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Old 01-03-2012, 12:42 AM   #1
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Old 01-03-2012, 01:35 AM   #2
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Must be fan a holden judging by name, and this post. The only good commodores in my opinion were before the vl, good video.
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Old 01-03-2012, 01:56 AM   #3
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Must be fan a holden judging by name, and this post. The only good commodores in my opinion were before the vl, good video.
aint that the truth!!!! most VLs are just flogged stupid anyway
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Old 01-03-2012, 10:32 AM   #4
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aint that the truth!!!! most VLs are just flogged stupid anyway
...and they seem to take it all in stride easily...
I don't think a lot of people now remember what a big deal the VL was at the time...it had that long sloping nose, the little kick up at the rear, and that engine! It was light years ahead of the last "black" 3.3 Holden six, even the one with EFI like was fitted to a VK Calais we owned. People just weren't prepared for it.

Back to that VK...it looks fantastic! Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those wheels look too big a diameter for the era? I thought they raced on 15's or 16's back then...?
Interesting to note that this was a car that was dynamically good enough to have won the premier racing event in Australia, and that there are Hyundais and Honda Civics running around the streets now with bigger spoiler kits, rear wings and wheels on them...for some reason...
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Old 01-03-2012, 03:09 PM   #5
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First time I saw a Walkinshaw, I thought it had a mini hot tub/spa on the boot.
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Old 01-03-2012, 03:57 PM   #6
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The VL was the best Commodore ever produced , hands down .
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Old 01-03-2012, 09:04 PM   #7
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cool vid.. i was a hardcore holden dude back in the day.. chickadee commodore was an awesome car and worthy bathurst winner..
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Old 01-03-2012, 09:17 PM   #8
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The VL was the best Commodore ever produced , hands down .
Negative.

VNs are Horn.

And by far the best and most awesome Commodore ever produced.
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Old 02-03-2012, 09:01 AM   #9
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Negative.

VNs are Horn.

And by far the best and most awesome car ever produced.
Fixed it for you mate!
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Old 02-03-2012, 07:01 PM   #10
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Fixed it for you mate!
Hahahaha cheers mate, yeah changing from "Commodore" to "car" was probably more along the right lines!!!
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Old 02-03-2012, 12:16 AM   #11
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The VL was the best Commodore ever produced , hands down .
^^ I agree. Especially the turbo ones.
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Old 02-03-2012, 04:45 PM   #12
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The VL was the best Commodore ever produced , hands down .
You are on the drugs my dearest brother. The VL was good for it's day especially against what Ford had to offer but in standard form it was under braked, too softly sprung, and suffered from way too much roll oversteer. Which was good for reducing the intial understeer but a little trickier to control. Even for those not related to Mr Merrick
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