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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 23, 2017 - 06:42pm PT
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My best friend from childhood owned Lawrence Volvo dealership in W.C...The whole family has at least one or two old school volvo's that they still drive...
My favorite >Volvo station wagon 122 S from the late 60's & 70's.. with a purdy light green color ..I owned one for a short while...
Brandon..Are you buying the 91....?
This color ..[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 23, 2017 - 07:25pm PT
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$3K sounds a little steep for a '91. Don't get sentimental. ;-)
Did I mention between my brother and his wife we've owned about a dozen? One of my best
friends in Seattle was the King of Volvos - Oddvar Ogland. He built some stoopidly quick ones.
He had a very successful shop in Ballard and was very well known.
I think the fastest was a '71 145. It was just sick because those early 145's were so light. He
let me have it for a weekend when some Swedish buddies visited. I drove them to Leavenworth.
Just leaving Bothell there was a notorious speed trap. I saw the tool in his usual place so I was
a good boy until I hit the freeway onramp whereupon I lit 'em up. I saw him come after me so
I really got on it. I knew he was too far back to clock me or get a valid radar read so I backed
off and let him pull me over. I got out and watched him eyeball the rig which didn't show much
other than a really big exhaust and lots of rubber.
"You took that curve getting onto the freeway kind of fast, didn't you?"
"Well, officer, I thought I was being quite responsible, actually."
"Well, you take it easy now and have a nice day."
"Thank you, we will."
BwaHaHaHa! Rarely got below 75 the rest of the way to Leavenworth, except wjhen I came
to the known tool hides.
The wife has 175K on her '05 XC70. It's a great rig. A little pricey to keep in tip-top shape as
I'm too lazy to do my own work any more but we figure we only put a thou or so into it per year.
My bro got a Polestar last year and has added about 75 HP by 'chipping' it. That thing scoots
pretty darn gud with 425 ponies! The suspension is really fabulous.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jun 23, 2017 - 07:49pm PT
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The Volvo station wagon once was academics' choice of a vehicle. Never really understood why.
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7SacredPools
Trad climber
Ontario, Canada
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Jun 23, 2017 - 08:10pm PT
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I bought an 85 240 back in 1990 or thereabouts.
It was a sporty burgundy 2 door that drove really well, but the salt on the roads here wreaked havoc with the brakes etc. Only kept it a few years as there was always something going on it. Still, I've been admiring Volvos ever since and am thinking about a newish V60 wagon.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jun 23, 2017 - 09:14pm PT
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I had an old wagon, great car. Down side was the electrical. Gave it to my son's mother. She promptly got it impounded in Seligman AZ and walked/hitched to Kingman. I drove out and tried unsuccessfully to get it back.
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