Re: [non roc]Volvo beats honda

["David Guido" <guido_david@hotmail.com>]

When I'm not driving my Scirocco I drive my Volvo 245 wagon. Got it new in 
1988 and will never sell it- ever! Most durable and safe car ever built by 
man!

>From: "Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: [non roc]Volvo beats honda
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:45:54 PDT
>
>Hey guys,
>
>Sorry it wasn't my Scirocco that wasted a honduh, but since a honduh was
>damaged I figured I'd tell the story.
>
>Yesterday afternoon, Gina my fiancee (she'll be my wife in 2.5 weeks!) and
>her cuz + cuz's kid are heading back home from the dress shop.  They're
>having a grand time playing hookey from work and talking about how much 
>Gina
>loves her Volvo.  The car is a 1980 245 (wagon), btw.  Right after Gina 
>says
>what a great car she's got, they come to a red light and stop (of course,
>that's what normal people do.)  She looks in her rear view and sees a rice
>burner coming up real quick.  She says out loud, "Shit, this car is gonna
>hit us!"  She estimates his speed at 30-35.  At the last second rice boy
>locks up his tires and rear ends the Volvo pretty hard.  Gina and her cuz
>motion to rice boy to pull into the gas station they are in front of.  Mr.
>rice acknowledges the gesture and Gina heads for the station.  As she gets
>off the road and into the gas station, the light turns green and rice boy
>decides he better split cuz he's fu__ed.  So he guns it and takes off.  
>Gina
>says the rice car was really wasted.  The lights were gone, hood crumpled,
>bumper bent and fenders wrinkled.  The Volvo had some small scratches in 
>the
>bumper rubber and a little bit of black plastic stuck on the bottom of the
>bumper.  She got some witness info, but no one got the plates.  The witness
>said it looked like a 95 civic 3 door burgundy color.
>
>It's hard to believe that the Volvo took a hit like that with no damage.  
>No
>one was hurt either, so I'm counting my blessings. Good thing we got rid of
>Gina's 85 accordion (POS) or things might have been different!
>
>Ian Overholt
>'88 16v
>'78 Champagne Edition
>
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