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P80 cars in the snow

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: P80 cars in the snow

Post by befarrer »

We got a skiff here, mainly cold though at -20c today.
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Do love the AWD and winter tire combo, you have to work hard to spin the tires, or break traction. I can out drag most 4x4 pickups in the snow since they have much wider tires, and usually mud tires too.
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Studies have shown the higher you climb into your pickup, the fewer neurons fire and interconnect. Luckily, it’s reversible
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Post by S60UT »

So much for our expected 2-4", barely a skiff, meh,
I call this nuisance snow

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befarrer wrote: 18 Dec 2020, 02:03 We got a skiff here, mainly cold though at -20c today.
That's what my wife always says, "skiff." Sometime modified to "skift." "Just a skift."
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I found some 421 Green and some 417bNautic Blue
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ex-1984 245T wagon
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2004 XC70 wagon BlackBetty

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Mmm, satellites. Wish we got those in the UK.

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Post by abscate »

BlackBart wrote: 18 Dec 2020, 12:34 https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/us/drive ... index.html

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That guy was lucky he had cell service in that part of CNY, it’s pretty spotty there.
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Post by BlackBart »

That's pretty quick digging on your part!

That blue really is a nice color. (But "BlueBetty" doesn't really work...)
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Post by Clemens »

I'm in envy because of all that white powder and the rims on your T4, Steve.
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