i cant remember where it was, but somwehere on the tinternet i read that some car had a spring on the throttle and that supposedly slowed down the response and everything. the article showed how to take it out and make it work nicely.

maybe this is the case with the 850 throttle?

hmm that looks pretty hard without the bumper on

adam i think you should leave it like that and smooth it off or something

yeh lol thats what happened the first couple of times i tried it. you just hit the brake harder when you try to vlip the throttle at the sime time and you end up slowing down too much or smacking your head on something... once youre used to it you can do it in ANY car. anyone every driven a cinquece...

im talking about when upshifting from 1st gear into 2nd. its a painin the arse if youre trying to shift quickly because it really doesnt want to do it. you have to give it a lot of force. if youre shifting normally then its fine.

heel-toeing down to 2nd is no problem. smooth as you like mate.

erm where? is that annother made up place like 'kuala lumpur'? lol

yay im thpeshel!

hmm yeh 1st and 2nd are a bit of a pain in the arse, which means acceleration becomes crap - but the ratios are shite so its crap anyway.

after 2nd, the gears are all nice and smooth and you can shift pretty quick and then once it hits 4k in 3rd, its like 'VTAK just kicked in y0!' and it flies...

jay why do you seem to have EVERYTHING anyone would ever want for a 300? do you live in a scrapyard lol?

lol its not in that bad a condition!

interior is mint, its just the exterior has a SMALL rust spot or two.

you make it sound like the car's in shit condition

hmm we'll see about that one...

lol. its not about pulling the women, but theyre not exactly gona want to sit in the car with you are they? they'd feel pretty embarassed to sit in that crap looking thing. if i was a woman i wouldnt go near the damn thing! i only bought the car because i wanted rwd without the stupidly high insuran...

thats true i cant be bothered with it. too many little niggles and i simply havent got the time to sort any of them out! but also because it looks crap and it not really the sort of car to pull birds in and i cant afford to run two cars atm. trying to get a new full time job for the summer and maybe...

SteveP wrote:How did it double in value in the time you've owned it?

'volvo tax' as they call it on driftworks.

hmm driftworks. now theres an idea...

lol nah servicings no problem for me. was working for over a year with my uncle in his garage until recently. the car needs a good service as i dont think its had one for a while, and i think the car still has its 20 year old original fuel filter on it as well lol. thinking of painting the car soon,...

who was the geezer who wanted the spots from my car?