Has anyone here ever been on a Volvo?

[DevilishTexan]

Screwed in a Volvo long ago and I believe that's the only time I've been in one. Poor man's Mercedes. Good car I'd drive one.

 

[BossMan62]

My parents bought a '69 142 model new. The electrical system took a giant dump when the car was not quite 4 years old and had just over 40k miles. Ironically, they traded it in on a Pinto which they got 200k+ miles out of.

Your parents were lucky with their lemon, I mean Pinto.

 

[clutch1]

They do make a good big rig, until something goes wrong.
Then you'll be payin' out the volvo.

 

[semen4her]

They do make a good big rig, until something goes wrong.
Then you'll be payin' out the volvo.

I have a volvo mechanic who does work on the side for cash.

He fixes whatever I can't and for cheap. Not that the car has given me any big problems or anything..

 

[Sean]

They do make a good big rig, until something goes wrong.
Then you'll be payin' out the volvo.

My usual trans-Europe tractor is a Volvo. Ultra reliable and kitted out like a five star hotel in the cab.

 

[torchthebitch]

My second car was a 340. The wheel parted company with the half shaft, car slewed sideways, hit a collapsed dry stone wall that acted as a ramp and flipped the car over. I hit a tree upside down at about 50mph. Crawled out through the window, ciggy still in mouth, with a bruise on my collar bone where the seat belt had rubbed.

That's not a real Volvo. That's a Daf.

 

[clutch1]

My usual trans-Europe tractor is a Volvo. Ultra reliable and kitted out like a five star hotel in the cab.

Very roomy. automatic?

 

[Sean]

Very roomy. automatic?

Semi.

 

[clutch1]

I have a volvo mechanic who does work on the side for cash.

He fixes whatever I can't and for cheap. Not that the car has given me any big problems or anything..

And reliable also. I forgot to add that.
Sounds like a good friend to have.

 

[clutch1]

Semi.

Most of the new ones are automatic, so I've heard, we have freightshakers at my company with the ten speed high-low. Good for the snow bad for the city.

 

[Sean]

Most of the new ones are automatic, so I've heard, we have freightshakers at my company with the ten speed high-low. Good for the snow bad for the city.

It's funny, I'd been driving the semi for six months then got back into a manual for a run up to Scotland, kept forgetting to use the clutch. The semis are eight speed boxes with a splitter.

 

[clutch1]

It's funny, I'd been driving the semi for six months then got back into a manual for a run up to Scotland, kept forgetting to use the clutch. The semis are eight speed boxes with a splitter.

I do the same when I do get into an automatic, I throw my left foot down to the floor.

 

[HornyHenry]

Anyone have an opinion about

a '98 V70 wagon? 130K miles. How much does a tuneup cost on these?
I think this is a 4cyl turbo. Can you run 87 octane regular gas in these or does it have to be 89 or 91?

 

[VaticanAssassin]

This thread had received a lot of play considering it was started as a parody to Mike Yates " Anyone ever been in a Porno?"

 

[Jaystorme]

I think they are one of the largest truck makers in the world, so they must be doing something right in that department, commercial drivers tend to shun shitty equipment.

 

[trysail]

The 122 was all but indestructible; it was reliable and could be counted on to rack up hundreds of thousands of miles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Volvo-122-coupe-1.jpg/640px-Volvo-122-coupe-1.jpg​

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Amazon

 

[Freija]

This thread had received a lot of play considering it was started as a parody to Mike Yates " Anyone ever been in a Porno?"

Is it because Volvos are so fuckola sexy?

 

[oggbashan]

I have two Volvo 940s, a 2.3 miles turbo on 255,000 miles and a 2 litre turbo on 186,000 miles. Both are automatics. I scrapped my previous Volvo 940 2 litre 5 speed manual on 235,000 miles because steering and suspension repairs were uneconomic.

Volvo cars haven't been the same since Ford took them over and their accountants got to work on the build quality. I think they decided it was uneconomic to sell cars that would last for 20+ years or 200,000 miles before a replacement was necessary.