Poor little honda. Fart pipe, bad-boy looking driver, stripped and shaved body couldn't save him from:

MY BONE-STOCK 850 wagon with the AC on. Count that as one kill.

I'm sure a done-right honda or heck even a good-running stock rig would blow me away... just goes to show all that crap doesn't mean more power.

Putting effort and THOUGHT into your rig DOES. And Volvo had it pretty right from the get-go.

Oh, I have done the same type of thing but not just to little punky pierced Honda kids, but to Mitsubishi Eclipse's. I had the 86' 740 Turbo that straight out of the factory did 0-60 in 5.7 according to the owner's manuel. Well, it was 2000 (do the math: 14 years old) and I didn't really do anything to the car except normal maintenance but absolutely no modifications. I stopped at a light at a brand new Eclipse, the driver looked at me, I looked at "her," and we were close after the light went green oh, for about 1.5 seconds before I completely overtook her by 2 carlenghths before the next light and I know she was trying hard. Think: what does an old 740 turbo weigh compared to a little Eclipse? It's amazing how these other car manufacturers over the years have had to sacrifice safety features just to make their cars more performance oriented yet Volvo's have it all. Needless to say, you can just imagine what she must have been thinking when she saw what to her must have looked like an old tank burn her! I like it!

Do you recall if the Eclipse was the GS-T or the GS-X, or just a GS. The GS-T (turbo) and GS-X (turbo with AWD) are very quick cars out of the box. If it was just a GS (N/A) I wouldn't be surprised you smoked her, they are pretty slow. If it was a turbo Eclipse you beat then I'd say congrats and I need to go find me an old 740 turbo!!!

Yep, I'm firm believer in the function before form addage. I've had cars in the past the looked like rolling basket cases but could still turn low 12's or high 11's in the quarter. However, Volvo got it right with the turbo models. They got form and function, decent acceleration and handling, comfort and convenience, and striking good looks.

Along these same lines, I took a Hemi powered Dodge Magnum out for a spin this past Saturday. All I have to say is, wow. It's got love it or hate it looks (personally I love it) and power that can't be denied (340hp/390ft-lbs). Absolutely the best brakes I have ever felt in an American car this side of a Z06 Corvette, and the handling is pretty tight to. Overall, the car feels much lighter on it's feet than it's size and weight suggest, they have really worked some of the Diamler-Benz influences into it (the brakes are right off the E-class I think). Its not much in the way of practicality, the rear load area is very wide but the roof line is very low, so you could fit long flat things in no prob, but not tall boxes and such. Whatever, it's a muscle car for guys who want to satisfy their wives and tell them they got a practical, family oriented car. That'll be me in about 6 months to a year....

that's hilarious. i love doing that and i've done it many times in various OLD (did i say OLD) 900Turbos, 5 series bimmers, etc. a hoot.

-c

i burned my brother acura 3.2tl-r,my cousin 1995 bmw m3,and a lot of hondas,mitu,& vetts.only cars i could`nt mess with is my son`s rx7& his 1998 nissan skyline.i drive a 1996 850r.120000k.

i burned my brother acura 3.2tl-r,my cousin 1995 bmw m3,and a lot of hondas,mitu,& vetts.only cars i could`nt mess with is my son`s rx7& his 1998 nissan skyline.i drive a 1996 850r.120000k.