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Thread ID: 148853 2020-02-18 05:14:00 The great Aussie icon - The Holden Brand kenj (9738) PC World Chat
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1466738 2020-02-18 05:14:00 This link from 2013 is interesting in showing the problems GM had in making the Holden in 2013

It has been a long sad story for years. It is a wonder that GM didn't quit years ago when they stopped making the cars.

www.adelaidenow.com.au
kenj (9738)
1466739 2020-02-18 06:55:00 And they have sold the factory to Great Wall gary67 (56)
1466740 2020-02-18 08:36:00 Bit of a bummer it was part of your identity if you were Holden or Ford (talking about real kiwis who were born here not gays and imports).
The good ol days you were Ford or Holden, Lion or DB drinker, National or labor. Me Ford DB and National.
prefect (6291)
1466741 2020-02-18 18:18:00 Me Ford DB and National.

:clap:clap:clap
WalOne (4202)
1466742 2020-02-18 18:35:00 The unions killed Holden. Driftwood (5551)
1466743 2020-02-18 19:38:00 Never understood the point of a Holden.
They’re just rebadged whatevers: Opel, Daewoo, Isuzu etc.

I'm not bothered at all that Aussie no longer makes any. Most were junk too. Friends had a Opel/Holden and a Daewoo/Holden. Both caused endless problems.
piroska (17583)
1466744 2020-02-18 20:36:00 My Dad was always a holden man, and when my parents separated after all the kids left home he starting buying them. After 3 lemons in a row he stopped mentioning holden and started buying ford.

For me personally it's Toyota, Waikato, and all politicians are pricks. The one holden I ever owned was the least reliable vehicle in my 35 years of owning cars, many of which were not great either.

Ah fond memories, UC sunbird with a holden 202 engine in it. In six months it went through 3 engines, stripped a timing gear, stripped the gear of the bottom of the distributor, had new lifters, threw a rod through the side of the engine - wrecker said don't worry about that noise it's only gudgeon rattle. That's how I found out what gudgeons are and why gudgeon rattle is not something to ignore.

Not that I think all holdens are rubbish, just that a lot of them were and people didn't seem to notice.
dugimodo (138)
1466745 2020-02-18 22:17:00 Me Ford DB and National.

I'm now 100% sure you're my father.
allblack (6574)
1466746 2020-02-18 23:24:00 LOL, not sure Ford is much better. Husband had a Ford Rodeo once. He loathed Ford ever after.

There is something to be said for reliable go forever japanese cars.
Or utes.
piroska (17583)
1466747 2020-02-19 03:34:00 LOL, not sure Ford is much better.

I'm a Blue Oval boy and every Commodore since the AU has been a better buy. Ford lost their way and like Holden, deserve to die.
allblack (6574)
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