Haha me too! I just got a 2015 r8 with the walkinshaw 497 upgrade, Only driven it a few times and I’m extremely scared to cause other then this the fastest car I owned was a hilux, just gotta hop in a keep practicing I guess. Cheers for the vid aswell man it helped with me wanting the purchase the car.
Love the HSV they are absolute beasts had the absolute pleasure of working for them and building these magnificent cars in 2016 , I have a VF SSV Redline, wish I had a HSV but I love it all the same 👌 great review mate
Ryan heldoorn not a problem bud, you summed up the Maloo perfectly 👌 My pleasure mate it was truely one of the best jobs I’ve worked, it is a huge pity GM pulled the pin. Now hsv is going to become GMSV 😂 but I don’t think they will be continuing the camaro so nothing very “special” to make anymore 😂
This review was excellent and thank you. Im in america and having one converted to left hand drive for my daily, and this was wonderful. I cant wait to have my ute
Yeah bloody good review 👌 Nothing better than impartial unbiased feedback. I especially love the defender 110 comment. I drive one and love it just like you love that beast 👊
Awesome review of an Aussie built Maloo genuine and realistic. I've wanted a ute for a longtime had to be HSV V8 and this helped me make my decision. HSV I just want one. I say I will have one.Cheers mate Richard Perth WA
@@ryanheldoorn Yes Aussie built cars are the best superior engineering great design and style distinctive on the roads compared to everything else looking the same. Oh and the big Aussie 6 or 8 you cant beat. Electric sorry NO 6 or 8 for me. HSV I just want one. Soon Ive got one! Richard Perth WA
Wow Ryan, what a great review, and what a really nice car. I'm from the UK and didn't know a great deal about utes until I came across your review. Now I'm converted. Funny thing is we can actually get hold of these things over here. I'm excited! Cheers mate, keep up the good work.
Great review, HSV just beautiful car, always been my dream car to have. Have the VF SS sedan its awesome to drive and 2 VE's a sedan and ute, love my ute, my daily drive, there's something about driving a ute, its awesome 😁👍🧡🧡🧡
Hey there I’m looking at buying the same model r8 as your one I can’t find many video reviews on the car thanks for the insight on the Maloo hope to get mine in the next month :)
Hi Ryan. Good package - the ute. Liked the review. Tossed up between Maloo R8 and SS redline VF2 Honest review. I like the whole thing. No more V8's now.
Hey Scotty. Appreciate the kind words. Mate they are both top cars and you can't go wrong with either. The VF's are good. I know they had issues with the 6.0L from the previous generation but the 6.2L is a solid block of good horses! Personally I love the Maloo and will take it over the SS any day as the interior is miles ahead, plus I think the Maloo is just a sexier package overall. Seriously it doesn't have a bad angle to look at it from haha. Funny thing is in retrospect, since the review, i've sold my beloved Maloo and got myself a DEFENDER 110 haha, miss that V8 now, but every time i came across a unsealed road with the Maloo, I just cringed.
G'day Ryan. I have 2015 Maloo R8 340 LS3. Really from what I can tell, the same as your car. I can't see any difference from your 2014 model. Bought it new in Sept 2015. Mine is Sting Red colour. I've done a lot of Kms having done 108,000 over 3 years I've owned it as I live in Lara (near Geelong in Vic) but was working in Melbourne. I now work in Geelong, so doing much less KMs now. I do have the auto version (Melbourne driving is no fun with manual I assure you!)...but have found it's responsive and goes well. You can also put it into manual mode and use the change light etc like you do on the screen. It's not like the old days where autos put drag on the engine now we have electronic transmissions. I've driven both the manual and auto and while purists love the manual...response-wise there's not much difference in performance. I've had one tyre blow out but that was because something fell off a ute I was following on the freeway. Tyre was repairable for $35 so I was lucky. Visibility is as you say, terrible...but like you say, the blind spot monitor makes driving it much easier. With those humps behind the back window, you see nothing! Mine came with the guide lines on the rear view camera from new. They must have updated the software as stock on the 2015 model. Something I dislike is the stereo. I've found the voice control system to be buggy and not work properly. I tell it to call someone and the lady's voice come back telling me to talk after the beep (which I did etc). I just find the software of the stereo to be crappy. I've found however that if you quick press the phone button on the steering wheel, it uses the stereo's voice system...if you long press it...it uses the phone's voice system (Siri for me as I have an Apple phone...) which is much more reliable. Also what REALLY annoys me is the fact that the radio shuts off after 10 mins listening to it in Accessory mode (when parked and engine off). The CD player in the car is also a DVD player...which you can't use while driving of course...but when the engine is off and you're parked it plays DVD's nicely on the screen but stupid software shuts the player off every 10 mins, so it's a useless function. Also programming the GPS is slow and painful and laggy when typing in the address etc. I haven't had the radio not starting up if the phone is plugged in issue you describe. That sounds really annoying. Glad I got the version with the EDS like you've got there. I also have the paddles on the steering wheel as it's an auto. I see the Gen F 2 HSV charged $1000 for the EDS software. Ouch! Steering I also really like..re the tyres...I found that if I get the wheel alignment checked every 4 - 6 months...the tyres last a lot longer. But as you'd know they are soft grippy tyres so wont last as long as other tyres. Getting the wheel alignment checked regularly has saved me money. I don't drive it like a maniac but found I chewed through tyres...regular wheel alignments are a must my tyre bloke says...and he's right. That's terrible re your experience of servicing not getting done. I've never had it serviced at Holden. I just use a local mechanic I trust and he's looked after it well. I may do a video myself in a few weeks of my opinions on my car too. I've been meaning to do it for ages but never got around to it. Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share your thoughts. Craig - Geelong Vic
Craig Meddings appreciate your feedback and views mate. Yeah the voice control system is garbage but most cars have rubbish voice systems also. The nav is very slow but honestly I never really used it. The tires are very soft, continental 5ps are super soft and grippy and costly to boot but they work well on the car so there’s always an inherent trade off.
True but having the piece of mind of being able to lock it up was always more important to me anyway. I would very rarely carry anything taller than the tup and on the very rare occasions I would, I would generally take the lid off, but yes, can be a pain in the arse if you consistently want to do both.
Very good review of your own car mate nice to see those car dealer is a crappy car dealer servicing place also how good is it at carrying RC car and plane's
Hey mate, its been 6 years this post! Have you still got it? How do you feel about it now? Reliability and any other pros/cons? Im looking at getting one, Currently have an e1 clubsport with 220,000ks its feeling a bit old now! Cheers!
@@liamcooke5513 hey champ. Appreciate the comment. I actually sold this about 3+ years ago. It no longer fit my needs as I was doing a fair bit of off-road travel. They’re definitely still worth it today though prices are significantly elevated but parts are still hugely available and the 6.2L engine is one of holdens best. If you can get one, grab it.
Great review Ryan. Very fair and balanced and mate your car looks and sounds great. One question I have is what difference did you notice with the over the radiator air intake and tune? Did you see much improvement in the cars low to mid range responsiveness or any improvement in the cars induction noise? BTW I find myself agreeing with you on the VF's quirks software wise. While the MyLink in my Redline seems to behave itself much better than yours, it does still do some weird things sometimes.The VF has been riddled with software bugs since launch and from your description it sounds like the HSV cars are no exception. I now just routinely ignore anything odd and only really think about it if it repeats itself the next journey I make. Effectively I am doing the same as you and just leaving the car for a while and see if it repeats itself next time I drive it. Mechanically my car seems fine, but yeah, the software is a bit half baked in them. Thanks for taking the time to record your thoughts on the car. Was great to watch. Dan
Hey champ. Appreciate the kind words. As for the difference, I bought mine as is but I have driven one standard and there definitely is a noticeable difference. 👍
Good to see an Aussie with a manual. The autos are garbage purely made for the people who aren’t car enthusiasts. The autos are holding SOME value while the manuals are going up since 2017 Before anyone reply’s, do some research on resale
21:00 i did some work experience at a holden dealership workshop and oh my god some of the stuff i saw made me concerned for the people whose cars were getting serviced. There was this one car that needed a road worthy certificate and part of that requires a brake test. Which I witnessed first hand being done in a different car to the one that actually needed a brake test. reason why? because the mechanic had a bus to drive and didn't want to have to do the test the next day. So this car was given back to the owner with a roadworthy certificate except the car wasn't actually roadworthy and to top it all off, i heard that this car was being given to a teen that had just got her P plates. I hope she's ok.
Believe me I did that. They were literally brand spankers. Barely had time to get any warehouse dust on them, before they were fitted. Just unlucky I guess.
@@ryanheldoorn Sorry to hear. Love your comment of review the shit out of things prir to purchasing! Same here currently tossing up buying a 14/15 HSV Maloo or a 17 SSV Redline only primarily due to lower km's on the latter plus its prime use is to put the dirt bikes in the back! Nice video cheers
Brad Wylie mate for your needs, the redline makes sense. I’d take the maloo everyday of the week but then again, I sold mine nearly two years ago and got a defender hahaha
Ha cheers legend. Yeah in the process of picking up a 110 at the moment. I'll more than likely do a review of that as well after about 12 months of ownership
yeh mate its like that your either one or the other I like your ute or an 87 walko other than that like the xr I was lucky I got an FPV FG drove it from perth back home to Cronulla might pass u some time lol
I just the same one but 325kw, I agree with everything you say and really good review mate, but just wondering you got the OTR air induction and extractors, just wondering why you didn't get the 3" walkinshaw exhaust as well?? And how much was the walkinshaw package you bought??
Wish I could get you to help me get one of these sent to the states. I just want the full interior rolling shell, keep the motor and trans and send me the rest.
My Man. I got a defender 110 and I'm looking for my second car. something sporty and cool. the "utes" are soo cool in my opinion. I think I'm sold. a guy driving what I'm looking at loves the car that I drive.
@@ryanheldoorn glad you're a tall guy. I struggle finding cars that fit right. Just seeing where your shoulders are had sold me. Imma find one to test drive
L Mac hey champ. No sold mine a year ago. Was no longer suited to my lifestyle. No my reverse lines didn’t fail. The series 1 gen f Maloo didn’t come with grid lines. Was just a screen but with firmware update, it now has grids. Note that when they did the firmware, it slightly alters the original screen on some of the driver interface. It doesn’t look as good as the original firmware but meh 👍
Never believe dealerships regarding servicing,any qualified mechanical shop is permitted to service or fix your car. If the dealership tells you differently just tell them to ring the ACCC with you and they will shit themselves. Nice ride mate,drive safe. 👍
Mate totally agree. But I robbed the dealership by getting 3 year extended manufacturer warranty and can’t pass up $229 capped price serving though it was rubbish.
Thanks champ. Had 37k on it when I sold it just before Xmas. Nothing wrong with it at all. Just no longer fitted my explorer needs. Too many unsealed road I want to travel and that would have destroyed it
Thats understandable, I hope to one day own one of these beasts and the more I look into the car the more I want to own one. Also thanks heaps for the quick reply ur a legend!
how often is tune needed, just for everyday driving.. no long drives but a lot of stop start BS city areas mainly... hardly ever get my SS 2001 over 💯km hr cause not much open roads where I drive around... it's had the mafless 300kw tune done to it. with OTR intake and twin 2.5in exhaust + extractors.... suspension lowered... 150km on the clock
Dude, when I had this, I had it serviced every 5000kms. Generally with new cars today, that's overkill as the sumps are big enough to hold heaps of fluids, so services don't need to be as frequent, but I've always been meticulous with my cars.
@@ryanheldoorn yeah OK fair enough.. I do the fuel, oil filters and oil change myself every 10,000.. I've been trying to teach myself the basics like draining transmission , brake and power steering fluid..... I'm gonna get it tuned in a week or so... But I was gonna try and do the fuel injectors myself as I have new ones already.... Trying to really teach myself cause it's interesting when u read into these things a bit deeper... I'll see what they say when I get a diagnostic n tune next week... Nice car mate, Maloo has always been my favourite car, just haven't owned one yet 😂
This car is very unique and its kind.. it has lot of room to be super.. i was thinking that how about rear wheels runs from engine and front wheels from electric motors, it will be hotwheels.
great review mate! love my r8 to death aswell , sorta learned to adapt to the wide pillar after awhile. car sounds great also , the extractors definentley liven up the sound of the mighty V8! reguarding you servicing woes that sucks personally dont trust any dealership service. have you disarmed your bimodal? please do check my vids mate
my maloo ute was 45000 when I bought close to new, cheapest I have found, absolute cheapest was 88000. I smashed mine thats when I realised I was heavily under insured at $70,000.I prey every night that the assessor doesnt write it off. I cant get another for $70,000. I really want it fixed, I was doing under sixty but the driver side is fuckedguard suspension frontbar the mag actually broke in 3 places, hopefully that mag took most of the impact. I dunno if a front right guard is even possible to get :-( If I get the option of repairable write off and they want to sell it back to me, If its worth it Im gonna buy it back
Yeah that suck big time. I actually sold mine a few years back at exactly what I paid for it. Personally, if a car increases in value, that's awesome but I don't keep cars as investments. I want to use them and then when it's time to get something new, I just deal with the depreciation or in some instances, appreciated value then. Sorry to hear about the crash. I'm not fully up to date with how insurers do payouts and then selling vehicles back to owners who want to repair it at a cost the insurer sees as outside of the insured value. But I wish you all the best with it. They're an awesome car.
@@TheDarquon to be honest, I think this dramatic inflation in prices is only on the back of the $1M Maloo GTS R that sold recently. I think it’s hugely inflated and in my opinion it’s not worth double the original retail value (normal Maloo). Plus there’s the issue that you ran into with trying to convince insurers to double the agreed value. They just don’t do it. I have a defender 110 adventure that’s worth $90k any day of the week but every year Shannon’s wants to depreciate it by $7-10k and up my premium, even though the market value is well above their quoted agreed value and I have to fight this ever renewal.
@@ryanheldoorn I agree, it isn't worth $100,000 but that's what it would cost me to replace it and that's with up there K's on it too, mine has only 70,000 K's now, id really like to keep my car i don't want it written off. I love it
nice review. but lol at capped price servicing at 200 and something dollars. they're probably banking on not doing half of them because for synthetic oil, 7.5L of that is about 100 bucks alone... :)
Jethro Rose ha actually the premium oils are supposedly extra. It’s a complete rip off for the unsuspecting! I asked which oils does the car come with from the factory? They said the premium, so I said, well that’s the oils that you’ll be putting back in my car thanks hahaha
Yeah i gave them the benefit of getting better than RRP due to buying by the drum. But still. There's a significant volume of oil in these things and they surely can't be making money on services that cheap :D
Had the same problem with tyres mate. They make'm soft for performance but that leaves them vulnerable. I swapped my 22"s for 19"s. Not as cool a ride so I'll go back to the 22"s again. It's all about being cool bro.
I have a 2015 second gear is where u will spend most of your time in second gear going to work and back, really bad fuel economy, spend $100 a week on petrol, but the car is my entertainment as I do not drink or smoke but hay my money so who gives a shit about that, it's a sports car man and I agree awith about the looks and it's funny but I had the same issues as you with the servicing aspects with the dealership in regards to servicing so I concur with your review and I fully verify it as well. great to drive but I don't trust the holden dealership, they realy let me down and i felt riped off because of it
I took my car to Holden with a warranty issue last month and they said to me get fucked because your warranty lapsed in April and that made me feel really stupid for buying it because it is making a noise like a brake or Tyre issue but they wouldn't even look at it for me because it was a lousy 1 month over being 3 years old.Then I had a problem with the tires, It said Tyre monitoring system requires service, they couldn't even look at it. they were upset with me because I got shitty with them over the servicing I claimed all they did was replace the oil I paid the extra for the mobile one. I checked the dipstick and I could clearly see that the oil was a darker color that the full synthetic. it had 2 different oils, it was clear to see it was inferior oil.they were supposed to check and replace cooling fluid and pressure test it but they couldn't have done it because my cooling fluid way low and I had to top it up. brake fluid had dust still on the cap. 2 days later car ran completely dry, temp gauge went straight up and the car stopped, they told me to fill with water and bring it in. they pressure tested it for the supposedly second time and the tank welds had cracked it would have been simple to see it if they did pressure test it. I mean if they didn't even simple things li pressure test it and give people the mobile one, after all they fucking pay for it, no one is asking for a favor or charity that is my caveat check out the service and see if there are people chewing chewy with black fingernails. also the gear doesn't always go into second gear, it will pop out when release the clutch pedal sometimes, feels like it doesn't always go into its position
From memory, Sony a7sii with 16-35 f4 shot at f4, shutter 1/60 in 4K 30fps, ISO is Auto. Messed the metering up and had it on Multi which is why the exposure gets out of hand in some spots.
Fair enough. Not sure if you're having a dig at the quality or whatever, but I was only commenting on Andrews low light portions. I know he shoots with the a7s and since most of my filming is done in low light, i was curios as to why he dropped the shutter when his camera can handle high ISO. The quality of my video is down to 2 factors, first being I went into it knowing that my light sources would change dramatically during the drive, thus the auto iso, though i did forget to change the spot metering, and two, this 32 minute review was delivered in 1080p and then compressed down to under a gig as to upload as fast as possible.
Troy Jones clearly you’ve never driven one of these and if it were a Maloo that was a previous generation to the VF I would agree because 1) the sail planes were a lot smaller 2) the boot lid was 7inches lower
chingy ching ha never had issues with fixing a puncture. I was merely pointing out that I had 3 punctures in 2-3 weeks. Just unlucky and brand new rubber too
Yeah nah fair enough i swear ive done so many tires specially driving onto job sites in a commodore fuckwits that cant pickup some screws or nails they drop
@@ryanheldoorn indeed, I just wish people knew how good both local camps were before going foreign, Falcon Ute has 1000kg carry capacity, 2300kg tow, and comes in V8, supercharged V8, or wonderfully responsive turbo straight 6. I can understand why some people dislike Ford though, the company is pretty toxic and didn't seem to like their customers at all.
@@braddeicide Mate to be honest, the only thing I didn't like about the later model ford utes was the gap between the cab and the tray. That's all. I've owned both holdens and fords my entire life. From a VB commodore to a 66 mustang coupe. It's just unfortunate that both manufacturers have taken the routes they have over the last few years. But that is the way of the world.
And take a look at what ford produced, nothing but outdated ugly piles of shit with stripes for the bogan clan. The maloo was always the ute to have and looked tough but had the brakes engines and driveline to back it up. No leaf spring shit in the rear end and no BOSS boat anchor up the front with rubbish brakes.
Genuine review from a genuine bloke! Cheers mate, they're good stuff
Dee Cheers legend. Appreciate the kind words :)
Everyone wants a like Lamborghini as their dream car, I just want a Maloo
Lambos are just too much hard work! Stick to what works and a car that you can park where you like without having to worry about it!
You're not the only one
LETHAL VL same
Same I just wait 3 years
LETHAL VL every auasie
This video made me fall in love with the VF Maloo, and today I finally bought one
That's awesome champ. Happy to have helped you in this regard. Enjoy it mate. They are a fantastic vehicle. I do miss mine.
Ryan Heldoorn took the leap. Went from sv6 Storm Ute and decided to finally get one. This is my dream car.
@@kanegrant7773 Enjoy it mate. There's nothing quite like it anymore!
Haha me too! I just got a 2015 r8 with the walkinshaw 497 upgrade, Only driven it a few times and I’m extremely scared to cause other then this the fastest car I owned was a hilux, just gotta hop in a keep practicing I guess. Cheers for the vid aswell man it helped with me wanting the purchase the car.
@@ryanheldoornlooking to buy one too
How much did yours set you back then?
Hard finding one under $60k
Love the HSV they are absolute beasts had the absolute pleasure of working for them and building these magnificent cars in 2016 , I have a VF SSV Redline, wish I had a HSV but I love it all the same 👌 great review mate
James Zimanyi appreciate the kind words champ and thank you for the great cars you lads built. Pity those GM fucktards ruined it all.
Ryan heldoorn not a problem bud, you summed up the Maloo perfectly 👌
My pleasure mate it was truely one of the best jobs I’ve worked, it is a huge pity GM pulled the pin. Now hsv is going to become GMSV 😂 but I don’t think they will be continuing the camaro so nothing very “special” to make anymore 😂
This is a fucking killa review man, you definitely deserve more subs, 100% worth the watch
Thanks heaps dude. Appreciate the kind words
This review was excellent and thank you. Im in america and having one converted to left hand drive for my daily, and this was wonderful. I cant wait to have my ute
Enjoy it when you get it finished. Amazing vehicle
Just got a hsv r8 yesterday, video was very good well done
Appreciate the love and congrats on your purchase
Yeah bloody good review 👌 Nothing better than impartial unbiased feedback.
I especially love the defender 110 comment. I drive one and love it just like you love that beast 👊
Michael Nugara appreciate the love champ. I actually bought the defender adventure 110 nearly 2 years ago. Good old agricultural fun. Haha
@@ryanheldoorn yeah on the money there. Nothing better than driving the landy where it belongs. You've got the best of both worlds covered. 👍
VE are the same A pillar. A mongrel in a round about. It's a beautiful ute.
Awesome review of an Aussie built Maloo genuine and realistic. I've wanted a ute for a longtime had to be HSV V8 and this helped me make my decision. HSV I just want one. I say I will have one.Cheers mate Richard Perth WA
Appreciate the love mate and enjoy it when you get it. Hopefully not going to cost you too much as they definitely have appreciated in value!
@@ryanheldoorn Yes Aussie built cars are the best superior engineering great design and style distinctive on the roads compared to everything else looking the same. Oh and the big Aussie 6 or 8 you cant beat. Electric sorry NO 6 or 8 for me. HSV I just want one. Soon Ive got one! Richard Perth WA
Wow Ryan, what a great review, and what a really nice car. I'm from the UK and didn't know a great deal about utes until I came across your review. Now I'm converted. Funny thing is we can actually get hold of these things over here. I'm excited! Cheers mate, keep up the good work.
Appreciate the kind words mate. Believe they are sold under the Vauxhall name over there :)
Did you end up getting one?
Are they expensive?
Thx m8 helped alot only 21 and I'm in a position to get one you gave me a lot of info cheers m8
Jobe Hawkins happy to have helped champ. Hate to see your insurance premium haha
@@ryanheldoorn yeah it pretty shit not looking forward to it but it's my dream car so l hope it don't hert to bad
That's a good honest review. Enjoyed that
Cheers legend. Appreciate the love 🤙
Great review, HSV just beautiful car, always been my dream car to have. Have the VF SS sedan its awesome to drive and 2 VE's a sedan and ute, love my ute, my daily drive, there's something about driving a ute, its awesome 😁👍🧡🧡🧡
Appreciate the kind words champ.
We need this car in America 🙏🏻👍🏻 Holdon
Hey there I’m looking at buying the same model r8 as your one I can’t find many video reviews on the car thanks for the insight on the Maloo hope to get mine in the next month :)
Corey Mcfall you love it mate. They’re a good car 👍
Love the NA, really cool!
Appreciate it champ. She was fun while I had her 👌
Beautiful car, mate and great review
Appreciate the kind words mate!
Hi Ryan. Good package - the ute. Liked the review. Tossed up between Maloo R8 and SS redline VF2 Honest review. I like the whole thing. No more V8's now.
Hey Scotty. Appreciate the kind words. Mate they are both top cars and you can't go wrong with either. The VF's are good. I know they had issues with the 6.0L from the previous generation but the 6.2L is a solid block of good horses! Personally I love the Maloo and will take it over the SS any day as the interior is miles ahead, plus I think the Maloo is just a sexier package overall. Seriously it doesn't have a bad angle to look at it from haha. Funny thing is in retrospect, since the review, i've sold my beloved Maloo and got myself a DEFENDER 110 haha, miss that V8 now, but every time i came across a unsealed road with the Maloo, I just cringed.
G'day Ryan. I have 2015 Maloo R8 340 LS3. Really from what I can tell, the same as your car. I can't see any difference from your 2014 model. Bought it new in Sept 2015. Mine is Sting Red colour. I've done a lot of Kms having done 108,000 over 3 years I've owned it as I live in Lara (near Geelong in Vic) but was working in Melbourne. I now work in Geelong, so doing much less KMs now. I do have the auto version (Melbourne driving is no fun with manual I assure you!)...but have found it's responsive and goes well. You can also put it into manual mode and use the change light etc like you do on the screen. It's not like the old days where autos put drag on the engine now we have electronic transmissions. I've driven both the manual and auto and while purists love the manual...response-wise there's not much difference in performance. I've had one tyre blow out but that was because something fell off a ute I was following on the freeway. Tyre was repairable for $35 so I was lucky. Visibility is as you say, terrible...but like you say, the blind spot monitor makes driving it much easier. With those humps behind the back window, you see nothing! Mine came with the guide lines on the rear view camera from new. They must have updated the software as stock on the 2015 model. Something I dislike is the stereo. I've found the voice control system to be buggy and not work properly. I tell it to call someone and the lady's voice come back telling me to talk after the beep (which I did etc). I just find the software of the stereo to be crappy. I've found however that if you quick press the phone button on the steering wheel, it uses the stereo's voice system...if you long press it...it uses the phone's voice system (Siri for me as I have an Apple phone...) which is much more reliable. Also what REALLY annoys me is the fact that the radio shuts off after 10 mins listening to it in Accessory mode (when parked and engine off). The CD player in the car is also a DVD player...which you can't use while driving of course...but when the engine is off and you're parked it plays DVD's nicely on the screen but stupid software shuts the player off every 10 mins, so it's a useless function. Also programming the GPS is slow and painful and laggy when typing in the address etc. I haven't had the radio not starting up if the phone is plugged in issue you describe. That sounds really annoying. Glad I got the version with the EDS like you've got there. I also have the paddles on the steering wheel as it's an auto. I see the Gen F 2 HSV charged $1000 for the EDS software. Ouch! Steering I also really like..re the tyres...I found that if I get the wheel alignment checked every 4 - 6 months...the tyres last a lot longer. But as you'd know they are soft grippy tyres so wont last as long as other tyres. Getting the wheel alignment checked regularly has saved me money. I don't drive it like a maniac but found I chewed through tyres...regular wheel alignments are a must my tyre bloke says...and he's right. That's terrible re your experience of servicing not getting done. I've never had it serviced at Holden. I just use a local mechanic I trust and he's looked after it well. I may do a video myself in a few weeks of my opinions on my car too. I've been meaning to do it for ages but never got around to it. Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share your thoughts. Craig - Geelong Vic
Craig Meddings appreciate your feedback and views mate. Yeah the voice control system is garbage but most cars have rubbish voice systems also. The nav is very slow but honestly I never really used it. The tires are very soft, continental 5ps are super soft and grippy and costly to boot but they work well on the car so there’s always an inherent trade off.
Great Review Mate, Cheers.
Cheers legend
One thing about this ute is the tub. It has a lid. It stops you from carrying anything higher then the tub. Unless you don't have one
True but having the piece of mind of being able to lock it up was always more important to me anyway. I would very rarely carry anything taller than the tup and on the very rare occasions I would, I would generally take the lid off, but yes, can be a pain in the arse if you consistently want to do both.
@@ryanheldoorn eh true. What do you really need to carry any way
joe ward nothing anymore. I sold mine about 2.5 years ago. Bought a defender haha.
Very good review of your own car mate nice to see those car dealer is a crappy car dealer servicing place also how good is it at carrying RC car and plane's
Hey mate, its been 6 years this post! Have you still got it? How do you feel about it now? Reliability and any other pros/cons? Im looking at getting one, Currently have an e1 clubsport with 220,000ks its feeling a bit old now! Cheers!
@@liamcooke5513 hey champ. Appreciate the comment. I actually sold this about 3+ years ago. It no longer fit my needs as I was doing a fair bit of off-road travel. They’re definitely still worth it today though prices are significantly elevated but parts are still hugely available and the 6.2L engine is one of holdens best. If you can get one, grab it.
Maloo=Thunder soo cool
Taine Kingi cheers legend
T K Also where my grandad come from Murray Island in the Torres's straights it means "Deep Blue/waters" referring to the ocean waters...
Great review Ryan. Very fair and balanced and mate your car looks and sounds great. One question I have is what difference did you notice with the over the radiator air intake and tune? Did you see much improvement in the cars low to mid range responsiveness or any improvement in the cars induction noise?
BTW I find myself agreeing with you on the VF's quirks software wise. While the MyLink in my Redline seems to behave itself much better than yours, it does still do some weird things sometimes.The VF has been riddled with software bugs since launch and from your description it sounds like the HSV cars are no exception. I now just routinely ignore anything odd and only really think about it if it repeats itself the next journey I make. Effectively I am doing the same as you and just leaving the car for a while and see if it repeats itself next time I drive it. Mechanically my car seems fine, but yeah, the software is a bit half baked in them.
Thanks for taking the time to record your thoughts on the car. Was great to watch.
Dan
Hey champ. Appreciate the kind words. As for the difference, I bought mine as is but I have driven one standard and there definitely is a noticeable difference. 👍
Good to see an Aussie with a manual.
The autos are garbage purely made for the people who aren’t car enthusiasts.
The autos are holding SOME value while the manuals are going up since 2017
Before anyone reply’s, do some research on resale
Yeah like the gts r Maloo selling for over $1M haha. Cheers champ
sounds very honest ! . . . i have a vf2 ss ute also white 300rwkw love it
Brittany Kelsall nice. Hope you’re enjoying it.
Quality review dude!
Thanks legend
Sorry for my ignorance I'm in California, what's 350 killowatts equal to?? Beauty ride mate, good on you!! 👍💯
Appreciate the love champ. If my math serves me well, 375kw is about 500 hp which converts to about 425Hp at the wheels (mathematically)
Nice review man. Cheers.
Appreciate the love champ. Legend
Great review mate,
You should get ya hands on a 110 defender to do a review
Haha mate, had my hands on one for last 2 years, review to come soon. Appreciate the love!
21:00 i did some work experience at a holden dealership workshop and oh my god some of the stuff i saw made me concerned for the people whose cars were getting serviced. There was this one car that needed a road worthy certificate and part of that requires a brake test. Which I witnessed first hand being done in a different car to the one that actually needed a brake test. reason why? because the mechanic had a bus to drive and didn't want to have to do the test the next day. So this car was given back to the owner with a roadworthy certificate except the car wasn't actually roadworthy and to top it all off, i heard that this car was being given to a teen that had just got her P plates. I hope she's ok.
Pee Cee yeah i hear you mate. Think is a global issue with workers and pressure to get things done as quickly and cheaply as possible.
Check the model year on the sid eof th3 tires maybe they were old.
Believe me I did that. They were literally brand spankers. Barely had time to get any warehouse dust on them, before they were fitted. Just unlucky I guess.
@@ryanheldoorn Sorry to hear. Love your comment of review the shit out of things prir to purchasing! Same here currently tossing up buying a 14/15 HSV Maloo or a 17 SSV Redline only primarily due to lower km's on the latter plus its prime use is to put the dirt bikes in the back! Nice video cheers
Brad Wylie mate for your needs, the redline makes sense. I’d take the maloo everyday of the week but then again, I sold mine nearly two years ago and got a defender hahaha
Good editing and defenders are mad
Ha cheers legend. Yeah in the process of picking up a 110 at the moment. I'll more than likely do a review of that as well after about 12 months of ownership
love it thank you
Cheers 👍
Very nice car. In Montreal Canada it's a Pontiac G9 but 4 door only😔
well done man
Thanks heaps mate. Really appreciate the kind words!
Hey man i just got redline s1 ute (vf) supercharger
How's your ute now
Great Review Spot on
ITz CalaisEi cheers legend
great vid mate even tho I have the fpv xr ute fg still love the maloo
Graham Spears cheers legend. Never really been fond of the Ford Ute shape unless of course we go back to the XT days 👌
yeh mate its like that your either one or the other I like your ute or an 87 walko other than that like the xr I was lucky I got an FPV FG drove it from perth back home to Cronulla might pass u some time lol
Graham Spears ha nice. Yeah had a walkie back in the day 👍 Sold the Maloo just before Xmas. Drive a defender these days 👌
yeh cool I got the discovery lr4 mate love landrover hey ROVING MECHANICAL at Peakhurst service my landy they are onto it
SPEARSNATOR REEFA ha mate already all over it. They just did my 20k service 👍
I just the same one but 325kw, I agree with everything you say and really good review mate, but just wondering you got the OTR air induction and extractors, just wondering why you didn't get the 3" walkinshaw exhaust as well?? And how much was the walkinshaw package you bought??
Walkinshaw is shit. They give false numbers and are very overrated.
Walkinshaw upgrade came with the car when purchased as a package for me.
Wish I could get you to help me get one of these sent to the states. I just want the full interior rolling shell, keep the motor and trans and send me the rest.
Roach Larry well they’re a GM product so I’m sure you can find a shell and then just modify a camero dash 👍
There is a company that does conversions of these to American roads.
My Man. I got a defender 110 and I'm looking for my second car. something sporty and cool.
the "utes" are soo cool in my opinion.
I think I'm sold. a guy driving what I'm looking at loves the car that I drive.
michael melnyk can’t go wrong with both champ 👌
@@ryanheldoorn glad you're a tall guy. I struggle finding cars that fit right.
Just seeing where your shoulders are had sold me. Imma find one to test drive
@@michaelmelnyk3993 Plenty of room in these now. The older commodore utes were always a bit iffy but these are good
I will be test driving one the exact same as yours next week. Do you still have yours bud?
Did the reverse indicator lines fail on yours? My SV6 did.
L Mac hey champ. No sold mine a year ago. Was no longer suited to my lifestyle. No my reverse lines didn’t fail. The series 1 gen f Maloo didn’t come with grid lines. Was just a screen but with firmware update, it now has grids. Note that when they did the firmware, it slightly alters the original screen on some of the driver interface. It doesn’t look as good as the original firmware but meh 👍
Use to reverse being next to first gear? Most manual gear boxes don't have that configuration.
Sure they do. My defender does. My mustang did. My vl back in the day did. Plenty of manual gear boxes have reverse up and away from first.
Lots of cars have reverse next to first gear
Never believe dealerships regarding servicing,any qualified mechanical shop is permitted to service or fix your car. If the dealership tells you differently just tell them to ring the ACCC with you and they will shit themselves. Nice ride mate,drive safe. 👍
Mate totally agree. But I robbed the dealership by getting 3 year extended manufacturer warranty and can’t pass up $229 capped price serving though it was rubbish.
Awesome video, just wondering how many km's your at and if you have had any problems with it?
Thanks champ. Had 37k on it when I sold it just before Xmas. Nothing wrong with it at all. Just no longer fitted my explorer needs. Too many unsealed road I want to travel and that would have destroyed it
Thats understandable, I hope to one day own one of these beasts and the more I look into the car the more I want to own one. Also thanks heaps for the quick reply ur a legend!
good review and its such a pitty they stopped production
dadyranga thank you for the kind words
good review honest as
Psiclone Psikotic cheers legend 👍 Appreciate the comment.
I just want a maloo as well
They are seriously fun. I do miss it!
how often is tune needed, just for everyday driving.. no long drives but a lot of stop start BS city areas mainly... hardly ever get my SS 2001 over 💯km hr cause not much open roads where I drive around... it's had the mafless 300kw tune done to it. with OTR intake and twin 2.5in exhaust + extractors.... suspension lowered... 150km on the clock
Dude, when I had this, I had it serviced every 5000kms. Generally with new cars today, that's overkill as the sumps are big enough to hold heaps of fluids, so services don't need to be as frequent, but I've always been meticulous with my cars.
@@ryanheldoorn yeah OK fair enough.. I do the fuel, oil filters and oil change myself every 10,000.. I've been trying to teach myself the basics like draining transmission , brake and power steering fluid.....
I'm gonna get it tuned in a week or so... But I was gonna try and do the fuel injectors myself as I have new ones already.... Trying to really teach myself cause it's interesting when u read into these things a bit deeper... I'll see what they say when I get a diagnostic n tune next week... Nice car mate, Maloo has always been my favourite car, just haven't owned one yet 😂
great video thanks.
This car is very unique and its kind.. it has lot of room to be super.. i was thinking that how about rear wheels runs from engine and front wheels from electric motors, it will be hotwheels.
What about towing, mate
Hahaha never towed anything with it champ. Didn't want to spoil the rear defuser hahaha
great review mate! love my r8 to death aswell , sorta learned to adapt to the wide pillar after awhile. car sounds great also , the extractors definentley liven up the sound of the mighty V8! reguarding you servicing woes that sucks personally dont trust any dealership service.
have you disarmed your bimodal? please do check my vids mate
Mr Mot appreciate the kind words champ. No my bi-mods are still factor. I generally just leave it in sport unless I’m doing heaps of highway kms
my maloo ute was 45000 when I bought close to new, cheapest I have found, absolute cheapest was 88000. I smashed mine thats when I realised I was heavily under insured at $70,000.I prey every night that the assessor doesnt write it off. I cant get another for $70,000. I really want it fixed, I was doing under sixty but the driver side is fuckedguard suspension frontbar the mag actually broke in 3 places, hopefully that mag took most of the impact. I dunno if a front right guard is even possible to get :-( If I get the option of repairable write off and they want to sell it back to me, If its worth it Im gonna buy it back
Yeah that suck big time. I actually sold mine a few years back at exactly what I paid for it. Personally, if a car increases in value, that's awesome but I don't keep cars as investments. I want to use them and then when it's time to get something new, I just deal with the depreciation or in some instances, appreciated value then. Sorry to hear about the crash. I'm not fully up to date with how insurers do payouts and then selling vehicles back to owners who want to repair it at a cost the insurer sees as outside of the insured value. But I wish you all the best with it. They're an awesome car.
@@ryanheldoorn Thanks mate, first time i ever seen a car I bought appreciate in value double the 45000 i paid for it
@@TheDarquon to be honest, I think this dramatic inflation in prices is only on the back of the $1M Maloo GTS R that sold recently. I think it’s hugely inflated and in my opinion it’s not worth double the original retail value (normal Maloo). Plus there’s the issue that you ran into with trying to convince insurers to double the agreed value. They just don’t do it. I have a defender 110 adventure that’s worth $90k any day of the week but every year Shannon’s wants to depreciate it by $7-10k and up my premium, even though the market value is well above their quoted agreed value and I have to fight this ever renewal.
@@ryanheldoorn I agree, it isn't worth $100,000 but that's what it would cost me to replace it and that's with up there K's on it too, mine has only 70,000 K's now, id really like to keep my car i don't want it written off. I love it
I dunno if it's even fixable YET, STILL WAITING since good Friday or around then
MiGHT PASS You sometime haha at Cronulla mate ps you did a good vid was impressed
SPEARSNATOR REEFA cheers legend 👍
nice review. but lol at capped price servicing at 200 and something dollars. they're probably banking on not doing half of them because for synthetic oil, 7.5L of that is about 100 bucks alone... :)
Jethro Rose ha actually the premium oils are supposedly extra. It’s a complete rip off for the unsuspecting! I asked which oils does the car come with from the factory? They said the premium, so I said, well that’s the oils that you’ll be putting back in my car thanks hahaha
Yeah i gave them the benefit of getting better than RRP due to buying by the drum. But still. There's a significant volume of oil in these things and they surely can't be making money on services that cheap :D
It still has never made sense to me why they didn't bring the ute to the us (besides the "chicken tax") it could have been a huge hit here!
hey mate did you forget to put your pants on?
Haha, good one champ. Just noticed they do look like boxers. Na they're proper shorts champ
Had the same problem with tyres mate. They make'm soft for performance but that leaves them vulnerable. I swapped my 22"s for 19"s. Not as cool a ride so I'll go back to the 22"s again. It's all about being cool bro.
can you remove the lid?
Milos2Many yes I believe you can
Yeah You can in my opinion it looks wired with the rear pillars
I have a 2015 second gear is where u will spend most of your time in second gear going to work and back, really bad fuel economy, spend $100 a week on petrol, but the car is my entertainment as I do not drink or smoke but hay my money so who gives a shit about that, it's a sports car man and I agree awith about the looks and it's funny but I had the same issues as you with the servicing aspects with the dealership in regards to servicing so I concur with your review and I fully verify it as well. great to drive but I don't trust the holden dealership, they realy let me down and i felt riped off because of it
I took my car to Holden with a warranty issue last month and they said to me get fucked because your warranty lapsed in April and that made me feel really stupid for buying it because it is making a noise like a brake or Tyre issue but they wouldn't even look at it for me because it was a lousy 1 month over being 3 years old.Then I had a problem with the tires, It said Tyre monitoring system requires service, they couldn't even look at it. they were upset with me because I got shitty with them over the servicing I claimed all they did was replace the oil I paid the extra for the mobile one. I checked the dipstick and I could clearly see that the oil was a darker color that the full synthetic. it had 2 different oils, it was clear to see it was inferior oil.they were supposed to check and replace cooling fluid and pressure test it but they couldn't have done it because my cooling fluid way low and I had to top it up. brake fluid had dust still on the cap. 2 days later car ran completely dry, temp gauge went straight up and the car stopped, they told me to fill with water and bring it in. they pressure tested it for the supposedly second time and the tank welds had cracked it would have been simple to see it if they did pressure test it. I mean if they didn't even simple things li pressure test it and give people the mobile one, after all they fucking pay for it, no one is asking for a favor or charity that is my caveat check out the service and see if there are people chewing chewy with black fingernails. also the gear doesn't always go into second gear, it will pop out when release the clutch pedal sometimes, feels like it doesn't always go into its position
Ur fuel will be trash in any car if ur driving only in second gear
@@FakeAccount-mw8pe LOL it's an exageration, I live on top of a mountain with hairpin turns for 11 k's
I just want one
How much do these Utes cost
Madhik Wooden as is I’d sell for $57K 👍
Ryan Heldoorn that's good as Imma get one aye as soon as I get enough money
What's so hard about changing oils? Lol
Do it yourself, then it cost you oil lol.
Love the review tho
Oh totally agree mate. But at $249 cap price servicing, the oils and time end up saving me money it they do it. That's a big 'if they do it' haha
cool explorer bro
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why is so slow with a v8 mny 4 cylinder will gap that
They are great cars, I had a Gen-F GTS Maloo until some scumbag stole it😭😡
ITz CalaisEi that sucks dude. Seen a few of the GTSR getting around now 👌
can fit shit in it with the lid
Question or statement haha
And folks the most common vehicle for bieng wrapped around a tree award goes too , "commodore ute"
Only for muppets who can't drive!
Ryan Heldoorn what was your camera settings haha
From memory, Sony a7sii with 16-35 f4 shot at f4, shutter 1/60 in 4K 30fps, ISO is Auto. Messed the metering up and had it on Multi which is why the exposure gets out of hand in some spots.
Ryan Heldoorn i only mentioned it because i seen your comments on Andrews video lol enjoy
Fair enough. Not sure if you're having a dig at the quality or whatever, but I was only commenting on Andrews low light portions. I know he shoots with the a7s and since most of my filming is done in low light, i was curios as to why he dropped the shutter when his camera can handle high ISO. The quality of my video is down to 2 factors, first being I went into it knowing that my light sources would change dramatically during the drive, thus the auto iso, though i did forget to change the spot metering, and two, this 32 minute review was delivered in 1080p and then compressed down to under a gig as to upload as fast as possible.
Servicing history sounds abysmal.. I'd do all maintenance myself if i had to deal with that level of bullshit.
mate use your mirrors, if you need a revering camera you shouldn't be driving the car
Troy Jones clearly you’ve never driven one of these and if it were a Maloo that was a previous generation to the VF I would agree because
1) the sail planes were a lot smaller
2) the boot lid was 7inches lower
Puncture kit bro just youtube tutorials there easy as
chingy ching ha never had issues with fixing a puncture. I was merely pointing out that I had 3 punctures in 2-3 weeks. Just unlucky and brand new rubber too
Yeah nah fair enough i swear ive done so many tires specially driving onto job sites in a commodore fuckwits that cant pickup some screws or nails they drop
IF mine gets repaired i want to make a youtube video of her so if she goes to hsv heaven, I'll have something to watch "Shazza"on her name is Sharron
Sound kinda sucks man crackly need a mic, great review sucks about the servicing name and shame bro cheers
C B cheers mate. Had a mic but with the setup I was using the mic keep hitting the A Pillar and the gain was to high. But appreciate the feedback
500kg? Laughs in Falcon.
Each to their own mate. Now I have a defender with 1000kg payload! Winning, well without the speed of course haha
@@ryanheldoorn indeed, I just wish people knew how good both local camps were before going foreign, Falcon Ute has 1000kg carry capacity, 2300kg tow, and comes in V8, supercharged V8, or wonderfully responsive turbo straight 6.
I can understand why some people dislike Ford though, the company is pretty toxic and didn't seem to like their customers at all.
@@braddeicide Mate to be honest, the only thing I didn't like about the later model ford utes was the gap between the cab and the tray. That's all. I've owned both holdens and fords my entire life. From a VB commodore to a 66 mustang coupe. It's just unfortunate that both manufacturers have taken the routes they have over the last few years. But that is the way of the world.
@@ryanheldoorn Yea they are a bit short in the back and look a bit off, ba/bf are my favourite generation :)
Next, review your microphone. 1/10
Haha I know. It was an old video micro that kept hitting the A pillar. I’ve moved onto lavs 👌
And take a look at what ford produced, nothing but outdated ugly piles of shit with stripes for the bogan clan. The maloo was always the ute to have and looked tough but had the brakes engines and driveline to back it up. No leaf spring shit in the rear end and no BOSS boat anchor up the front with rubbish brakes.
Yea...the most "Useless" car ever built
Such a non diplomatic comment. That’s like saying any car is useless. It all depends on the individual and what they intend on using it for.
I just want one