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Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:48 am**

Hi All,

On the weekend just past I purchased a black MY07 Liberty 3.0R Spec.B wagon. Let me say I cannot wait to pick it up this weekend. This will be my second ever car as Ive been driving the same black VN Commodore wagon for the last ~11 years. I just hope the Liberty is as bulletproof as the VN has been to me.

A little bit about me is I'm from Ballarat (VIC), 30 years old and working in IT.

I've only been on here for a few weeks since I decided to get a Liberty and I have learnt heaps from reading various threads.

Cheers, Wilso.

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:11 am**

Welcome aboard mate.

few things to keep an eye on.
-oil usage., some drank it like fish, others don;t use a drop
-Use good fuel. these engines need 98RON wherever you can, the factory tune is pretty nasty and they knock a bit on anything but the best fuel
-centre diff failure in the 6speed boxes. they get hot and will lock up after about 50km of driving, giving you the feeling of a 4wd with centre diff lock, makes it hard to to tight turns

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:51 am**

Robbks wrote:...
-Use good fuel. these engines need 98RON wherever you can, the factory tune is pretty nasty and they knock a bit on anything but the best fuel
...

I'm curious about this one. I've experimented with 95 and 98 over the years, and notice hardly any difference.
I usually use Shell 95, and have never observed knocking in my engine. The engine has done about 125,000km now.

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:03 pm**

on my normal route home i find myself cruising in 6th gear at about 80km/h 2000rpm with the window down, squeeze the throttle to maybe 1/3 for a little uphill section and it audibly pings on 98RON
So i just leave it in 5th now.

Unless it's wastegate chatter i'm hearing...... ( :alcoholic:

)

Need to get mine tuned. DBW maps REALLLLLY sh!t me

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:47 pm**

welcome soN!

Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:59 am**

Finally back with some pics of my wagon. Spent 7 hours detailing it on the weekend and very happy wth how it looks.

Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:19 pm**

Nice job. Looks schmick!

Posted: **Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:29 am**

Welcome. That car has plenty of modding potential.

Posted: **Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:52 am**

Welcome,

In black too :biggrin:

Did someone say mod....

Grill, Rims, Done.

Get some sticky tyres on and enjoy!

J

Posted: **Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:39 am**

jslayz wrote:Grill, Rims, Done.

Agree

Posted: **Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:49 pm**

Very nice looking wagon mate!

Posted: **Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:36 pm**

wilso wrote:
jslayz wrote:Grill, Rims, Done.

Agree

+ big rear swaybar, set on hard to keep that phat a$$ from floating around

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