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The 2004 Holden Commodore range of configurations is currently priced from $800.
Our most recent review of the 2004 Holden Commodore resulted in a score of 7 out of 10 for that particular example.
Carsguide Contributing Journalist Ewan Kennedy had this to say at the time: How much?Set your budget around:$2000 to $5000 for a 1999 Holden Commodore Executive$4000 to $7000 for a 2001 VXII Commodore S$6000 to $9000 for a 2003 Calais$10,000 to $15,000 for a 2007 SS$14,000 to $19,000 for a 2010 SS$19,000 to $27,000 for a 2012 Calais V$22,000 to $30,000 for a 2014 SV6 LPG$31,000 to $42,000 for a 2014 SS-V Redline$37,000 to $48,000 for a 2015 Calais V.
You can read the full review here.
This is what Ewan Kennedy liked most about this particular version of the Holden Commodore: Impressive handling, Roomy, Easy cars to do mechanical work on
The 2004 Holden Commodore carries a braked towing capacity of up to 2100 Kg, but check to ensure this applies to the configuration you're considering.
The Holden Commodore 2004 prices range from $2,420 for the basic trim level Sedan S to $14,300 for the top of the range Single Cab SS.
Both those models of Holden used the same engine; the L36 (Holden's internal code) Ecotec V6. As such, you should be able to fit the engine from the VT Commodore into the Statesman with very few other changes. The biggest hurdle will be if the Commodore donor car was a manual-transmission vehicle, as the ECU may be different to the Statesman's unit to allow for control of the electronic transmission. The best bet is to retain the Statesman's wiring and computer and change over only the engine hardware from the Commodore.
The other (minor) catch is that the VT's version of the V6 was tuned for 147kW, while the later version of the same engine in the Statesman was good for 152kW. There was a small torque difference, too (304Nm plays 305Nm). So you'll be trading off a small amount of performance but, realistically, not enough to notice.
I suspect it's not actually firing when you first start it, and it's the computer shutting it down when you try again. It could be that when you take the key out and go through your locking and unlocking procedure you are in effect rebooting the computer. It could be a problem with the computer.
It seems to me your answer lies in what you wrote at the beginning of your email. Why not buy another Hilux, it did the job for you before and there's no reason it wouldn't do the same again.