Snarf
My auntie had a volvo. Nasty car. Moved from a Mercury Mark IV or
something. For me, the best looking Volvo was the P1800
My sister, the commie pinko granola vegan got a Volvo wagon a few
years ago when she popped out a kid. Moved out of the ethnically
diverse neighborhood for the white one, made her hubby sell the
International scout, began to eat animal products, and actually shops
at the Gap and old navy instead of the thrift store.
I drove their volvo twice. Not sure I liked it. Nothing in quality
compared to Gump IMHO
On Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
actually a lot of people did not like the volvo 240 series much,
especially
those who bought early ones... they were plagued with problems in their
first year or so, very odd actually given that much of the car had
already
been in production for at least 8 years... i was working as car jockey
for a
rental company then and i vividly remember picking up customers at the
volvo
dealer and hearing horror stories from owners at the end of their wits,
incredible quality problems.
from time to time i have mentioned on mercedes lists that i own a
volvo 164e
and i always get emails from other people on the list saying that was
the
last decent volvo they owned, after one 240 -- and sometimes just from
hearing about 240s -- they defected to mercedes and never looked back.
volvo lucked out with their new fwd cars, as they stumbled into a
market for
people graduating up from jettas, etc., and others who could buy bmw
but had
issues with bmw styling and image.... more blind luck than any great
market
intelligence on volvo's part... had the 850 not been the great success
it
was, the volvo car division would not really now exist as a real
marque...
they were closer to the ropes than most people realize, the 850 was
the last
big bet at the roulette table for them.... not by accident that the car
division had been split off from the truck/bus and marine operations
some
time before.
though in a sense it was sort of history repeating itself, as i believe
there was a study done in the 60s that found that the most common car
people
moved upmarket from, to buy a volvo, was volkswagen as they tended to
trumpet the same virtues in their advertising.
however, all that being said, with the quality of what is now being
sold
under the volvo nameplate, the 240 is now becoming a sort of icon of
the
good old days.
mac
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Hmmmm - I thought the good Volvos died with the 244.
On 7/20/05, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
okay, well there is appreciation for classic durability, and then
there is
just plain bloodyminded luddite-ism, har....
don't take that personally, i like volvo 140 and 160 series cars,
trust me a
volvo 140 makes a 115 feel like a maserati quattroporte....
mac
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