I actually thought that was a ferrari sticker - as a lark. The prancing moose is even better.
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I actually thought that was a ferrari sticker - as a lark. The prancing moose is even better.
Oh yeah, it's kinda funny:Quote:
Originally Posted by pisteoff
Where did the Prancing Moose come from?
http://images.matthewsvolvosite.com/...tickers-sm.jpg
My V70R had a prancing moose grill sticker; it always made me laugh.
The white wagon above reminds me of the Volvo 245 turbo wagon I had that was 'lightly' massaged.
Best mini wagon:
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Smaller than a Golf, but more room inside.
My Dad and Uncle used to build and race rally cars in the UK in the late sixties.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
They were hired by a young, rich Argentine amateur-racer to build a car for the 1970 London to Mexico City World Cup Rally.
Most of the big manufacturers already had entries in the race but they ended up persuading Volvo to give them semi official "works" assistance with a 144 Sedan.
The car made it to Mexico City but well down the order due to lack of talent of driver.
Dad and Uncle were the car's pit crew for the race. There are some great stories about their adventures just keeping up with the race.
Dad ended up with a garage full of Volvo performance and custom upgraded parts from Gothenberg....hot engines, suspension parts, trans, big brakes etc. Most of it eventually got put into the family Volvo 145 wagon which became quite the sleeper car.
That's awesome. Would love to see pics one day if you have any.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I have a few of the rally car somewhere in old emails I'll try and find them.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Welcome back. All is well?Quote:
Originally Posted by InspectorGadget
I saw the sweetest old 242 wagon yesterday. Light blue and not a spec of rust anywhere. Appeared to be totally stock inside and out. https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1Q...oTecT9j7NKOIZ3 Don't know if the link to the pic will work. I'm no good at this interweb stuff...Quote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
I've known a few people with the turbo 335s and they've been nothing but trouble. BMW moving away from wagons (in the us market), manual transmissions, and toward turbos has kind of lost me.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
My dad had a 535i from 1989 that he owned until 2000 or so. He refused to sell it to me. I'm still kind of upset over that: it was cherry and would have been quite the ride for a college kid.
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Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I have a friend who only buys/collects late 90's/early 2000's BMW's. He loves to build sleeper cars and has an old 535 wagon with an 850 engine... maybe 500 hp? He's got at least ten different rigs, so a serious addict. I need some pics...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
We've still got our '08 335i and it has been one of the most trusty, fun cars to own. Great output in the platform, but given the choice I'd still take the '06 330i with the NA engine. Now on the other hand 2 of our old X5's had the turbo'd I6 and while the engines were fine the cars themselves were electronic gremlin breeders. I place it squarely on the day they moved to that electronic shitbox transmission. Good riddance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
I'd be all over a 5 series wagon if they ever brought one back to the US (especially in a NA format) but I think both of those are great white buffalo at this point for the market here.
An '89 535 wagon would be nothing short of sweet to this day.
My old man's was the sedan. I'm not sure if the US market had the wagon then. I think I remember starting to see the wagon circa 94-95 in the 525.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I'm glad to hear you've had luck with the 335. My friends who've had them have both experienced difficult problems with the turbo. Fun as shit when they've been running, though.
My bad, I must have misread it in 'wagon thread' mode. Still, a very cool vintage 5 series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
Thanks, yeah, it's been a very fun car even with the auto. Biggest issue I've had so far has been replacing the passenger door lock actuator and some belt tensioner that BMW thought was a good idea to make out of plastic. $5 part, $250 fix. :rolleyes2
As for vintage BMW wagons, the mid-2000's 540i wagon is about as tits as it gets in my book.
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/att...1&d=1248708436
Someone had a DINAN tuned one on ebay for like a year. I wonder if it ever sold. Was asking a ton.
http://m.cars.com/vehicledetail/#vdp...ngId=675940053
It's listed as an AWD MT. Haven't checked the pics.
Edit: not a manual.
I guess I have a thing for white wagons
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http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1999-bmw-528it/
"this BMW wagon was transformed with a modified 7-liter GM LSx 427 iron-block engine mated to a T56 Tremec Magnum 6-speed manual transmission producing a dyno-proven 493 horsepower and 467 lb-ft. of torque at the wheels."
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That's nuts.
I want to drive it. But that's nuts.
They had an Alltrack at the UCI Cyclocross event in Iowa City today. I asked them to open the trunk so I could get a peek but they couldn't find the keys. Looks good irl though.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...1399571c80.jpg
Who's 'them'? Are they idiots?
Holy sht. That would be fun ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
Sounds great tooQuote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
A bunch of people wearing VW shirts. Event sponsored by VW. Probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by frorider
Went and sat in it. Didn't have time to drive it. It's really too small on the inside which is too bad because I wanted to like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
That's kinda what I thought. It's just not really much bigger than our Golf, which is fine, but we already own a Golf. Go look at the Allroad, it's kinda the opposite, bigger than it looks.
Check out the new Mercedes Allroad. http://blog.caranddriver.com/mercede...rrain-variant/
I like everything from the headlights back - I'm not in love with the current Merc grill/smiley faces.Quote:
Originally Posted by frorider
I've had 3 wagons: 1991 Legacy L 2.2L, 2001 Outback VDC 3.0, and the current 2005 Outback 2.5i. All have been stout CO cars, but the VDC 3.0 was a taste of Eurowagon lux with the smooth flat six and killer McIntosh stereo. Currently trying to keep the 2005 running to then make a Golf AllTrack wagon #4.
I forgot about this partial reason we don't get wagons here, and instead get crossovers:
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Either the American public doesn't get it, or we don't: The station wagon, beloved by motor journalists and buyers in Europe—where 9 of the 10 bestselling cars in 2014 offered station wagon versions that sold in large numbers—accounts for about 1 percent of the U.S. sales mix. This is, at least partially, a consequence of our bifurcated CAFE fuel-economy standards that treat many crossovers as trucks, subject to less-stringent targets than cars with the same footprint (wheelbase times track width) but less ground clearance.
Since the beginning of time, like the 50's, station wagons have been derided as family haulers, grocery getters and ploopy underpowered sexless cretinmobiles.
That's why I love them. There is nothing so awesome as a highpowered awd eurowagon with a stick
Except that they are going the way of the dinosaur's :( I haven't driven a slushbox yet that actually shifted like a stick. I've heard good things about the merc box but I've never driven one. I've driven an older S4 and while it shifted decently around town, i never got to drive it hard in some mountains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
Jag option soon: http://jalopnik.com/jaguar-will-cont...-sp-1787338581
http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/imag...w-100126_1.jpg
Saw a metallic maroon allroad this morning that looked very similar to this one. Really sharp looking car...
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That's the best looking Audi made. (Outside the R8)
I was killing time the other day while the fam was shopping and I strolled over to the mega-auto-mall across the street and saw the new Alltrek alongside some other VW wagons. Sharp looking cars but wow are they small. They made the wife's XC70 look like a land-yacht by comparison.
Makes me wonder how useful the format is when cross-shopped with other wagons or ridiculous crossovers.
Nice thing about the Allroad is you get 250 hp compared to the Alltracks 170 hp. Bummer is the car costs $15k more. Seems like for $2k you should be able to boast the V Dub 1.8 liter engine up to 200 hp making it a descent freeway flyer.
Edit: here we go
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I was driving through Denver yesterday and passed a semi transporting Audi/VW's to a dealer. Sure enough there was a white/gray AllTrack wagon heading to some lucky showroom.
Which tuner shop is this ?Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
APR (says it all over table Mr. Magoo ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by InspectorGadget
I thought that might be the case, but I haven't owned anything from Wolfsburg since my '84 Jetta GLI.Quote:
Originally Posted by simple
I stopped by a V Dub dealer yesterday to look at the Altrack. For $30k, a pretty nice little wagon that looks way better than a Subie to this jong. Only bummer for me was the front passenger seat didn't flip forward to get a surfboard in the car. Maybe the solution is to get a cheap base model with no power seat adjustment so you can. I need the 6 speed to come out before I drive one. With a stage 1 upgrade, could be a nice little car for $30k. I like that better than $40+ for an Allroad. To bad the BMW 328ixD is so ugly, as I really wanted the 40+ mile mpg of a diesel for my next car.
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This F series 3 wagon is no where near as attractive as the predecessor E series but ugly? I don't get that at all. But, eyes, beholders and whatnot. I just wish it was about 3' bigger and was offered with the turbo'd I6 engine.
http://file.kelleybluebookimages.com...on-600-001.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/why-the-volkswag...riv-1786840642
Too bad the VW is essentially a FWD car. But I understand why VAG puts their better AWD systems in Audis instead of VWs.
I can never quite talk myself into getting a car with shitty resale value 4-5 yrs later, regardless of what i like about it. Volvo for example.