Holden Monaro in U.K.

seadog · Post by **seadog** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:04 am

We are now getting the Monaro in the U.K. Any opinions as i've always liked big V8's,or should i keep the FTO

Post by **Supplanter** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:53 am

I hope you like big fuel bills too.

seadog · Post by **seadog** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:11 am

My company pays my fuel bills,,,,But is it any Good ??????????

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:30 am

monaro is great

:D:D
hey ! is your fto 2001?
god damn
do they still sell brand new fto or what????

seadog · Post by **seadog** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:05 am

fto617 wrote:monaro is great :D:D
hey ! is your fto 2001?
god damn
do they still sell brand new fto or what????

Yep 1st reg'd in 2001.brought over by Ralliart because they got fed up of all the grey import FTO's coming into the U.K.
I think they only imported 200 official ones,all GPX manuals,all in Symphonic silver.....
Mitzi really missed out because they are very popular here,they could have sold loads
I think this was the last batch they made

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:10 am

Look, I love my FTO. Really do.

But you gotta love the monaro. Big car - big engine - big noise = big fun

!

No variable valve timing, no turbo, no 4WD, no fancy anything, but it is a lot of car for the money.

Yep, I would get one.

Post by **Supplanter** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:01 pm

Looks like a two door taxi to me

D-TRAIN · Post by **D-TRAIN** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:53 pm

Did anyone watch the show "Rides" on Discovery Channel the other night?

They had a show about the drifiting, and showed when the D1 was held in the US.

And one of the cars featured was the Pontiac GTO...which essentially is the Monaro. But that car was amazing. It even made the top 16.

After watching that, my respect for Monaros went up a couple of notches! Still not a car I would buy though.

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:07 pm

oh the other day it was raining really heavily
i was at the lights and the monaro was at the lights too but in the opposite direction, the second it changed lights i fully stepped on the accerlerater and he startted sliding his car !!! god damn niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! and its nice green tooooooooo god damn ! if only i could afford the car AND the petrol bills.....nice seats too

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:50 pm

The manro is a good car, good for what it is! over here we get a 4 door version with a 3.8 v6 that takes up the majority of the family car market. so to us theres a bit of stigma attached to it

but the gear box as long as you dont go auto is good and the engine is out of hte corvet so heaps of mods for it for little money.

and if your into the v8 fuel consumption, go for it

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:28 pm

hmmm monaro...

unless it was a HSV version... its kinda boring to me, yeah it has lots of power, but its still kinda boring??

With commodore/Monaros , theyve been having really bad powersteering problems, so i guess thats the major problem with them.. there are more problems with them, but im not sure if they are major...

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:00 pm

Unless you spend heaps on suspension & handling they will always be couches with V8's... I prefer small lightweights...

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:32 pm

The Monaro is a beautiful car, possibly the best performance car Australia has ever made. But the Monaro and FTO are in two different classes. The Monaro is more inline with the US muscle cars while the FTO is more about Japanese finesse.

Personally I prefer mid-size cars and love what can be done with such a small engine, others however prefer nothing but grunt.

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:33 pm

have to remember the UK gets better suspension and a slightly better engine then we do. but yeah itll never outhandel a fto

seadog · Post by **seadog** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:05 pm

Cheers for all your thought's, The one we get over here is the HSV,only we call the VXR,But they reakon BMW M5 performance for half the price.
Maybe i'll keep the FTO,more chuckable on our twisty roads

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:16 pm

mm stright line is pretty good, but the rest... FTO all teh way

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:04 am

Yes, but did you see the review on top gear? Kind of changes your perspective on them a bit. Jeremy loved it, and said it was the easiest car that he has ever driven on the limit, or even beyond it.

True, it is still a big lump of metal, but you cannot compare it to the FTO. Completely different cars. Ideally, you want both - one for your long drives down highways etc (Monaro), and the other for a spirited fang through the countryside (FTO).

But for that money, why not get the VX220? If I had the money, that car would be at the top of my list for sure (oh, and if they were sold in Australia). Convertable, 0-100 in 4 seconds and out-handle basically anything on the road. Heaven!

Leigh · Post by **Leigh** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:02 pm

I just saw the VX220 on a car video tape last night and fell in love with it at first sight! I jumped on the net straight away to see how much they were!

I used to have a small thing for the S2000, but after seeing this thing its now an S-what? whats better is its around the same price and if is a second hand one its MUCH cheaper since the Vauxhall in its name.... crazy huh...
I don't thing Holden will even try to sell it here since the engines only 2.2liters and turbo'd but most probably cos its not plain looking enough

SilentBob · Post by **SilentBob** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:01 pm

mrx wrote:Yes, but did you see the review on top gear? Kind of changes your perspective on them a bit. Jeremy loved it, and said it was the easiest car that he has ever driven on the limit, or even beyond it.

hmmm and how did you obtain that review ;P

the review did make me think 'wow...thats the only holden that id ever actually consider wanting'
and some of the smoke he put out was nice

SilentBob

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:08 pm

hmmm and how did you obtain that review ;P

Actually, I already had that test downloaded

.

But they are sooooo cool! How good was that Hilux thing? Funniest thing I have probably ever seen (well, it was pretty amazing!).

Getting off topic though - Monaro GTO = good.

There. That should do.