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All my life I thought wagons were fin ninnies, until I bought a Suburban. I loved the versitility and ability to carry MANY sheets of plywood or sheetrock fully inside.
Whe I was in the market and settled on a Volvo, I was open to the idea of a wagon, though obviously it won't do what the old Suburban does.
I bought a '96 965 last year (great shape/$7000) and LOVE the car. I am SO happy I got the wagon. Nice upright styling that says, "I couldn't care less about style," yet it has an style of its own that quite nice and has surprisingly gottem many comments. At the same time, I LOVE the extra utility of easy loading of most anything you might spontaneously buy without thought about whether or not it will fit, or trying to load over a trunk lip.
We were out recently and spontaneously bought a small chest freezer on special sale (we were tired of squeezing stuff in the combo) and I bought it knowing it would fit and I wouldn't have to go home, get another vehicle and go pick it up. Neat!
The store guy who helped take it to the car was amazed it fit w/o even having to lower the back seat.
The Volvo bricks are not that highly styled to begin with, so going to a wagon really seems to use the shape to its maximum benefit. I am totally sold on the idea! When I want to drive a more "fun" shape I go out in my Morgan, but to be honest, the 965 (and a 945) handle great, and I see not degredation over their sedan counterparts.
Bob
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