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« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2008, 08:26:02 PM » |
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no comment (you don't want to hear my comments)... it's all about personal preference, but lets not compare a mini to a volvo s80
... nore/eric we should post a thread comparing the 2 on NAM haha.
i am NOT willing to get banned on NAM over ford nuff said |
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« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2008, 08:31:37 PM » |
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Well mine is electronically limited to 130, it could go faster, no doubt, if I chipped it the limit would be higher.
But yeah... we don't need to get into a Mini vs. S80 war...
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« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2008, 08:44:00 PM » |
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LOL you are right ethan. i was giving JVC a hard time - like pan said, personal preference.
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« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2008, 08:46:14 PM » |
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loool wow serious threadjack
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« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2008, 08:46:49 PM » |
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idk thats strange i always thou their way faster my buddis mini feels really quick and love the hear the blower he could do 2nd and 3rd chirps i guess its all down to driver and who shifts better unless the Volvo is auto yah didnt know that the volvo had that much power i never looked into them bc of the market and didnt c anyone local shops for tuning didnt really wanna go out my way to have to get it worked on and is it still a euro car?? didnt like ford buy them out or something i quess if its built in europe but owned my americans still considered European
o if its an auto? could that make a difference i heard that stick r faster?? unless u ahve like 1000hp supra then auto is better but yah what ur guys in put say these guys had a high way run would the mini say in second gear beat the volve bc can the volvo be in one gear and stay in it to make boost?
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« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2008, 08:58:12 PM » |
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It's Tiptronic, so I can sorta shift... enough to put in in 2nd, then launch from there.
It's technically a Volvo post-Ford (Ford Bought in 1998, car was made in 1999) but I'm not sure if Ford had been there long enough to have a great enough influence to take effect, if any. I've been told that Ford doesn't make decisions for Ford, but who the hell knows who's telling the truth anymore. I say it's still a Euro.
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« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2008, 09:00:08 PM » |
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A lot of people underestimate Volvos, most of them are reasonably fast.
Recently my dad had a loaner '07 Volvo S40 from the dealer, I looked in the manual and about 95% of the parts were from outside the U.S. Engine from Sweden, transmission from Japan, and I don't specifically remember anything else. Yeah they're owned by Ford, but so is Mazda, Jaguar, and Land Rover.
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« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2008, 09:00:51 PM » |
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It's Tiptronic, so I can sorta shift... enough to put in in 2nd, then launch from there.
It's technically a Volvo post-Ford (Ford Bought in 1998, car was made in 1999) but I'm not sure if Ford had been there long enough to have a great enough influence to take effect, if any. I've been told that Ford doesn't make decisions for Ford, but who the hell knows who's telling the truth anymore. I say it's still a Euro.
ur tranny is gm... that could be a sign that ford had some influence... btw john nice -10% tints in the sig lol |
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« Reply #23 on: January 21, 2008, 09:01:42 PM » |
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A lot of people underestimate Volvos, most of them are reasonably fast.
Recently my dad had a loaner '07 Volvo S40 from the dealer, I looked in the manual and about 95% of the parts were from outside the U.S. Engine from Sweden, transmission from Japan, and I don't specifically remember anything else. Yeah they're owned by Ford, but so is Mazda, Jaguar, and Land Rover.
Yeah, I didn't know Mazda was owned by Ford too, I knew about Jag and Land Rover. |
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« Reply #24 on: January 21, 2008, 09:04:52 PM » |
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They used to own Aston Martin until early 2007.
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« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2008, 06:40:01 AM » |
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ford owns like 33% of mazda but you can still find FoMoCo on every engine part.
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