Reasons not to buy a 850 T5 Manual Estate

Post by **foggyjames** » 21 Jun 2006 12:54 am

redline wrote:fastest.....ecotec

Ha....haha......hahahahaha.....hahahahahaha.....
Swap an XE in there man! The Ecotec is supposed to be a heap...ECO being a big clue as to why.

Sorry, got distracted for a moment.

Downsides? They have a ferrocious appetite for front tyres. They have such sweet engines that they're almost pursuaded some people that FWD is socially acceptable. Now if you're buying the T5 as an engine donor for the 360...I APPROVE!

cheers

James

Post by **redline** » 21 Jun 2006 07:49 am

Carl , when are you going to post some pics of the bx now youv'e had time to polish it ?

Post by **Carl** » 21 Jun 2006 07:58 am

My website is broken at the mo, but I will try and sort something out later on. It came up better, but still not great. Need to find some proper polish!!

Post by **Carl** » 21 Jun 2006 08:04 am

In fact, here we go:

Sorry for the thread hijack!

Post by **Cornholio** » 21 Jun 2006 08:52 am

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............

Post by **990** » 21 Jun 2006 09:30 am

Carl wrote:In fact, here we go:

Sorry for the thread hijack!

I like thread hijacks - keeps it interesting

Post by **990** » 21 Jun 2006 09:32 am

foggyjames wrote: They have such sweet engines that they're almost pursuaded some people that FWD is socially acceptable. Now if you're buying the T5 as an engine donor for the 360...I APPROVE!

cheers

James

Don't tempt me - I would most likely end up killing myself, I have nightmares of a Beetle with a 1996cc out back and drum brakes all round

Post by **SteveP** » 21 Jun 2006 09:38 am

Talking of Beetles....

http://retrorides.proboards29.com/index ... 1148119858

Post by **990** » 21 Jun 2006 10:13 am

SteveP wrote:Talking of Beetles....

http://retrorides.proboards29.com/index ... 1148119858

Ahh thats tame - very tame

- now a 13litre turbo from a Volvo truck in a VW Camper Van

Post by **Chris_C** » 21 Jun 2006 01:33 pm

That guys been posting up on the VOC forum, that bug looks mad!! The arches are hoooooooooooooooooge!

Post by MJ » 22 Jun 2006 12:06 am

Costs! My dads had to have a lambada sensor and cat converter replaced a while back. Expensive stuff

Secondly I don't find it quite as involving to drive, it just feels slightly dull. I think part of that is the engine, which means theres no worry about changing gear. In the 340 its way up high in the rev range, change gear and it's struggling. The 850 just don't care

Also I guess power steering dosn't help, I hate power steering

But it's otherwise a great car with power and practicallity

Post by **foggyjames** » 22 Jun 2006 12:37 am

My 360's PAS has more weight at speed than Nessy's.

Stock 360s have that lazy power in a way that 340s just don't. It's a very 'Volvo' power delivery.

cheers

James

Post by **Chris_C** » 22 Jun 2006 01:33 am

If you PAS is heavier, somethings sh*gged

Beasts was still light at speed, nothing like a 400 type setup, but never as light as Kar or Fake

Post by **foggyjames** » 22 Jun 2006 01:36 am

Maybe I'm imagining things....but at least there's very little in it. That's more to do with Nessy having very light steering than the 360s being heavy. 300s with PAS have one of the best weighted systems I've driven.

cheers

James

Post by **SteveP** » 22 Jun 2006 09:25 am

Neither of my 360s with PAS were that light at speed, certainly not enough so you had to keep correcting it (unlike every Clio that I've driven from Mk1 to Mk3!). The PAS on a 360 really isn't atall that light - just right I'd say! I'll come back to this when I put my new Volvo rack on