2009 Cadillac CTS mom mobile



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My first car, managed to buy it for £600. 2001 1.2 Fiat Punto with 44,000 miles. Just need to replace the shocks and replace the back tires, which is easy enough considering both my cousin and my father are mechanics/have been mechanics, so shouldn't be too hard a job.



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quote Ben73

I have never driven an older Commodore so I can't comment on them, but half the P platers in older Commodores, especially with Chevy badges, are complete halfwits. They ruin it for all the decent people. Hope you weren't like that.

oh god no. unfortunately, i never got past my L plates because i left australia before then, but even then, behind the wheel, im no cocky bastard. anyone with half a brain will see that there is nothing special about driving a car.

...thats why im a cocky bastard behind the yoke!

in all seriousness, though, id consider myself to be a pretty good driver. the worst (and only) incident i had was driving near the airport to my favourite krispy kreme store (there is a hill nearby that overlooks a runway, and the aircraft just fly right over you). however, to get there, you need to go under a bridge, where the top part is for aircraft to go over. of course, me being the airplane freak that i am, i get distracted in an 'ooh! something shiny!' fashion, completely forget about the road, and got a little too close to the wall. still, nothing happened, so its all good.



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quote hiigaran

i heard that the newer commodores are shit, and prone to many mechanical problems. guess i was either lucky, or they made good quality stuff in the 90's, iirc, it was a 96 model

I have never driven an older Commodore so I can't comment on them, but half the P platers in older Commodores, especially with Chevy badges, are complete halfwits. They ruin it for all the decent people. Hope you weren't like that.

As for VE's The inside looks a bit tacky. Especially the handbrake. Looks tacky and out of place when on(up). The red dashboard lights look ugly, Fords blue scheme is much easier on the eyes.
If you have one with a spoiler, all you can see in the rear mirror is the stupid spoiler taking up half the view right in the middle of the rear window. In the Ford the spoiler is lower and doesn't restrict rear vision as much.
The Ford felt faster on acceleration, but I had an extra passenger in the Holden so I don't know if that was the problem. (She is a small women so probably doesn't weigh much)
Ford's 6 speed auto was better than the Holden's
The 4L I6 is proven to be almost indestructible.

Holden's positives.
Looks better in the right colour. Seats more comfortable.

That's my car review for the day.



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That 300c is a very sexy machine. Heard it's good to drive, also! Those wheels are very nice too!



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