My wife and I recently picked up a 2007 Volvo V50 T5 AWD. My wife always wanted a Volvo. I told her so long as it's a turbo model, it'd be great! One thing about all the Volvos we've test drove over the years, they have the most comfortable seats. Haven't done much for mods other than adding a K & N Typhoon intake. These don't take well to manual boost controllers and a computer re-calibration, while it can unleash as much as 50HP, is relatively expensive at $800-$1200.
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This is our 2005 Mazda RX8 that we owned for right at 1 year. Unfortunately, my wife and I needed something a bit more practical for year round driving. We traded it in on our Volvo.
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This car is probably the best handling car I've ever driven...bar none! The motor is extremely smooth no matter how high the revs are. If it had a bit more power, that would be nice.
Now this is my old tow vehicle and hauler. It's a 94' GMC Sonoma with the High Rider package (same as the ZR2 package for the S-10s). I sold it recently since it sat way more than it was driven. Pretty decent truck, but a bit hard to get to certain things on the engine.
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