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
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