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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #15 on: 25 January 2009, 20:06:22 »
lol i know what you mean but idk just fancy a change, no blocked breather 'dangle berries', no cam cover gaskets need changing
only think is servicing and then they go forever and its 90k between cambelts!

..oh yeah... the 850 isnt the best volvo - it resembles a flying brick in R form lol!

atleast the s60 looks less like it was designed with a cereal box and scalotape!
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #16 on: 25 January 2009, 20:06:45 »
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so thats what they do with all the leftover custard cream mix??

altho a fast car the 850R is, look how dated it looks, its basically a facelift 940.. wheres all those sexy curves that the miggy has?

aye but at least the volvo used to look like a volvo. distinctive, you knew what it was, those sidelights always on, that boxy exterior. now theyre just mondeos without the gaffa tape.
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #17 on: 25 January 2009, 20:07:21 »
anyway volvo t5's for example have 250ish bhp then about 300 remapped and even the 2.0t s60 has 180 bhp
it remaps to 250! lol
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #18 on: 25 January 2009, 20:10:03 »
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« Reply #19 on: 25 January 2009, 20:20:22 »
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anyway volvo t5's for example have 250ish bhp then about 300 remapped and even the 2.0t s60 has 180 bhp
it remaps to 250! lol
Biggest prob is getting all those horses to grip the floor at the same time and get you along the road though....   ;D
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« Reply #20 on: 25 January 2009, 20:22:00 »
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anyway volvo t5's for example have 250ish bhp then about 300 remapped and even the 2.0t s60 has 180 bhp
it remaps to 250! lol
Biggest prob is getting all those horses to grip the floor at the same time and get you along the road though....   ;D

yup! got t/c though- which it'll need :P
my mates had his octavia vrs remapped to bout 250/260ish and thats fast but struggles to get power down till your in atleast 2nd/3rd
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #21 on: 25 January 2009, 20:45:13 »
They said on Top Gear a while back that 250bhp was about as much that was usable in wrong wheel drive mode.  Personally I prefer the older volvo's, the 7 and 8 series.
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #22 on: 25 January 2009, 21:21:19 »
look in the timings                      0-60         1/4 mile
1996      Volvo      850 GLT                          8.80         16.60
1996      Volvo      850 R                          6.90         15.30
2008      Volvo      C30 T5 V1                          6.70         15.30
1998      Volvo      C70                          6.40         14.90
2005      Volvo      S40 T5                          6.70         15.00
2002      Volvo      S60 AWD                          7.40         15.80
2004      Volvo      S60R AWD                          5.50         14.00
2006      Volvo      S60R AWD (6-sp man)    6.40         14.60
1998      Volvo      S70 T5                           6.40         14.90
2004      Volvo      S80 2.5T AWD           7.70          15.60
2002      Volvo      S80 T6 Anniv. Edition           6.30          14.60
2005      Volvo      V50 T5 AWD           6.90          15.20
1998      Volvo      V70 XC                           7.80          15.90
2003      Volvo      XC90 T6                           8.50          16.50
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #23 on: 25 January 2009, 22:10:55 »
Not sure if its just me, but im really much more a fan of the V70's!

Obviously in a nice Police white :)
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #24 on: 26 January 2009, 13:17:07 »
S60's are nice cars, the sound of the 5 cylinder almost compares to that of a V6. I've driven a 2005 facelifted one, manual 2.0T SE and it was a real joy. I believe the earliest S60 available is on a 2000 X plate. Then in late 2004 on a 54 they introduced a facelift version. The 'S' spec cars have manual climate control, and the the 'SE' have automatic with the temperature like the Omega's do. A family member owns an S60, on his second one now and he loves it. And before you say 'oh dear a coffin dodgers car' it really isn't.
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Re: going to the darkside...maybe
« Reply #25 on: 26 January 2009, 20:52:28 »
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look in the timings                      0-60         1/4 mile
1996      Volvo      850 GLT                          8.80         16.60
1996      Volvo      850 R                          6.90         15.30
2008      Volvo      C30 T5 V1                          6.70         15.30
1998      Volvo      C70                          6.40         14.90
2005      Volvo      S40 T5                          6.70         15.00
2002      Volvo      S60 AWD                          7.40         15.80
2004      Volvo      S60R AWD                          5.50         14.00
2006      Volvo      S60R AWD (6-sp man)    6.40         14.60
1998      Volvo      S70 T5                           6.40         14.90
2004      Volvo      S80 2.5T AWD           7.70          15.60
2002      Volvo      S80 T6 Anniv. Edition           6.30          14.60
2005      Volvo      V50 T5 AWD           6.90          15.20
1998      Volvo      V70 XC                           7.80          15.90
2003      Volvo      XC90 T6                           8.50          16.50

thats my second choice to the s60 2.0t due to slightly more insurance(but still less than a 3.0 omega for some reason)
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« Reply #26 on: 26 January 2009, 21:04:44 »
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Not sure if its just me, but im really much more a fan of the V70's!

Obviously in a nice Police white :)

lol no pleasing some people!
i quite like the V70's but i prefere the S60 as i'd rather have a saloon unless i planned on having girls in the back of it haha!
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« Reply #27 on: 27 January 2009, 00:02:39 »
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Not sure if its just me, but im really much more a fan of the V70's!

Obviously in a nice Police white :)

lol no pleasing some people!
i quite like the V70's but i prefere the S60 as i'd rather have a saloon unless i planned on having girls in the back of it haha!

Girls? Volvo? Does not compute... ;)

On a serious note, I'd have any of the T5s, but I'd never swap my Omega for one... IYSWIM.
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« Reply #28 on: 27 January 2009, 07:40:40 »
got a C70 turbo coupe on my drive at the moment, trying to sell it for the Father in law. Had to re con the Throttle body, on its second now. Failed mot on front pass side wishbone now sorted, piece off p to change. Not a great example tbh but it goes, once moving. Fairly sure my 3.2 would be long gone with rear wheel drive.

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« Reply #29 on: 27 January 2009, 18:32:12 »
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got a C70 turbo coupe on my drive at the moment, trying to sell it for the Father in law. Had to re con the Throttle body, on its second now. Failed mot on front pass side wishbone now sorted, piece off p to change. Not a great example tbh but it goes, once moving. Fairly sure my 3.2 would be long gone with rear wheel drive.


lol tbh im just after a 2.0t as a reliable knock about instead of the tank that seems to want something looking at or changing before it's driveable :-S

i could buy alot of omega.. i could buy that ex plod 54 3.2 but it'll probably want something doing and i dont want it to end up like the last one that decided to self harm haha!
(im thinking it's bottom end)
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