Re: Volvo T-5

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

btw, I mean the original 850s, not the new crap.

"Billy T." wrote:

> Those T-5s are only good for a high 14 to low 15 in the 1/4.  Seems like a
> remember reading a 15.3.  Faster than alot of Jettas, but not a GTI:)
>
> Had a little run with one on the freeway a while back.  Never really opened up,
> so can't say it was a race.  Took the same exit as the kid, yes, kid...  He
> couldn't have been a day over 17.  Said his Mom didn't like it, so as long as
> he kept his grades up, it was his.
>
> I got to drive an 82' Oldsmobile station wagon with a 350 small block when I
> was 17.  Got to start it with a screw driver by shorting out the solenoid on
> the starter in the HS parking lot...  I was popular.
>
> b-
> Wish I had my GTI in High School.