Following the demise of the gearbox in my trusty VW Transporter I needed a cheap tow car/junk hauler and started looking for an economical diesel Audi/VW/Volvo estate but temptation and the boy racer in me got in the way and I couldn't resist this :-
No not my Smart daily driver, but a 250hp, 20 valve all alloy turbocharged Volvo 850R, 3 mode auto , climate control, full leather/alcantara heated seats front and rear, airbags everywhere and 0-60 in 7.2 seconds, but don't mention the fuel consumption , it would be difficult to get more fun for a grand.
It's a Volvo Jim, but not as we know it.
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Re: It's a Volvo Jim, but not as we know it.
Great cars, practical, safe and yobbo all in one box.
I wouldnt be without mine
I wouldnt be without mine
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Re: It's a Volvo Jim, but not as we know it.
I had an 850 TDI auto which ran a 5cyl 2.5 Audi engine. The Audi / diesel / Volvo spec was so rare that it wasn't listed in the drop-down menus on the usual websites like confused dot com etc.
It was an absolute beast of a car. Slammed it on Konis, painted it flat grey with a roller, and ran it everywhere, including down to Nantes and back, on sunflower oil.
I eventually drove it through a flood, killed it, and used it, through the scrappage scheme, to get £2k off my girlfriend's Toyota.
Volvo make nice cars now, but back in the 90s they were at full boost. That R is an absolute pinnacle of their awesomeness. The only thing that I was't sure about with mine was the monumental scuttle shake - the front would tramp and slam all over the place when you bowled it into a corner. If you parked it with a wheel off the ground, as I sometimes did, the boot wouldn't open. All said, however, nothing ever fell off, ever.
Enjoy, and remember to channel your inner Rickard Rydell / Jan Lammers at every mini roundabout.
It was an absolute beast of a car. Slammed it on Konis, painted it flat grey with a roller, and ran it everywhere, including down to Nantes and back, on sunflower oil.
I eventually drove it through a flood, killed it, and used it, through the scrappage scheme, to get £2k off my girlfriend's Toyota.
Volvo make nice cars now, but back in the 90s they were at full boost. That R is an absolute pinnacle of their awesomeness. The only thing that I was't sure about with mine was the monumental scuttle shake - the front would tramp and slam all over the place when you bowled it into a corner. If you parked it with a wheel off the ground, as I sometimes did, the boot wouldn't open. All said, however, nothing ever fell off, ever.
Enjoy, and remember to channel your inner Rickard Rydell / Jan Lammers at every mini roundabout.
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Re: It's a Volvo Jim, but not as we know it.
And engineered by 5 blokes in a shed just outside Oxfordjamie wrote:That R is an absolute pinnacle of their awesomeness