samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Poor sod. Imagining having to drive that on a Saturday. At least somebody was kind enough to disarm it. 120
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Lost count. 5? Another Alarm Fur Cobra 11 post. According to IMCDB, two 960 estates appear in one episode! Here we see a Ruben Red example in a less sorry state and they're both on wheel trims. There's a weird allure to 90s executive cars on wheel trims - that's my next lockscreen sorted. 010
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Not only does Arnie Swatserzsaggerz wear an iconic outfit, reminiscent of Bruce Willis at the start of Die Hard 2, or today's elderly 960 driver on their way to Waitrose, he clearly has good taste in cars, as he literally tries to carjack this 960 estate. Unsure of the alloy style. Looks like a 2.5. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/20264) Jingle All The Way. "Bbblluughghghurrghghghhhh, I need yoour sub standard interior plastics, your lambda light and your premium sound system.". The former Governor of California stars in this festive comedy. I'm calling him that because I can't be bothered to google his name to spell it. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026*spoilers incoming*. The 960 had a major role throughout the film, and on occasions you can hear the lifters clicking, so it's authentic as well. You can just about make out the Mercurios style wheels in these pictures, which in my view were the best 960 wheel of all. And, yes it survives the film. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/20263) Most Wanted. Actor and filmaker, Keenen Ivory Wayans made history with Scary Movie in 2000, which became the highest grossing film ever made by a black director. Most Wanted, which he starred in three years prior, was clearly his crowning achievement. I sought this out on DVD for its 960 content. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Cheapskates used aftermarket wheel trims and they don't even match. I haven't researched what the trims are actually called because aftermarket wheel trims are notoriously hard to find product names for, but one falls off anyway. To be honest, I think thats the least of its worries. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/20262) Alarm Fur Cobra 11. A German TV series famed for smashing up Jags (probably revenge for Dresden), which decided to have a pop at Volvo as well. Here, a pre-facelift 960 shows off it's class-leading boot space and safety features. 010
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It was portrayed as the kind of car driven by somebody who life has not been kind to. Rather unfair, but then again it does have the Altair style alloy wheels which look like caravan wheel trims. It's finished in Rubin red metallic, so my least favourite 960 colour with my least favourite wheels. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/20261) 2020 thriller Unhinged. It stars Russel Crowe as a man with Breitbart bookmarked on his phone (probably) who kills somebody with a cup, like an angry MacGyver, and a woman who I thought was Sandra Bullock, but wasn't. It switches between being a V90/960. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Anyway, I thought it was high time to right this cosmic wrong and show Volvos as the on-screen starts they really are. I'll be focussing on the 960 because I have one, so tough. All pictures ©The Internet. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Loved for safety, quality and distinctive style, Volvo have won many fans. However, few remember their cinematic exploits beyond "boxy but good" and professional blazer enthusiast, Roger Moore's P1800. Roger Moore didn't get the memo about it being a bad time to be sexy, evidenced by the 007 films. 010
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I like their style. Screw holidays. I have books, a Volvo to wax, a garden and coffee machine. What else does a man need to unwind? 100
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Turns out the £1.79 wheel cleaner I bought from a garden centre is actually decent. 041
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/03/2025That would have been an 850. Although you could put it in the WTCC Olsburgs/Castrol livery, that might work? 010
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/03/2025PSA knew what they were doing. On Fenland roads, it suddenly makes sense. 110
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Looks like a rubber duck had a meeting in a broom cupboard with an HP Deskjet. 110
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Turns out Barbie is a fan of 5 cylinder engines and crap turning circles. Amusingly, this has the same wheels my Dad's D5 did. 211
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 02/03/2025That actually looks like a decent car meet. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I think this is a situation where the king will exercise his soft power. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I think it likes me because it knows I am sincere when I say I like the styling and the torque delivery. Cars are very good at picking up on insincerity. 020
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 19/02/2025That will please her! Especially the Coupe. 100
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Ah, the '90s was a more simple time. When Volvo were boxy, and used disturbing clowns to advertise their cars. 100
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I will look forwards to hearing those. There have been many "meh" video games on Playstation saved by incredible sound tracks. Tommi Makkenin Rally is a prime example. 020
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Thank you. That would explain why it keeps warning me of a dead bulb! 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Don't keep asking me Y, it just happens to be that year. 100
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025However, you could get an exact replica of my uncle's MX-5, who I hated, because he killed our pet puffer fish. Imagine the fun I could have had running it into walls! So inclusion: cool cover art, working dials, dead puffer fish. 031
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The graphics were pretty good for an early PS2 game, and interiors with working dials would have been seriously cool. But the controls are psychotically twitchy, there's only a handful of tracks and no career mode. Then GT 3 came out a few months later and made it pointless. 011
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025In today's episode of "Things which weren't amazing 25 years ago are still not amazing today" I finally got hold of a copy of Driving Emotion Type-S, having always wanted to try it (mostly because of the moody album art). Had you put this in front of my when I was 7, I would have played it to death. 121
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Stuff like that was really funny the first 50,000 times. 020
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Once again, Darwin's theory of natural selection in action. 000
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I managed to tread on a plastic model of one once. It didn't end well for either party. 100
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Did somebody use it as a football? Poor thing. 100
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 19/01/2025I'm also convinced its the only copy of that weird unsanctioned book in the UK. 010
Reposted by @samuelmace.bsky.socialJD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I found this out owing to research by @samuelmace.bsky.social, who bought a weird unsanctioned book online cataloguing all of Volvo's brochures and advertising from the 740 to the S/V90. 101
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 19/01/2025That's entertaiiiiinnnnnnment nah nah naaaaah 010
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 13/01/2025And it's probably easier to maintain than the road going version. 010
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 13/01/2025My therapist: The 605 Rally Raid isn't real, it can't hurt you. The 605 Rally Raid: 120
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I assume the prize is you don't win the Orion. I'd pay £7.00 to not own one. 120
samuelmace.bsky.social @samuelmace.bsky.social · 12/01/2025It's amazing what they can be trained to do! 100
