When I was a teenager and on into my early 20's I was always a Vauxhall devotee and having had a Skoda and three Japanese cars since then, I've gone back to a Vauxhall.

Having viewed a few standard and modified cars I decided that I'd be going for a remap and exhaust on the car, so decided to take the plundge and go for one that had already been tweaked in a similar manner.

Vauxhall Monaro CV8 (Wortec) 5.7 litre V8 6 speed manual

2004 model on an 05 plate.

Metallic Phantom Black

Full leather.

Premium sound system.

Tracker.

Wortec remap to 390bhp

Wortec stainless steel exhaust (cat back)

Carbon fibre intake pipe

Rip shifter.

2005 model bonnet (with vents).

VXR rear lights.

Holden badges front & rear, inside door kick plates and steering wheel.

V nice indeed I like that

very nice phil, when can i have a go?

very nice phil, when can i have a go?

I'm considering a trip back down to Heyford when the rear tyres are running a bit lower so perhaps we can have another video session :P

If you dont mind Phil, whats the market value on that.?

Lovely car.

If you dont mind Phil, whats the market value on that.?

Lovely car.

Less than

Less than

Its "New Octavia VRS" money

wow! that's awesome

it go well then?

Out of interest what's the MPG like

Out of interest what's the MPG like

I suspect one doesn't get one these caring about mpg. I reckon 15mpg combined. Conservative estimate from me.

The average on the trip computer is currently reading 17MPG - thats with just a bit of trundling around town and a couple of B-road blasts.

Before I reset the trip, the previous owner had managed to average 22MPG.

As Jason rightly said, MPG really sint an issue - If a cared about that I would have got one of those 7million miles per gallon little Skoda things.

I suspect one doesn't get one these caring about mpg. I reckon 15mpg combined. Conservative estimate from me.

Oh no I wouldn't be worrying, just curious

Before I reset the trip, the previous owner had managed to average 22MPG.

I don't get much more than that in my mk1 vrs octy. Am i doing something wrong

I don't get much more than that in my mk1 vrs octy. Am i doing something wrong

I suspect he'd been coasting everywhere to make it look good for potential buyers

v.nice..... if I had different circumstances a monaro would be on my shopping list!

learnt to drive it properly yet?

learnt to drive it properly yet?

No - I dont have the time at the moment but young Christopher has pointed me towards some of his blue rinse mates to give me some tuition.

Apparently what I'm looking for is "Clarkson style" whatever that means.

It goes fast in a straight line though and even I can manage that.

No - I dont have the time at the moment but young Christopher has pointed me towards some of his blue rinse mates to give me some tuition.

Apparently what I'm looking for is "Clarkson style" whatever that means.

It goes fast in a straight line though and even I can manage that.

yeah but you would be taken like a king by a 2.0l furby on falken tyres

yeah but you would be taken like a king by a 2.0l furby on falken tyres

And he'd leave you for dead on the straights past the petrol pumps

Nice choice Phil. I looked at/drove one of these (with the Wortec) before I got the Z4.

This isnt the same car though, his had dark grey Holden wheels.

I sat in a VRX8 at the drivers day today, had a good poke round it, and there's no was you can have five people sat in a car going that fast, for less money..

it's a bargin really.......

I can only get 4 in mine!

So I take it the kitchen's been paid for and the missus has been pacified with something then....

Believe it on not, no! The kitchen is still in the design stage as we're waiting on a few exciting new products to become available that we can use in there - meanwhile she's had the back bedroom re-fitted, the lounge decorated and will be having the remaining windows double glazed next month.

I suggested living in the car as it needs no renovation work but that diddnt go down to well