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What is the Matter w/ VOLVO?

posted by  MartyF on  Wed Sep 14 18:05 CST 2005
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At the mileage on your car, as expensive as it was, those sound to me to be pretty much the costs of the major work done at that time. But that also means that there is essentially no scheduled major work due for the next 70,000 miles.

And it sure sounds like the folks who did the front end work screwed up the alignment.

Have you ever driven a different 850 to compare it to yours? That would certainly either confirm that something is wrong, or confirm that you are disappointed in the ride.

Is it possible that the previous owner replaced the original struts and shocks with "heavy duty" units? If that happened, its ride harshness would be more like that of a car with the "sport" suspension. You might sympathize with the writer of this site....

http://davespeed.tripod.com/sprtsusp.htm

Marty
'96 855T





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