I feel ill

[mfp4073]

I have just been checking the price's of Monaro's on Autotrader,.....
I saw an Odessey blue CV8 with ORANGE wheels... and then a Red CV8 with a set of BLING wheels from Hell !!

Each to their own, but it just goes to show, what the current owner really likes does not mean the next one will..if there is a next owner. So be careful when you Mod one.....

regards John

[davegreg]

Did you read the advert for the one with orange wheels? Feckin' hilarious.....for all the wrong reasons!

[davegreg]

Actualy he's toned it down since the other day - not as bad now.

[willisit]

Had to look... that orange-wheeled car seemed to have a lot of overpriced (extra) stuff fitted. Why pay extra? Why not the list price (or less)?!

I've always wary of cars that have just had new wheels, new stereo, new exhaust, new... everything. Why sell the bloody thing then?

[preciousmetal]

Saw the blue / orange one last week

A few words come to mind

Sandwitches
Short
Of
Picnic

Why would you paint the alloys orange to sell a car

[SturdyHSV]

Reading the advert for the red one with those wheels, my favourite bit was:

The seller said:

A beautiful, unmolested car, that is hard to find fault with

I mean, really?!

The one with the orange wheels, it's certainly a statement, and painting them orange before selling it seems a VERY odd move as they are quite a challenging colour, but otherwise it's a good looking car, and at least now the loud 5.7l V8 Aussie muscle car will stand out a bit, eh?

Those wheels on that red one though. My god. I mean, they're just ugly wheels full stop. Put them on a Monaro? They're fking awful.

[Kiwi LS2]

I just had to go and look based on the above comments, wow. The mags on the red one are awful, and broken cubby hole is one easy fault to find on this hard to fault vehicle! The orange wheels on the other are just disgusting, why would you do that?

Also I see the Quicksilver 44k miles one, rebadged HSV but all old badges removed including the Monaro badge - I never saw the point in removing a badge that has remained unchanged throughout the models history. It is a cool badge! Also the V8 6.0 litre badge missing from the flanks, just a V8 badge there - I find this odd. Or maybe I'm odd, who knows...

Also thought this article may be interesting to some, brilliant bit of history on a rather shabby old Monaro... maybe some orange wheels would have helped it sell quicker!
http://www.streetmachine.com.au/news/1507/what-the...

[TheLostProphet]

Kiwi LS2 said:

Lots of stuff I agree with.

Also the V8 6.0 litre badge missing from the flanks, just a V8 badge there

I thought just V8 badge was standard as thats whats on mine.

[Kiwi LS2]

TheLostProphet said:

I thought just V8 badge was standard as thats whats on mine.

Oh, all the ones I looked at before I bought mine had the following badge - I assumed that was standard!

[KMud]

The next owner of the red CV8 should just sell those wheels to a BMW owner...someone looking to 'improve' their X3 or whatever.

[TheLostProphet]

Kiwi LS2 said:

Oh, all the ones I looked at before I bought mine had the following badge - I assumed that was standard!

I have no idea then. The ones I have seen have just had V8. Someone will be along soon who knows. Maybe they changed the badge after a certain year. Mine is a 56 plate.

[Kiwi LS2]

TheLostProphet said:

Mine is a 56 plate.

OK, mines a 55 plate so maybe they changed on the later models.

[TheLostProphet]

Kiwi LS2 said:

OK, mines a 55 plate so maybe they changed on the later models.

Maybe. I do like the look of that badge with 6.0 on it.

[IanLWarrington]

TheLostProphet said:

Maybe. I do like the look of that badge with 6.0 on it.

Hi Russell - I can assure you, it was bog standard. Glad to see that you have 'her' BTW - and that you've taken her to a lake for a day out (looked at your pic).

:-)

Best regards

Ian

[TheLostProphet]

IanLWarrington said:

Hi Russell - I can assure you, it was bog standard. Glad to see that you have 'her' BTW - and that you've taken her to a lake for a day out (looked at your pic).

:-)

Best regards

Ian

Hi Ian,

Still loving the car she is great. Cant see me ever selling her. Ah thats not a lake its the river Dee leading to the Solway Firth. Have you still got the VXR 500?

Russell

[IanLWarrington]

TheLostProphet said:

Hi Ian,

Still loving the car she is great. Cant see me ever selling her. Ah thats not a lake its the river Dee leading to the Solway Firth. Have you still got the VXR 500?

Russell

I have indeed - ditto re selling.

:-)

So glad you are enjoying the car still - and I still prefer silver! (But don't tell the 500).

[TheLostProphet]

IanLWarrington said:

I have indeed - ditto re selling.

:-)

So glad you are enjoying the car still - and I still prefer silver! (But don't tell the 500).

I always liked them in black so happy to do a swap if you like