I knew I loved my wife even more when we bought the T5M for a kid hauler, the sales guy carefully said "Do you know how to drive a manual" and she said "Yeah - you can chirp the tires in all the gears..."
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I knew I loved my wife even more when we bought the T5M for a kid hauler, the sales guy carefully said "Do you know how to drive a manual" and she said "Yeah - you can chirp the tires in all the gears..."
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Sounds like he was stuck in the old "even your wife can drive it" - time..abscate wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 13:31![]()
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I knew I loved my wife even more when we bought the T5M for a kid hauler, the sales guy carefully said "Do you know how to drive a manual" and she said "Yeah - you can chirp the tires in all the gears..."
Brilliant old Amazon ads on YouTube if anyone's missed them. Also old 140 ads that make fun of American cars' rather questionable reliability..
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Now I'm stirring up trouble on TurboBricks facebook group, where I posted that meme
"Take that sh!t back to Volvospeed" -- one commenter
I corrected him with a "Matthews Volvo Site
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"Take that sh!t back to Volvospeed" -- one commenter
I corrected him with a "Matthews Volvo Site
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Checked them out on Volvo TV on YouTube. I remember too many of what I saw from TV when I was a kid. I liked the idea suggested in one since Volvo will last way beyond car payments, you can then buy the wife a fur coat on payments later!!!Rattnalle wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 13:34Sounds like he was stuck in the old "even your wife can drive it" - time..abscate wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 13:31![]()
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I knew I loved my wife even more when we bought the T5M for a kid hauler, the sales guy carefully said "Do you know how to drive a manual" and she said "Yeah - you can chirp the tires in all the gears..."
Brilliant old Amazon ads on YouTube if anyone's missed them. Also old 140 ads that make fun of American cars' rather questionable reliability..
My Volvo cars owned
1989 740 GLT ordered
1994 850 4door standard shift ordered
1996 960 ordered
1998 S90 ordered totalled after 3 weeks
1998 V70 GT dealer stock car
2002 S80 T6 ordered totalled
2004 S80 T6 dealer stock car and current car owned
1989 740 GLT ordered
1994 850 4door standard shift ordered
1996 960 ordered
1998 S90 ordered totalled after 3 weeks
1998 V70 GT dealer stock car
2002 S80 T6 ordered totalled
2004 S80 T6 dealer stock car and current car owned
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I think June might have gone back in time and done some of the driving in those..June wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 15:11Checked them out on Volvo TV on YouTube. I remember too many of what I saw from TV when I was a kid. I liked the idea suggested in one since Volvo will last way beyond car payments, you can then buy the wife a fur coat on payments later!!!Rattnalle wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 13:34Sounds like he was stuck in the old "even your wife can drive it" - time..abscate wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 13:31![]()
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I knew I loved my wife even more when we bought the T5M for a kid hauler, the sales guy carefully said "Do you know how to drive a manual" and she said "Yeah - you can chirp the tires in all the gears..."
Brilliant old Amazon ads on YouTube if anyone's missed them. Also old 140 ads that make fun of American cars' rather questionable reliability..![]()
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No, but mom had a 142 early 70s 164 mid 70s I wish I could have driven. Juneabscate wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 15:31I think June might have gone back in time and done some of the driving in those..June wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 15:11Checked them out on Volvo TV on YouTube. I remember too many of what I saw from TV when I was a kid. I liked the idea suggested in one since Volvo will last way beyond car payments, you can then buy the wife a fur coat on payments later!!!Rattnalle wrote: 05 Sep 2018, 13:34
Sounds like he was stuck in the old "even your wife can drive it" - time..
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1989 740 GLT ordered
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1998 V70 GT dealer stock car
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1989 740 GLT ordered
1994 850 4door standard shift ordered
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