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Martin_1962

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« Reply #15 on: 07 April 2011, 19:58:51 »
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin


Not type Approved yet front drive crap is allowed to tow
Why is the boot so small?
Auto - why you have one as well :P


Aussies sell towbars so they must be capable.
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Re: monaro
« Reply #16 on: 07 April 2011, 20:00:24 »
Looks like I will have to go Bavarian or off roader next then >:( >:( :'( :'(
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Re: monaro
« Reply #17 on: 07 April 2011, 21:52:12 »
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Not type Approved yet front drive crap is allowed to tow

Guess they decided they wouldn't sell enough towbars to do the paperwork.

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Why is the boot so small?

Petrol tank is behind the back seat.

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Auto - why you have one as well :P

Correct - but the Monaro is a bit less of a mobile armchair, so I wouldn't touch an auto one (did they even make one with a porridge pump)?

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« Reply #18 on: 07 April 2011, 22:05:09 »
Some great scenery here (not the baldy bloke) and mouth-watering sounds.

Paint it matt black and I'll gladly take one. :-* :-* :-*

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8C70ADf-1c[/media]
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Re: monaro
« Reply #19 on: 07 April 2011, 22:13:22 »
No matter how much fuel is a litre that sound will always win  ;D

Dont get that from a diesel  :-X
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« Reply #20 on: 07 April 2011, 22:43:03 »
Insignia VXR for me please  :) Remapped, new intercooler, air filter, so that's 400bhp, it'll do me.

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Re: monaro
« Reply #21 on: 07 April 2011, 22:46:03 »
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Insignia VXR for me please  :) Remapped, new intercooler, air filter, so that's 400bhp, it'll do me.

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... and named after a cheap aftershave your auntie persists in buying you for Christmas.  ::) ;)
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« Reply #22 on: 07 April 2011, 23:43:29 »
Plod have insmegmas all over the place round here. Not noticed an unmarked yet.  :-/
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Re: monaro
« Reply #23 on: 08 April 2011, 03:14:30 »
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin

The VXR8's boot is around 500 litres so not far off the Omega. The small booth with the petrol tank behind the seat is an 05+ model monaro. But no, you cant fit a tow bar - nor should you :)
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Re: monaro
« Reply #24 on: 08 April 2011, 09:53:01 »
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I want an LPG VXR8 Auto with tow bar!

The VXR8 is not type-approved for towing so it can't legally be fitted with a tow bar.

There's also precious little space for an LPG tank. :(

.. and <splutter> Auto? :o

Kevin

The VXR8's boot is around 500 litres so not far off the Omega. The small booth with the petrol tank behind the seat is an 05+ model monaro. But no, you cant fit a tow bar - nor should you :)

Ohh, OK.. So an earlier one might be better in that respect?

There didn't seem to be many options for LPG tank fitting. Right behind the seat would have been great...

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Re: monaro
« Reply #25 on: 08 April 2011, 09:59:34 »
would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/
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« Reply #26 on: 08 April 2011, 10:22:00 »
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/

Probably not.. but then if anything happened (accident etc, even not your fault) you can guarantee your insurance company would wash their hands of you.. then the police would probably take notice..
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« Reply #27 on: 08 April 2011, 10:27:35 »
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/
Manufacturing without type approval is a big no no, so would have to manufacture a pikey hook from scratch.

Plus the bumpers look fairly low on the back. Omega was designed with pikeys in mind, as the drill holes are pre marked and holes already present in cross members etc. Certainly won't be straightforward, as all the geometry and ride hights are worked out in advance on omega.
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Re: monaro
« Reply #28 on: 08 April 2011, 11:48:53 »
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/

It wouldn't get an MOT these days for a start. ;)

And, as said, you would be in a world of grief if you had an accident (which is not unknown, towing a great big windbreak behind you). ;)

Besides... why?

Kevin
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« Reply #29 on: 08 April 2011, 13:30:39 »
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would plod take any notice of a VXR8 pulling a burger van pikey box on the motorway?  :-/

It wouldn't get an MOT these days for a start. ;)

And, as said, you would be in a world of grief if you had an accident (which is not unknown, towing a great big windbreak behind you). ;)

Besides... why?

Kevin


1) Don't want front dirve crap
2) Don't want off roader
3) Don't want Stuttgart/Bavarian over priced stuff
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