Volvo S60R
#21
Originally Posted by Popeye,Feb 18 2007, 07:08 AM
Not racing, but still cool!
Let me repeat, no other automaker has such an extensive racing venue and heritage. One would have to be an extreme idiot to scoff at a brand with such an extensive heritage. It's OKAY to scoff at Volvo's "racing heritage".
Volvo boys (or other boys), scoff at those!!!
#22
Originally Posted by Popeye,Feb 18 2007, 10:08 AM
#23
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ahhh, i've got a soft spot for volvos. i had a yellow 850T5R. what a fun car, and a BIG sleeper. bone stock i got it to fo 14.2@98. i only had the car for a month before some dude offered me 5k more than i paid for it, so it went bye bye. great car.
#25
Originally Posted by nalVle,Feb 18 2007, 02:19 PM
i still think you're missing the point. saying that honda has no racing heritage is not what the average person is saying. he/she is saying that racing around in honda civic/other economy honda is something that a lot of people consider funny/pathetic. no one is saying honda's professional race history is inadequate or not extensive.
-Chris
-Chris
Hence, I still maintain, it's more okay to scoff at "racing Volvo" than "racing Honda". When someone scoffs at "racing Volvo", that person is still much, much less ignorant than the one scoffing at "racing Honda", because Volvo's racing heritage is almost non-existent compared to Honda's. An average person wouldn't know of Volvo's racing pedigree, but SHOULD know of Honda's racing involvement because it's everywhere.
Ok, I've said enough regarding this matter. It gave me a chance to post some of the cool pics, to boost my "fanboi" status. Me is Honda fanboi! Yeehawwww!!!
#29
[QUOTE=PedalFaster,Feb 18 2007, 05:23 PM] Volvo was producing sports cars before Honda was producing cars, period, you genius:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1800
I agree that Honda's racing participation in the years since has been significantly greater than Volvo's, but that doesn't make your pointless fanboi-ism any more idiotic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1800
I agree that Honda's racing participation in the years since has been significantly greater than Volvo's, but that doesn't make your pointless fanboi-ism any more idiotic.
#30
Originally Posted by kumainu,Feb 18 2007, 11:43 PM
Yep, I'm a Honda (and Toyota) fanboi. But it's better to be a fanboi on winning teams than stubborn, ignorant idiots on losing teams.
Volvo, though, instead of focusing on any racing prowess, decided to market their cars to US consumers as SAFE cars. And guess what, they do that very well. I'm sure if Volvo wanted to market a real sports car, I'm sure they could, but sports cars are not looked as safe, so it doesn't fit with their brand image.
Geez, grow up.