Volvo 850 T5
04/06/05 23:22 |
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Owning a T5 seems to be a bit like owning the
Millennium Falcon: People look at it and say "you came
in that thing? You're braver than I thought". Your only
riposte is "She'll make the Sainsburys run in 3.7
parsecs!"
The T5 is a Corellian freighter with all the mods bar the R5. Able to outrun most trouble (after all, the UK police chose the T5 as a motorway pursuit vehicle), the main claim to fame is its legendary acceleration from 70 to 120+ speeds whilst providing comfortable accommodation for 5 plus luggage (and contraband).
Lets face it. It's a turbocharged 2.3 litre engine that's geared for overtaking. It's been bolted into a stiff chassis and given big fat wheels. It will wrinkle tarmac when doing 0-30, 30-50, 50-70 AND 70-omigod. It will stop in a way that reorganises your internal organs and can detatch retinas.
Yet it does this with such grace and smoothness. I have the auto version, and whilst I enjoy the comparisons to Star Wars hardware, I prefer the wooden speedboat analogies.
The T5 is a Corellian freighter with all the mods bar the R5. Able to outrun most trouble (after all, the UK police chose the T5 as a motorway pursuit vehicle), the main claim to fame is its legendary acceleration from 70 to 120+ speeds whilst providing comfortable accommodation for 5 plus luggage (and contraband).
Lets face it. It's a turbocharged 2.3 litre engine that's geared for overtaking. It's been bolted into a stiff chassis and given big fat wheels. It will wrinkle tarmac when doing 0-30, 30-50, 50-70 AND 70-omigod. It will stop in a way that reorganises your internal organs and can detatch retinas.
Yet it does this with such grace and smoothness. I have the auto version, and whilst I enjoy the comparisons to Star Wars hardware, I prefer the wooden speedboat analogies.