Having owned 3 Volvo's, ''71 240, '73 265 and ''77 240, my expierience is that the cost of maintainance on an OLDER Volvo is roughly 4 times what is is on any other car ....., if you take it to a Volvo Dealer and/or use Volvo factory parts. Big IF. If you have a good mechanic that will use "rebuilt" parts, that can lower the cost considerably. If you have to rely on the dealer for parts and repairs, you're going to have a heart attack the first time you take it in for anything routine like a muffler, waterpump or timing belt. Last, but not least, the Volvo's reputation for safety was somewhat soiled recently when the NTSB ranked the new Volvo just "Average" compared to "Above Average" for 5 or 6 of it's peers in crash tests. Think Ford Taurus Wagon! Ron in MN *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 13 2003 - 09:40:05 PST
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