Monday, October 1, 2007

2003 Holden Commodore Calais


3.8L, Silver, [Similar car shown]

Driven: 2004
Place: Dunedin, New Zealand
Context: Hire Car

Memory byte:
Another thrashmobile and also one of the bigger capacity V6s ive driven. This car did well for its round trip hammering from Dunedin to Oamaru, then to Ranfurly and onto Alexandra, before heading home. Its a big car, but the 3.8 V6 had enough grunt to keep it shifting along at a decent pace. Even though it was Auto (again), there was good opportunity to get some wheelspin happening when pulling away. Handling was okay but nothing special.

Why Holden named their model after a crappy French coastal town I will never know ;-p