Volvo idiosyncrasies, hah. People often about volvos as if they are some rare gem of a car that lasts forever. They do not. I voted NP, but with a pretty big caveat. This is not for an non-volvo experienced owner. Things you can expect to go wrong around this time:

I tried, but ended up buying an automatic sportwagen. Still, shame, it really is a great car (so far)

This is a well researched comment. I wonder if we’ll see some sort of bankruptcy declaration before the deadline, with Rich energy referring to “fascist financiers”, before going quiet. Only to have its leader reappear in a few years as the head of another questionably, high publicity ultimately failed enterprise…

wow, yeah the 2019 silverado looks terrible. Wheel look too small and entire proportions look weird. Ram looks much better. Hell, the GMC sierra looks much better and its arguably the same truck.

we were recently in the market for a wagon. Test drove every new wagon/hatchback available (including this one) within 50 miles of us. This one came in third on our list. It had a really nice ride, and the interior was good for me. My wife (who is shorter) could not get comfortable and the car really did seem very…

Seller wants $25K for a dirty, 4-year old car with 36,000 miles. Does he (and most likely it is a he) know you can get a new WRX with zero miles and no mysterious crotch stains for $23k, maybe $24k out the door? Its down on horsepower from this EVO, but it comes with a 3-year warranty and you get to make your own…

I dont like these scooters, but Borelli is a jerk. He steals his competitors property, and then demand payment to return them? All while not being totally transparent about his identical electric mobility crap program. Think of it this way, I have a burger shop, and there is a mcdonalds next door. Every time they call…

He has an RS7 with some work done, so he can afford an expensive car, and has $200,000 to spend on a car for the weekend. He also is fine with a used car, because of depreciation? If you really have $200,000 to spend on a weekend car, either you have exactly $200,000 (bonus from tech buyout, or options vested at his…

I hope the A is a long a, and the E is separated, so the name is pronounced Ee-Vee-Jay. Maybe they can make a special “J” version that would be pronounced Ee-vee-jay-jay. With the lotus name its almost as bad as if they named it the Lily La B14.

star for star trek. 

Adding on to the steaming pile of anecdotes. I drive an ‘18 sportwagen, no problems in first 10,000 miles. MY friend has an ‘18 alltrack, same story, no problems. She doesn’t need a GTI (although they certainly are fun) and it seems like there are more problems associated with them than the standard models. There is…

Good call on the v70/xc70. My family were volvo people, so lots of experience with those. xc70 had some transmission problems, and like you said, no manual. great seats though and lots of storage. Find a good mechanic and budget a thousand every year for maintenance/repairs and you should be fine to 200K. Don’t get a…

The more I think about it, the more I think this initial quality rating is crap.

Kudos to this seller for even mentioning that rust. Any car older than 5 years looks like that underneath in New England. That’s not “rust”, that is “an extra $200 to do any work underneath the car because its a PITA” from your mechanic. Honestly, hit the subframe and sway bar with a wire brush and some por15, and…

Rich energy is going to self immolate eventually and all of us, for being remotely associated with them (F1 fan = rich energy fan according to non jalops) will be slightly worse perceived by some people. Screw them. Also, Whyte bikes are awesome and even if they do get some damages awarded to them, they deserve every…

I feel like in 5-10 years, this will be used as an example for business school students on the value of market research, either good or bad.

While his designs may come off as conservative and staid, they were still really aesthetically pleasing and have aged well. Imagine just for a second that lexus pulled their collective heads out of their collective Robotto shiri and released an RC 300 tomorrow that looked like a 1993 DB7, we’d exclaim over the smooth…

First off, whoever sad Dr Linda drives a Volvo SUV, I totally agree. A low miles leased XC90 with extra pumps in the passenger seat footwell, a yoga bag on the seat and dry cleaning perpetually adorning the otherwise never-used back seat.

Here’s another (admitedly quickly done) mock up a porsche SUV that is 4" shorter:

Seems like doubling conductors only on uptown-downtown 2 and 5 trains during rush hour would only be a few dozen extra employees. Also, give the employees tazers.