Does your T5 beg you to drive it?

[Godzilla]

I have owned many cars in the 18 years I have been driving. Some cars I have had...... Saph Cossie 2wd, Renault 5 GT turbo, 205 GTI 1.9 (4 of these) 205 GTI 1.6 (5 of these!) Golf GTI MK2 16v, Golf GTI MK2 8v, RS Turbo Escort 90 spec, Golf MK3 VR6 and many more!!!!!

Anyway!! This is my first Volvo, and being the 850 T5 they need no introduction having many of the UK's Police forces using them. What can I say...... My T5 is by far the best car I have owned. She is faster than my old Cossie and yet very comfy. I came back from walking my dogs and saw my car just sat there outside my house. I had to get the keys, go back out and take her for a drive. I thought I would just take her round the block, instead I have just covered 41 miles...... These cars are fantastic!! Anyone else had the urge to just get out and drive your T5 for no purpose as in getting somewhere, just for the drive?

[callyuk]

quite offten just love jumping in and going for a drive nowhere in particular

[walter leever]

quite offten just love jumping in and going for a drive nowhere in particular


+1 :hilarious
Just can't help it

[volvoboyt5]

yeah ,, im the same ,, ive had allsorts, turbo this ,, v6 that .. but ive never felt the need to go for a blast as much as i do now ive got me t5 ,
come to mention it ,, im sure we need some (more) milk !! lol

[Niles]

quite offten just love jumping in and going for a drive nowhere in particular

me too depending on the weather & how deep my pockets are. lol

[walter leever]

yeah ,, im the same ,, ive had allsorts, turbo this ,, v6 that .. but ive never felt the need to go for a blast as much as i do now ive got me t5 ,
come to mention it ,, im sure we need some (more) milk !! lol


Allready went out for cigarets this evening(got 4 packets lying around now,must think of something else now.:partysmil

[cameron]

LOL me too, any excuse at all, even for a sedate drive, its just a nice place to be ;)

[Storm-Troll]

I Totally agree.... I have only had mine now less than a week and already managed to collect a nice ticket from a nice police man. First one in 10 years and I thought i was driving sedately because its sooo smooth and quiet......still....... It was worth it.... best car I have had to date....

[Godzilla]

I Totally agree.... I have only had mine now less than a week and already managed to collect a nice ticket from a nice police man. First one in 10 years and I thought i was driving sedately because its sooo smooth and quiet......still....... It was worth it.... best car I have had to date....



Not good about the ticket chap :(


They are such great cars, sooooo smooth. I reset my trip computer whilst on the A5. I put her on cruise at 60mph and sat back and chilled to the tunes, got a return of 36.2 mpg, ultra happy.

I have the premium sound upgrade, the sound for standard stereo is fantastic.

[AlanG]

Nothing quite like a T5. Mine is top spec with ECC,premium sound with 8 speakers,multi-changer,full leather,cruise,etc,etc. If I was a virgin.I'd probably say it was my best life experience. And I've had some interesting vehicles. Rover V8's,an XR4x4 Turbo Technics,the list goes on and on. Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

[pookie]

Hi!
My name is Pookie. It wasn't so bad at first, just now and then. But as time went on, I realised that I couldn't let the days go by, without going out for a really good blat. It's every day now! Am I an addict?

Pookie

[volvoturboman]

Hi!
My name is Pookie. It wasn't so bad at first, just now and then. But as time went on, I realised that I couldn't let the days go by, without going out for a really good blat. It's every day now! Am I an addict?

Pookie

Yes, I'm afraid you've come over to our side of the fence. The down side is that there is no cure. But then do you really want cured.

[volvoturboman]

Absolutely have to get out in it all the time. Thing is mine is in the garage for moddin'. I'm getting serious withdrawl symptoms now, the shakes and everything. Here's another thing was in southern Ireland, a long drive. Now Ireland doesn't believe in 24 hour places so feeling very very tired and unable to find a B and B I reclined the seat through a blanket over me and good lord they are even super comfortable to sleep in. They really are the full package. If they were a woman they'd be the perfect Cheryl Cole.

[AlanG]

Thought I had it bad..........:D

[Godzilla]

Nothing quite like a T5. Mine is top spec with ECC,premium sound with 8 speakers,multi-changer,full leather,cruise,etc,etc. If I was a virgin.I'd probably say it was my best life experience. And I've had some interesting vehicles. Rover V8's,an XR4x4 Turbo Technics,the list goes on and on. Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!!



Like mine with the full leather, cruise, etc etc! My premium sound system has the 8 speakers with the multi-changer in boot.....i'm most happy with this sound!

What did you think to the XR4X4 Turbo Technics mate compared to a T5 as in performance? My T5 is a tad faster then my old Saph 2wd Cossie. The 4X4 TT's were meant to be amzing cars, ultra rare now!

Well i'm leaving to go to Glasgow in at 4 thus me being awake at this unhealthy hour.....lol! AA Route Finder is showing 356.9 miles there. Got to go all the way there to collect my step Dad's Mum then come all the way back, a 714 mile round trip! Filled the tank to the top earlier and got my fav' 6 CD's in changer!!

[JelT5]

Thought I had it bad..........:D

You and me both mate! I take my other half to work every morning and I usually end up taking a nice detour on the way home!
I loved my 340 cuda but it never really got the hang of going round corners like the T5 lol

[Major Frank Squiff]

Quite often when I get home I have to tell the wife that the car didn't feel right and I have to just run it round the block to make sure everything is alright. For the next two days I am working 30 miles away and the only way there is a mixture of some fast dual carriageway and twisty but well surfaced country lanes. Can't stop now must get going!!!!

[Clan998]

Well i'm leaving to go to Glasgow in at 4 thus me being awake at this unhealthy hour.....lol! AA Route Finder is showing 356.9 miles there. Got to go all the way there to collect my step Dad's Mum then come all the way back, a 714 mile round trip! Filled the tank to the top earlier and got my fav' 6 CD's in changer!!

Im so jealous ...stuck here at work :-( I drove to Scotland a few weeks ago in my 855R did 1100 miles over 4 days .... it was effortless set the cruise control on the way up and opened it up a bit on the way back ...Car performed faultlessly .... still returned 32mpg :-)

This is my second one now I had an Alfa 75 for a while but missed the volvo too much ...cant praise them enough :-)

[Wobbly Dave]

Still love mine - even more so as I don't get to drive it that often.

[ANDYRACER]

On Thursday i picked my car up from having a full longlife turbo back system and finally sorted out the boost controller to be running just over 1bar of boost, i threw £30 of vpower in and reset the trip computer.
I managed 9mpg all night, what an experience :)
Downside was 50 miles to £30 of vpower, worth every penny though!

[jez.w]

Sounds like good clean fun (9mpg) !!

[ANDYRACER]

Well i did add a stripped out corsa 2.0 16v to the kill list before blowing a boost pipe off, may bad, should of checked all the pipes before i turned the power up. lol

[JelT5]

I managed 9mpg all night, what an experience :)

Good man :beer:

[p fandango]

i want to drive mine :worried:

[lance]

I drive mine everyday and often go the long way round if it means more fun driving than doing the 30 mph stuff! Sometimes its nice to give it a good blast for the fun of it, and thats after nearly 100k in T5s over the last 6 yrs!!

[JelT5]

i want to drive mine :worried:

awwwww



:santawave

[AlanG]

Like mine with the full leather, cruise, etc etc! My premium sound system has the 8 speakers with the multi-changer in boot.....i'm most happy with this sound!

What did you think to the XR4X4 Turbo Technics mate compared to a T5 as in performance? My T5 is a tad faster then my old Saph 2wd Cossie. The 4X4 TT's were meant to be amzing cars, ultra rare now!

Well i'm leaving to go to Glasgow in at 4 thus me being awake at this unhealthy hour.....lol! AA Route Finder is showing 356.9 miles there. Got to go all the way there to collect my step Dad's Mum then come all the way back, a 714 mile round trip! Filled the tank to the top earlier and got my fav' 6 CD's in changer!!
Well mate,the 4x4 was a barrel of laughs,230bhp and an awesome sound. The drive system was very well suited to the power with 2/3rds to the rear. Brilliant but could not keep up with it's thirst!! 10 - 12 mpg when laughing so it had to go. T5 is a lot quicker but feels like a barge when it comes to handling/roadholding. No slight on the big car though,it handles well considering it's bulk and fwd.

[AlanG]

You and me both mate! I take my other half to work every morning and I usually end up taking a nice detour on the way home!
I loved my 340 cuda but it never really got the hang of going round corners like the T5 lol

13 years since the last 850 and they are still hard to beat. My own opinion is that they were the pinnacle of the 90's. Smiles per mile....100%:wink:

[Godzilla]

I'm back :D


Well 764 miles covered. I feel very tired so an early night!

All I can say is the 850 T5 has to be one of the best cars ever to travel high mileage in. I was on cruise most of the journey with my music going. Sound system is like an aftermarket one, some of the bass notes are soooo low that the drivers mirror distorts, fantstic!

MPG wise...... Excellent. She was showing 38.9 for most of the journey. Had some fun aswell. A bloke in Porsche Boxter, cant say what speed but I took him, grin from ear to ear, just imagine how he must have felt spending 20k+ and getting beaten by a T5, the trip was worth this alone for my smiles!! He gave a big wave as I slowed down and let him past as did not want to go at fast speeds for more than a few mins.

[AlanG]

Home safe then mate with more smiles.....Nice one. Yep the rear view mirror can be hard to read with the sounds up!! Difficult to see what you've just embarrased sometimes. Glad you had a safe trip.

[BigV]

I'm back :D


Well 764 miles covered. I feel very tired so an early night!

All I can say is the 850 T5 has to be one of the best cars ever to travel high mileage in. I was on cruise most of the journey with my music going. Sound system is like an aftermarket one, some of the bass notes are soooo low that the drivers mirror distorts, fantstic!

MPG wise...... Excellent. She was showing 38.9 for most of the journey. Had some fun aswell. A bloke in Porsche Boxter, cant say what speed but I took him, grin from ear to ear, just imagine how he must have felt spending 20k+ and getting beaten by a T5, the trip was worth this alone for my smiles!! He gave a big wave as I slowed down and let him past as did not want to go at fast speeds for more than a few mins.

Hope you ain't thrashing it too much :wink:

[Bob France]

I have that "feeling" every time I get in the R ,and yes I think it is addictive.Even after over 100k in T5's and now the R I'm still happy to get in and just have a cruise somewhere,plus the fact the roads down here are superb and the sun is out a bit more often helps the "addiction"along nicely!!!!

[cameron]

Does my T5 beg me too drive it ?

OH YEAH BABY !!!!!

[AlanG]

Glad matey,otherwise you might want to drive mine.......and that would never do now would it??!!

[cameron]

Who you on about Al ?

Me ?

I'll drive anything me :D

[AlanG]

Very protective of my T mate. Think I may have an inferiority complex,thingy,doofer.

[AlanG]

Paranoid about gettin' paranoid about my paranoia..........oh bugger...!

[callyuk]

i want to drive mine :worried:

you can have a drive of mine when you are next down its not as quick as bt but it will just have to do :worried:

[p fandango]

you can have a drive of mine when you are next down its not as quick as bt but it will just have to do :worried:
thanks for the offer mate but i'll be patient. It'll be a nice surprise when i do get to drive her again, i'll probably s**t myself but it'll be a surprise lol

[AlanG]

Where have you been Ped?? Thought you would have been right in the thick of that thread entitled "laid off". You takin' mind altering substances again?

[p fandango]

Where have you been Ped?? Thought you would have been right in the thick of that thread entitled "laid off". You takin' mind altering substances again?
i only really go into the technically threads to see if i can help out so not read it mate, what am i missing out on? As for the "mind altering substances", i'm out of Stella :cry:

[AlanG]

i only really go into the technically threads to see if i can help out so not read it mate, what am i missing out on? As for the "mind altering substances", i'm out of Stella :cry:

Ha ha!! Like your style,friend. Go have a squizz on general in the thread I mentioned. You'll see what I mean.

[volvoturboman]

Ha ha!! Like your style,friend. Go have a squizz on general in the thread I mentioned. You'll see what I mean.

I'll second that LOL

[AlanG]

Sometimes it happens that way. It all part and parcel,adds to the fun.

[volvoturboman]

Sometimes it happens that way. It all part and parcel,adds to the fun.

To right I think its bloody hilarious. :B_rant:

[AlanG]

Can be. Sometimes though there are situations where it req's a firm hand. Sadly there will always be the unwashed and uneducated. Speaks volumes that the moderators didn't step into that thread. Noone swore and although heated,it was fair. Every day,something new.........