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Where Not to Park your Volvo in an Earthquake

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Slammed by brick!
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A Brick, bricked....?
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Is it proper to call a newer Volvo a Brick?
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Quake in North Carolina?
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Could it have been "just" a catastrophic chimney failure? Pretty dramatic - tore the electrical service mast right off.

"Honeyyyy, I'm going up to fix the satellite dish."
"Be careful up there! Did you move the car....?"

Lugnut - this is a serious question that ought to be discussed.....which was the last "Brick?"
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BlackBart wrote: ↑31 Mar 2022, 10:28 Could it have been "just" a catastrophic chimney failure? Pretty dramatic - tore the electrical service mast right off.

"Honeyyyy, I'm going up to fix the satellite dish."
"Be careful up there! Did you move the car....?"

Lugnut - this is a serious question that ought to be discussed.....which was the last "Brick?"
Some would argue that the P80's were really the last of the true bricks. I think I would agree with a statement like that, since the P2's that followed have much smoother lines and rounded bodies.
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Certainly the 140 / 240 were the very definition of Brick. One could argue all the RWD 740 / 940s were an evolution of that. And the early 850s were pretty blocky and square, then they got softened up and as you say, the P2 is a pretty rounded car.
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Can you agree the 140, 240, 740, and 940 are Bricks, P2 are not Bricks, and others are unclear?
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P2s are designer bricks….
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