Kool performance data!

[Mustangj]

I am looking to purchase a new daily driver to replace my beloved 92 Lincoln Mark VII and my behated (is that a word?) Mazda 323. I have desided to buy a 95ish Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon. Although performance should not count that much on a daily driver, it does to me!

I found this really kool web site and it does list Mustang II performance figues so this thread is not 100% :OT:

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60times.html

Why a Volvo?
1. It is a Ford now right!?
2. Wrong wheel drive (Canadian winters)
3. Safety for me and the short guy that looks like me (my son)
4. Can haul a rebuilt 306, engine crane and tool box with ease.
5. 222 horse power and mid 15 second quarter miles
6. Near Lincoln Luxury and Prestige
7. Near Stealth for the speeding ticket inclined driver(me)
8. Ford never sold a Taurus SHO wagon
9. 5cyl Turbo is easy on the Dyno juice
10. Closet station wagon lover

I figure if I slam it on some 18's I won't look like some stock broker geek when I am driving it

 

[Dano78]

If it looks like a turd, feels like a turd, and smells like a turd, It's a TURD. Not a FORD.

If you want to drive a turd....er....Volvo, that's totally up to you. Transportation is transportation but sticking 42" conastoga wagon sized wheels still woun't get you any cool points crusing in mom's station wagon.

 

[Mustangj]

I fix my own rides and the Volvo has farmiliar stuff under the hood like a distributor! I was thinkin' Mark eight or a north star Caddy, but after taking them apart at work, both cars scare me. The freakin' northstar had the starter under the intake manifold! The Volvo looks Mazda/Toyota/Honda easy under the hood.
I think Volvo 850 Turbo's are kool, like the box a Mustang came in
Pimpin' on a budget ain't easy What else gets good milage, goes mid 15's, seats seven, goes through snow, and has wagon utillity?? (for $6500). I have looked it is a really tall order!

 

[Blue Thunder]

My daily work beater is a '95 Chrysler Concorde, and it's near-perfect for its purpose. I have something like $800 in it total(including the purchase price, which was $450, since it had been hit in the nose) and it's American made, looks nice,(after I repaired the nose) has a 3.5L 220hp V6, junkyard parts are dirt cheap, it gets 25 MPG highway, has 4 wheel discs, is very large inside, even has room for kids, and it's one of the safest vehicles on the road. So far(knock on wood) nothing on the car has broken, except one wiper that I had to fix, and it has 125k miles.
It also weighs 3500 pounds, is front wheel drive, and will go anywhere in the winter weather. This thing spins both tires and pins you right into the seat when you nail the pedal. Love it.

 

[Mustangj]

I take Concord's apart at the auto wrecker all the time (did one today actually!)
They seem like a well built and well put togeather car. We do not even save the transmissions any more they never blow up! The engines never seem to compression test very well though, we do sell many of those. It is a popular car so that may not mean much.