Re: [Paddlewise] Volvo maintainance

From: td376 <td376_at_mail.anonymizer.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:14:25 -0500
I just got rid of a 1986 Volvo 760 Turbo.  250,000 miles, first engine, 
second tranny.  Good gutters for mounting roof racks.  It does take an 
above average amount of maintenance.  Still a good car.

jfarrelly5_at_comcast.net wrote:
> I once owned a Saab.  Bought it new. It broke so often that at one point I
> needed an attorney to threaten the dealership. Ended up selling it for the
> amount of the next four  figure repair estimate. It didn't have a kayak
> rack.  I threw that in to at least make the appearance of my post being
> paddling related.
> 
> Jim et al
> 
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Volvo maintainance
> 
>>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.

-- 
Jan
td376_at_mail.anonymizer.com


***************************************************************************
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 - 16:10:16 PST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:03 PDT