Member: Andrew5 GTS Coupe

[SirHSV]

Vehicle: HSV GTS Coupe 300Kw & Senator 300
Member: Andrew5

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Senator 300
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Grange
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[vassa_hsv]

they r really nice cars :D is the senator an auto or a manual? why dont you have the stock rims on the GTS

[SirHSV]

Good question their not the stock rims GTS comes with what rims are they? have you pics of the wheels?

[HSVkidUSA]

yea i think they are the GTO LE rims, nice combo :D

[SirHSV]

Now that you mention it GTO LE rims nice

[vassa_hsv]

Yer they are GTO LE rims...this is what the stock GTS rims are

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how come you didnt get these rims?

[Andrew5]

yes they are the GTO LE rims however when i ordered they were the rims for the grange and senators i saw at the release early last year.

i chose those wheels as they are easy to repair if you look at the senator you will see it has shadow chrome wheels which are impossible to repair as i am anal about how my cars look the only solution when damaged was to buy a new rim, so when i ordered the coupe i chose these rims and i am very happy with them.

you will see the old senator rims in the shot of the coupe on the track as i fitted them up with Bridgestone 540s to race with, the 18" just fit over the six spot callipers.

pic of wheel attached :o

Senator is a manual as is the Coupe only auto i have is the Grange

[SirHSV]

I really love the collection of cars you have,,, I guess you dont have a garage but a museum instead. Which car do you drive the most? Any mods done to any of the vehicles? if no then are there any mods your thinking of doing?

[Andrew5]

very few mods i like standard so option out of factory all have strut braces and racing brake fluid and brided lines on brakes other than that they are as i picked them up.

Coupe has options - SatNAV, Roof, CarCom, the wheels, strut brace.
Senator has - SatNAV, roof, CarCom, stru brace
Grange has - SatNAV, Roof, CarCom :P

i dont drive that much to be honest and have no storage space just one car spot so the local HSV dealer stores them for me and i rotate them round as i feel like it, currently driving the Coupe

[vassa_hsv]

have u dragged any of your cars? are you thinking of doing so? id like to see what the senator 300 would do in comparison to the GTS 300...would be interesting...

[Andrew5]

My best friend just recently dragged his senator 300 they are identical geeze were saps and consistantly did 13 sec dead Coupe would be almost identcal they are ver similar to drive Coupe would be a tad quicker cheers :P

[vassa_hsv]

thats mad...does the GTS and the Senator have different exhaust notes even though they have the same engine?

[Andrew5]

yep Senator sounds meaty but whistly as you put it under full load and the coupe sounds much beefier like a real v8 and is quite in noraml driving but sounds great under full load :P

[Grant.]

why cant i view the pics? ses something about under maintanance or something :?:

[SirHSV]

From time to time there is maintenance happening it should be back to normal in the next hour or so this occurs once a week
Stay tuned.... :lol: :lol:

[RedR8]

My best friend just recently dragged his senator 300 they are identical geeze were saps and consistantly did 13 sec dead Coupe would be almost identcal they are ver similar to drive Coupe would be a tad quicker cheers :P

I might be reading this all wrong, but you said your Senator 300 is stock. If your mates car is identical, it is stock too. Are you claiming that a stock Senator 300 did a 13.0 sec pass on the 1/4? And that a stock GTS coupe would do 12's?

Don't think so.

[Andrew5]

Nup Mates has cam and polished heads, but nothing else he achieves time by removing all seats, putting in racing seat, pulls off exhaust and fits 540R to rear tyres, does it easy, dont need to do much to them to make em perform, seats weigh 45 kgs each in front. power to weight.

Doing the Dutton Rally in NSW 1st weekend in June, send you some times, Fri, Sat at Goulburn, Sunday at Eastern Creek

Cheers :P

[RedR8]

Fair enough !!! Wasn't having a dig at you by the way. Just read it and couldn't work it all out.

I know with the work I have done I will be low 13's and found it hard to believe a stock 300 could do that.

Lachy

[Andrew5]

:D cheers yep they are quick

[CammadoreGS]

oww!!

yaa As Sir Said!! :lol:


but its Really nice Cars!!

and it Deserve To Buy it..

[BeteNoir]

i dont drive that much to be honest and have no storage space just one car spot so the local HSV dealer stores them for me and i rotate them round as i feel like it, currently driving the Coupe
pretty friendly dealer!

[Tim41]

Very nice GTS Coupe. I had the privilege to drive one at the Muscle Car shootout at Morgan Park. They are a great handling package have a great centre of gravity. I have had to spend a fair bit of money to get My ute to handle as good. Hope to see you at Queensland Raceway sometime, maybe.

[Maloo355]

very nice indeed.