never say it handles like a Volvo
Why Does MB need AMG?
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sounds like airplane
they have it because it existed and they realized the benefits of partnering...
then AMG sold out to them and now they are everywhere!
they might be Mercedes' "*****" but they aren't what they used to be
then AMG sold out to them and now they are everywhere!
they might be Mercedes' "*****" but they aren't what they used to be
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1996 C36 AMG, 1995 Volvo 850 Turbowagon
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would never said it was even in the same time zone, just the same responses 
. shoot, my thing is fwd with lousy weight distribution and fighting the near 300 horses torque steer for cry'n out loud, which btw, makes for fun track driving without a front sway bar hahaha.
. shoot, my thing is fwd with lousy weight distribution and fighting the near 300 horses torque steer for cry'n out loud, which btw, makes for fun track driving without a front sway bar hahaha.
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'98 C43 AMG. Obsidian Blk w/2 tone slvr/blk interior
ur volvo has 300hp? thats a tad excessive for a front wheel drive car no?
front wheel drive car = chariot. gettin pulled around by front wheel power is all too similar to getting pulled around by a couple of horses in an old time buggy.
front wheel drive car = chariot. gettin pulled around by front wheel power is all too similar to getting pulled around by a couple of horses in an old time buggy.
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1996 C36 AMG, 1995 Volvo 850 Turbowagon
close. and handles, well, indeed like an old time buggy hahahaha
still needs additional tuning to get it up to 300, that is the goal anyway. only thing good for is highway passing. anything else is laborious. it doesn't even have lsd, not enough space.. inline-5's mounted transversely. torque steer is ridiculous. understeer is ever present. but it's fun as heck to have a fast (well, a decade ago it was anyway) wagon
still needs additional tuning to get it up to 300, that is the goal anyway. only thing good for is highway passing. anything else is laborious. it doesn't even have lsd, not enough space.. inline-5's mounted transversely. torque steer is ridiculous. understeer is ever present. but it's fun as heck to have a fast (well, a decade ago it was anyway) wagon
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850R's were great cars.....big power to the front wheels of course, but I don't recall it being a nuisance. There was certainly a tendency to understeer on my old T5, not sure about the uprated "R"s though
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Wonder what it would be like it mercedes took Brabus over amg at 1999.
LOL that might be an awesome combination ahhaa.
All the top of the line would be those crazy EV12 SV12 clsv12 stuff with 700+hp
Might be nice. Since brabus is 1 of the oldest company that has been tuning benz too.
LOL that might be an awesome combination ahhaa.
All the top of the line would be those crazy EV12 SV12 clsv12 stuff with 700+hp
Might be nice. Since brabus is 1 of the oldest company that has been tuning benz too.
