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Kirk Thibault (Kirkt)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 03:23 pm: | 
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Ladies and gents, the 2003 Volvo Paris-Dakar mom-mobile.  |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 03:27 pm: |
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someone around here has some action shots of it. pretty cool |
ema
| | Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 04:05 pm: |
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Cool! I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Volvos. (In fact, traded in a Volvo for the Land Rover.)
-ema |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 07:05 pm: |
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Do you think they would trade my 740 and my 240 even up for that pup? I really like Volvo's and my heart jumped a bit when I saw that image load.
S- |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 07:54 pm: |
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Is it just me or is there only two lugs on that eight lug wheel? |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 03:20 am: |
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Another 'is it just me' or is the differential housing a bit higher than wheel-center? |
Will Roeder (Will_Roeder)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 06:41 am: |
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Erik, yes, the diff housing is quite a bit higher, those are portal axles.
Will |
Marc Ingham (Marcingham)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 09:05 am: |
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I like it. |
Erik Olson (Jon)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 11:22 am: |
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My wife just sold her V90 big-ass Volvo - I won't say what she bought in its place.
I don't know about the other models in the line, but I found the sightlines to be really poor in the Volvo. Seemed to be very small (height-wise) windows and plenty of blind-spots.
Don't they run the Dakar at night? It looks like the Swedes still need to add a little kit to the package. Like some underbody protection for one...
e |
adtoolco
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:11 pm: |
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Where do I get portal axels for my disco? |
John Lee
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:12 pm: |
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Portal Axles + Michelin XS = Bad Ass |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:37 pm: |
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Erik-
A Van by chance?
-S- |
Mel A. (Krawlrovr)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 03:21 pm: |
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Do you think that the portals are from the Volvo C303 they just retired? How big are those tires? and yes, I do think it looks bad ass. |
Erik Olson (Jon)
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 05:31 pm: |
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No! It is not a 2001 Oldsmobile Silhouette minivan with sponge-like suspension and automatic side doors, and I resent that you would think that...
d'oh! |
BMac66
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 09:02 pm: |
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Al, they probably put the wheels on just for the photo and couldn't be bothered putting on, or didn't have, all 32 nuts.
Bruce.
PS - I thought Volvo's were for old Lady's to drive on Sunday. |
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