1996 Holden Commodore VS 5.0 V8 (ex NSW Police)

[djmatt]

Thought I'd show some pictures of my car here in Australia

It's ex NSW Police
It's a 5.0 V8
It's got 182KW (about 250bhp)
It flies!

Was a bit of a lemon to begin with, lots of things weren't right, and lots of things were really dodgy, but most things are fixed now, just got a few things left to do for the rego next month.

Basically, the "BT1" at the end of the VIN plate means that it has the police pack. This means that it is chipped from the standard 169KW up to 182KW, it has the FE2 suspension (firmer than standard), it has SS seats, a little light so you can see the speedo with no headlights in the dark (ooooh!), and a few old aeriel holes thrown in for good measure.

I have found out that the sunroof was a leter addition which is what made me think when I bought it that is may not have been ex police (police cars have no sunroof because of the light bars). The rear boot spoiler is also a later addition.

Pictures:























Aussie version of a tax disc:

[qwerty]

Awesome vehicle!! The wheels let it down slightly imho. But well done form having such a cool car!! Must be pretty quick as welll!

[djmatt]

I don't mind the wheels TBH. It's one of the better style of wheels in Australia put it that way - Most people are well into this sort of thing, and I really don't like that style at all:




But hey, they came with the car and they look better than the 15" steels it was originally fitted with as standard.

These wheels do need to go at some point though, I would prefer to get a wheel that I do actually like and sell these some some poor schmuck on ebay - they are really bad a balancing up as they are a bit bent - 2 wheels had about 200grms of stick on weights to balance it up, which is way out... (I work as a tyre fitter at Beaurepaires here in oz).

Cheers for the the vote of coolness and yes it is rather quick!

[incarsolutions]

cool car. Even with the from lip the bumper sits so far from the ground!!

our wagon is dropped 4" or so, on 18" and still far too much clearance!!

[djmatt]

Yeah I guess it does really.... not really thought about it!

Nice wagon mate! I like those wheels - kinda fan like!

[harris66]

love it! ;D

[incarsolutions]

think they're called turbines. BMW 5stud fit.

[sammm]

Holden - Check
V8 - Check

Ever think you trying a bit too hard to assimilate?

[djmatt]

trying too hard to be a bogan you mean ;D

[hairnet]

if its a cop car how come its only got 200 kmh speedo ;D

do crims only do 195 lmao

[djmatt]

I can assure you it is a police car - it has a tag on the top of the speedo (I spotted it when I took it out to change the dash bulbs) from 1996 saying "police" etc.

The speedo has a different needle than the rest as you can see from the photo below, and also if you can spot it - there's a little hole at the top just above the speedo unit - this is a police spec dash and that hole has a bulb above it that provides light onto the speedo unit so that the needle can be seen with no lights on. The other needles light up from the back light bulbs but the speedo needle doesn't for this reason.



But I see what you mean about the 200kph thing! I guess the speedo goes off the scale as I'm sure that this car goes faster than 200!

Anyway, I couldn't come to australia and not own a V8, that's one reason why I have one of these. The other reason is the fact that I have owned Vauxhall Carltons and Senators for a while now and this just seemed like a natural progression!

[kyteler]

The interior of the Commodore right since the VN has always been so goddamn horrible. Good the the v8 makes up for that in fun.

[BenzBoy]

More sun than us.
More open roads than us.
More J-tin than us.
More V8s than us.
Cheaper petrol than us.


...ummm... why am I still here again? ;D

Awesome car. I'd love to see that on some banded black steels and those nudge bars on the front (Do Aussie coppers have those? I've seen them on US cop cars)
Like a Senator, but with big hairy b0llocks.

[gearoil]

Jelous...? Me...? Never....

[djmatt]

The bull bars are a craze over here and I like most of them but some people go WAY overboard.





Not a big fan of these really. I like a nice bull bar but those 5 posters just look curse word IMO.

I did actually want a Commodore Ute but the Utes go for double the money over here and I stretched the budjet to get this one...

I would hav also preferred a manual but the missus can only drive autos at the mo so I had to sacrifice

[devilishdesigner]

May 16, 2008 14:36:43 GMT BenzBoy said:

More sun than us.
More open roads than us.
More J-tin than us.
More V8s than us.
Cheaper petrol than us.


...ummm... why am I still here again? ;D

Awesome car. I'd love to see that on some banded black steels and those nudge bars on the front (Do Aussie coppers have those? I've seen them on US cop cars)
Like a Senator, but with big hairy b0llocks.

you missed 2 important things,
NO salted roads and
NO yearly road-worthiness tests in most states

[sammm]

250bhp isn't gonna cut it though
(please try to ignore the current trend of over sized chrome wheels)









About 1000bhp should do it;

[djmatt]

May 17, 2008 1:14:22 GMT devilishdesigner said:

May 16, 2008 14:36:43 GMT BenzBoy said:

More sun than us.
More open roads than us.
More J-tin than us.
More V8s than us.
Cheaper petrol than us.


...ummm... why am I still here again? ;D

Awesome car. I'd love to see that on some banded black steels and those nudge bars on the front (Do Aussie coppers have those? I've seen them on US cop cars)
Like a Senator, but with big hairy b0llocks.

you missed 2 important things,
NO salted roads and
NO yearly road-worthiness tests in most states

You have to get a pink slip every year - that's the aussie version of an MOT. It just cost me $31.50 to get a pink slip the other day from K-Mart Auto next door to our place (they look after us ) so I can get a rego soon. PS - $31.50 is about £15.

The best thing about driving in aus is the fact that you don't have to get personal insurance to be legal to drive a car - ANYONE with a valid licence can drive anything legally! The insurance goes with the car all the time, and that's the green slip. It'll cost me about $350 for a green slip which provides the compulsary 3rd party insurance (personal injury only) for whoever drives the vehicle.

[djmatt]

And yeah I've seen a few of those stupid HP beasts, they're a bit silly in my eyes, most get the huge 1500HP+ from huge great turbos that only come on boost at 5Krpm!

I like the supercharged ones but the kits for those are silly expensive!

I'm not going to be spending lots of money on my car here and I don't want that much HP - I live in Sydney metro so I never get the chance to go faster than 80kph (50mph) anyway! If I wanted to modify a car it would have to be a top model like a clubsport or an SS or something - this is just a VS executive but it just happens to be a BT1 police pack version - it's not that special!