"Josh Welton" (watchtheprettylight)
12/26/2013 at 22:19 • Filed to: snowlopnik, mopar, swedish meatball
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"Josh Welton" (watchtheprettylight)
12/26/2013 at 22:19 • Filed to: snowlopnik, mopar, swedish meatball | 1
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'13 AWD s60. So much fun in the slick stuff.
2wd, 4.10 gears. Michelin X-Ices. Kicks old man winter's ass.
AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/26/2013 at 22:51 |
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I'm digging your winter rides. How fun is the volvo out of the snow?
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/26/2013 at 23:00 |
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It's a fine car. Decently quickish. Love the AWD system, you can actually get it to kick the tail out in wet conditions. Performance driving mode is decent. Entire car is just solidly built. I really dig it. If it was my DD(it's my wife's) it would be a stick and have a Polestar tune. It has an "overboost" feature, where at WOT it'll add 30ftlbs for up to 10 seconds after 2nd gear. Boosts it up to about 300ftlbs, nice for acceleration.
This is a lease, we'll pry buy a '14 or '15 when it's up. Need to get her driving a manual :)
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/26/2013 at 23:18 |
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Did they make manual S60's for the US!? I actually really like the looks of them and if they do I will buy one as soon as I need another car! If they only have an auto, I'll probably still end up buying one eventually as a DD
Birddog
> Josh Welton
12/26/2013 at 23:21 |
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Not bad.
I prefer Black but wouldn't mind a White Ram.
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/26/2013 at 23:34 |
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I thought they did, but I'm digging in now and it doesn't look like they are, at least for the new gen. So there goes that idea lol
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/26/2013 at 23:44 |
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Damn, how tunable are they? Is there potential for power gains that won't involve me paying crazy amounts of money? This still might be a good DD and it'll allow me to buy some crazy fun impractical car to hoon. Oh and volvo safety
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/26/2013 at 23:57 |
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There's this: http://www.volvocars.com/us/sales-servi…
I couldn't tell you beyond the polestar/dealer stuff.
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/27/2013 at 00:29 |
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Ah thank you. More pics of your S60??
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/27/2013 at 13:17 |
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Not really. Mostly I'm driving the truck.
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/27/2013 at 19:03 |
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And now I'm getting annoying, but how's the ram? They look so nice and aggressive. My dad was thinking about picking one up
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/27/2013 at 19:13 |
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Love it: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/my-car-truck-f…
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Only real issue I've had with it: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/r-t-is-getting…
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/27/2013 at 19:23 |
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Cool, just read both posts. Does the single cab ever cause any hassle? I like the idea of a crew cab but I don't really like the size
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/27/2013 at 19:31 |
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Nope. More room than you'd think in the cab. Add a tonneau cover and you've got a huge trunk.
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/27/2013 at 19:34 |
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Awesome. Maybe a future DD for my dad. Can I get one with 3 pedals?
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Josh Welton
> AM3R
12/27/2013 at 21:18 |
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hell no. I joke that as soon as my lifetime powertrain warranty is up I'm swapping in a t-56
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AM3R
> Josh Welton
12/27/2013 at 21:56 |
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Hahaha that would be a pretty sweet machine. I've seen plenty of SRT10 rams with a 6MT for sale and they definitely took the biiiiig v10 depreciation hit.