I have heard from two different mechanics, and from my boss who grew up in the car business, that Volvos have taken a decided turn for the worse since 2000.
We had a 1982 DL wagon that served us well when the kids were little, and my daughter right now has a '98 850 Turbo wagon which is a great car (except for that little problem with trying to get it to pass emissions after the battery was disconnected for some engine work - don't even get me STARTED on that. We put almost 900 miles on the car trying to get the computer to reset so the emissions computer could read the data -- we had 2 sets of mechanics praying over it and we ran the Volvo shop manual drive-in procedure (8 pages of closely printed text) 3 times before it finally reset. Never again.)
“Investigate the Volvos before you buy a new one.”
- Investigate EVERYTHING you spend a lot of money on before doing so.
Today, I own an old Volvo V70 from 2001.
My neighbors snort at me, but I still think it’s one h*ll of a car (200 hp, lots of equipment).
Next week, I will try and sell it and then I’ll buy a newer car.
It will be a Volvo, but with more hp’s.
Asian cars?
I am fascinated by Japanese and Korean culture, but I’m not fascinated by the cars they make.
Vikings developed superior forging, shipbuilding and employed methods of ‘blitz’ warfare 1150 years earlier than the ridiculous Nazis.
If I ever get involved in a severe car crash, I don’t want to be seated in a Toyota at that moment.