《绝望的主妇》制片试驾VOLVOC70感受

我刚接到一辆沃尔沃C70汽车，痛快地开着它玩了几天。真是乐不可言！

这些年，我买了几辆沃尔沃汽车，现在有一辆S60和一辆V70，我都非常喜爱。车非常坚固，操纵性很好，驾驶起来非常放心，有很高的安全感。这对我来说是非常重要的，因为我肩负着养家重担，同时又不想放弃驾驶的乐趣。我历来喜欢开车。大概在10岁的时候我就开始开车了。起初是坐在我爷爷的腿上跟他一起开农场拖拉机，接着是开农用卡车，那是一辆老福特，就是“Old West”画报上看到的那种车，有些地方已经把它废弃了，正在锈掉。待我刚能干活时，大约在12岁能割草了，我便开始买玩具车，包括迷你自行车、卡丁车、两辆破旧的西姆卡（Simcas），后来我将它们装配成了一辆能跑的汽车，以及摩托车。在我16岁时我拥有了第一辆能上街行驶的汽车 - 一辆1965款福特野马。从那时候起，我前后一共拥有了至少15辆汽车。

我的沃尔沃汽车一直在路上陪伴着我，为我提供了无尽的乐趣。它们都是我当时能够买得起的车，现在我仍认为它们都是物超所值的汽车。驾驶非常时尚的、设计极好的C70是一种享受。第一天，我把车顶放下来，开着车穿过峡谷去赴宴，因为对我来说，敞篷车作为越野驾驶是最合适的。天气挺冷，于是我把暖风打开，将车窗摇上，不过头顶上仍露着天。星期天，我带着全家到杰弗里吃饭，也还是一路敞篷，即使当时是忧郁的六月天，我们都穿着保暖的衣服。我们全家都非常喜欢沿着海边开车的美妙感觉。

汽车比较简朴，但配置不错，是为驾驶员精心设计的。座椅一如既往，体现了沃尔沃的舒适性，很容易将其调整到最适合的位置。尽管是敞篷，车里很安静，稍显有点硬，这个我喜欢。操纵性很好，给人一种尽在掌握之中的惬意感，同时又使驾驶员知道你想让车做什么它就会做什么。支篷和收篷的过程极为有趣，看到别人在观赏也是一种乐趣。虽然现在流行的是硬顶式敞篷车，不过工艺上的奇迹永远不会过时。

这是一部极为精彩的汽车，我真不情愿把它还回去!

I’ve just received the Volvo C70 to drive and play with for a few days. What fun!

I’ve owned several Volvos over the years – a S60 and a V70 – and have a soft spot for them. The cars are so solidly built, handle very well, and give me both great confidence in driving and a wonderful sense of safety; all very important things to me, as I’m raising a family, yet not wanting to give up the pleasure of driving. I’ve always loved to drive. At probably 10 years old, I started driving. I would sit on my grandfather’s lap at first on his farm tractor, and then the farm truck – an old Ford that you would see in pictures of the Old West, rusting away in some field. As soon as I could work – mowing lawns at about 12 years old – I started to buy toys: mini-bikes, go-karts, two old Simcas which I assembled into one running car, motorcycles and then my first street car at 16 – a 1965 Ford Mustang. Since, I’ve owned at least 15 cars.

My Volvos continued the pleasures of being on the road for me. They were cars that I could afford at the time, and I still believe were the best cars for the money. Getting my hands on the very stylish and well designed C70 was a treat. The first day, I put the top down and drove to dinner through the canyons, because to me, convertibles are best for off-the-highway driving. It was chilly, so the heat was on and the windows up, but the sky was right there. On Sunday, I took my family to Geoffrey’s for brunch, again top down – even with June Gloom and warm clothing. My entire family enjoyed the ride along the coast.

The car is simple and well laid out. Nicely designed for the driver. The seats, as always, are Volvo comfortable and easily adjusted to find the right fit. It’s quiet in spite of being a convertible and pretty stiff, which I prefer. It handles very nicely and offers a great sense of being totally in control, while providing the driver the comfort of knowing that it will do what is asked of it.  Putting the top up and down is great fun, and it’s also fun to watch people watching it. Even though hardtop convertibles are common today, the wonder of the engineering never passes.

It’s a terrific car – I was sorry to return it!--- George