 April 2011, 19:58:51
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin


Not type Approved yet front drive crap is allowed to tow
Why is the boot so small?
Auto - why you have one as well :P


Aussies sell towbars so they must be capable.
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 April 2011, 20:00:24
Looks like I will have to go Bavarian or off roader next then >:( >:( :'( :'(
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 April 2011, 21:52:12
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Not type Approved yet front drive crap is allowed to tow

Guess they decided they wouldn't sell enough towbars to do the paperwork.

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Why is the boot so small?

Petrol tank is behind the back seat.

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Auto - why you have one as well :P

Correct - but the Monaro is a bit less of a mobile armchair, so I wouldn't touch an auto one (did they even make one with a porridge pump)?

Kevin
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 April 2011, 22:05:09
Some great scenery here (not the baldy bloke) and mouth-watering sounds.

Paint it matt black and I'll gladly take one. :-* :-* :-*

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8C70ADf-1c[/media]
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: dazzerM on 07 April 2011, 22:13:22
No matter how much fuel is a litre that sound will always win  ;D

Dont get that from a diesel  :-X
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Post by: Del Boy on 07 April 2011, 22:43:03
Insignia VXR for me please  :) Remapped, new intercooler, air filter, so that's 400bhp, it'll do me.

*Runs away*
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 April 2011, 22:46:03
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Insignia VXR for me please  :) Remapped, new intercooler, air filter, so that's 400bhp, it'll do me.

*Runs away*


... and named after a cheap aftershave your auntie persists in buying you for Christmas.  ::) ;)
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: feeutfo on 07 April 2011, 23:43:29
Plod have insmegmas all over the place round here. Not noticed an unmarked yet.  :-/
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Sipey on 08 April 2011, 03:14:30
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin

The VXR8's boot is around 500 litres so not far off the Omega. The small booth with the petrol tank behind the seat is an 05+ model monaro. But no, you cant fit a tow bar - nor should you :)
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Kevin Wood on 08 April 2011, 09:53:01
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin

The VXR8's boot is around 500 litres so not far off the Omega. The small booth with the petrol tank behind the seat is an 05+ model monaro. But no, you cant fit a tow bar - nor should you :)

Ohh, OK.. So an earlier one might be better in that respect?

There didn't seem to be many options for LPG tank fitting. Right behind the seat would have been great...

Kevin
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: tunnie on 08 April 2011, 09:59:34
would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: aaronjb on 08 April 2011, 10:22:00
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/

Probably not.. but then if anything happened (accident etc, even not your fault) you can guarantee your insurance company would wash their hands of you.. then the police would probably take notice..
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: feeutfo on 08 April 2011, 10:27:35
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/
Manufacturing without type approval is a big no no, so would have to manufacture a pikey hook from scratch.

Plus the bumpers look fairly low on the back. Omega was designed with pikeys in mind, as the drill holes are pre marked and holes already present in cross members etc. Certainly won't be straightforward, as all the geometry and ride hights are worked out in advance on omega.
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Kevin Wood on 08 April 2011, 11:48:53
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/

It wouldn't get an MOT these days for a start. ;)

And, as said, you would be in a world of grief if you had an accident (which is not unknown, towing a great big windbreak behind you). ;)

Besides... why?

Kevin
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: Martin_1962 on 08 April 2011, 13:30:39
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/

It wouldn't get an MOT these days for a start. ;)

And, as said, you would be in a world of grief if you had an accident (which is not unknown, towing a great big windbreak behind you). ;)

Besides... why?

Kevin


1) Don't want front dirve crap
2) Don't want off roader
3) Don't want Stuttgart/Bavarian over priced stuff
Title: Re: monaro
Post by: 05omegav6 on 09 April 2011, 04:29:56
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Aussies sell towbars so they must be capable.

Indeed they do. :y

www.holden.com.au.

Even the Commodore SS/V Series can be yours with a dealer fitted towbar.

2100kg Tow pack is $1370 aus, Superlift shocks are $600 aus, and should you require one ::) :-X, a nudge bar is $890 aus. All prices fitted, including tax.

Must say Hazard yellow might be an understatement.

I'd take an SV6 Sportwagon in white with leather. I'll settle for a 280 bhp V6. :-X