04-22-2023, 07:14 PM | #2611 |
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That is very cool
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04-22-2023, 08:47 PM | #2612 |
The old cranky SOB....
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That is an odd duck... Never heard of them before....
Interesting style. Kind of an offshoot of the 1970's kit cars - but a bit nicer maybe.... Cool to see....
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04-23-2023, 11:31 AM | #2613 | |
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For sure ..vaguely reminiscent of several British cars from the 50s. Definitely has some MG vibes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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04-23-2023, 01:01 PM | #2614 |
Oh, are they?
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Really like the look of the Volvo 850R. The manual version had 250hp/258lb feet of torque and did 0-60 in 6.7 seconds.
Nothing to sneeze at in 1996.
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04-23-2023, 03:25 PM | #2615 |
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I really badly wanted to buy one of these in 1999, but the driving experience just wasn’t that great. It wasn’t slow, but it wasn’t particularly fun to drive.
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04-23-2023, 11:12 PM | #2616 |
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Yep - I’ve always liked the 850
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04-24-2023, 09:30 PM | #2617 | ||
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04-25-2023, 08:08 AM | #2618 |
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My parent’s had the vanilla 850 wagon. It was a lovely passenger car, but drove like a “refrigerator” as an Audi salesman once said. Easy clutch, though, and very roomy. My 850 sedan was much the same, but without the suburban panache of the wagon.
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04-25-2023, 08:35 AM | #2619 |
Hello.
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my buddy had a manual v70R the same time I had my e39 540 wagon. There may have been a wagon race or two... and I may have always won. It was a nice car. His was black with the baseball glove brown interior.
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04-25-2023, 10:33 AM | #2620 | |
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Nice - was that the one with the “space ball” shifter? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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