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I got the air con of the 25G regassed today. The local aircon man is also a Volvo afficondrio. Turns up in his "White Knight" Volvomobile waggon.

Then looks at the front of my RS4 and says "That is a much better looking front than a Volvo" Too true.

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at my surf club Friday night I come out to find these people crawling all around my car, looking at the front, looking in the windows, looking under etc. When they saw it was my car they said "What kind of Toyota is this?" :P

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^^^ Lol.

Today at the CAMS come and try day - motorkhana session with my "coach"

"Now Volvos have a pretty good turning circle don't they, my friend used to have one?"

Ummmmmm....lol.

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Just today, an m35 pulled on to the freeway and cruised next to us for a bit, my sister did a tripple take on it and just as it cruised past us, she says "hmmm, that's a cool Nissan wagon, sorta like yours yeah"? I reply with a smile "yeah it is, It's the newer model stagea" thinking to myself that was a good pickup by her as she's no car nut by any means, and she DIDN'T call it a Volvo!

Low an behold, the next thing to come out of her mouth......"geez it kinda looks like a Volvo though".

I facepalmed...

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^^ Ha, my missus sends me texts when she spots an m35.

The CEO from where I work came out the other day and saw me taking stuff out from the car and asked if it was an 'Odyssey'.... I explained that it's an import. All I could I have said.

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Filling up at my local servo the other day, guy was reading the badge at the rear of my M35 as he was walking past.... "Nice stag-ia" he said to me (thinking he pronounced it right) :no:

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