First Wash In Three Months

How are you supposed to clean the Battery protector at the bottom of the doors? I have a white residue on mine and it doesnt seem to want to come off....Diamondbrite?
 
MattyS said:
how are yyou supposed to clean the Battery protector at the bottom of the doors? I have a white residue on mine and it doesnt seem to want to come off....Diamondbrite?
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Do you mean the black plastic bits? If you got the paint protection it may be residue from that application (I had that on my rear bumper). You can buy plastic restorers but tyre shine will also work. I prefer spraying it onto a microfiber cloth and then rubbing the plastic, instead of spraying the stuff directly onto the car.
 
securespark said:
For sure!
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OK hope it's worth the wait, here is the clean MG next to the dirty surf wagon. (I'll get on to that today)
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Right on brother. It's the Holden version of the Opel.
Holden made a big mistake calling it a Commodore.
Aussies want their Commodore to have RWD and a 6 or 8 cylinder.
FWD 4 pots just weren't going to sell. Subsequently after GM pulled out of Aus they were going cheap. I'm not keen on all that torque on the front wheels, torque steer is more than noticeable if not careful.
But it's still a great car. (for an ICE vehicle)
I can get most of the gear in the back, and Dot can still sit in the front
 
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decrep said:
Right on brother. It's the Holden version of the Opel.
Holden made a big mistake calling it a Commodore.
Aussies want their Commodore to have RWD and a 6 or 8 cylinder.
FWD 4 pots just weren't going to sell. Subsequently after GM pulled out of Aus they were going cheap. I'm not keen on all that torque on the front wheels, torque steer is more than noticeable if not careful.
But it's still a great car. (for an ICE vehicle)
I can get most of the gear in the back, and Dot can still sit in the front
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I get what you're saying, but would Holden have sold any more of them if it didn't call them a Commodore? The option was the Insignia or no Commodore full stop.

It was probably a lose-lose situation, however.
 
Wizard of Oz said:
I get what you're saying, but would Holden have sold any more of them if it didn't call them a Commodore? The option was the Insignia or no Commodore full stop.

It was probably a lose-lose situation, however.
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You could be right, but I'm not sure.
Marketed properly it could have sold to a different demographic maybe.
We'll never know now.
Anyway, I'm a winner from it, got it 2 years old for $20K. It was cheaper than the earlier real commodores.
 
decrep said:
Right on brother. It's the Holden version of the Opel.
Holden made a big mistake calling it a Commodore.
Aussies want their Commodore to have RWD and a 6 or 8 cylinder.
FWD 4 pots just weren't going to sell. Subsequently after GM pulled out of Aus they were going cheap. I'm not keen on all that torque on the front wheels, torque steer is more than noticeable if not careful.
But it's still a great car. (for an ICE vehicle)
I can get most of the gear in the back, and Dot can still sit in the front
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When I was in Aus for about 5 weeks back in 1990 (flew into Sydney, then drove up through the Blue Mountains to stay at a motel near Lithgow whilst I worked at Wallerawang power station), I had a Holden Commodore 3.0l V6 RWD. :)

On first driving it I wondered about the burning Bakelite smell ... until I noticed the manual handbrake that was in a weird place. 🤣
 

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