Volvo wagon introduction

[schaff70]

Left Va Beach Friday at 5:30pm and drove almost 500 miles to Sylva, North Carolina. Spent the night, got up on Saturday and continued driving another 70 miles to Deals Gap, NC to make a couple passes on Tail of the Dragon. Tail of the Dragon if you've never heard of it is on the border of NC/TN. 318 turns in 11 miles.



Here are a couple links from Killboy.com of me driving on the Tail:

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/photocard.aspx?pc=80871DC2271B4BEE02336C0F2B8A23D5

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/photocard.aspx?pc=80871DC2271B4BEE403E7775165B787B

Made 2 full passes on the Tail of the Dragon. Started another run, but decided halfway through to turn around after the left front wheel bearing starting complaining loudly on hard corners. Master cylinder is starting to go also, so pedal feel was pretty mushy.

Stopped by Asheville, NC to pick up a set of wheels for a friend & delivered them to Raleigh on the way home.

1300+ miles in 32 hours. Not bad for a 28 year old car with 293,000 miles.

[z38cavalier]

awesome ride! I never heard of this tail of the dragon place it looks awesome, this means one serious road trip for me but it would be really cool!

[JVC]

Welcome to another Volvo owner! You should come out to SoWo instead of Carlisle! Then you'll get the chance to do the Dragon again!

[schaff70]

awesome ride! I never heard of this tail of the dragon place it looks awesome, this means one serious road trip for me but it would be really cool!

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

It's a lot of fun to drive, but in the peak months from late spring to the end of summer there is a lot of traffic, mostly motorcycles. There have been 4 deaths this year so far including one the weekend before I went.

The weather held out for us long enough to make the trip. It's probably covered in snow by now. It was pretty much my only shot for driving it before I move to Houston in Dec.

[z38cavalier]

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

It's a lot of fun to drive, but in the peak months from late spring to the end of summer there is a lot of traffic, mostly motorcycles. There have been 4 deaths this year so far including one the weekend before I went.

The weather held out for us long enough to make the trip. It's probably covered in snow by now. It was pretty much my only shot for driving it before I move to Houston in Dec.

Don't worry I googled it as soon as I was this :p im a coupl of days drive away if not more (quebec) so I won't be going anytime soone but it would make for a cool vacation!

Fall must make for nice scenery and amazing pictures

[oprahhwinfreyy]

I like those 17's, definitely put those on the wagon man.

[schaff70]

From Killboy.com facebook page