some wagon porn to start the weekend
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damn…


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correct but was under the impression that we, collectively as dentists, coexisted on the thrill of the hunt vis-a-vis pursuit of longroof unicorns sometimes called e63 othertimes RS6


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thank you for the chuckle



I almost bit the bullet in the back of a pinto wagon circa ‘79 or ‘80


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Danny Vermin: my sister kicked me in the balls once...

…and was preferred to the quote I got for carbon cleaning the 3.0T


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Mine generally wants what the rich[er] people across the street have. Needless to say they aren’t wagons… while she is content in the XC90 she’ll tell anyone her all time fav was her B6 Audi A4

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Poll: Nardo Gray - love it or hate it?

and no RS6 boner vote casting


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the volvo will coast in neutral when in ‘eco’ drive mode for skyhigh mpgs - at least until collision avoidance yanks the seatbelts and plows the brakes [emoji51]


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that’s some low miles, goddamn!

the one I looked at was 3 years newer, but $3k more and 10k more miles


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flip to page 2 for Saab reliability ranking…


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I get the slotted venting; but why the buzzsaw? Is this the icecoast edition that cuts through the crud?


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that shiny thing for the left foot doesn’t appear to be functional…


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I can’t see it, but there’s a matching armchair behind the sofa, right? [emoji106] Suburbans were original definition of “cargo capacity”

meanwhile, NYBOD
Bolton Landing Porter...

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yep

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I do 2 of these trips a year...

as the Swedish gods intended

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Hot damn, I can’t remember if my 5000s had these wheels or not. I know it had a real goddam spare though-

since GL asked:...

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dunno why I love this car so much [emoji38]


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I hear you loud and clear - I’d be in ass pucker mode on any two lane road, even with “today’s tech” it’s a no thanks. Divided highway I’m willing to play with it, and Volvo got it right with easy...

Similar holidaze trip - Albany to Montreal, back home for a one hour pitstop then finger lakes out and back. Its like I made half the sign of the cross on NY…

Adaptive cruise + pilot assist makes...

Polestar apparently no big deal up north

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I wonder how that passat would do against goldbrick

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I say you buy a nice $1k accessory like a 1UP bike rack, relax with a single malt and bask in the glory of ‘the great deal’


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I think you’re both right - domestic stealerships don’t want base-confusing eurocars taking up lot space. I also think they happily live on thinner margins.

But man, what a deal! ‘bout time...

…winter is coming


incidentally I figured out what the hatch behind the rear armrest was for [emoji38]
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Belleayre - making snow but also got small dump a few days ago. decent terrain opening up now/soon


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an insane image popped into my head when reading this - it was a MAD fold-in!

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watch your back on the thruway, ‘tis the trooper season. just lapped 87, they’re hiding in every nook & cranny


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FWIW I had this stuff disintegrate & peel on my A3’s passenger pillar. It was more like a kynar coating than a clear coat, guessing maybe 20-30 mils thick? Not sure if the design has changed with...

somebody quantum leaped back to the ‘80s
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why say it twice?


I do miss the big audi tanks - having huge range can mean one less stop on a long trip. Did NC to NY laps for 20 years, one stop with the audi

some eye candy / face off...

at goodyear getting tires for the xc90 - the tech is telling the lady next to me the studs on her jeep not looking good and what does she want to do… as an audi/volvo guy I only know about shiny...

tell me about it - I was all giddy about early opening day at Belleayre last week, climbing into the catskills at near triple digits… you come up on that prius doing 45 pretty quick [emoji51]

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better because you couldn’t notice the horrendous body detailing? BMW needs to get their designers off the quaaludes, man

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speaking of bricks, any guess which one is the parts car? no way both are running…
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that’s not weird, this is weird:
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similar experience with the [p3] xc90 - three boys in side-by-side-by-side...

Parked next to my rival again today - got lucky and lined up the front wheels…
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a6 longer nose b/c of v6?
v90 shorter...

that exhaust… sounds like a funny car waiting for the tree to light up!

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I will spice it up a bit by saying that Italian Sprint air filter unleashed some growl to the V90’s sound (particularly WOT > turbo wastegate tones) that are decidedly not volvo-ish!


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Can attest. Foamed up a boston sour for mrs twomartinis:
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wow you walked down memory lane - when bmw had design chops

post the 3/4 view from the front - you took one right [emoji120]


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I just bought same year, t6 with 60k at ~$31k so see if you can wiggle on price? I love those rims way more than mine…

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speaking of wagon trauma, true story:
I grew up riding in the back of this:
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2 distinct memories, one was a rainy day...

I hear they throw in a free toothbrush to clean the rims


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where is tinted a windshield even legal??

mine had tinted driver/passenger windows (car came from MA) which the dealer promptly removed when asked… a no-no here in upstate NY


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carry on


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…the looks I’d get delivering the mail

whooooooosh!


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makes me want to watch Letterman’s episode of comedians in cars getting coffee again


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hey you can’t lob a sweeping statement like that, I’m an engineer


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Congratulazioni - your 4banger can breath easier now!
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bookmarked!


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