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When i bought my bf, one reason was taxis. Look back before the vz to vfs with the alloytech motors were out, taxis were predominantly gas falcons or gas 3.8L commodores. Hybrid camrys now have the taxi game, but you still see the odd falcon. So to me that says reliable for monster kays. Exciting and powerful? Maybe not so much, but my cousin did his time as a mechanic at holden during the ve days and said the alloytechs are an 80 thousand motor, the ecotecs were almost bulletproof treated right. Then he worked at a taxi workshop. Said the cars werent pretty, but he had numerous falcons come in, pushing monster kays with the original motor needing the original gearbox replaced. So this was well after the ecotec days of taxis. So ive heard no opinion of those, but if they were solid enough to be a taxi, surely theyd last a while looked after as a private car.