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New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:31 am
by darrenj
Hello, my name is Darren and I live in central Victoria, Australia, I have been watching your forum for a while now with interest. My car is a 2016 Holden Caprice WN series 2. I bought the car last March with 78K Kms on the odometer after looking for some time. I was wanting to find one of these cars while they are still fairly new and able to be found in low mileage original condition. This particular car was a one private owner car at the time that had been traded in to a dealership where I bought it. I was looking for a car in good condition, not too many Km on the dial and original factory. It does however have an aftermarket X force exhaust on it which may have been fitted when new and an aftermarket pin stripe down each side, otherwise factory unmodified. I particularly wanted a series 2 WN which is the final model but more importantly to me was fitted with the LS3 motor and no AFM which is what Holden called the cylinder deactivation system. My plans for the car are to look after it and keep it as original as possible. I very much enjoy driving it and particularly like taking it on a long trip, not that I do many. I look forward to discussing Caprices further in particular the context of the PPV and the Holden cars that they are based on.

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:54 am
by Mooseman
Welcome! Nice to see a new member from the motherland.

One thing we never see here is a factory sunroof. Everything else can be retrofitted. Love the look of yours.

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:19 am
by s/c'd cav
welcome aboard !! nice AU spec caprice !!

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:29 am
by elc32955
Very nice car! Thanks for thinking of us, we're glad to have you here!

If it's not too much trouble post up some interior pics, everyone loves looking at the AU version of these cars! And watch those rear door panels.... if you see a stealthy figure in the middle of the night in a PPV in your driveway :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Eric

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2023 7:49 pm
by JRWolff
Hi Darren,
Welcome to the group. That is a beautiful ride. Enjoy it.

John

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:11 am
by darrenj
Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I'll take some good interior pics on the weekend and post.

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:54 pm
by darrenj
I have posted some interior pics along with some thoughts on Caprices under general discussion

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:00 pm
by CrashTestDummy
Welcome! Our '12 PPV also has an X Force exhaust. I got it second hand and replaced the factory system, which was about done, with it. Great system, and just a bit more sound when the valves are closed, but it can get pretty aggressive when things are opened up.

Re: New member from Central Victoria, Australia

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:15 pm
by darrenj
I love that X force exhaust, I don't know much about them but when I looked it up they are fairly expensive. I was looking for a car as stock and factory as possible and am happy with what I found, when I first heard the thing comming along the road I just thought the sound was excellent, so I'm glad its got this exhaust, sometimes when its labouring up a hill it can get a reverberation thing going on in the cabin but it resolves when the pitch of the motor changes, also the factory exhaust on the WN 2 is a twin system with twin pipes, this has the quad outlets which I think look a lot better.