I've probably nearly messed up my thumb playing Test Course races in GT3 any number of times. The races are long and you don't have to brake for the corners, so you just have your right thumb to the metaphorical floor board the whole race.
I wish I had a couple of my brothers old gaming magazines. I like to have printed proof of how the past really happened because history can get whitewashed, buried or erased, plus I live in a region of liars.
Back to the subject of Volvos in GT, You can mod the faster two Volvos to where they can win some pretty high level races. It doesn't make them the best choice though as I find you have to brake earlier for corners with them.
My favorite such achievement really isn't too comical. I had to find the purple cone in GT6. I found it by exiting the Bathurst racetrack to go to an emergency vehicle pulloff.