My new Monaro VXR

[Cubittus]

I'm picking it up on Tuesday! :-) :-) :-)

[Cubittus]

I've been told I am THE first owner of a VXR in the UK!
There is a silver one for sale at another garage around Southampton area. No more are expected until
July!

My car is #11, apparently the first 10 'went to Vauxhall' - not sure what that means.

There will also be one or two of these at the Motor show.

I think the VXR changes made to the Monaro put it in another league. The engine may 'only' be 50BHP more but the styling makes it a completely new car.

uk_hsv - I emailed you with some more info just before seeing your reply!

:-)

>> Edited by Cubittus on Saturday 22 May 22:52

[cubittus]

Waaah!

Some computer or other hasn't been updated with the car details, so I have to wait until tomorrow morning before they can tax it!



Arrgh - I won't sleep tonight!


uk_hsv - Re the brakes. I had another look today. The fronts are 4pot, the rears 2pot. All 4 have red calipers which goes v nicely with the paintwork

[Cubittus]

Nothing in the AFRL computer yet!

Maybe this afternoon ...

[cubittus]

I've got the car at last! (Of course it pissed down on the way back from the garage, but I still had chance to give it some welly past a few BMWs and Porsches :-) )

[Cubittus]

I've taken some ppl from work out for a spin today and they are all very impressed I think I scared the Impretza driver a bit

The engine sound is fantastic, especially with the application of suitable welly.

I'll post some more pics and maybe a video clip at the weekend.

I don't have the owners manual yet, so am not sure about all the various buttons and widgets. There is a menu system of some sorts that appears when the ignition is on (before the engine is started). Does anyone have a pointer to some online docs for this??

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uk hsv said:

"Cubittus" you have been very quite about your car.....is all OK?

Yes thanks - all is well - mostly!

The car is still fantastic!

I've been a little stressed with work and other crap tho , so haven't been able to spend as much time with it as I'd like to

I'll try to get some more pics soon - I'm planning a trip down to Cornwall in the next couple of weeks.