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Old 12 April 2004, 03:25 PM
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This was posted earlier, after looking at it again myself it looks like it`s my ad & I`m selling a car but it`s not. It`s text from an ad off ebay which I copied & pasted & found quite funny, sorry about the earlier confusion!



You may laugh at the Volvos but there`s some speedy ones out there

"IM DRIVING ALONG IN MY 330 BHP COSWORTH WHEN THIS WHITE VOLVO CAME AND PARKED ON MY BUMPER, ITS A VOLVO ILL **** ALL OVER IT. SO I BOOTED IT TO ABOUT 147 MPH, LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR EXPECTING THE VOLVO TO BE MILES IN THE DISTANCE.(WRONG) THE WHITE VOLVO WAS STILL ON MY BUMPER AND GAINING, NOT QUICKLY BUT GAINING. MY SPEEDO WAS READING 156 MPH WHEN THE VOLVO OVERTOOK ME. COSSIE SPEEDO'S ARE NOT THAT ACCURATE, BUT NEVER THE LESS I HAD MY **** KICKED BY THIS WHITE VOLVO. I MET THE GUY A FEW WEEKS LATER AND BOUGHT THE VOLVO THAT OVERTOOK ME. I AM NOW SELLING DUE TO MY LIFE EXPENTANCY BEING SHORTENED BY THIS CAR !!!!!!! ALL THE ABOVE OBVIOUSLY HAPPENED ON THE AUTOBAHN !!!!!!!

ITS A 1998 VOLVO T5 EX POLICE CAR READING 133K ON THE CLOCK. THE ENGINE AND RUNNING GEAR ARE PERFECT. I BOUGHT THE CAR 12 MTHS AGO FOR £4500 FROM AN EX POLICE APPROVED DEALER,SPEND GOOD MONEY ON AN EX POLICE CAR OR YOU GET AN AUCTION ROOM KNACKER.THE CAR HAS BEEN COMPLETELY STRIPPED OUT, INSIDE, LEAVING 2 BUCKET SEATS AND 2 HARNESSES ONE BEING A 6 POINT LUKE. THE ENGINE IS A 2.3 20 VALVE TURBO 5 CYLINDER. IT IS BOOSTING TO 1 BAR GIVING SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION OF 280 TO 300 BRAKE HORSE, AND GIVING OVER 300 FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE. IT IS QUICK AND MORE SO VERY VERY RELIABLE. UNLIKE MY COSSIE.THE CAR IS MANUAL AND HAS AN EIBACH 60MM LOWERING KIT ALL ROUND.THE WHEELS ARE 8 X 17 O.Z SUPERLEGGERA WHICH ARE AS GOOD AS NEW AND LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD WITH NEW 215 40 17 YOKO 309's THESE COST OVER £1000. THE BRAKES ARE DISKS ALL ROUND THE FRONTS BEING 304MM WHICH ARE FAIRLY BIG. THE CAR IS FITTED WITH A SPEC R DUMP VALVE AND PIPERCROSS INDUCTION KIT THE DUMP VALVE TO BUY IS ABOUT £300. THE CAR FLUTES OFF ON EVERY GEAR CHANGE, GIVING WASTE GATE CHATTER. DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH A VOLVO DUMPING OFF RAISES A FEW EYE BROWS. THIS CAR WOULD MAKE A PERFECT READY TO RUN TRACK CAR THAT HANDLES AND STOPS SUPERB. THE DISABLED BADGE IS FOR MY OWN WARPED SENSE OF HUMOUR. TOP SPEED ON THIS CAR WITH INTERIOR AND BOOSTING TO 0.5 IS BOOKED AT 157MPH IT GOES OFF THE CLOCK WHICH IS 155MPH. IM SURE ITS GOOD FOR ABOUT 160MPH+.



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Lee

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Old 12 April 2004, 04:23 PM
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I used to have one, was quite amusing but never did anything with it performance wise. My Fiat Coupe would murder it though (my old Volvo) but the Volvo was more robust.
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