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Title: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 18, 2009, 05:56:31 AM
Parental unit is looking to pick one up, probably will regardless of my advice since I am the failure in the family. After she wrecked the 07 forrester she wants something "safer" so the volvo name of course came up. Anyone been in one/driven one etc?
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Phate on December 18, 2009, 01:18:17 PM
Well it has more airbags and a nicer interior than the forester, that's about it.  Volvo's AWD system isn't quite as good as Subaru's (don't know if it snows where you live).  The volvo probably has better crash ratings than the forester, although I thought they both did well.

Why would a forester not be safe enough?  Light SUV capability with a low enough center of gravity to avoid being rollover prone.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 18, 2009, 05:29:43 PM
The fact that his mom is 60, nailled something going 70, and was sore the net day.  I'm the only one who's lucky enough to walk away from something like that unscratched.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Robb on December 18, 2009, 05:49:27 PM
Er, there isnt much on the road that is safer than a scooby.  Volvo's are not the tanks they used to be either.  I suspect this "crush zone" bullshit is just that.  I would like to see some statistics on fatalities in the last 30 years on this matter.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Jorsher on December 18, 2009, 05:50:03 PM
Andy Samberg Threw It On The Ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEDauams7Es#normal)
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 18, 2009, 05:56:13 PM
Another factor is that my mother hates poor people and some of them drive 07 subarus... this will put some distance on them again for a model year or two.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 18, 2009, 06:12:13 PM
Another factor is that my mother hates poor people and some of them drive 07 subarus... this will put some distance on them again for a model year or two.

Hrm, I see.  Wish your mother luck.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Robb on December 18, 2009, 08:14:20 PM
Another factor is that my mother hates poor people and some of them drive 07 subarus... this will put some distance on them again for a model year or two.

In that case put hear stuck up ass in an audi, so she can get what she deserves.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 18, 2009, 08:32:29 PM
Another factor is that my mother hates poor people and some of them drive 07 subarus... this will put some distance on them again for a model year or two.

In that case put hear stuck up ass in an audi, so she can get what she deserves.

Had one, was a POS and dumped it for a profit due to getting like 10k+ off from the NY dealerships giving discounts to morgan stanley employees... actually same shit happened with the subaru, purchased brand new for about 17k, drove for about 3 years, wrecked and got around 17k from the insurance company. I cant wait till I'm not poor and worthless and I feel loved.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: fearsomedan on December 18, 2009, 09:37:55 PM


In that case put hear stuck up ass in an audi, so she can get what she deserves.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 18, 2009, 09:41:54 PM
The V8 S4s are supposed to be solid.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Phate on December 18, 2009, 09:47:43 PM
Poor people can't afford an RS6 wagon...
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: bigwig on December 18, 2009, 10:28:18 PM
My aunt has an 08 I think.  I sat in it.  The interior was nice.  It seemed well featured.  I believe Volvo is known to have one of the worst Sat Nav systems, if that matters.  I can't speak much for how it drives or if the car is actually any good.  I'd buy a Consumer Reports and a Car and Driver book and see what they say.  I'd say 80% of the time they are accurate.  I believe each car they get to drive for 6-8 months so their reviews are typically better than the average "I had the car for 3 days and I sat around and watched football for 8 hours on Sunday" reviews.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 18, 2009, 11:45:26 PM
From what I've -read- it will meet her needs appropriately. She bought one today anyways, 27k for the 3.2 base model... I'll have to putter around in it a bit if I visit NY for the holidays which isn't terribly likely.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 20, 2009, 03:26:27 AM
She dislikes poor people, yet purchased a base model?  That's not very upwardly mobile.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 20, 2009, 04:05:08 AM
She dislikes poor people, yet purchased a base model?  That's not very upwardly mobile.

white women the fuck do they know about what they want
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 20, 2009, 05:14:51 AM
She dislikes poor people, yet purchased a base model?  That's not very upwardly mobile.

white women the fuck do they know about what they want

You aren't white, Yuriy.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: nock on December 20, 2009, 11:14:40 PM
She dislikes poor people, yet purchased a base model?  That's not very upwardly mobile.

white women the fuck do they know about what they want

You aren't white, Yuriy.


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Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 21, 2009, 12:48:36 AM
Dullard is, reluctantly, white.  Yuriy, although more deserving of said dubious honor, is not.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 21, 2009, 12:49:35 AM
im white enough. probably more white than you joseph jackson davis
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 21, 2009, 12:50:10 AM
I'm not anglo-saxon.  I've never claimed to be white.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 21, 2009, 01:37:31 AM
look at my skin

iom graduating college

i drink fine aged whiskey

i dont like obama

i date ballet dancers

these are white people things
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 21, 2009, 01:42:22 AM
listen to my accented voice

i drink anything I can afford at the moment, to excess

i don't like obama because he won't give money to the racist black politicians like farrakhan or jackson

i date ballet dancerswhite women

i try to be like white people in all things


We know.  You'll still never be white.
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 21, 2009, 02:10:31 AM
 >:(
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: nock on December 21, 2009, 04:51:55 AM
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Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: j.h.christ on December 21, 2009, 05:11:53 AM
look at my skin

iom graduating college

i drink fine aged whiskey

i dont like obama

i date ballet dancers

these are white people things


robert mugabe meets those criteria and guess what color he is?
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on December 21, 2009, 05:21:39 AM
look at my skin

iom graduating college

i drink fine aged whiskey

i dont like obama

i date ballet dancers

these are white people things


robert mugabe meets those criteria and guess what color he is?

tan white person?
Title: Re: Any thoughts about the Volvo CX70 (09-10)?
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 21, 2009, 01:11:42 PM
Yuriy confided in me during a moment of drunken weakness that the ballerina was half chinese, and he dumped her because she wouldn't do anal.  So scratch that one off of his list... a white man would date/fornicate a half chinese woman with no problem, but he wouldn't take no anal as an answer.  Fucking fail.