Well after 79 days of waiting, a lot of stuffing around to find fact from fiction, I FINALLY got to pickup the new ride on Friday !!!
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And with only 17kms on the clock, you know its new !!!
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First impressions, its so smooth and quiet .... its actually too quiet, I was tempted to pop the bonnet and double check the was a V8 there because you can hardly hear the engine, that was until I put my foot down. Coming up from a VE SV6 the additional 50kw is so noticeable all through the rev range. I had a great old time driving it home from the dealership, with a good 2.5hrs on the highway I got a good feel for the car, I only passed a few car but the engine pull from the time you open the throttle, then pickup was so fluent and effortless I fear my winning streak of 5yrs without a speeding ticket may soon come to an end.
Like most I'm still getting to know the car in and out, there is a tonne of features you can play with to suit your personal taste. I optioned in the Sunroof + Premium Audio and love the punch out of the Bose system, the sunroof is a little on the small side but I'm a wee bit old to be standing out of it so no biggie. My only complaints are the climate control is totally shithouse and will need the HVAC software update applied plus I noticed both the front lights were fogged up on the inside when I arrived home so will get that looked in to. Having not owned a V8 before I don't know if its a characteristic of the car but when sitting at the lights there be a bit of a shake throughout so will ask them to check the harmonic balancer and engine mounts at the 3,000km service.
Mods wise I'm looking at a VCM OTR, tune and an exhaust .... not sure if I will got full or just a catback. I've been thinking a Walkinshaw Power Pack which cover all this, I believe they use DiFilippo systems (can anyone confirm this?) or possibly a KPM. This is going to be the family car so driveability is number one and I can't have it look loud or with the dreaded drone.
Otherwise I'm a very happy camper, the car is a pig but will wash it tomorrow and put up some new pics.
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