Car was in excellent shape, still looked new. Great performance. Unfortunately while I was out of town my parents T-boned a full size 80's model Ford Pickup... the Volvo won the battle. They walked away from it with a airbag burn (rug burn on the nose) and a bit sore. The car was however totalled. Did I mention this was a 45-50 mph wreck?
Very fast car... raced SCCA Solo races and came in the top 3 out of Mustang Cobras, Z-28's, and 1 3000GT VR4, couple 94 SHO's.
You raced this car? How did you do so well against cars which have such a huge horsepower advantage? Are you a very good driver? I wouldn't dream of having my volvo keep up with any of those cars. What kind of tires did you use at the track? Any engine modifications?
No mods, and on a 1/2 worn set of Michelin MXV4 tires (99/100 worn afterwards <G>). Not the best setup. Solo events aren't about POWER, more about skill in driving, knowing how your vehicle handles, and making it around the track the fastest without taking out cones (each cone is a 1 sec deduction from the time, IE. if you ran 55 seconds and hit 3 cones your adjusted final time would be 58 seconds).
The 744ti SE is pretty well set-up from the factory, agile, powerful, and great brakes... VERY important in that type of race. I was fortunate to have a manual, so it helped a lot. The auto suck a lot out of these cars.
Good News... found an almost identical, down to the color, like my old one. Only difference I can see is no leather in this.
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