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06-02-2013, 08:54 PM
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Volvo: "V8s are dinosaurs"
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06-02-2013, 09:07 PM
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   T. GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!
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06-02-2013, 09:10 PM
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No Volvo dinosaur here.
http://jalopnik.com/5852456/volvo-v9...e-sleepy-wagon |
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06-02-2013, 09:27 PM
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Who cares? It's a Euro brand and they love their over bearing government regulating their lives. The problem is we Americans are heading down their same path.
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06-02-2013, 10:20 PM
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V8 is definitely not and shouldn't be thought of as a dinosaur.
With advancements in tech, and smarter, more efficient transmissions the V8 can get decent mileage and still have that V8 power.
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06-02-2013, 11:52 PM
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I think we are approaching some of the last years of V8 powered cars. Future CAFE regulations will slowly make the V8 extinct.....except for specialty cars like the Corvette, Viper (V10, I know), trucks, etc. There are very few cars today that run a V8. Most of them are American car companies.
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06-03-2013, 04:06 AM
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What I find amusing about the EPA and their European counterparts is we are forced to clean up our acts through regulation and price jacking while third world countries pollute on a scale more than we ever did in history. Yet cars are shipped to these countries without the controls and requirements they are here because they lack mechanic support for them. |
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06-03-2013, 11:41 AM
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