RALLY LIGHTS ALL THE THINGS!!!

"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors) 02/19/2015 at 22:15 • Filed to: Volvo

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Well, at least my Volvo.. To celebrate, I even slid the car out of the parking lot at work, sideways, to great cheering from a couple of the division chiefs.

I still need to aim them, and wire them, but they're mounted and that's a large part of it.

Also, from the rear, because I'm doing a good job at looking more like a rally car than a daily-driver, at this point.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 22:17

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How to survive winter

Get sideways

Get dirty

Giggle like a school girl.

Funktheduck > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 22:33

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I applaud the effort but you need to step up the rally game. Get about 6 more driving lights and double their size. There needs to be at least 2 on the good and maybe some on the roof. Or get a full set for the roof. Attach them to a bar. 4-6 will do on top of the 6 on the front.

And for good measure one facing rearward on the trunk. If anyone asks it's for backing up at night but in reality it's for the tailgating jerks.

Steve in Manhattan > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 22:33

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Just keep the lights clean so people can see you. Was a huge problem w/ the rear lamps on my '87 300D.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 22:40

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Do you ever drive the 3 anymore?

Also because memories

Happy Mazda is happy

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/19/2015 at 22:49

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Not until the salt goes away. Mazdas don't get along well with salt.

However, I'm replacing the 3 with a Volvo wagon as a daily, and keeping the 3 as the "nice" car, for dates/weekends/autocrossing.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 22:51

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I see

Hope you have fun with the Volvos!

Also, I plan on getting another car in the next few months... Miata or MR2 (AW11 or SW20)?

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/19/2015 at 22:53

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None of the above. ZZW30, all the way. Lighter than the AW11 or SW20, and a 2ZZ fits with ease.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 22:55

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ZZW30? The newish MR-S?

Mind you I'm trying to keep it below $3k...

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/19/2015 at 23:07

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If you're going that cheap... I hate to be the weird Volvo wagon guy, but a 240 can be had for under a grand, and that gives you two to play with, for mods. $3k can get you a lot of fun in a Volvo.

Also, the 240 wagon has a slight rearward bias for the weight. Enough said.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 23:10

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Turbo model?

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/19/2015 at 23:12

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MMM something like this! Just with a manuel

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/486346…

BATC42 > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 02/20/2015 at 01:36

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Back when my father had his Renault 11 Turbo (you got it as the Renault Alliance, but with no turbo), so around 10 years ago, he had fitted 4 hella rally lights so he could use it for recce (and also because the standard headligths were crap). Basically it looked like this, though it was the facelifted one, so different front end, and it had the stock wheels too. Other than that it's pretty similar to the picture.