We gather around to watch an E92 M3 chase a Volvo 850 wagon

Antti Kautonen

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[youtube width=”720″ height=”480″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ouO8Ii74s[/youtube]
Watching in-car videos is double-triple the fun when you share them with your car buddies. The Hooniversal HQ is no exception. I cued this clip of a Norwegian-registered, commendably quick Volvo 850 making it difficult for a BMW E92 M3 to keep up. It was a heated discussion…
Bradley Brownell:  I haven’t shaved since January.
[Ed. note: Wait, that was another talking point.]

Greg Kachadurian:  I want an E92 M3… don’t tell me it got schooled by a Volvo 850.
Bradley:  E9x BMW are trash.
Greg:  fite me irl (edited)
Antti Kautonen: I wonder if that bolbo has working a/c.
Greg:  1v1 me
Bradley:  I wil smash ur face n00b. Wen an ware?

Greg: Containers. Right nao

Antti: I feel bad for the labrador already.

Jeff Glucker: Wow the guy in the 991 was a douche or just not checking his mirrors.

Antti: He had a mirror full of volvo and couldn’t probably believe it.

Bradley: I’m going with both…

Jeff:  If you suck, but you know you suck, that’s ok. If you suck and you don’t realize it… you’re very dangerous.

Antti: Yeah, that’s why I keep out of the way every time i go for a ringlap. Haha, Norwegian plates on the volvo btw.

Jeff: M3 quick traction moment at Bergwerk.

Greg: A good driver makes a huge difference on that track. Trying to pull up a video now of an M3 ring taxi playing with a Cayman GT4 and an Aventador SV. They were all hauling ass but the fully loaded M3 was right there the whole time.

Jeff: Saw that one – good video. Plus the M3 driver is basically talking the whole time and you can hear the passengers working hard not to puke.

Greg: Yep. Thats probably the best ring taxi ride in history

Antti: The Volvo probably has a turbo screw turned up the wazoo.

Jeff: That McLaren is just straight up joyriding. It’s my goal in life to someday drift (successfully) through “YouTube corner”.

Antti: After Brunnchen?

Jeff: Yes, when there’s a crowd.

Antti: The bit where everyone ends on YouTube, yeah.

Jeff: Pretty damn good day for these two – not terrible amount of traffic.

Antti: So, who’ll do the honours of compiling that sh*t-talking post?

Greg: *waves to readers*

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[Source: YouTube/Arne A. Eide/ Hooniversal Watercooler dedicated to the Patron Saint of Slacktivismus]

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Antti Kautonen

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The resident Finn of Hooniverse. Owns old Peugeots and whatnot, writes long thinkpieces on unloved cars. These two facts might be related.

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  1. shane Avatar
    shane

    these are the dreams my 850 turbobrick has every night.

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  2. KMNTR Avatar
    KMNTR

    It’s no surprise the BMW has met its match. Volvo Bricks did reasonably well in the British Touring Car Championship in the early 1990s.

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    1. Rover 1 Avatar
      Rover 1

      I’ll just put this here.
      http://www.performance-car-guide.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Rydell-Volvo-850.jpg

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      1. Sjalabais Avatar
        Sjalabais

        I didn’t remember the first 850 BTCC only made ~280hp. That’s what you get of the actually very nice newest Superb – a beautifully understated, civilised, big wagon, that will put the Tesla 70D to shame:
        http://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/skoda/superb-estate/20-tsi-280-se-l-executive-4×4-5dr-dsg/first-drive

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      2. Vairship Avatar
        Vairship

        Just for fun…

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        1. Rover 1 Avatar
          Rover 1

          A car never developed properly.

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          1. Vairship Avatar
            Vairship

            Actually, I think Volvo developed it decently by the time it turned from 343/345 into 340/360. If only DAF themselves had had the money to do so…

          2. Rover 1 Avatar
            Rover 1

            We didn’t see enough of these, the 363 CS V6.
            https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Volvo363cs.JPG/1280px-Volvo363cs.JPG

  3. Greg Kachadurian Avatar
    Greg Kachadurian

    I finally watched the video after Brad and I 1v1’d. It looks like they were just messing around with each other. M3 was being driven pretty easily, but I think we can all agree the Volvo was having way more fun.
    And yes, our internal conversations get that intense 😉

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    1. wunno sev Avatar
      wunno sev

      yeah, totally. the driver of that wagon can hustle it like a serious dude, but my experience with my own V70 is of a cavernous box full of turbo lag and understeer.
      not that it isn’t fun in its own way, and not that it can’t be modified to dial those characteristics back a bit, but a FWD Volvo is definitely not a born track car. if you can set a quick lap on the ‘Ring in an 850, it’s in spite of the car, rather than because of it.

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  4. JayP Avatar
    JayP

    Harry’s Lap Timer is the shit.

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  5. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    Neat. I’m on a bad connection and only get white and grey pixels, but if the license plate is readable (anyone?) I could check the government registry for registered power and whether it’s AWD. Nobody here will be surprised to hear that there are lots of wildly tuned Volvos in the north, so it wouldn’t shock me if the Volvo was packing moar hoarsesthan the squeaky-brakes Bavarian.

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    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Ok, on a PC now: It’s an ordinary 850 T5 registered with 226hp and…wait for it…400000km on the odometer as of august 2015.

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