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posted by  bryan goldberg on  Sun Dec 29 14:25 CST 2002
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Jimmy,

That's the way I feel about the car. Sure, it had the well documented teething problems. They were addressed under warranty.

My only real gripe is that the door panels de-laminated and Volvo refused to own up to their supplier's error. OTOH the cars are incredible bargains when measured against the competition, so I guess that I can't really complain, too much.

My S70 was slammed by an SUV big-time. No injuries. The car was pretty offended, however. Now, obviously it was the expertise and skill of the body shop techs that restored the car. But I think the basic engineering excellence of the car enabled and justified the restoration.

I follow the maintenance schedule exactly and take measures to prolong the life of the interior and exterior. But, I've observed that the harder the car is driven the better it is. Wasn't that an ad campaign years ago? "Drive it like you hate it."

Works for me.

Bryan







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