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Old 24-07-2019, 01:05 PM   #1
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Hmm- people are raiding super for fat surgery for health.

I did not realise until a few days back that my mental health is going downhill by absence of this mid mounted from my garage- does that qualify me on health reasons to raid my super for one?
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Hmm- people are raiding super for fat surgery for health.

I did not realise until a few days back that my mental health is going downhill by absence of this mid mounted from my garage- does that qualify me on health reasons to raid my super for one?
You may have more luck lodging it under erectile dysfunction
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Old 24-07-2019, 09:12 PM   #3
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layout, pricing, (US pricing!), looks, performance, interior, wow!

Holden has a hero car and what a hero car it is...

Maybe they are more committed to RHD with this, after the Acadia/Equinox conversions already done?
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layout, pricing, (US pricing!), looks, performance, interior, wow!

Holden has a hero car and what a hero car it is...

Maybe they are more committed to RHD with this, after the Acadia/Equinox conversions already done?
I thought the Corvette and the Acadia were built on the same underpinnings.






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Wow, this project would have been given the green light at least two years before Holden bit the dust,
and of all the vehicles Holden had to choose from to help rescue the brand, they picked the Corvette.

It's interesting to observe how GM sees the world post Opel, Vauxhall, Holden.
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200 a year? What was the point of making a rhd version?
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200 a year? What was the point of making a rhd version?
After the initial rush, how many $150k Corvettes do you think they’d move per year? Could be a ploy to keep demand steady?
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200 a year? What was the point of making a rhd version?
Two words, Mike Simcoe.

At the moment, US Corvette is seeing significant dealer mark up in the order of USD$10K
so I bet this is the retail end in GMSV cashing in on the way through...

But I wonder if the 200 is just a toe in the water while US production is prioritised.

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Old 29-12-2020, 02:12 PM   #9
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But at this actual point in time have they actually LOCKED in a factory RHD version for other countries or was this just another GM type furphy.

This GM way of running a business may also have a bearing on any real benefit versus projected sales numbers.

https://www.motor1.com/news/385310/g...lowing%20years.
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