Show Us Your Motors!
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Soldato
What is it, a T4?
I'd never expect one to have 300bhp. 250 yes, but not 300. If one kept up with my Impreza I'd be slightly miffedbut also very impressed. I'm a big fan of understated cars.
2.5 T5, 5cyl, 230hp stock. Uprated exhaust, intercooler and tune usually sees them up to 300hp. Handy that many of the focus RS and ST parts fit too.
Nice V50!
As RoboCod says, newer generation Volvos are significantly nicer.
Pretty much. My mum used to have a 140bhp 2.4 and long-term average over 5 years was around 25 mpg!
Yup. It's an estate, but not a particularly big one. Boot space is average and rear legroom isn't much to write home about.
As RoboCod says, newer generation Volvos are significantly nicer.
Caporegime
How the hell do you only get 140bhp from a 2.4?!
Caporegime
Take the 'i' off the 2.4i
5-pot sounded nice tho
It's less power per litre than a 1998 clio!
Caporegime
How did the americans get less than 150HP from a turbocharged 5.0 V8 in the 1980's?
Caporegime
Cos America?
Caporegime
Well, cos smog laws and it being cheaper to nerf existing engine designs actually, but still!
Soldato
Picked up the CLS Friday
Still a few bits and bobs to get my head round, but loving it so far
Still a few bits and bobs to get my head round, but loving it so far
Detailing complete! The paintwork was is pretty good condition for the age and mileage, some minor swirls and polish marks (looks like someone less talented tried to polish it at some point in it's life) but quite a lot of bonded contaminants.
Car was dropped off at a local detailing who did all the normal pre-work (wash, clay, decontaminate), followed by a 2 stage machine polish, then coating with GTechniq CSL and Exo v3. Also has G5 on the glass and C2 on the wheels. First impressions are very good, paintwork has a great gloss to it and the beading is awesome!
Car was dropped off at a local detailing who did all the normal pre-work (wash, clay, decontaminate), followed by a 2 stage machine polish, then coating with GTechniq CSL and Exo v3. Also has G5 on the glass and C2 on the wheels. First impressions are very good, paintwork has a great gloss to it and the beading is awesome!
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Soldato
It's white and just looks like a clean white car - sorry.
Nice beading though.
Nice beading though.
It is just a clean white car
If you don’t like white cars you can just say it rather than hiding behind veiled insults
Soldato
It is just a clean white car
If you don’t like white cars you can just say it rather than hiding behind veiled insults
Sorry If I offended you, it was not my intention. My eldest son has a white car and spent two days polishing and waxing it with my DA polisher and after that he showed me the results and all I saw was how well the water beaded.
I like white cars by the way, but no matter what amount of polishing you do it will always look 'just clean'.....well in my eyes anyway.
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Caporegime
I dont mind white cars, but you dont really reap the benefits of a good detailing session.
Soldato
Gave it a bit of a wash today... Can't wait for summer to give it some proper attention to be fair, it truly needs it but its far too cold and it needs to go into the body shop to get bringing up to my spec
Soldato
Can you get an AWD V50? The idea of a V50 T5 AWD with a tune would be quite naughty.
Besides the XC cars, what other Volvo's got AWD?
Besides the XC cars, what other Volvo's got AWD?
Caporegime
Yes you can. I was sorely tempted by a V50 T5 AWD Manual a while back. It had some MK2 Focus RS bits on it and other modifications and was pushing over 400BHP while looking totally standard externally...
Would have been a fantastic sleeper.