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This guy's like the energizer bunny!!!

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Hachiroku ハチロク

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Dec 24, 2009, 2:36:59 PM12/24/09
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I remember when I was young there was an ad that said, "Ever hear about
the travelling salesman that put 1,000,000 miles on his Volvo?"

The guy was shown in the ad with his '66 P1800.

He's back! FOUR MILLION MILES!!!! Holy COW!

http://www.volvogallery.org.uk/data/3193/irv.jpg

Unfortunately, I flattened one of these when I was 19...
I still miss that car...

http://www.volvogallery.org.uk/data/500/Volvo_ES1800_002.jpg


in2dadark

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Dec 24, 2009, 3:16:42 PM12/24/09
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Don't know about him; But having the same car in my sales work helps a
great deal.

Hachiroku ハチロク

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Dec 24, 2009, 3:26:00 PM12/24/09
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You got a P1800?


Ashton Crusher

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Dec 24, 2009, 4:48:08 PM12/24/09
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:36:59 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Tru...@e86.GTS>
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That was when Volvo's had a nice distinctive look.

FatterDumber& Happier Moe

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Dec 24, 2009, 8:31:23 PM12/24/09
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He must have a hell of a paper route.

fred

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Dec 25, 2009, 8:38:59 PM12/25/09
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=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Tru...@e86.GTS>
wrote in news:pan.2009.12.24....@e86.GTS:

Real nice looking car!

Joerg Lorenz

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Dec 26, 2009, 6:48:59 AM12/26/09
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fred schrieb:
It is a dream!

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Axel Schäfer

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Dec 26, 2009, 4:01:12 PM12/26/09
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Hi,
this is not that unique as i thought, I looked for a used Volvo at
www.mobile.de , there is a 2000 V70 2.4T with 1.295.000km....
I you count this up :-)

axel

Hachiroku ハチロク

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Dec 27, 2009, 7:30:04 AM12/27/09
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Not when I got done with it!

Someone else who owned one told me to be wary of the rear end sliding out
under hard cornering, and that's exactly what happened. In trying to
regain control I overcompensated, and the ass went out the other way. I
was JUST GETTING CONTROL BACK and we hit a berm, sending the car onto it's
roof.

You know what Volvo used to say in their ads about 'integrated rooll
cages'? It's true. Me and the passenger were directly under it. I got some
skinned knuckles and a small cut on the side of my head. He didn't have a
scratch!

Oh, and before the accident, I *had* long hair. Lost about half of it!!

fred

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Dec 27, 2009, 3:56:06 PM12/27/09
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=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Tru...@e86.GTS>
wrote in news:pan.2009.12.27....@e86.GTS:

Kind of like Richard Hammond's explanation of oversteer vs. under steer:
There's a tree on the outside of the turn, If you have understeer, you
don't make the turn and crash head on into the tree and die. If you have
oversteer however, your rear end hits the tree and you die. Oversteer is
better of course because you never see the tree.


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