Faults:

I have had to replace 2 pulleys and a drive belt.

It had a flat spot and it required new plug leads.

Air-conditioning needs re-gassing every year.

General Comments:

The VS's acceleration is amazingly quick for a fairly weighty car. With Lowered King Springs the ride is smooth and stable when taking corners reasonably fast. Bigger tyres (235\45\17 LWT) really give you a sense of stability and traction and are far better in all weather conditions. I have fitted a Panasonic CD player with 2X12 inch Alpine TypeS subs and a Alpine V12 amplifier. Sounds great. Future mods may include a set of extractors, a cold air intake and a sports exhaust system. The cabin is very spacious and plenty of room for 5 people. My VS was not made on a Monday. It is very responsive, quicker than my dads VT Commodore and gives most 5 litre V8's a run for their money.

Faults:

Transmission and Engine needed major serviced on purchase. Drive train of car runs pretty well although 4th gear in transmission dosn't seem to hold that well on long freeway trips. At 110km the revs sometimes drop from 2000rpm to 1500rpm, but this only happens occasionally car seems to run OK.

Front Brakes squeal need machining and new brake pads.

Overall car is in excellent condition as long as it is serviced at regular intervals.

General Comments:

VS is very comfortable to drive and handles well.

147kw from the ECO TECH V6 gives the car pretty good performance.

Have got over 500km from a tank of petrol in all driving conditions.

Faults:

A headlamp bulb blew. The glove box sort of fell apart, but was easily clipped back together - a friend told me to expexct this sort of thing with a Commodore.

General Comments:

The Commodore went very well indeed. It was fast and remarkably economical on the highway if you stuck to the speed limits. The cruise control and speed alarm are essential to avoid loss of licence!

The ride was fine, but the unsophisticated rear end combined with the dollops of torque from the 150kW V6 makes wheel spinning burn outs or tail happy wet weather handling all too common an occurrence.

My wife front ended it and the repair costs were miniscule considering the amount of spares required (only $2500!).

Faults:

Alternator replaced 6 months after purchase.

Ignition barrel replaced.

Diff replaced ($700 thank-you!)

Clutch replaced (original clutch gave 110000km before dying)

Radiator(original)needs re-coring/replacing at next service (Oct 2002)

Shock Absorbers(original)need replacing next service (Oct 2002)

General Comments:

I had a cold air induction kit & a Uni-filter air filter installed.

I have extractors & a twin system from a VS Senator fitted - I really noticed the difference in pickup.

Apart from the diff going, all the other things are normal wear & tear so I'm not complaining about them.

It's nice & quick & screams like a banshee when you put your foot down.

Tyres for this car can be expensive. I usually spend $200+ per tyre (225x50x16) & they last on average 12-15 months - these are performance tyres though, not passenger tyres which I don't recomend for this type of car.