Just coming up to 6 weeks of ownership now and have had my fair share of ups and downs with the car.
Mechanically I cannot find fault with the VXR, I am so glad I bought it over the ST and the looks it gets confirms its a far more attractive car to the onlooker than I thought!
Anyhow as Aussie knows - I aint one to settle for stuff not perfect and so far the car has gone back to the dealer once (the second time will be this Monday) and I have had quite alot of work done to get it to a standard I am happy with including 2 new 19"s on the front (laquer issues), replacement Recaro seat base (full leather one) and a full respray to the front bumper and skirt to clear up somne stone chip issues I had.
On the plus side - a few cheap mods have come one nicely - VXR badges on the b-pillar trims, retro fitting of Cruise control and this evening I fitted a pair of wind deflectors to the doors so its gradually getting there cosmetically - just the electric folding mirrors left to do and then I'll start saving for the Milltek
Also want to source a set of 18"s (Oz Super T GT's) to use as winter wheels - although I see a VX dealer is selling SRI 18"s for £750 which is tempting!
Mechanically I cannot find fault with the VXR, I am so glad I bought it over the ST and the looks it gets confirms its a far more attractive car to the onlooker than I thought!
Anyhow as Aussie knows - I aint one to settle for stuff not perfect and so far the car has gone back to the dealer once (the second time will be this Monday) and I have had quite alot of work done to get it to a standard I am happy with including 2 new 19"s on the front (laquer issues), replacement Recaro seat base (full leather one) and a full respray to the front bumper and skirt to clear up somne stone chip issues I had.
On the plus side - a few cheap mods have come one nicely - VXR badges on the b-pillar trims, retro fitting of Cruise control and this evening I fitted a pair of wind deflectors to the doors so its gradually getting there cosmetically - just the electric folding mirrors left to do and then I'll start saving for the Milltek

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