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Seen today: Audi R8

And a few days ago, the mother of all daily drivers.
 

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stevanford1 said:
How do know that Camaro is a daily driver ?
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It was at a gas station, and the owner came out to put something in his car while I was filling up. I asked him how much power it put down, and he said around 300 since it was tuned down a bit so that he could drive it everyday. As thevictor390 put it, those are some expensive tires to use everyday
 
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https://pic.armedcats.net/a/ah/ahpadt/2009/06/12/IMG_0005.jpg

My neighbours bf's Mustang. Lovely V8 rumble from that thing.
 
Seen yesterday:

M6
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/12/DSC08301.JPG

Greetings, lip
 
Seen yesterday: A car I had no clue existed. Had to use the internets to find out what it was...the Volvo 780


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had a volvo sticker on the side and a turbobricks.com sticker on the rear window.

Proper manual and everything.
 
nouseferaname90 said:
Seen yesterday: A car I had no clue existed. Had to use the internets to find out what it was...the Volvo 780


http://img34.imageshack.**/img34/135/060909142100.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.**/img34/46/060909142101.jpg

had a volvo sticker on the side and a turbobricks.com sticker on the rear window.

Proper manual and everything.
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Two awesome Volvo coupes on the same page! NO WAI!
 
CrazyRussian540 said:
Two awesome Volvo coupes on the same page! NO WAI!
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Is anyone else sad that companies like Volvo (Amazon) and Jaguar (E-type) used to make amazing sports cars and now that's all long forgotten about in their lineup of barge-like driving appliances? Can you fathom either making a true sports car today?

Also it's hard to see but it looks like there's a Ferrari badge on the 780, that and the rims are points off.
 
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I used to like the 780 a lot, I think it was designed by Bertone. Of course there are better designs out there now but I have to say that coupe is still a classic today.
 
janstett said:
Is anyone else sad that companies like Volvo (Amazon) and Jaguar (E-type) used to make amazing sports cars and now that's all long forgotten about in their lineup of barge-like driving appliances? Can you fathom either making a true sports car today?

Also it's hard to see but it looks like there's a Ferrari badge on the 780, that and the rims are points off.
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That's a Volvo "Prancing Moose" badge, for Volvo owners who have some humour :p
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bobo_1314 said:
I used to like the 780 a lot, I think it was designed by Bertone. Of course there are better designs out there now but I have to say that coupe is still a classic today.
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One day, I wanna drop the 240hp turbo I5 from the 850R into the 780. Make myself an awesome RWD Volvo 785R.
 
CrazyRussian540 said:
One day, I wanna drop the 240hp turbo I5 from the 850R into the 780. Make myself an awesome RWD Volvo 785R.
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Is there a RWD tranny which will fit it? And why use the 240hp version when you can use the current 300hp 2.5?
 
janstett said:
Is anyone else sad that companies like Volvo (Amazon) and Jaguar (E-type) used to make amazing sports cars and now that's all long forgotten about in their lineup of barge-like driving appliances? Can you fathom either making a true sports car today?

Also it's hard to see but it looks like there's a Ferrari badge on the 780, that and the rims are points off.
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Volvo has never made a sports car.

It has made pretty cars (p1800, Amazon, 544, etc.) But they never handled or drove properly without a lot of modifications.

Volvo has also made pseudo-sports saloons/estates, but they aren't really full on sports cars, just standard models with turbo's stuck on.:)
 
Seen today:

612
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/612.JPG

599
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/599.JPG

Dodge
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/4_Dodge.JPG

Lancia Thesis - Ugly but rare. No wonder why.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/1_Lancia.JPG

Cadillac Escalade - First one I've ever saw... yuck
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/2_Escalade.JPG

Willys Jeep
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/3_Jeep.JPG

Alfa GT
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/5_Alfa_GT.JPG

Wiesmann Roadster
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/06/13/6_Wiesmann.JPG

Greetings, lip
 
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Just got back from a cruise around town (and on the interstate where my GPS said 80 and people were passing me :?) and saw a number of interesting things.

First, the people with their pre 1920's cars were out driving, there were at least 4 of them, I caught this 1911 Town Car first, then there were three others which I only got really bad blurry pictures of.

https://pic.armedcats.net/n/na/nabster/2009/06/13/0613091357.jpg

Otherwise, in front of a church where someone had just gotten married was a beautiful vintage Mercedes, either a 710 SSK or an SS Roadster or similar in all white. I didn't have my camera ready for that, but it was stunning. Not the car exactly, but similar.

https://pic.armedcats.net/n/na/nabster/2009/06/13/mercssk.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/n/na/nabster/2009/06/13/mercss.jpg
 
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