Holden Commodore 2008 Problems

IT SHOULD be more than 112,000km, that's for sure, but you won't know it's a stretched timing chain until you check it. To do that, you need to take it to a Holden dealer, otherwise Holden will not have anything to do with it. If you have your mechanic pull it down and repair it, you will wear the cost.

HOLDEN by Design was a range of accessories and options developed for Holden by HSV and fitted at the Woodville factory. They ranged from dual-fuel systems to body kits, wings, wheels and other things that set them apart from the regular run of Commodores. I don't believe they make a car any more valuable.

THE VW is just a year old, so I would be sticking with it. You've paid the depreciation on it, so why buy another car so soon and suffer the depreciation all over again. There is no reason to be concerned about the life of the VW's engine and it will be much more economical than the V6 Commodore Sportwagon.

I KNOW of no plans for Holden to built a three-seater ute, and I believe you'd have to go back to the WB to find a bench-seat V8 ute. Ford has a third seat option for the new FG ute, but not with a V8 engine.

IT COULD be caused by using the incorrect coolant, or it could be because of electrolysis that's occurring for some reason. Either way, it's not a normal situation.

IT REALLY depends what your priority is. If it's having fun in a ute, go for the Commodore or Falcon. My recent experience in the new FG Falcon was that the six-cylinder gave about 12.0L/100km on average, but that the XR6 Turbo was a little better on fuel and was heaps more fun to drive. If you need a ute for work and fuel economy is important, I would go for a diesel. But you also need to remember that hauling all that four-wheel-drive equipment around is soaking up fuel and you'll probably find the diesel four-wheel-drive isn't much more economical than a petrol six-cylinder ute.