The only Commodore I ever owned

I only ever owned one Commodore. It was a VB model Station Wagon. I bought the car from some people who went to the church I was pastor of (always a risky move) They told me they were reluctant to sell the car as they had had continual trouble with it. On the positive side, they said they had replaced everything on it you could possibly replace, and so therefore we should get a better run out of it than they did. That's where they were wrong. We had constant trouble with the car and even put a new motor in it. We finished up keeping the car for only nine months before changing it over for something else. We did get one trip to north Queensland towing a caravan with it however. Dad and Mum and Ben came along for the ride. It was just before David was born, and so we had no kids of our own to tag along. We traveled from Brisbane right up to Cairns and came back through Winton - right in the middle of the Queensland. The car made that trip OK, so I should be thankful for that at least.



I remember when the Commodores first rolled off the assembly line. I worked for General Motors at the time and recall all the fanfare that the General made about the new car. Sally's Dad, Graham Weatherhead always referred to them as 'Crummydores'. I don't know if he ever finished up buying one - He had Fords as long as I can remember.

I've never had another Commodore. I just seem to end up with Falcons. This latest one is not bad at all.