The Thunder from down under.... Holden HSV E2 GTS

[Tattooboy]

Bibbs said:

Gary H 2008 said:

Quick Q, what's the button to the left of the window switches?

On the E2 and E3, the switch there is for the MRC - Performance/Track Modes

On Gary's E1, might be the switch fitted for the exhaust flame kit ??

[preciousmetal]

Tattooboy said:

Bibbs said:

Gary H 2008 said:

Quick Q, what's the button to the left of the window switches?

On the E2 and E3, the switch there is for the MRC - Performance/Track Modes

On Gary's E1, might be the switch fitted for the exhaust flame kit ??

Or the revolving no. plates or maybe ejector seat

[Bibbs]

preciousmetal said:

Tattooboy said:

Bibbs said:

Gary H 2008 said:

Quick Q, what's the button to the left of the window switches?

On the E2 and E3, the switch there is for the MRC - Performance/Track Modes

On Gary's E1, might be the switch fitted for the exhaust flame kit ??

Or the revolving no. plates or maybe ejector seat

Ahh, because on my E1 the MRC switch is up by the vents. Thanks guys.

[DRC72]

Bibbs said:

preciousmetal said:

Tattooboy said:

Bibbs said:

Gary H 2008 said:

Quick Q, what's the button to the left of the window switches?

On the E2 and E3, the switch there is for the MRC - Performance/Track Modes

On Gary's E1, might be the switch fitted for the exhaust flame kit ??

Or the revolving no. plates or maybe ejector seat

Ahh, because on my E1 the MRC switch is up by the vents. Thanks guys.

Yes the MRC button is next to the vents on the E2 as well

[Gary H 2008]

Tattooboy said:

Bibbs said:

Gary H 2008 said:

On Gary's E1, might be the switch fitted for the exhaust flame kit ??

Flame kit?! Wash your mouth out young man! All natural flames here

I needed a a switch for my Water/meth and an indicator to show when it was misting - so went OEM.

Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAsnsopOVM

[Gary H 2008]

Bibbs said:

Ahh, because on my E1 the MRC switch is up by the vents. Thanks guys.

Because the VXR8 didn't get MRC that switch is used for the Bi-Modal exhaust from Walkinshaw Performance

[DRC72]

New log book has tipped up today for the Car, so it can finally have my plate on and hopefully I make the Aston Martin Sunday service list.

Only 47 people to drop out now.

[DRC72]

Taken at the piston heads Sunday service at Aston Martin.

[DRC72]

Just changed the Aux belts as i had a bit of chirping when it was cold.

Bought a pair of Gates belts and i am glad i changed them as the AC belt was starting to split in the middle in some places.

Edited by DRC72 on Friday 27th March 21:30

[DRC72]

I have owned the GTS for 71 fun filled days so far and have attended a few meets on Pistoheads sunday service and VXR Power events on VXROnline.

[DRC72]

It has just been confirmed to me today after asking a very nice man at Vauxhall, that my car attended and drove the Goodwood circuit at the Goodwood’s Festival of Speed in 2010.

Thanks Dougie.

VXR8 / GTS at Goodwood Festival of Speed

JENSON Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Jackie Stewart, Nico Rosberg, Derek Bell, Ken Block and ME!

The list of driving legends at Goodwood's Festival of Speed at the weekend read like a Who's Who of motorsport - I felt so out of my depth.
And the metal on display wasn't bad either.
I counted two Bugatti Veyrons, Ferrari 458, California and 599 GTO, Lamborghini Reventon and F1 cars amongst so many.
But, in the millionaires' traffic jam, I got behind the wheel of a power monster that doesn't need lottery money to pay for it - the first UK drive of the new Vauxhall VXR8.

It has a 6.2-litre V8 Holden engine, which when revved makes the car sway from side to side. It will need to be quick with a Veyron in my rear-view mirror as I make my debut on Goodwood's famous 1.16-mile white-knuckle-ride Hill Climb.
The accident that ended Sir Strling Moss's racing career and crash that claimed the life of McLaren founder Bruce McLaren happened on this very circuit.
With a huge crowd in the blazing Sussex sunshine I'm very nervous of fluffing my moment of glory on the tricky Goodwood circuit and causing the most expensive car pile-up in history.
With the Bugatti breathing down the VXR8's huge two trapezoidal (that means squarish to you and me) tailpipes, it doesn't let me down.

Thanks to their Aussie cousins at Holden, Vauxhall's VXR8 has been given a handful more bhp from the previous 425 and it leaps off the start line like a kangaroo which has hopped on to a mousetrap.
I arrive at corner one so rapidly because of its incredible 0-62mph in under five seconds and rocket-like straight-line speed.
Into the bends the VXR8 has to be manhandled, this is a muscle-bound brute.
And that's a problem on the very narrow Hill Climb - the haybales and crowds are so close they feel like they're in the passenger seat.
Nonetheless it's pure power all the way thanks to peer pressure from the crowd and heavy metal appearing in my mirrors.
The most worrying turn is Molecomb corner, it's on the brow of a blind hill and a sweeping left-hander - but you only know that once you get over the hill so you have to commit to it before you see it! Thankfully I bluffed my way round and stayed out of trouble thanks to the VXR8's sheer force and slick gear changes.



http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?99...

Edited by DRC72 on Wednesday 29th April 14:07

Edited by DRC72 on Wednesday 29th April 14:15

[preciousmetal]

DRC72 said:

It has just been confirmed to me today after asking a very nice man at Vauxhall, that my car attended and drove the Goodwood circuit at the Goodwood’s Festival of Speed in 2010.

Thanks Dougie.

VXR8 / GTS at Goodwood Festival of Speed

JENSON Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Jackie Stewart, Nico Rosberg, Derek Bell, Ken Block and ME!

The list of driving legends at Goodwood's Festival of Speed at the weekend read like a Who's Who of motorsport - I felt so out of my depth.
And the metal on display wasn't bad either.
I counted two Bugatti Veyrons, Ferrari 458, California and 599 GTO, Lamborghini Reventon and F1 cars amongst so many.
But, in the millionaires' traffic jam, I got behind the wheel of a power monster that doesn't need lottery money to pay for it - the first UK drive of the new Vauxhall VXR8.

It has a 6.2-litre V8 Holden engine, which when revved makes the car sway from side to side. It will need to be quick with a Veyron in my rear-view mirror as I make my debut on Goodwood's famous 1.16-mile white-knuckle-ride Hill Climb.
The accident that ended Sir Strling Moss's racing career and crash that claimed the life of McLaren founder Bruce McLaren happened on this very circuit.
With a huge crowd in the blazing Sussex sunshine I'm very nervous of fluffing my moment of glory on the tricky Goodwood circuit and causing the most expensive car pile-up in history.
With the Bugatti breathing down the VXR8's huge two trapezoidal (that means squarish to you and me) tailpipes, it doesn't let me down.

Thanks to their Aussie cousins at Holden, Vauxhall's VXR8 has been given a handful more bhp from the previous 425 and it leaps off the start line like a kangaroo which has hopped on to a mousetrap.
I arrive at corner one so rapidly because of its incredible 0-62mph in under five seconds and rocket-like straight-line speed.
Into the bends the VXR8 has to be manhandled, this is a muscle-bound brute.
And that's a problem on the very narrow Hill Climb - the haybales and crowds are so close they feel like they're in the passenger seat.
Nonetheless it's pure power all the way thanks to peer pressure from the crowd and heavy metal appearing in my mirrors.
The most worrying turn is Molecomb corner, it's on the brow of a blind hill and a sweeping left-hander - but you only know that once you get over the hill so you have to commit to it before you see it! Thankfully I bluffed my way round and stayed out of trouble thanks to the VXR8's sheer force and slick gear changes.



http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?99...

Edited by DRC72 on Wednesday 29th April 14:07

Edited by DRC72 on Wednesday 29th April 14:15

if that is WPs / my old car which it does look like they must have just stuck those plates on as it was never registered with VX Lutons DE51RED reg plate

the yellow brakes and rear E2 spoiler do look like its my old one and yours

[preciousmetal]

this is the red E3 VX had on DE51RED

[DougieMc]

We borrowed 4TOM for Goodwood and put DE51RED on it for some press stuff. before our car arrived
and for some double bookings hahaaa

[Tattooboy]

Thought that E2 got wrote off after Goodwood Dougie after going through some hay bales backwards then rolling a few times ??

Great repair job I must admit

[preciousmetal]

DougieMc said:

We borrowed 4TOM for Goodwood and put DE51RED on it for some press stuff. before our car arrived
and for some double bookings hahaaa

thought so, it looked like my old car and to general public it looked like a VX VXR8 GTS

Good publicity

[R8VXF]

You can tell from the Holden badges that it is 4TOM not the VX demonstrator which has VX badges

[preciousmetal]

R8VXF said:

You can tell from the Holden badges that it is 4TOM not the VX demonstrator which has VX badges

There is a few E3 VX VXR8 GTS which are Vauxhalls but HSV badged, it's the rear spoiler and brakes and E2 stereo that show it's not a VX. As we all know badges mean nothing and only confuse

[R8VXF]

preciousmetal said:

R8VXF said:

You can tell from the Holden badges that it is 4TOM not the VX demonstrator which has VX badges

There is a few E3 VX VXR8 GTS which are Vauxhalls but HSV badged, it's the rear spoiler and brakes and E2 stereo that show it's not a VX. As we all know badges mean nothing and only confuse

I was comparing the two photos above with the DE51RED plate, not any of the other cars...

[ARAF]

Tattooboy said:

Thought that E2 got wrote off after Goodwood Dougie after going through some hay bales backwards then rolling a few times ??

Great repair job I must admit

I heard it was a black one that the Walkinshaw family had, that rolled. It was repaired on the cheap and is full of filler, so if you think your paint is thick, think again.