Weihrauch17 Posted Thursday at 21:19 Report Share Posted Thursday at 21:19 14 hours ago, ditchman said: i drove long distances for the jobs i had going all over the UK.....driving during the day was a real PIA so i did all my driving late evening ?night ...i had a top car a volvo estate auto...(same the police had) it was all leather interior amd supremley comfortable and fast...... driving at night/eve...was a good wind down and really relaxing...used to love it...used to stop regulary for food and water etc dont know what it would be like now... I had a green 850 T5 and loved it, great car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted Thursday at 22:03 Report Share Posted Thursday at 22:03 41 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said: I had a green 850 T5 and loved it, great car. it was a rental car from Bristol...which i had on long term rental....the last person who had or the first person to have it was Terry Wogan believe it or not.........as it was a BBC rental car at first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted Thursday at 22:19 Report Share Posted Thursday at 22:19 14 minutes ago, ditchman said: it was a rental car from Bristol...which i had on long term rental....the last person who had or the first person to have it was Terry Wogan believe it or not.........as it was a BBC rental car at first Terry Wogan, that's a blast from the past. A friend of mine bought an M3 from a dealer whose previous owner was David Coultard, nice car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted Thursday at 22:46 Report Share Posted Thursday at 22:46 23 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said: Terry Wogan, that's a blast from the past. A friend of mine bought an M3 from a dealer whose previous owner was David Coultard, nice car. the car was that comfortable ..being an auto and quiet.....driving at 2 or 3 in the morning listening to classic FM or Gold FM...the old eyes started getting heavy and i would have to drive with the window down for cold and oxygen ..before the next service station where i would pull in ....drop the electric seat back and go out like a light for an hour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted Thursday at 23:33 Report Share Posted Thursday at 23:33 (edited) 46 minutes ago, ditchman said: the car was that comfortable ..being an auto and quiet.....driving at 2 or 3 in the morning listening to classic FM or Gold FM...the old eyes started getting heavy and i would have to drive with the window down for cold and oxygen ..before the next service station where i would pull in ....drop the electric seat back and go out like a light for an hour... Mine was a manual but as you say very comfy, I have had 3 Volvo estates and the T5 was my favourite but all were great cars. Modern Volvo's seem to be a woke shadow of their early relatives. Edited Thursday at 23:33 by Weihrauch17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago 9 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said: Mine was a manual but as you say very comfy, I have had 3 Volvo estates and the T5 was my favourite but all were great cars. Modern Volvo's seem to be a woke shadow of their early relatives. when i had reached the milage on the volvo ...i had to take it back and swap it over for a 4x4 volvo estate...which was again good but not as nice as the first one...took me 10 mins figuring out how to start the bloody thing....... until i realised that you had to put your foot on the footbrake first whilst turning the key...... what a muppet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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