Supercharged HSV? - Part 4

[Drizt]

Spotted a white GTS in broadbeach around midday today : )

hehe, did you nod approvingly at each other from your GTS's ?

[GTS LSA]

Na i am still a fanboy until next week when mine should turn up... Was sitting at a cafe, it drove past, barely got time to see the yellow badges at the back... i had seen a few white clubbies or the same one more than once, so at 1st from the side I thought it was that again

[jaykay]

Who are you referring to as an "old timer" Mick ??

[mjrandom]

Maybe a V with a K? Certainly not the owner, that might be a case of the pot and the kettle!

[LS3]

Took delivery of mine up on friday , I have spent more time reading the owner's handbook trying to figure out how things work than I have driving it but I'm surprised how sedate it is to drive ,considering the amount of power and the size of the brakes it's not what I expected at all. Hopefully I will get time and some reasonable weather later this week to head out somewhere for a decent drive

[doc]

Took delivery of mine up on friday , I have spent more time reading the owner's handbook trying to figure out how things work than I have driving it but I'm surprised how sedate it is to drive ,considering the amount of power and the size of the brakes it's not what I expected at all. Hopefully I will get time and some reasonable weather later this week to head out somewhere for a decent drive

For those of us still in the queue is it possible to get access to the handbook beforehand? Dumb question I guess but would HSV/Holden publish their handbook anywhere or simply have to wait until i've got a glovebox to open to get access to one??

[DMW]

Turns our it was Drive who tested them > http://theage.drive.com.au/new-car-c...008-2v5q7.html

GTS
0-60 2.26
0-100 4.31
1/4 12.18 / 190km/h

AMG CLA 45
0-60 2.12
0-100 4.55
1/4 12.64 / 177km/h

[Vulture]

A 12.1, bugger me that's awfully close to an 11. Great comparison and not at all irrelevant (as some of the idiotic comments in the article claim) as some people will look at both of these as they are in the same price bracket. There's a few forum members on here doing just that. I wonder if Andrew Maclean got the idea to run them together from us?!

[offshore]

One is a big V8 sedan the other is a cramped AWD turbo ricer that got built in Germany by mistake haha

[Pickles]

Pretty good effort by both cars I think, & yes Simon...12.1.....is bloody quick!
Have you been able to flatten the loud pedal yet? 740Nm pushing you back into your seat would feel pretty good, I'd reckon?
Cheers, Martin.

[mjrandom]

Not many pics of the red one (or any of the other colours) doing too many km? I put my 5th tank of fuel in this morning...

[johnfhall]

Not many pics of the red one (or any of the other colours) doing too many km? I put my 5th tank of fuel in this morning...

Ah, so it's you responsible for global warming. LOL.

[jaykay]

Not many pics of the red one (or any of the other colours) doing too many km? I put my 5th tank of fuel in this morning...

How many kms Michael ?

[Jamolad]

Not many pics of the red one (or any of the other colours) doing too many km? I put my 5th tank of fuel in this morning...

5 tanks just this morning?

I'm just jealous - the car, and you also found a servo with petrol

[mjrandom]

Actually 4th I just worked out, got a bit ahead of myself. Hmmm not so many. Let's say between 1 and 2 thousand. As for the intimate detail that is part of a special relationship between me and my hydrocarbon supplier!