Thinking of getting Holden Maloo Ute SSS

http://www.drive.com.au/used_cars/holden+special+vehicles/maloo/melbourne/detail.aspx?id=2134239&pg=1&pp=22&d=0&nv=1


Testing driving it in 3 days.Can't beat a Holden

dont waste your money, its an auto, gotta have the manual, my brother in law is getting a Maloo R8 Manual with the AP race brakes and ohlins suspension at the end of this year

Ya can't beat a holden... with a push bike... but even then down hill with a tail wind ill give ya a run for your money..

Kentron one of my mates in my rugby team got his holden ss ute stolen a few weeks back from training. We were 50 metres or so from the car park. If you do get one make sure you get a good alarm plus fit a cut out switch.

a well hidden manual cut out switch and a dual stage immobiliser, e.g. 1 on ignition 1 on fuel pump and u should be alright

i hope u got deep pockets for the gas bill if you drive it around town.
i drive teh v6 as my daily drive...it guzzles like a cheap whore.

also, i dunno if the R8 upgrade is worht what you spend on it, I reckon you could probably save yaself a couple of grand doin those upgrades yaself....does the ute ssR8 have that shit chrome trim around the doors like the clubsprt r8?

my pops has an ss, and a fulla he knows has got the v6. they compared notes and found the v6 has worse economy. prob cos its gotta work a lot harder than the 8. but theyre both economic drivers, drive around with your foot to the boards the whole time the 8 will drink way more.

open road its farkin great..
city its shit house

the new V6 has more power than an early 90's clubsport.

i have std mode set on my auto, pwr just chews gas... 16-17 litres in the city uner 10 on the open road

Old clubsports were pretty damn slow, I remember when they brought out the 195kw version and people thought that was good, they are now 297kw which is not too shabby for a heavy car, the new GTS-R race car version comes with a forged motor and 335kw around 450BHP but its in full race trim and not for road use, if I had the cash id still go with the R8 and all the trimmings then fit a smallish supercharger and be done with it, would make a nice tow car

My sister is rich so she'll just buy the best one with the best ad on's and leave it like that, bro-in- law is getting the maloo R8 and sister is getting the New GTO with the bonnet scoops and the best suspension and brakes package. Both get the 297kw motor.

Completly agree it can most likely be done more cheaply buying the bits separate but when ya got the cash...

difference between doing it yourself and buying the showroom floor hot model is warranty

That is dead right!

Warranty and Insurance, It's like if your car came from Japan with factory 5% Tints which would be illegal here if you put them on yourself its fine because they were a factory item

There was a magzine put out recently by either wheels or similar which was all to do with powering up cars. Apparently for $2,000 they got a holden doing a quarter mile a second quicker. Was due to engine and gear box sensors which cause loss in power during take off and under hard acceleration. There was an outfit for fords as well but the holden suspoedly did a 12.96 or so quarter mile after the cheap mods.

Id believe that, thers lots you can do with standard cars if you know where to go

With the Audi RS6 you pull out the ECU, send it to aussie, pay some cash and they send it back with an instant 60kw gain!

tip, tip, tiptronic loving the "too lazy to push in the clutch" so change it 4 me