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That's strange, our first Volvo was an '80 and it had the twin, aluminum covered main and fuel relays mounted just above the passenger's feet. I had some problems with starting and remember swapping these around before giving up and buying a new relay. Oh well, I guess Volvo doesn't have to be consistent if they don't want to be.
That '80 245 really sold me on Volvos. A lady ran a stop and t-boned the 245 on the passenger side. The accord she was driving looked like it had run into a tree. Our Volvo had a dent in the door which would still open and close, a dented rocker panel, and the right front wheel alignment was off, still drivable though. They totalled it anyway.
Earlier I was driving that same Volvo up on Santiam Pass at night when I came around a curve and into a rock fall. I couldn't dodge them all and straddled a basketball-sized rock (four adults in the car). We went up on that rock and we were airborne for a ways. After we landed, I stopped a checked things out. It was good enough to drive on to Black Butte. I drove it back to Eugene and to the Volvo dealer's body shop. They replaced the dented front cross member and steering rack. A pretty tough car if you ask me! If that had been our old Reliant, I think it would have been gutted like a fish.
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