Cars

[westozfalcon]

First car driven: 1977 HZ Holden Ute
Current car: 2006 Ford Focus Zetec
Best car driven: Mitsubishi Evo IX
Worst car driven: Datsun 200B

[lebron]

Thinking of getting an 05 monaro? Any comments?

Yes. Depreciation.

Explain Booney?

[Brucetiki]

First car driven: Mum's 1992 Ford Laser
Current Car: 2002 Hyundai Elanta
Best Car Driven: 2006 Toyota Camry Altise (hire car for mates wedding)
Worst Car Driven: 2007 Ford Focus (loan car when my car was being serviced) - ugly, useless thing with controls back to front.

[Choccies]

First car driven : 74 Ford Escort
Current Car : Subaru Forrester GT
Best Car Driven : Formula Ford Race Car
Worst Car Driven : Holden Camira

[Booney]

Thinking of getting an 05 monaro? Any comments?

Yes. Depreciation.

Explain Booney?

With so many being made when popular ( 02-05 ) there were simply too many on the road to make them a valuable investment and people used them as daily drivers racking up the km's. In turn, many people will have stowed them away ready to wait 15-20 years for them to become rarer. Notice how you dont see many on the roads anymore? They're stored away from daylight now for the future.

The ones left on the road will depreciate quickly as the dreaded odometer reading goes up,the value will go down. Some on the road now will be over the 100,000km mark. Hardly a good investment compared to one with 30,000km on it sitting up on blocks in a shed.

[westozfalcon]

First car driven: Mum's 1992 Ford Laser
Current Car: 2002 Hyundai Elanta
Best Car Driven: 2006 Toyota Camry Altise (hire car for mates wedding)
Worst Car Driven: 2007 Ford Focus (loan car when my car was being serviced) - ugly, useless thing with controls back to front.

To quote Jeremy Clarkson "Whenever I suffering from insomnia I just look at a picture of a Toyota Camry and I'm straight off"

[Q.]

Current Car : Subaru Forrester GT

Mate, how does it go? You rate it? I'm thinking of buying a second-hand Forrester or Outback (can't make up my mind between the two) with 50-100K clicks on the odo.

[Turbo]

Current car: Mitsubishi Magna VRX - Limited Edition with Ralliart Components

[the milky bar kid]

First Car owned - 1968 Ford Cortina Mach II
Current Car - 1968 Ford Cortina Mach II (currently having engine rebuilt) , 1964 Plymouth Valiant Signet (driving project *need a pimp smilie to describe this car) , 1992 Nissan Pulsar Q hatchback.... while my other cars are being fixed
Best Car driven - '05 Porsche 911 (on my L's before dad saw how much insurance cost)
Worst Car driven - Toyota Landcruiser manuel diesel, non turbo charged.... was towing a trailer, was the most gutless thing ever

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

First car owned: 1989 VN S Commodore
First car driven: 2001 VX Commodore
Current car: 1998 VT Commodore
Best car driven: 2006 VE SSV
Worst car driven: 2009 Toyota Corolla

[dedja]

Thinking of getting an 05 monaro? Any comments?

Yes. Depreciation.

Explain Booney?

With so many being made when popular ( 02-05 ) there were simply too many on the road to make them a valuable investment and people used them as daily drivers racking up the km's. In turn, many people will have stowed them away ready to wait 15-20 years for them to become rarer. Notice how you dont see many on the roads anymore? They're stored away from daylight now for the future.

The ones left on the road will depreciate quickly as the dreaded odometer reading goes up,the value will go down. Some on the road now will be over the 100,000km mark. Hardly a good investment compared to one with 30,000km on it sitting up on blocks in a shed.

If the car is 5-8 years old then it has already depeciated heavily ... I would have thought one with relatively low kms is a good buy.

Not everyone looks for an investment.

[Voice]

First Car: 81 Corolla
First car driven: HQ Monaro
Current car: Just sold my 88 Pajero so now drive Princess Voice's Kia Rio
Best car driven: VH SS Group III
Worst car driven: TC Gemini Coupe

[Ian]

Worst car driven 1982 Commodore Vacationer sedan / Ford F150 (in Arizona) - most uncomfortable 4wd ever!

I must admit they were not the most comfy or even best performing 4X4, but surely the series I, II & III Landrovers have to take the prize for most uncomfortable, their saving grace was that they actually did what they were supposed to off the road very well.

[lebron]

Re the '05 Monaro..........
Thats basically what I am after, just a car to drive, that looks good, handles great and goes quick! Not concerned about re-sale value down the track! On that, has anyone driven one and if so, please tell me about it!

[gadj1976]

Re the '05 Monaro..........
Thats basically what I am after, just a car to drive, that looks good, handles great and goes quick! Not concerned about re-sale value down the track! On that, has anyone driven one and if so, please tell me about it!

Lebron, I bought an 03 new and absolutely loved it. I had to move it on for family reasons unfortunately. I got mine fully loaded, Sat Nav, leather seats, Holden Assist, Sunroof.

The handling was just superb. The steering was very responsive as well. The suspension was beefed up from the standard Commodore it was based upon.

Something that might be a drawback for others was the ability to get in and out of the back seat. Not that that bothered me much.

And talk about cruising around..... I was able to cruise around town in 5th gear (6 spd gearbox) at 1500 rpm getting about 13l/100km. On the open road I managed to get it down to 8 or 9, but still with the ability to overtake someone as if they were standing still.

The two problems I had with the car prior to moving it on in 07 was the boot latch, which was poorly engineered IMO and the passenger seat electronics which malfunctioned. That was a repair job under warranty but the boot latch haunted me throughout the life of the car. Not that that's a big issue of course. The hinge boot assembly that Holden used up till the VE, and is present in the Monaro up till it's finish, is purely garbage. No one from Holden obviously ever used the car and packed it full of gear otherwise it would've never made it to production. You can't store anything near the hinges because of the big swinging arc that's required of the arm attached to the inside of the boot. In my VZ Comm that I have now, it's infuriating. If you're not attempting long trips with lots of gear, this wont be an issue.

I thought i loved the Monaro more than anyone or anything, then i watched Top Gear who did a review when the VZ Monaro came out. I think they still rate it as one of the bargain buys, ever!

The resale value for me was atrocious (62 down to 37) but that was simply because of the petrol prices being really high at the time and media speculating that petrol was going to increase to $2 a litre. The major depreciation is now gone, so I say, go for it! Please note, that I leased my car, so it'd done 67k by the time I moved it on in 01/07 - more than average kms for a car of 03.

Please let us know if you do decide to get one.

If you want to know anything more, please feel free to ask.

Cheers

Gadj

[7-Dog]

Re the '05 Monaro..........
Thats basically what I am after, just a car to drive, that looks good, handles great and goes quick! Not concerned about re-sale value down the track! On that, has anyone driven one and if so, please tell me about it!

I previously have worked at Holden at the time when the Monaro was for sale.
Great car, but I can't remember driving a Manual (why waste money on a sports car and go auto?)

It really didn't wow me anymore than what the standard SS does.

For around the same money you could get into a current shape 08 Falcon XR8 or 08 SS Commodore, or to go back closer to the Monaro's year, a 06/07 Clubsport or the 06/07? GT Falcon.

[Ian]

It really didn't wow me anymore than what the standard SS does.

That shouldn't surprise anyone, it is after all only a 2 door commodore

It's only real advantage is it does hold it's value better than most cars

[gadj1976]

Re the '05 Monaro..........
Thats basically what I am after, just a car to drive, that looks good, handles great and goes quick! Not concerned about re-sale value down the track! On that, has anyone driven one and if so, please tell me about it!

I previously have worked at Holden at the time when the Monaro was for sale.
Great car, but I can't remember driving a Manual (why waste money on a sports car and go auto?)

It really didn't wow me anymore than what the standard SS does.

For around the same money you could get into a current shape 08 Falcon XR8 or 08 SS Commodore, or to go back closer to the Monaro's year, a 06/07 Clubsport or the 06/07? GT Falcon.

Auto Monaro's should've been outlawed!

[lebron]

Thanks heaps guys! I def won't be getting auto. Goin for a test drive next week and will go from there! Have not heard a bad word about the acceleration or handling! And I like the tiger bronze colour or electric blue!

[Felch]

First car driven : Dad's XE Falcon 1982
First car owned: XD Fairmont 1980
Current car: BF Falcon SR 2006, Mrs Felch has a 2006 Territory.
Best car driven: F6 Falcon Turbo 2010 - absolute rocket on wheels, scary fast !!!
Worst car driven :Mum's 1978 Toyota Corolla - 2 speed auto ! I could run faster !

Pretty obvious im slightly bias towards Fords...