I agree, it looks alot nicer than a great big black hole, that looks totally feature less. Which I feel looks odd next to those fab lights, but hay, it's your car and your choice and if people didn't have completely different views to one and another, we wouldn't need a forum to discuss it. Iancho your car will look fab what ever you do.......it will still be a hard choice I'm sure
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
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iancho (Tuesday 30th October 2012)
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
iancho (Tuesday 30th October 2012)
No Adrian your spot on with the first part of your answer, good honest opinion which is what i want to hear. I know and understand that your all offering me advice.
Somebody off the street said the same thing a few months ago about the mesh grill.... i will keep the eggcrate for a few more days to see if it grows on me.
iancho (Tuesday 30th October 2012)
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
iancho (Friday 2nd November 2012)
iancho (Friday 2nd November 2012)
iancho (Friday 2nd November 2012)
Do you know, i have looked and looked and looked and couldn't figure out why your's looked better than mine!
Now i know! LOL
Your doing a great jod with the S70 Frank.... Love the new look, very tastey mate!
Thanks for asking the question Adrian... otherwise i would still be scratching my head!
lol
Do the maths mate
Your scooby : 0-60mph 5 secs, 0-97mph 13.7s (thats going on your 1/4mile time and terminal speed and your 0-60mph time)
My 540 : 0-60mph 6 secs, 0-99mph 14.4s (using my 1/4mile time and speed)
So you car does 60-97mph in 8.7 and my 540 does 60-99mph in 8.4.
I think my cars not bad for a virtually standard 1700kg+ car, but at the same time i think its slower than my t4 was, as that did 0-100mph in 14.4 and that was slower off the line than the 540, what with it being an auto, it had a bit of lag and then struggled with the power because of the fwd.
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You seem to be struggling with the maths frankie, your (ex) scooby managed 60-97mph in 8.7 and my 540 did 60-99mph in 8.4. So from 60-100mph mines quicker.
and as your 0-60 time was done in the wet at trax and your 1/4mile time was done in the dry, then that should mean when you did the 1/4mile, your 0-60 time would have been quicker than your wet trax time and therefore your 60-97mph time would actually be higher than 8.7.
btw, the merc may have a slower 1/4mile time than the scooby, but i'm pretty sure that its faster over 60mph.
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The scooby does 0-60 in 5 and 0-97 in 13.7. So take your 1/4mile time (which gives us your terminal speed) and subtract your 0-60 time and you get a time that gives you your 60-97mph. Which is : 13.7 - 5 = 8.7
If we do the same for my car its : 14.4 - 6 = 8.4
So 60-99 was 8.4 for me and the scooby did 60-97 in 8.7.
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