Post 287137 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-05 23:28:50
Hahaa, not really, but got your attention didn't it?? ;) :P LOL
My name's Crazy, I'm new to the world of Volvos but figured seeing as I've had most other things, why not get a Volvo - cheap to buy, spacious, comfortable, and pretty solid with good performance too.
I picked myself up a '96 850 T5 wagon last week (for the costly sum of £500) and I'm pretty happy with it. Reckon I could really get into this actually, having the space and the performance all in one :D
Got a few bits that need doing to it (will put up another post) but I must say, I am extremely impressed with it and for all the years I didn't look twice at Volvo's, that has most definitely changed now!!!
Here's my little baby :D
Post 287142 by LiamT4 on 2010-02-05 23:40:12
Hi, hope you enjoy your new car. For me the best thing about volvos, is that people just don't expect a fast volvo, but shhh... don't tell everyone! :mischievo
Post 287147 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-05 23:47:46
Oh definitely!! A guy who lives round the corner from me has a modded S13 running about 300hp, and I beat him off the lights. He came round and asked what I had done to it, and I said "nothing, and it's not even running right either" and he was just speechless :lol: hehee
Plus, people don't expect the sound system I'm running either lol Enough that the subs took the rear trim off the trunk!!!! And I'm not even running high spec subs in it..........yet ;) hehe
Post 287148 by abdul on 2010-02-05 23:50:18
i hate volvos so much that i have 2
Post 287150 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-05 23:56:05
[quote=abdul;287148]i hate volvos so much that i have 2[/quote]
LMAO!! That's some serious hate there :P lol
Post 287157 by Tomcat on 2010-02-06 00:11:15
Welcome to the forum, sounds like your having fun with your new purchase, if you think it's fun now, wait until you get it remapped.
Post 287160 by abdul on 2010-02-06 00:12:33
get it remapped u will have a even better faster car
Post 287162 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-06 00:19:27
Yea, I have been given some really useful advice by Russ at RT Mechanics, and when I've got it through it's MOT and got it taxed, and sorted out whatever it is causing the lambda light to be on, then I'll look at getting a Rica stage 1 :D
Also going to make up an induction kit to put on it too, so that should really help with the sound of it too :D
I'm aiming to keep it looking as much like it is as possible, but have it sleeper. It even has odd rims which I love!! (look at the front wheel on the drivers side, it's the gunmetal one, the rest are silver) lol
Post 287184 by danny-R on 2010-02-06 10:07:11
[quote=Crazy_C;287162]Yea, I have been given some really useful advice by Russ at RT Mechanics, and when I've got it through it's MOT and got it taxed, and sorted out whatever it is causing the lambda light to be on, then I'll look at getting a Rica stage 1 :D
Also going to make up an induction kit to put on it too, so that should really help with the sound of it too :D
I'm aiming to keep it looking as much like it is as possible, but have it sleeper. It even has odd rims which I love!! (look at the front wheel on the drivers side, it's the gunmetal one, the rest are silver) lol[/quote]
when i first bought my t5r the lambda light was on and after hours of research on this forum i managed to find the rubber elbow on the left side of the inlet manifold was missing causing the light, replaced it and within 5miles of driving it had cleared... Just a thought:cool:
Nice car by the way, and as said above just you wait till you get it mapped!!
Post 287190 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-06 10:44:03
Cheers Danny, I'll have a look at that. Hopefully be something simple like that :D I'll get the codes read too by my garage when I'm next on a day off too.
Really loving the Volvo though, never had a turbo'd motor before, and it's really brilliant! Always been a V8 man, and had a couple of Jap motors too, but this is just awesome :) Definitely can't wait to get it mapped!!
Post 287192 by Porcine_Aviator on 2010-02-06 10:57:02
[quote=abdul;287148]i hate volvos so much that i have 2[/quote]
Here Abdul is this hate for Volvos catching?
Only we have two as well :)
I keep looking at the third but I have a feeling that would really p**s the guy next door off.
Post 287233 by Flatout Phil on 2010-02-06 16:53:43
I thought my 2.5 GLE was great til I got my T5. I thought my T5 was great til I got my R!
Post 287251 by abdul on 2010-02-06 17:56:19
[quote=Porcine_Aviator;287192]Here Abdul is this hate for Volvos catching?
Only we have two as well :)
I keep looking at the third but I have a feeling that would really p**s the guy next door off.
[/quote]
i was looking at a lazer blue but somebody bought it before me
Post 287281 by Porcine_Aviator on 2010-02-06 19:29:36
[quote=abdul;287251]i was looking at a lazer blue but somebody bought it before me[/quote]
I noticed that, still you win some you lose some, and some go off the road and land up in a ditch :)
Post 287290 by RT MECHANICS on 2010-02-06 20:24:37
Welcome Volvo hater lol
Russ
[quote=Flatout Phil;287233]I thought my 2.5 GLE was great til I got my T5. I thought my T5 was great til I got my R![/quote]
Thats because it has RICA power :)
Russ
Post 287295 by Bob France on 2010-02-06 20:41:13
Hello and welcome to "sleeper world"!!!
Post 287369 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-06 23:35:26
Hey Russ :D Good to see a familiar face :D
[quote="Porcine_Aviator"]I keep looking at the third but I have a feeling that would really p**s the guy next door off.[/quote]
Well between me n my mum, we have the Volvo estate, a Renault 19 cabriolet, a Renault Kangoo and a Chevrolet Matiz. And we only have 2 parking spaces and next door can't park for sh*t either which is really fun :rolleyes: lol
And cheers Bob, looking forwards to this. Haven't had a sleeper for a couple of years now, do miss it!
Post 287841 by sebasteeno on 2010-02-08 17:50:30
Welcome aboard. Always fancied a Renault 19 Cab, nice looking motor
Post 287998 by PaulZX on 2010-02-09 14:08:24
welcome to another of my haunts... ;)
Post 288042 by Crazy_C on 2010-02-09 18:14:13
Good to see a familiar name :D
Post 290819 by Porcine_Aviator on 2010-02-21 10:52:27
[quote=Crazy_C;287369]Hey Russ :D Good to see a familiar face :D
Well between me n my mum, we have the Volvo estate, a Renault 19 cabriolet, a Renault Kangoo and a Chevrolet Matiz. And we only have 2 parking spaces and next door can't park for sh*t either which is really fun :rolleyes: lol
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We have Christine the V70 T5 our 850 T5 and Iveco 3.5 ton van and a caravan the last two are parked on the drive. If you think next door can't drive, you should see how well ours parks his Corsa Van. Now as you know they are only small you can reach all the doors including the back hatch from the drivers seat.
Yet the other day he managed to reverse in and scrape the wall down the side of it. Previously he had tried 4 or 5 times to reverse back, the gap is wider than the one at the front of our place, you can see it on the camera, see bottom in sig.
He wants to tarmac over his front garden so that he can park there. The only problem is he can't get his car between the front of my van which is parked on my drive and the wall. Which is very odd as the other guy who lives in the flat upstairs has no problem.
Personally I don't think the guy should be on the road, in fact I don't think he should even be allowed outside his front door, I mean a Corsa Van!!!