Well many moons ago, I convinced my dad to upgrade from his 1972 Toyota Crown SE. And get a real car. And that car was a Brand new VL Calais in white on silver with the factory/dealer fitted upgraded country pack. ( from memory that meant better suspension and bash plates under engine and petrol tank ) Also had leather interior, but from day one the bloody buttons kept popping off the rear seat, whenever someone would slide their bum over it. Had quite a few cosmetic problems with interior, and other things like mirorrs falling off whilst driving. But mechanically it was gold. Was also my firt car, that I got driving lessons in, at Chaddy carpark ( before Sunday trading ). Gee am i showing my age here. too funny - hahaha He kept it two years, then upgraded to a VN Calais - which he kept for 12 years and sold with only 110,000 original kays. I have owned heaps of Commodores personally, but never a VL. Have had VB, VC, VH, VN, VR, VS, VT ,VX, AND VZ . In all forms be it HSVs, SSs, Calais, SL/Xs, and SL/Es. Still have the bug to pick up a VL turbo one of these days. This site, always tempts me to lean to the dark side - hahahaa Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i got in to vl's mainly because of my dad (try si) watchin him have a nice car and pull it apart and respray,change and repair his original vlct and how many troubles n let downs he had on the way and the end result speaks for its self and one day i hope to do the same to my vl exc . "repairing each dint to dint until it looks mint" Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by vluxuary i got in to vl's mainly because of my dad (try si) watchin him have a nice car and pull it apart and respray,change and repair his original vlct and how many troubles n let downs he had on the way and the end result speaks for its self and one day i hope to do the same to my vl exc . "repairing each dint to dint until it looks mint" you would think your dad would do that for you.ha ha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

what got me into VLs was when my dad bought a VL Calais Series 2. It was the nicest car I had seen because I was small and didnt know much about cars. Now I am 16 and got Ls and I have bought the car off my dad. I love it and i will probably get another one after this and I hope to get another Calais Series 2 but a turbo Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

My mum owned a white calais LE 5L when I was young and its what made me love vl's. I waned a vl calais since I was 6 Believe it or not Rob, your car is what made me buy my first car/vl turbo! When you took Reiman to the formal that year and I went in the old boys gts, the sound of your calais spooling up right in my window was enough to hook me for life.... look at me now i'm ****ing addicted, thanks you I'm broke all the time hahaha Quote: Originally Posted by trypsi Did you look for and buy a vl turbo or non turbo? as for me i had just bought a vk to do injected v8 new paint and this guy over herd me talking about my vl (na) then he said do you want to buy one no i said but whats it like. body kit wheels and a custom paint. what motor i ask. he said a 6. no not interested, then he said its a calais turbo i went and looked at it on a friday and picked it up on the tuesday so whats your story. Quote: Originally Posted by vluxuary i got in to vl's mainly because of my dad (try si) watchin him have a nice car and pull it apart and respray,change and repair his original vlct and how many troubles n let downs he had on the way and the end result speaks for its self and one day i hope to do the same to my vl exc . "repairing each dint to dint until it looks mint" Haha Nath, didn't it shatter your dreams when you watched your dad get beaten by n L plater? Hahaha Brad Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

[QUOTE=7FOUR7]My mum owned a white calais LE 5L when I was young and its what made me love vl's. I waned a vl calais since I was 6 Believe it or not Rob, your car is what made me buy my first car/vl turbo! When you took Reiman to the formal that year and I went in the old boys gts, the sound of your calais spooling up right in my window was enough to hook me for life.... look at me now i'm ****ing addicted, thanks you I'm broke all the time hahaha Yeah but you will have the car that you want and will be the envy of others. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Its all i could afford for my first car at 17..... Had mine for 7 years now! Always wanted to upgrade to a VL Calais Turbo but have stuck with my first one. One day i will. Go the VL's!

I have always owned holdens, and wanted something with a turbo that could fit more then 2ppl for the right price + leaded fuel was on its way out at that time. Made logical sense at 1st lol, one day it will b back on the road.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gabzsta to be honest, it was GMH-30L, when i 1st saw it in the mag i didnt know what a calais was, then was reading about it, got the paper the following week and purchased my 1st calais when i was 15. GMH-30L is a flawless car and ill always love the damn thing. i hope i'm right to assume you're talking about my car but i never remember it ever being featured in a magazine, let alone a blurb about it. you might be thinking of another car than mine?

Initially had my heart set on a VH SL/E, but after looking at a few, and them seeming too old and and more work, a VL popped up in the trading post with a pic, in my price range and in my home town, had a look and that was it! Then it took me to have time off work with an injury to find this site and become obsessed!

when i was like 14/15 in about 95 before most of the hype of intercoolers and dose pipes i always drove past this red sl vl that had a turbo badge on the back and i asked my dad what it was, he told me about the nissan engine etc and it grew on me i liked the lip on the back and one day i heard it going and thought thats a cool sound then when i was 17 i got my first vl calais turbo cost me 7500 with 165k and i think its still worth the same and i still got it

back in my early teens a guy up the road from me always used to dose up and down my street, soon after i found a very local performance shop, i went in there and asked if i could learn about cars from them, and that dosing vl was a regular, ended up being mates with him and used to help him on the vl, we ended up doing motors, diffs the lot, as i got older he would take me to the illegals and cruise around, its funny really cause now that guy is like my best mate and my vl na looks exactly like his old 1 except i havnt spent 30gz on it :P

Seeing Panic run an 8, untubbed in Adelaide. The sound of that thing was insane. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

my friends VLGMH & OAR865 (white calais), i grew up with the owners as a kid, and VL's were always around me ever since. i've had 4 since 18, and 3 of them 5spd's, & 2 of them turbo's Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Was seeing this girl back in 1998, her mum came to pick her up from the movies one afternoon in their VLCT, 10 months and a lot of nagging later it was mine... oh and my mate ended up marrying her Had 6 VLs since, still got the VLCT, still got 4 of them. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I hated VL's with a passion but when the time came to buy my first car, my uncle offered me his VL which he had owned since new. As soon as i drove it i fell in love, and with the amount of work ive put in to date, it shows. <3

i allways had a thing for em but it wasnt til i saw ne355 in street commodores and autosalon that i wanted one. is ne355 still round? havent heard anythin bout it for a while?

Quote: Originally Posted by PSI_WAGN i allways had a thing for em but it wasnt til i saw ne355 in street commodores and autosalon that i wanted one. is ne355 still round? havent heard anythin bout it for a while? Last i heard it was for sale for around 45K, 6 to 8 months ago. Haven't heard anything since. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Bought a cheap berlina na as a run-about until I could afford what I wanted at the time, a r31 coupe. Fell inlove with the vl and bought my ct when I had the money

i first bought a vl for a daily while working on the valiant and i chose a vl becuase i "DIDN'T" like them at all. i wanted something that i could get around in and not like it so i wouldnt want to do it up!! then i saw some clips of 'platnm' and was blown away with what the RB30 was capable of. instantly fell in love with them and im on my 2nd vl. at first i didnt really like the executive look but seeing many awesome looking execs i loved them more and more. my first was a white vl calais and now have a SL. love them both and couldnt ever see myself in any other car than my valiant or vl. but now im definatly an SL fan!! so im 2 vl's in and still working on the valiant Some original photos have not been recovered yet.