Category: Holden

GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Motion Sickness in Holden Commodores

In recent months my mother-in-law got herself a flash new VF Commodore a V6 manual sedan with leather and electric hand brake. The whole family considers themselves to be Holden fans and thus got themselves one of the last of the Commodores long line of family vehicles. Recently I hitched a ride in the back

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Holden
Dannie Lyman

How to Change the Thermostat in a Holden Commodore Alloytech V6

In the latter models of the Holden Commodore the Echotech engine was substituted for the Alloytech. For many reasons this engine was mechanically problematic, one such issue was the placement of the thermostat. The Thermostat is a component that requires replacement semi regularly. What would normally be a simple job in most cars is a

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Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden Viva Common Problems

The Holden Viva is the Canberra of the car world. Dull, boring, plain, boasts average sporting teams and hides its service stations from obvious view. We believe deliberatly hiding vital resources from visitors seems to come from the same collective minds that built the Viva. The Holden Viva value for money is not that bad,

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Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden VE Commodore Common Problems

Over the years, we have addressed the VE Commodore a couple of times in our various forms of marketing. We have released a video review on the car and even covered the common faults that relate to the V6 Commodore timing chain.  That issue seems to plague these vehicles.After releasing both of these forms of

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Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden Captiva Vehicle Review Part 2

After giving such a harsh preliminary review we decided that some additional information was probably required. We have not changed our opinions of these cars, nor have we changed our overall rating of 1/10 but have gone into a little more depth over why we don’t rate this car.

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Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden Captiva Vehicle Review

The Holden Captiva is not something that we recommend to anyone under any circumstances. Check out what is possibly our most brutal review to date. 

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Holden VE Commodore Vehicle Review

The beloved Holden Commodore is a somewhat average car. Nothing too flash but not a complete lemon either. We look at the VE Commodore common problems. Most of what we have to say about the VE applies to the VY through to the VF Commodore.

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

V6 Holden Timing Chain Fault

Cruising around Sydney suburban streets in your V6 Holden Captiva or Commodore thinking you have backed the homegrown Aussie brand, is all an elaborate lie you have been led to believe by clever marketing. If you own a car that has the alloy tech V6 engine in it you have in fact indirectly purchased yourself

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Ford
Dannie Lyman

The Issue with New Cars from Holden and Ford

The simple reality is Australia was never a real contender in the global car manufacturing market. Locally produced Fords and Holdens when held up to the Asian and European counterparts, were nearly always found wanting. Our infrastructure simply can’t keep up with some of the global manufacturing superpowers and as a result the end product

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