The fang bars are why I despised the non turbo 2011-14 Ford Focus' front end.

To my point: it is cheaper to make a monthly payment on a brand new Fiesta ST WITH full comprehensive insurance than it cost JUST TO KEEP THE VOLVO RUNNING every month. FWD Turbo Volvos are bad enough, R's are ESPECIALLY bad.
Since I've gotten rid of the Volvos I haven't needed to use my AAA Platinum Membership towing.…

As far as I know.
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Clearly, you have not owned a P80 car. Got my information while considering being HIRED by Viva performance. Opted to do something else.
When you buy a FWD-derived turbo Volvo, my pro-tip to anyone considering such a car is to have half the purchase price available for repairs.

The softloaders are only a recent…

Tons of mechanical issues... http://forum.mazda6club.com/newbie-section…

I didn't feel bad about my decision when all three of the R's in the Orange County Volvo Club (which I founded lol) broke down within 3 months of my departure and were all down for months at a time.
If you have an R, plan on having a 2nd car to drive when the R inevitably breaks.

My barrel of laughs with the R led to…

also, I pay LESS per month on a brand new Fiesta ST PLUS full collision insurance than I was paying for minimum liability and just repairing the damn R to keep it running.
Volvo V70R: A good idea, on paper.

Unless ARD has finally perfected their OBD II device, you're pretty screwed as far as OBD II... IIRC IPD had some sort of other weird exception where it wasn't exactly OBD II and you still needed to physically remove the ECM... ARD was testing such a device but quit paying attention before taking it to market. I sold…

Two of these are terrible ideas.

Volvos are a bad idea because they break like crazy and are expensive to modify and repair. Tuning is a nightmare that requires MAILING your ECU somewhere. No plug and play OBD II flash tuner for you!

And then Speed6. One of those "great ideas on paper", on this site alone I have heard…

I found examples of every single car listed this saturday at the Pick Your Part on Katella Ave in Cypress, CA.

I'm helping my brother rescue-from-death a 1984 Toyota Celica GT-S 5MT... it was given to him on the condition he fix it up and return it to road ready status
aside from the paint the cars not that bad...…

I can sort of relate, being asked "Why don't we have sex more often?" at which point I'm all, "Um, I tried to start things with you every night this week and been turned down, so..."
and leave it at that...
a spreadsheet though
LOL

i also half wonder if this wasn't a badly bungled attempt at being funny.

Those are potent because GM is OK with expending the energy.
Colorado has always been their cheapass entry so I find it really unlikely, given their current lineup, that they'd be able to get their shit together for a real "raptor fighter". I think this is about as half-measure as the old S10 baja package.

But that's the problem. They don't exactly make the Cobalt SS anymore, do they?

Considering that the Sonic RS Turbo can never hope to compete with a Fiesta ST I doubt they will get anywhere close to Raptor.

That's OK, I punished them by buying a Ford product instead and recommending against others buying their vehicles.

Five new Fords sailed off the lot because of me, versus zero new Chevys...

Not impossible, because I've seen it in person.
I am quite sure I remember hearing something like 15 were made with stick.

if you're not familiar with who graverobber is, you must be new around here

The MSN ratings lie, man. I found that out firsthand looking at LSes, they're all junk, unfortunately. British build quality despite being an american car.

There are a handful of Manual transmission V8 cars; I've seen one for sale for $15k 5-6 years ago at Fabulous Fords Forever at Knotts Berry Farm around 2007-08ish?

I looked at Lincoln LSes when I was looking at replacements for the old MN12 thunderbird and every single one I looked at was beat to shit and ran like hell…

Wow, they managed to engineer any good looks it had right out of it.
It looks like a modern Mini product with down syndrome.