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| and it will carry a lot of gear too.. pretty quickly door to door... granted it's a station wagon... but at least it was one of the fastest production wagons built at the time
1996 Volvo 850 turbo R
fully decked same as this one but in better shape..
sure beats the Accord..(which is now Shannon's)
pick it up Monday after we get the insurance/registration transferred.
anyone have an Ovation emblem off a case? I need one for the back gate...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | HEY! Don't make fun of station wagons. I drive an Audi S-6. Absolutely correct about hauling lots of guitars in the back. I also carry my bicycle in the back. Wife refuses to drive it because it's a "wagon", so she has her own toy. That's fine with me.
Enjoy the new rig. That's a real nice one. Shoot me your mailing address and I can send you a case emblem. I've got a whole pile of thm somewhere.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | HEY! Don't make fun of station wagons. I drive an Audi S6 wagon and love it. Absolutely correct about hauling lots of guitars in the back. I also carry my bicycle in the back. Wife refuses to drive it because it's a "wagon", so she has her own toy. That's fine with me.
Enjoy the new rig. That's a real nice one. Shoot me your mailing address and I can send you a case emblem. I've got a whole pile of thm somewhere.
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Not Big Enough...(for me)...just ask BegginJM...lol
But for you Glenn, its great! Seriously, its a very nice ride!
Blessings... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Explorer's, Mountaineer's, etc.... just a re badged station wagon. (I've got an Explorer too Jim) :D
Hey Glen, got the book, thanks again. Any update on Char? |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Wagons are cool! IMO [depending on the make of the car] they even tend to be sportier looking than their sedan type siblings. There are two cars in my household, and one of them is a Subaru Impreza wagon that dates back to my college days. It has/had hauled my guitars for years, without any problems. I'll admit that the car had its share of maintenance and body repairs in the 14 years that I owned it -- but performance wise -- it never broke down on me [not even once!], and it always pass the state inspection with flying colors every year. The most recent inspection took place just 3 days ago. Might I add that this car loves the snow, that it was [and still is] the only vehicle that manages to get out of the driveway during extremely bad winter conditions.
Before the Subaru, I once drove a Colt Vista wagon. I think it's a Mitsubishi-manufactured car with Chrysler badges on it. I loved the looks and the amount of room it had, but it kept on breaking down on me, that I traded it in for the Subaru three years later. This year, my wife and I decided that the time has come to retire the Impreza, so we are currently looking at dealer lots for deals. Most likely, because of the good luck I had with this tiny wagon that runs on a puny 1.8 liter, 4 cyl. engine, I just might get another Subaru ... perhaps the Forester?? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | How about a Suburban, fit a lot of guitars in that! |
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Location: SoCal | We've had a Toyota Camry wagon in the family for the last 12 years. My wife drove it for 11 and I've had it for the last year. It's a great car. Now, I'm about to downsize but to another wagon, a Mazda 3 5 door, and my kids will get to use the Camry. Wagons are great.
From the mid 90's to just a couple of years ago, nobody made a wagon (or would admit to it). The choices were either SUV's or minivans. Now wagons are back with a vengence but they're called cross over vehicles or sport wagons, not station wagons. I don't care what they call them.... |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Sportiest little thing I've driven in a while was a Pontiac Vibe we rented on vacation a couple years ago. Can't really call it a wagon - too tiny - but it was peppy and held a lot of stuff (baby, stroller, 4 suitcases, guitar, playpen, and us).
I'm just selling our Santa Fe - going to be wierd not having an SUV or 4wd for a while. I'm still driving my 10-year-old Sable, which I can cram 8 guitars in cases into. Talk about space conservation! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Station Wagons are cool! But now nobody makes real wagons any more, except Audi, BMW, and other spendy European companies.
A TRUE Station Wagon should have a long-enough cargo area so that you can flip-down the rear seat and fit a twin-sized mattress in there.
Then you can live it the sucker.
At bedtime, you just throw all the your crap in the front seat, turn-on the camp TV, and grab a beer from the cooler. And make yourself at home in K-mart's parking lot!
:cool: The voice of experience...
Plus, Grocery-Go-Getters are good camouflage! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Music needs a semi! To quote Al "'nuf said!" |
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Location: Tennessee | The only station wagon I've ever owned was my first car, a '64 Nova wagon. This was before I took to hauling around guitars ... but it hauled around a lot of surfboards and ho-daddies. And the occasional California Wahine. :cool:
Glenn, those Volvos are really sweet. I've driven a recent 300-hp V70R with AWD and six-speed manual. Standard equipment should include a radar detector .. you're gonna need it. |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
But now nobody makes real wagons any more, except Audi, BMW, and other spendy European companies.
And Dodge.
Oh wait, they're German-owned now. |
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Location: SoCal | Chrysler was German owned. Mercedes sold their stake in Chrysler to an investment group..... |
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Location: Texas | Station wagons rule!
I have a VW Passat wagon, it is my family car, tour car and overall cool vehicle.
Welcome! :cool: |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | My buddy did get on of them Magnum Wagons, without the Hemi.
[But how fast do you really need to go in Portland?]
That is a fine Rock-n-Roller's ride.
But I'm not sure if you can camp-out in it. And it has NO camouflage-value.
It turns-heads where-ever it goes!
[And it might have been Dr. Z's idea...]
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Location: NJ | In my PTCruiser, I can fit:
Two Peavey trapezoidal cabinets wit a 12" and a horn in each.
"Natalee" - a 4' long black nylon duffel packed with mic/speaker stands & cables.
An anvil case containing a 16-channel powered mixer.
Another anvil case containing pedal board & ancillary cables.
A lighted music stand.
Four guitars in Ovation HSC's.
A Pelican Case of microphones.
A gig bag of sundry gig supplies.
Assorted fans, sandbags, and a rolled-up 4'4' banner.
. . . along with room for another passenger upfront, and still have the ability to see out my rearview mirror . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | ... and as soon as the elephants clear off the stage, 24 clowns emerge from the Cruiser.
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Location: Vermont USA | "along with room for another passenger upfront, and still have the ability to see out my rear view mirror"
Must be one of those inflatable types.
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Location: NJ | . . . those elephants are a hard act t'follow . . . |
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Location: NJ | . . how IS that pizza-delivery thing going, btw?? . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "I drive a rambler." |
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| You're a bad person who should have more respect for his elders.
Your name has been added to the list. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | So are we saying we have Slothead #54 here and Car 54 in England? |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | `F Course the True troubadour is the VW TRANSPORTER,High on it`s wheels,with a seat as straight as a dinnerchair,a steeringwheel lying reasonably flat ( so that one can lean on it ) it moves a couple of subwoofers,instruments,active tops,drums on the roofrack,gasfires and kitchensink ,and a bunch of merry people,and a couple of cases of anti-thirst...and I have to sell it...(sob).. :rolleyes:
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| Actually I don't know what we're all bragging about - waskel rides a motorcycle bigger than our cars. |
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Location: closely held secret | Goes faster, too. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Q"Goes faster, too."
Really..?..Only on short distance..my brother in law ,ridin`his HONDA CB1000 was all stiff&cranky after 7 Hrs.ride....I was as fresh as a daisy..VW TRANSPORTER Rules ..!!..and I have to sell it.. :(
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Location: closely held secret | What would you expect? CB1000's are sport bikes, certainly not intended for touring.
After 7 hours on mine I don't feel that much different than 7 hours in a car, unless the weather is bad. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | TOURING..?..So what`ve U got..?.. :)
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Nice Machine...!!..Reel Naize..!! :)
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Location: closely held secret | Thanks.
Shaft drive, horizontally opposed 6 cyl.
I'm working on a guitar rack for it. |
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Location: NJ | oh . . I thought that WAS the tow vehicle and the bike was hidden behind it . . . |
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| Is he wearing open-crotch leathers????? :eek: :eek: :eek: |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Originally posted by schroeder:
Is he wearing open-crotch leathers????? :eek: :eek: :eek: Hey pardner, 'roun these parts those are chaps.
Offerring an alternative etymology for a particular lip balm. |
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Location: closely held secret | Yah, they're chaps, ya maroon.
Full leather pants can give one monkey-butt on warm days.
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Location: Reading, PA | That car rocks. I dig the Volans. We had a 2004 V70R for a weekend but decided to return it. It was too much car for the Mrs to use as a daily driver. 300hp with 40 series tires.... no way. We settled on an '05 XC70 and the woman loves it.
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| Tupperware! Thanks for the emblem. we took possession of the car and pulled a carfax on it before we went down to pick it up... apparently somewhere between 142000 in may of last year and the current read of 153140 which was recorded may of this year.. the odometer and trip meter stopped working.. the electronic readout still works as does the speedo.. actual mileage on the car is 158000.. so it is down at the Volvo dealership in Vero Beach having a very tiny gear replaced in the speedo.. which involves tearing out the whole front dash to fix..apparently a VERY COMMON problem with these... the dealer took another 300 off the purchase price, and is splitting the repair with us. so will have less than 3k in it.
I'm happy.
it is very fast... scary fast for a wagon. the turbo lays you back nice.
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Location: SoCal | congrats glenn!
We had the sedan. Great car. I love Volvos.
Just a few things learned along along the way.
The coolant recovery tanks would develop a leak along one of the seams. The tank was under preasure. The manual mentioned to check under the hood when you filled up with gas... so if you noticed the level going down, it was not a big deal. You'd figure out you needed a new plastic tank... a relatively cheap do-it-your-self part. If you miss it and let the recovery tank go dry, the next thing you'll know is that the top of the radiator fills with steam and the preasure blows off one of the radiator's side tanks. The side tank splits-off at the top spraying steam and coolant up. I'd be careful opening the hood if you suspect an overheated radiator.
Replaced the turbo once. After that, our mechanic had us run a straight weight heavier oil during the warm weather.
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OT: Grandpa and Grandma got a new baby hauler!!