I work at Volvo Torslanda Sweden. We are more than 20 000 employess. I was looking at mr Alistairs page (Thank you by the way. Exellent stuff!), and it was probably my address he saw. I sometimes check into this group as a PRIVATE Volvo owner and hobby mechanic. I have a regular desk job not related to car tech.

I've never heard that Volvo tries to censor or monitors anything on the web. And really how would it be possible that Volvo makes a webpage non searchable!? But then again I might also be a part of this conspiracy! And you americans never went to the moon, and Elvis lives :-)

I have heard that Volvo have claimed URL's with the name Volvo in them, like Volvospeed etc. But you have to consider that an owner of a trademark is obliged by law to protect it. If you dont you can lose your rights to it.

About the throttle issue I have about as many clues as anyone else here. I own a 99 so I'm concerned too :-( Have not had any problems so far however...

I think one should keep in mind that things wear out and stuff happens. A car engine today is far more reliable and durable than it was some years ago. But on the other hand they are more complicated and more expensive to fix aswell.

If a car has a part that is a little below quality, and is not related to primary safety (like brakes, steering, airbags etc), most carmakers will not do a recall. Sad but true.