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Non volvo read for the time rich

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Bad habit reading papers on line

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... mile-motor

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You have to wonder if 1.6 E30 would have managed it...

Mind you, Volvo are past masters at this sort of thing 8)
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Interesting, have to say I rather like the old E30 325i
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An engine being run at constant speed with virtually no load on it can last very, very long. So they've proven what everyone already knows :lol:
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