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Skriven 2009-05-12 17:25:43 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 23963 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Re: geezerhood
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-=> Quoting hap newsom to Nancy Backus on 11 May 09  09:37:08 <=-

 hn> Howdy Janis!

Hmmm... perhaps you are indeed further into geezerhood than we thought!

 ->  ->  hn> What did you get? 
 ->  -> A Volvo S60R.  It was a previously enjoyed, 2003, model... and was an
 -> Make that a 2005... I see I typoed!  
 -> 
 hn> 2005 was a very good year! (grin)

True enough.  And, from what I was given to understand, it may have been
the last year that the S60 in any version had the manual transmission.
 
 ->  hn> I'd probably not class a volvo S60 (even the R model) as a 
 ->  hn> race car, but it's a darn nice AWD sports sedan that's for sure!
 -> Volvo classes it as a race car... sort of, anyway.  It has, among other
 -> things, a 3 push-button active chassis suspension (comfort, sport,
 -> advanced), where the advanced is intended for use on a race track.  We
 -> can tell the difference between the different settings on the road.
 -> Having not (and not intending to) pushed it, I don't remember what the
 -> top speed on the speedometer is... not that that limits anything... (G)
 -> The twin turbos give it a real boost when acceleration is needed.  :)
 ->
 hn> Twin turbos are niiiiice (grin)!

That they are...!   :)
 
 -> would be a stretch, but doable, go for it... :)   We're hoping that the
 -> Volvo reputation for not wearing out will hold for both cars... and this
 -> will be the last car purchase we'll have to make...  (G)
 ->
 hn> I'm hoping that I live long enough to buy 
 hn> several more cars (grin)...don't wanna 
 hn> limit myself at this point! 

Well, we managed to keep my Dodge Shadow on the road for 18 years, so if
we can double that, it would be 36 years, and I'd be 95 or so... 
'Twould be nice, of course, assuming I do make it that far, to be also
still in good enough shape to be driving... (G)  

 -> But I decided that 60 couldn't be old, not if I had a race car...
 -> Race cars keep you young! At least, that's my current theory...  ;)
 -> 
 hn> When I turned 60 ...60 stopped being "old"!

That, too...  (G)

ttyl      neb

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