#8126558 - 03/11/15 03:25 PM
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ReplicaR
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Looks cold. Did you get it from the back of the fridge?
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#8127496 - 03/12/15 09:58 AM
Re: mjölk
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ReplicaR
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Sold the GTI tonight. Bosnian kids, they love VWs.
They sure do. Eastern european and VW go hand in hand very well.
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#8129868 - 03/13/15 07:28 PM
Re: mjölk
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ReplicaR
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Been there with a girl, but didn't skip a beat when Corrado was gone.
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#8130264 - 03/14/15 12:14 PM
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ReplicaR
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Corrado was abusive to me for 3 years... longer than most relationships that don't end in marriage lol
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#8135772 - 03/18/15 08:49 PM
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scootergeek
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Ok, I've had the car just over a month now (got it on feb 14). So far, it's my favorite car I've owned and driven ever (I've only put about 50-100 feet on my Alfas, so they don't count). It's got its flaws (steering is over-assisted and doesn't load up in turns which annoys me), but on the whole the driving experience is so pleasant, that I'll learn to live without *feel*.
Funny thing is, the car feels really familiar even though I've never driven a fwd Volvo before and it doesn't even feel like the same company as my old rwd Volvo wagons. Then it hit me, this is the first black sedan I've owned since 2006. Like the last one, it's cab forward with steeply raked windscreens front and rear, ~250hp turbo, fwd, notchy 5 speed. It's a Swedish SRT-4. The T5 is about 400 lbs heavier, 400% more civilized and 400 times more grown up, but the power delivery and driving dynamics are very similar. Stock T5 suspension beats the shit out of the shit "tuner feel" crap from the SRT-4. Interiors aren't even on the same planet. Volvo seats do more than just look the part. And so on, but the underlying feel is the same.
Biggest difference is there is zero buyer's remorse so far - but that's partly down to the difference between coming out of a 1g ACR and the world's shittiest Mk2 GTI.
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#8138123 - 03/20/15 01:41 PM
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kyden
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Ok, I've had the car just over a month now (got it on feb 14). So far, it's my favorite car I've owned and driven ever (I've only put about 50-100 feet on my Alfas, so they don't count). It's got its flaws (steering is over-assisted and doesn't load up in turns which annoys me), but on the whole the driving experience is so pleasant, that I'll learn to live without *feel*.
Funny thing is, the car feels really familiar even though I've never driven a fwd Volvo before and it doesn't even feel like the same company as my old rwd Volvo wagons. Then it hit me, this is the first black sedan I've owned since 2006. Like the last one, it's cab forward with steeply raked windscreens front and rear, ~250hp turbo, fwd, notchy 5 speed. It's a Swedish SRT-4. The T5 is about 400 lbs heavier, 400% more civilized and 400 times more grown up, but the power delivery and driving dynamics are very similar. Stock T5 suspension beats the shit out of the shit "tuner feel" crap from the SRT-4. Interiors aren't even on the same planet. Volvo seats do more than just look the part. And so on, but the underlying feel is the same.
Biggest difference is there is zero buyer's remorse so far - but that's partly down to the difference between coming out of a 1g ACR and the world's shittiest Mk2 GTI.
a $30k+ Volvo is better than a $20k neon? Mind blown.
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#8142060 - 03/24/15 11:43 AM
Re: mjölk
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g96nt
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I haven't driven one of the newer T5, but I feel like my next vehicle will be one. Probably a wagon, we'll see. That being said, the only t5 I have owned was an 850 with '00 VR engine that was SOOOO much fun. it was light, it was nimble, it was comfortable, and was built well.
when you said it felt familiar, I thought you were going to go down an ergonomical road, saying that things are where you expect and operate how you'd expect. I can see the connection between the 2.4/2.5 turbo FWD, but the Volvo certainly will win on the "feels", even if less-connected, the ride is just worlds better. My 20-year old 160k T5-R with bilsteins and lowering springs just FELT more solid, more rigid, and of better construction that any of the Mitsubishis, Nissans, Mazdas and Toyotas I've spent time driving, even when they had <30k miles.
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#8147778 - 03/27/15 01:20 PM
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g96nt
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I did see that Ipd sells the inserts, now. The FB groups seems to agree that it's a big help. I know Saab had some issues with clunky springs in the Spyker-era 9-3.
It's funny. Mom's had a 240dl she's put 400k miles on since '96 that she just sold, but she's had a '10 C300 AWD that's just been sitting, doing almost nothing because she hates it. It's a nice-enough car, has 40k miles on it(she bought with ~25k or so), has ZERO problems, is showroom clean, minus typical mom wheel-curbing. She's selling the C300 to buy a new XC60, even though Volvo's "not what it used to be". They've come a long way to improve their product, and with Saabs getting older and older, It's almost certain we'll have a couple Volvos in the driveway, once we're due for new cars.
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#8233333 - 06/03/15 03:45 AM
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I looked at hatchback 9-3s and 9000 Aeros because the general consensus is that they're better driver's cars than the P2 Volvos, but like the 850/V70, even the beaters were trying to command too much money from the enthusiasts. If anything this experience has led me to look for cars with a weaker enthusiast base (hence the S60 instead of the V70 I would have preferred).
Hell, when I started, I had E36 BMWs and EG hatches on my radar as well, but the "scenes" have beat the living shit out of those cars and still want silly money for them.
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#8242976 - 06/10/15 01:09 AM
Re: mjölk
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meizu001
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Was looking for a previous generation (P80) 855 or V70 5-speed, but they're either on the coasts, ragged out or priced like gold. Looked at a couple 90's Saab 9-3s, but this was just much nicer.
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#8279042 - 07/06/15 09:07 PM
Re: mjölk
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Any new updates/impressions now that the honeymoon phase is over? Theres a clean blue S60R 6mt near me going for $4.9k and I'm fighting the urge. We've had a V70R for about six years now. 4.9K is peanuts for that car, but you better have twice that saved up for repairs. Ours averages about $2K/year, things like bearings and angle drive gears and really fucking expensive brake components.
Side note, the auto is preferred to the 6MT cause there's so many torks coming from the engine. At least that's what I hear. I hate autos, the V70 is wifey's car but I get to drive it on long trips, and it's decently fun. Too much weight, too complicated suspension, too much FWD bias, but still pretty entertaining to hustle around a few curves. And a long distance bomber, awesome stereo and super comfy bolstered leather seats.
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#8317847 - 08/05/15 09:13 AM
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#8318664 - 08/05/15 04:43 PM
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Meanwhile in the uncomplicated world of mid 90s Mustang, I had an alternator go out about 6 months back. I picked up another one in the middle of the night in a 24 hour Autozone, and replaced it in within 20 minutes...
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#8318941 - 08/05/15 08:55 PM
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scootergeek
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FFUUUUUU Those wacky Swedish engineers. Does this mean the a/c system had to be evacuated/recharged and the P/S drained/refilled? That would be a huge PITA.
No, fortunately this was designed before Ford could influence them. But the ps reservior and pump have be be pushed out of the way and the radiator fans pulled, because you have to slide the alternator to the drivers side of the car before there's room to lift it out. Oh, and I only replaced the voltage regulator (because the internet all agreed that that's the culprit 99.999% of the time), and that wasn't it, so this saturday, I get to do it all again.
At this point though, there aren't many surprises left for me.
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#8323905 - 08/10/15 01:51 AM
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