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  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Aug. 20, 2009 8:52 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 HalfDork

    Oh my god, thats all i have to say...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBu6STlhh8Q&feature=player_embedded

  • walterj

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:03 a.m. walterj Dork

    That is a cement plant in the background and the "enclosed road" looks suspiciously like I380 or RTE33 in PA. Where are these guys from?

  • Tommy Suddard

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:07 a.m. Tommy Suddard SonDork

    Not to mention the other lane was open.

  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:09 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 HalfDork

    it says "Joy, Pennsylvania"

  • EricM

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:11 a.m. EricM HalfDork

    "Enclosed road" I wonder how they got out?

    insane. I wouldn't want to be doing 180 on a motorscycle in those conditions.

  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:14 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 HalfDork

    did you see the bike short shift from 4th to 6th, he doenst carry 5th the whole way thru. You could see the gear select lit up on the left side. Anyway, ya no way i would do that on a bike....

  • mith612

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:41 a.m. mith612 New Reader

    I thought it was going to be a girl Volvo ...

  • John Brown

    Aug. 20, 2009 9:46 a.m. John Brown MegaDork

    Still should be a "capital D" affixed to those umbasses

  • splitime

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:00 a.m. splitime Reader

    Doing that in the rain/fog/mist?

    And yah... closed road my ARSE.

    That being said... I do want to do a v8 volvo at some point. I think auto so the wife will accept it as the 'family' car.

  • 4cylndrfury

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:03 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    cool car, asshat drivers

  • Adrian_Thompson

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:11 a.m. Adrian_Thompson Reader

    Well it is an enclosed road. Enclosed by the median on one side and the shoulder on the other side! They never said it was a closed road did they!

  • aeronca65t

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:27 a.m. aeronca65t HalfDork

    You know, Paul Newman and David Letterman had matching V8 Volvo station wagons.

    When Newman was nearing the end, he drove his hot rod Volvo over to Lime Rock and took one last lap.....some of my friends were present. I don't think there were too many dry eyes.

    ~HERE~ is Letterman talking about their matching Volvos in a tribute (slide to about 3:30 on the video)

  • Ian F

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:32 a.m. Ian F HalfDork

    I've seen the Volvette at Carlisle a couple of times. The guy who built it lives in central PA. It was a relative's car passed to him. Building it has been a long process... but overall, the work is well done. Especially considering the surprisingly limited budget he has (not as much as you would think - he's not some rich kid).

    No comment about the video...

  • Woody

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:52 a.m. Woody SuperDork

    Nothing new here. The first time I saw one of these was over 20 years ago.

    Yes, I am old.

  • splitime

    Aug. 20, 2009 11:58 a.m. splitime Reader

    Woody wrote:

    Nothing new here. The first time I saw one of these was over 20 years ago.

    Yes, I am old.

    You saw a twin turbo LS1 volvo 20 years ago? Very interesting.

  • 4cylndrfury

    Aug. 20, 2009 12:01 p.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    splitime wrote:

    Woody wrote:

    Nothing new here. The first time I saw one of these was over 20 years ago.

    Yes, I am old.

    You saw a twin turbo LS1 volvo 20 years ago? Very interesting.

  • NBS2005

    Aug. 20, 2009 1:12 p.m. NBS2005 Dork

    If those guys are much past 25 years old, there's no excuse for that E36 M3.

  • Woody

    Aug. 20, 2009 5:33 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    Okay, okay, I didn't look that closely. I just saw "Volvette" and got bored. Sorry.

 

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