It's even worse in Europe. You have truck drivers from the low wage countries in under maintained older rigs and you should be happy if they even use snow tires. Gosh darn EU. According to the rules they can only do three transports in one week after delivering something here, at least in my country. Fine? $710 USD.…
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No seat belts either.
This has been highlighted massively in Sweden and they are supposedly having huge problems with the DSGs in taxis. DQ200, the only one with a dry clutch is supposedly the culprit but other models seem affected to, even if to a lesser extent. The DSG was introduced more than 10 years ago but these are newer cars, DQ200…
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I'm all for smaller, lighter and more efficient but I worry about reliability. Volvo has had problems with their auto boxes for the V8 because there just isn't enough space. VW has problems with the DSG which they don't really cover for. Finer tolerances, more and smaller gears makes for more breakage but it's the…
First and only Volvo ever with pop up headlights!
Todays fun fact. From wiki,
"Honda originally intended to name the car "Fitta", which means assembler in Japanese, but shortened the name in some markets, and renamed it completely in others, upon discovering that in several Nordic languages, fitta is a popular and vulgar slang word for female genitalia"
It's called…
You are probably right. It's not even like Porsche charges any more for it.
Now this might be a common eh keep it the old way argument but I feel it throws up my gearing when it catches me off guard. And it has been a problem for me but that's probably because I don't DD a 7 speeder. It's in an awkward position that still makes sense on Porsches. I don't mind a little spin and it's a non…
What's more, Motor Trend says the ATS-V will get a seven-speed manual transmission, like the one that's currently on the 2014 Corvette Stingray. That's not the only gearbox though: MT says there will also be an eight-speed auto AND a dual-clutch transmission.
For those of us who don't know who this is?
Also the only time you'll be able to visit the Porsche factory is when you pick up your new car. Unless you are special enough, which I wasn't :(
Weirdest down shift noise I've ever heard on that Supra. I'm guessing it's the turbo?
Why dont we get these in 720p?
Same size car, more power, and has AWD,6 speed Manual, you know for those cities with snow, and fun as hell to hoon in the winter.
"Yes my dear sir, it will go forward when you press the gas pedal." Call it Scandinavian minimalism :>
The engine codes themselves are even more confused. According to wiki,
Sounds more or less the same as in Sweden with employers offering employees lease cars calculated as income. The Outlander was just launched here and qualifies even if the calculations according to a Swedish car magazine (TV) still makes the diesel the cheaper choice. I'm guessing it's the same with the V60. I doubt…
Yeah this is super confusing and I had to use Volvos site to help myself understand and only crosschecked a couple of cars. It'll get easier with time I think. With the new VEA engines which will go into all cars everything will be 4 cylinder (hopefully not for long, Yamaha V8 revival please) with the T5 sporting a…