Such a great car. My SO got a new 2012. I have a 2004 and am getting jealous. The 2012 interior is night and day, so refined.
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Such a great car. My SO got a new 2012. I have a 2004 and am getting jealous. The 2012 interior is night and day, so refined.
Nah, I don't mind you asking. I gave $2800 USD for it. The only extra expenses so far have been a new flex gasket on the exhaust system, a new gasket when I cleaned the EGR manifold, a new radio antenna and new pads for the brake and clutch pedals.
mgartner0622
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Do you know if the batteries are still holding up after 500k? I know Toyota says the Prius is good for over 150k, but that's nearly 3 and a half times that estimate.
I have no physical proof, but the previous owner claims that the battery pack has been replaced twice.
The current 🙄 pack is about 50% functional. If I could get off my backside and build a grid charger it would probably bring the pack up to 75% or so.
TheMacBookPro
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Since we're all showing off how great the fuel economy on our cars are...
...here's mine. And this is on a good day 😛
...here's mine. And this is on a good day 😛
what are you driving??? an M5? I'm just curious because thats your profile pic and it looks look like a BMW Interface
TheMacBookPro
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Haha just saw them now, car is gorgeous!!! Gotta post my car but haven't taken any good pics yet worth posting, just got it three weeks ago
iMpathetic
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I've had her for about a month now, and love her. 300hp of understated boosted goodness 🙂
2004 Volvo S60 R AWD 6MT
2004 Volvo S60 R AWD 6MT
TheMacBookPro
macrumors 68020
Thank you!
I love the Volvo R models- they're a bit of a sleeper. Had a new S60 T6 AWD as a rental a month back and really liked it. Just a shame they're not bringing back the R models, they've only got the slightly tuned R-Design models now.
wordoflife
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iMpathetic
macrumors 68030
On my way to work today, I was playing with a Shelby GT500... I was almost able to keep up! He was shocked at what he thought was an old man in a Volvo following him. 😀
Thanks so much!
TheMacBookPro
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Haha that's pretty awesome 🙂 Does yours have the 4-C active chassis? I hear it makes a huge difference in handling.
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Getting better than 8 MPG I presume then? 😛
iMpathetic
macrumors 68030
Yes, it does! It's fun to drive around in Comfort and then switch it to Advanced and scare people.
It's been doing about 17.5 around town (but then again, it's fun to drive and I tend to keep my foot into it). Considerably better than my Jeep Wrangler that I've been driving for the last 12 years. Maybe 22mpg with a mix of highway and city driving for the last tank.
Even with high-test fuel, it's cheaper to drive. Mine is the ZCP version, so it came with the track mode button on the steering wheel and no cruise or audio controls. I just did a factory retrofit last weekend to regain the cruise. I'm thinking the cruise control will improve my highway mileage a bit. Will find out this weekend. Last weekend's test drive (10 miles or so) was looking like 30mpg @ 65 on rolling terrain.
Sylon
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einmusiker
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I really feel this is going to be one of those timeless classics. And you have the right color too.
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Sharp and clean, nice! Nitrous bottle in the cabin scares me a bit, be careful out there.
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