What care have you owned

[Blue Supra]

mmm
i might be able to afford one in three years then
i need a good towing car and and XT would do very nicely indeed. until then a Series 2 VS commi is what im aiming for

[fpv_gtho]

what are you planning on towing? the datto when youve modded it till its unregistrable

[Blue Supra]

pretty much, once ive got it all smicko and happy with it for racing now. ill start saving again and buy a car that can tow nicely AND looks nice and feels good. Thus the Series 2 VS... once i hve that then i can derego the dat and go nuts on it!

[fpv_gtho]

If you could you probably should look in an EF or EL, the straight ix in the falcon's got a good 50nm more torque than the Ecotec so it'll tow easier, plus i think the Falcon's rated to tow more

[Blue Supra]

manual box strong? or should i go for an auto you reckon?

[fpv_gtho]

personally, the auto's gunna be alot easier. theyre rated as being able to tow more than the manual, and it'd be easier to drive

[Blue Supra]

yeh thats true,and the impossibility of finding a manual has to be considered as well...

[fpv_gtho]

yeah, pretty much if you find a good condition manual Falcon or Commodore you may as well jump at it.....especially if its an XR6 as theres next to no manals...

[Blue Supra]

yeh cheapest XR6 round that time was about 19k at John McGrath Ford... no thanks...

[fpv_gtho]

Geez i'd want that to be an AU, EB-EL XR6's are usually under $10K for a decent enouh one, an EL might get around $12K-ish

[SlickHolden]

If you could you probably should look in an EF or EL, the straight ix in the falcon's got a good 50nm more torque than the Ecotec so it'll tow easier, plus i think the Falcon's rated to tow more

I agree, But not on the same lines
The VS have body shifting problems, I have herd the about the rear doors shiftting and not being able to open right after towing heavy things such as a car. My mate tows his boat all the time it's about 200kg he never has problems, But i have seen my Brothers Ghia tow his works gear around this is 1500kg + does it ok to, And it's lowerd.

[Blue Supra]

Geez i'd want that to be an AU, EB-EL XR6's are usually under $10K for a decent enouh one, an EL might get around $12K-ish

Yeh this was pre AU model. im not great with my Falcon models but it was a 96 97 model i think

[fpv_gtho]

that'd be around the EF/EL transition, 94-96 was EF, 96-98 was EL.....

well slick, ive got some friends whos parents own a VS, and whenever they towed something, they always hooked it up to their hot rod for some reason for a long time though the highest rating holden tow kit was around the 1600kg mark with ford having their 2300kg kit, but now holden has the 2500kg kit on like the one tonner and crewman, im not sure about the sedans though........surprisingly the GT's still rated to tow 1600kg

[SlickHolden]

It would be that problem, I also herd in the earlyer models they also had weak centre they could split in half there was no strength in the centre thats where they bend the back doors, But it seems they fixed that problem with VT-VZ finally.
I knew a bloke that had a Drag car and he wouldnt tow this thing with anything other then a Ford he told me the problem they had as early as VB he said

[Blue Supra]

splitting the car in half sounds a bit ordinary, maybe i should just get it engineered with an SR20 and drive it around