Well, Well, Well, what do we have here? Volvo Bashing or a customer that just got some rotten units, or poor maintenace or all three?

Sometimes, one gets a car or piece of equipment that was just poorly built on that particular day. I'm certain that Toyota, Nissan, Mercedes, etc. owners can be fould that would never buy another of the same manufacturer's cars.

If It was me instead of you, I would probably feel the same about Volvo. However, my experience with Volkswagan, makes me not want another. My experience with Mercedes says, wow! you better have plenty of funds for the maintenance. My experience with Volvo, says that all things require proper maintenance. This does not mean that one should wait until it breaks to replace. If you follow just the manufacturer's recommended schedule, you are asking for trouble. All cars and electronic devices are designed to last just up to the end of the warranty period. Seriously, this is an engineering design.

Some equipment is just poorly made, others fail for stupid avoidable reasons.

My Volvos, a 1983 244T w/300k miles (I have spent a good amount on it over the years in maintenance, and my 1995 850 T5R has seen very little in maintence costs. Brakes, tune ups, tires, rotors, oil changes, washer pump motor and headlight wiper motor (figure this one?).

However, the 244T I simply love, it is black, I have owned it from the beginning. I had it completely stripped and re-painted original Volvo Black. I have performed most of the maintenance and have a great sound system that I also designed and installed. It simply looks and rides great.

The 850 T5R is simply bad!!!.

I take care of all my cars, including my wife's Mercedes (which is a maintenance and costs nightmare)

I think you have a good point.

Go with another manufacturer. I think you will find that, sometimes you just wind up with a particular crappy car, but, the manufacturer is not.

Since the new Volvos look like Buicks now, if I was to buy a new car, it would be a hard choice staying with Volvos simply because of the way they now look. You knew a Volvo when you saw it in the past. Now they all look like all other cars.

The 1983 244T and 1995 850 T5R absolutely turned heads.

The new Volvos do not.

I keep my cars up.

It would be a really hard choice in the future.

Good hunting.

Lawren

1983 244T (300k miles, black)
1995 850 T5R (66k miles, black)
1970 Plymouth Barracuda (340 Cuda, in-violet purple)