850R on Last Top Gear

jonesboy1983 · Post by **jonesboy1983** » 05 Mar 2013, 11:05

I was watching the BBC version of Top Gear on Sunday and there is an 850R wagon featured! The premise is they had to buy estate cars for 1500 pounds and now drive them across Africa to find the source of the Nile. James May chose the 850R. No surprise it has 150,000 miles on it, runs great, but AC is broken. Just thought the 850 fans would want to know.

Post by **jblackburn** » 05 Mar 2013, 11:33

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... =4&t=55046

Post by **jblackburn** » 05 Mar 2013, 11:34

An 850 with broken AC? Say whaaaa...?

jonesboy1983 · Post by **jonesboy1983** » 05 Mar 2013, 12:35

Oops. Should have known someone would have caught this before me!

Post by **mercuric** » 05 Mar 2013, 13:50

I'd have went with a 945 for an african expedition

Post by **jblackburn** » 05 Mar 2013, 14:52

mercuric wrote:I'd have went with a 945 for an african expedition

Equally as useless in mud!

XC would have at least gotten stuck less. =D

I took my S70 off roading quite a bit to go fishing but nothing like that!

jacobharding · Post by **jacobharding** » 05 Mar 2013, 19:22

That was horrible to watch. Should be rated R for violence.

nickm · Post by **nickm** » 06 Mar 2013, 05:55

I think it gets obscene, seems to be a wrx bonnet scoop on the 850r in a photo.
Bet the compressor needed shimming.

JD7401 · Post by **JD7401** » 18 Mar 2013, 11:45

A Cross Country would have been an obvious choice. Just as long as May beats Jezza's 5 series with the low budget rear tires!