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      DOTS: the green, shade dappled Amazon
      Oppositelock • volvo clean and i mean clean enough for brain surgery • • Ad absurdum per aspera

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      glemon

      @Ad-absurdum-per-aspera I was just looking at one of these in Barn Finds (now gone) for what I thought was a very reasonable $6500.

    • People's Choice: Three Door Treats
      Oppositelock • peoples choice bmw mercedes volvo • • amoore100

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      amoore100

      @Violet said in People's Choice: Three Door Treats:

      people voted for Volvos almost every time they showed up

      Yeah, it's frankly a bit terrifying how strong the Volvo love is here. I always think I'm making a 'balanced' poll since Volvos are generally less engaging to drive compared to what I put them against, but they end up running away with the victory anyway!

      Agreed that pre-Wagener Benzes were best, but to me those early 2000s Benzes were my childhood so there's something about that new-millennium style that still piques my interest.

      Of course! I'm glad People's Choice has become so beloved and I'm hoping to get a few other segments going as well to revive my material from the Kinja years 🙂

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      Urambo Tauro

      @pip-bip mr-bill.gif

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip

      I can see a misalignment of the trim pieces down the side of the car. It's from an era where this was normal and acceptable. They didn't even bother fixing that for the advertising photo.

    • Load the Parts Cannon
      Oppositelock • parts cannon volvo s80 volvo s80 • • ForSweden

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      aremmes

      @ForSweden Sounds easier/cheaper than replacing the steering position sensor.

    • pip bip

      Hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule volvo tumblr monteverdi • • pip bip

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      Krusty Walnut

      @pip-bip Monteverdi. These and the Iso cars were great mix of Euro cars with American muscle.

    • What's the first 'car' you ever drove?
      Oppositelock • oppo by night volvo first car qotd • • amoore100

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      davesaddiction

      @Camshaft_Chris

      Awesome - glad you found us!

      Hoping LaLD can really spin up here again, too.

    • Back at it again
      Oppositelock • volvo towing uhaul oops i did it again • • amoore100

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      sn4cktimes

      @ForSweden and good riddance to them!

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      facw

      @Mark-Tucker Does this mean the awesome 1800ES isn't plow capable?

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      pip bip

      @ranwhenparked unknown

    • Mini Oppo Volvo Meet
      Oppositelock • volvo wheego porsche oppo meet cars • • WhoIsTheLeader

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      WhoIsTheLeader

      @pip-bip The Wheego ruled itself out because it's a moldy and mossy mess that was clearly non functional. The salesman just had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • volvo late night oppo tumblr • • pip bip

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      @pip-bip

      TIL

      Volvo 262C "Solaire" from 1981. The plan was to have a series of 50 262C convertibles built by the independent company Solaire in California on behalf of Volvo Cars of North America. Only five cars were built, however, before production was stopped, partly due to concerns about the car's safety in a crash Today, the car belongs to Guy Vermant, the Belgian Volvo collector, and has undergone complete renovation.

      https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/photos/160690/1981-volvo-262c-solaire

    • One Week Volvo Update
      Oppositelock • volvo not a ram • • Cars

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      Old Busted Hotness

      If your donut is like every other donut, it's significantly smaller (diameter) than the tire it replaced. So it racks up more rotations, which the computer interprets as more miles, for the same number of gallons, if it's on a drive wheel. Either that or 50 pounds makes that much of a difference.

    • Hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule bring a trailer volvo • • Just Jeepin'

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      ST80MND

      @WhoIsTheLeader I used to live next door to a Volvo buff, who had a Bertone coupe. First one I had ever seen, very unusual car. His had a V8. He spent some time showing me the programming he was doing for it on a program called Super Squirt, trying to get the most out of the 2 turbos he installed. Sadly, I moved before he had it done, but he figured it was good for around 550 hp. Neat car.

    • White classics
      Oppositelock • bring a trailer plymouth ford dodge volvo honda • • Just Jeepin'

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      pip bip

      @Just-Jeepin GIB the honda!

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo volvo tumblr dalbo • • pip bip

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      farscythe

      @pip-bip that flatbed volvo would be just perfect for hauling your trackday volvo to and from events
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    • Merry Christmas
      Oppositelock • volvo not a ram • • Cars

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      Highlander

      @EssExTee December 25 is Chrysler’s birthday, it will officially die on Easter and be resurrected as an EV company one week later.

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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    • New McDonald's Commercial Features Volvo 850R
      Oppositelock • advertising volvo 850 mcdonalds • • HotWheelsAndFriedChicken

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      ranwhenparked

      @CarsOfFortLangley I think it's more of a hipster thing, trendy young people like boxy old Volvos, right? Go find one and rent it for our commercial, that will work. You often see kind of random vintage cars show up in commercials for unlikely products for some aesthetic choice. 850Rs are all 25+ years old at this point, would be the same as using a car from the late '60s in a commercial in the mid '90s.

    • Hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule bring a trailer volvo • • Just Jeepin'

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    • Relative Reliability and Brand Loyalty
      Oppositelock • brand loyalty reliability volvo xc70 • • WhoIsTheLeader

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      Nibby

      @WhoIsTheLeader not sure if it will last 30 years 😛

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      farscythe

      @pip-bip nite mate

    • Goodnight
      Oppositelock • volvo alltrack • • Cars

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      pip bip

      @Cars g'night

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      pip bip

      @Vondon302 no idea

    • People's Choice: Baltic Bullets
      Oppositelock • peoples choice wagon estates volvo saab volkswagen • • amoore100

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      amoore100

      @ibRAD This brings me back; I recall it was around 2012 that my dad was shopping for something used to replace his aging 740 turbo wagon as a commuter. I was trying to convince him with Consumer Reports articles and whatnot to go for an early 2000s 9-5 since they had decent reliability ratings and, well, I wanted a Saab. In true Swedish car brand loyalist fashion he got a 2001 V70 T5 instead, and now to replace that a 2015 XC60 T6. Once a Volvo man, always a Volvo man.

    • pip bip

      Hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule volvo twitter • • pip bip

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      facw

      @pip-bip Boxy but they're good!

    • Hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule bring a trailer volvo • • Just Jeepin'

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      beefchips

      @flatisflat said in Hour rule:

      @Roadkilled I'm digging the green over brown leather. Aaaand that's about it. Gladly pass on most of the rest of it. Especially this...

      Screenshot 2022-11-14 184526.png

      oof yeah pass on this example (read:seller) but these cars are gorgeous. In college my brother actually had a non-running one that he intended to restore but life and kids and moving house etc got in the way. He's not bothered, not too much a car guy, but I sometimes think of what got away lol

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      A Former User

      @pip-bip Screenshot_20221112-053950_Samsung Internet.jpg

      "The mainly Northern Italian craftsmen of Brussels coachbuilder Jacques Coune built 5 convertible versions of the Volvo Amazon 122 S, four cabriolets and a tourer, each one taking some 450 hours to build : just two Coune Volvo convertibles exist today, and this is the only one still on the road. Its original owner was an 18-year-old girl who was given the car as a birthday present by her father. The car he's been completely restored to its original grey metallic finish and red leather trim."

    • WBizarre

      Cleaning-up Morph
      Oppositelock • morphs honda volvo • • WBizarre

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      BJ

      I don't like the new schnozz on the CRV but, from this angle, I like the rest.

    • atfsgeoff

      Do you like old Volvos? Do you have $500?
      Oppositelock • volvo • • atfsgeoff

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      Taylor Martin

      @UpCreekwithShitPaddle The door is always open!

    • People's Choice: 60 Degree Vees
      Oppositelock • peoples choice acura buick volvo • • amoore100

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      VeeArrrSix

      @amoore100 I vote for 15° V6 of course...

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    • Hour rule
      Oppositelock • bring a trailer hour rule volvo • • Just Jeepin'

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      pip bip

      @Just-Jeepin gib!

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo musiclopnik volvo tumblr youtube • • pip bip

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      Krusty Walnut

      @pip-bip Night

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo tumblr volvo vintage advert • • pip bip

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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      Define: 'prolong'

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule daf tumblr volvo • • pip bip

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      ranwhenparked

      @pip-bip This is such a staged picture - a family of 4 with only two seating rows, no 4WD/AWD, low ground clearance, and only two doors? Everyone knows that's a total impossibility

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      A Former User

      @pip-bip Been a long, long time since I saw a 164 for sale locally or DOTS.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • volvo monteverdi late night oppo pinterest • • pip bip

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      pip bip

      @Otto yes it is. 🙂

    • atfsgeoff

      Found another very generous parking space
      Oppositelock • volvo • • atfsgeoff

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      atfsgeoff

      @beefchips I just couldn't help myself

    • Now I want a Mondeo
      Oppositelock • oppo by night ford mondeo volvo 5cylinder • • amoore100

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      Britishvillaininatl

      @WhoIsTheLeader the second generation Focus RS ST and RS used the Volvo 5 cylinder. It’s the one Clarkson nicknamed the ASBO after a U.K. law known as the anti social behaviour order. The law is not specifically about cars

    • People's Choice: Euro D
      Oppositelock • peoples choice sedan volvo ford nissan infiniti mitsubishi • • amoore100

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      U

      G20 pls

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • volvo hour rule daf klm tumblr • • pip bip

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      ttyymmnn

      @Roadkilled

      Well, they only flew the F-27 and F-28, and that's definitely not an F-27.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • volvo late night oppo tumblr • • pip bip

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      JunkleMKVII

      @pip-bip A 240 was my first car, so I have a tremendous soft spot for them. That being said, I have always thought these were ugly. I just think they got the windshield angle, the side windows, and the proportions wrong.

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • volvo tumblr hour rule • • pip bip

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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip

      They list velocity in km/h, but force in pounds. I had to look closely to see the "Volvo Canada" tag at the bottom of the ad. With the age of the ad, it probably lines up with when Canada was switching to metric, so it makes sense to me now.

    • People's Choice: Crossing All Roads of Outback Country
      Oppositelock • peoples choice estates wagon volvo subaru audi • • amoore100

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      ash78

      Assuming they're all stock, my brain says I have to choose the Subaru, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

      But with a "normal" suspension swap and good maintenance history, I'll go Audi.

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule tumblr volvo • • pip bip

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    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      @pip-bip But the best was yet to come...

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    • People's Choice: Fast Five Door Family
      Oppositelock • peoples choice ford mazda volvo • • amoore100

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      DuckDuckGreyDuck

      @ForSweden jazzhands-archer.gif

    • Roadkilled

      DOTS Volvo P1800
      Oppositelock • dots volvo • • Roadkilled

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      WhoIsTheLeader

      @Roadkilled
      < Volvo P1800

      Not that many of the P-series were made compared to the later S and E. The one you saw has a badge denoting it as an 1800S, so I believe before fuel injection but still extremely cool. I'm still waiting on spotting any 1800.

    • Just Jeepin'

      Zionsville car show (big photo dump)
      Oppositelock • car show amc gremlin volvo studebaker datsun toyota ford chevrolet chrysler • • Just Jeepin'

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      Rusty Vandura

      @fintail said in Zionsville car show (big photo dump):

      @Just-Jeepin Chevy van is some inspiration for @Rusty-Vandura

      Rusty will always be patinaed.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo volvo tumblr • • pip bip

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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      The other kidney grille...

    • G’night, Oppo
      Oppositelock • bring a trailer volvo wagon • • Just Jeepin'

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      drVanTraveler

      @Just-Jeepin That engine change is strange, but it is a very nice brick!

    • Boxy But Good Megamorph
      Oppositelock • volvo morphs • • WBizarre

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      pip bip

      @WBizarre 740 turbo plz.

    • Hey, curators
      Oppositelock • tech support volvo • • KAC

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      Chariotoflove

      @davesaddiction said in Hey, curators:

      @KAC @pip-bip @Chariotoflove

      I got that same message in @AestheticsInMotion 's latest post just now. Leave it to him to break stuff! 😁

      Is kinda becoming his specialty.

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      DOTS
      Oppositelock • volvo elk • • Cé hé sin

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    • People's Choice: Five Up Front
      Oppositelock • peoples choice acura volvo lancia 5cylinder • • amoore100

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      fintail

      @amoore100 Maybe the Honda I mean Acura for reliability and it being so offbeat for a usually conventional brand.

      Although if I was going for 5 cylinders, this might be how I do it:

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      (you could get earlier versions in China Blue, which is effectively the same color as the fintail)

    • People's Choice: Enduring Estates
      Oppositelock • peoples choice mercedes volvo peugeot estates wagon • • amoore100

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      pip bip

      @amoore100 Pug FTW!

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      Things you learn
      Oppositelock • volvo electric truck i shift • • Cé hé sin

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      RacinBob

      @krustywantout said in Things you learn:

      You actually need torque. The gearing is a torque multiplier to go beyond the capabilities of the motor or engine.

      I agree. I think the deal is that the motor of a given size has only so much torque. If its in a car, the torque of a typical 200 hp car motor is more than sufficient to accelerate a 4000 pound car up any hill you need, Say a truck has 600 hp,, fully loaded, the motor just doesn't have the torque to do it as the truck might be up to 80,000 pounds.

    • "Volvo", not as in luxury car, but as in commercial vehicle
      Oppositelock • volvo towing uhaul • • amoore100

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      @Miss-Mercedes exactly! I figured if Mr. Hubnut can manage to tow a 1500 lb pop-up camper with an 89 hp HDi Berlingo then 2600 lbs behind 300 horses should be a breeze!

      As a first-timer I just wanted to avoid fuss and drama, and to be fair keeping it around 100 kph definitely saved me fuel and my boyfriends' sanity! 😂

    • chan

      Bus Collectors
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      chan

      @415s30 IIRC one of the buses pictured above is also reconfigured into a photo studio due to both lack of original public bus style seats and adaptation for the new owner’s business.

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      Humpday Haiku: More Moose
      Oppositelock • humpday haiku bad poetry fear the moose volvo • • RallyWrench

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      @RamblinRover No realli! She was...

      Huge molars of Horst Nordfink...

      Everyone gets sacked

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