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Old 10-23-2010, 10:59 AM   #1
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Another Volvo
well i bought a new car today
A Volvo 760 Turbo Intercooler, 2.3Liters, 4 Speed Manuel with eletric overdrive, multi link rear suspension, original alloy wheels has 350798Miles on it. has a small hole in the right front wheel inner fender and under the driver seat and some surfce rust on the doors and fenders other then that its very nice.

needs breaks, turbo, tires and some cosmetic work
will be a dayli driver until the crew cab is done and im a volvo mechanic so its easy and cheap for me to fix

going to pick it up saturday next week.

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Tonight mine pulled a few cars out of snowbanks, and is sitting in my driveway, icicles on the grille, wheels just white cakes of snow, buried up to the lug nuts in powder, straps and chains wrapped around the bumpers, the outline of the wipers clear in 4 inches of snow on the windshield... A tired warrior of the 1980s in a world of low profile tires, front wheel drive, and plastic bumpers, where people stay in their houses until snowplows move the offending substance from their paths, too helpless to travel without AAA and chains and salt, clearing their windows with longhandled brushes while gently stepping around in the snow trying to stay nice and dry.
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Old 10-25-2010, 11:39 PM   #2
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Re: Another Volvo
Just a daily driver? turning up the boost?
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Old 10-26-2010, 02:39 PM   #3
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Just a daily driver? turning up the boost?
just daily driver will proberly do some mods like a bigger turbo and some exhurst work, have an original Ground effects laying at work along with a 5 speed manual trans and few other odds and ends

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Tonight mine pulled a few cars out of snowbanks, and is sitting in my driveway, icicles on the grille, wheels just white cakes of snow, buried up to the lug nuts in powder, straps and chains wrapped around the bumpers, the outline of the wipers clear in 4 inches of snow on the windshield... A tired warrior of the 1980s in a world of low profile tires, front wheel drive, and plastic bumpers, where people stay in their houses until snowplows move the offending substance from their paths, too helpless to travel without AAA and chains and salt, clearing their windows with longhandled brushes while gently stepping around in the snow trying to stay nice and dry.
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Old 10-27-2010, 12:33 PM   #4
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Lol, I remember that ad with the Lambo. Nice driver, man.
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:28 PM   #5
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toke it for spin yesterday, its pretty nice to drive just cruises and it has alot of gid up and go even with the very bad turbo it has



just got done doing the brakes new pads, shoes, discs, still need to change a tie rod, turbo fix the small hole in the right rocker to get it inspected
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Tonight mine pulled a few cars out of snowbanks, and is sitting in my driveway, icicles on the grille, wheels just white cakes of snow, buried up to the lug nuts in powder, straps and chains wrapped around the bumpers, the outline of the wipers clear in 4 inches of snow on the windshield... A tired warrior of the 1980s in a world of low profile tires, front wheel drive, and plastic bumpers, where people stay in their houses until snowplows move the offending substance from their paths, too helpless to travel without AAA and chains and salt, clearing their windows with longhandled brushes while gently stepping around in the snow trying to stay nice and dry.
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Old 11-14-2010, 12:19 AM   #6
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A lot of potential with that B230!

I've suprised many with my 244 sleeper.

Check out http://www.turbobricks.com if you haven't yet.
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