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03-02-2006, 02:36 PM
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Interesting survey. Unfortunately, my personal experience doesn't match it.
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Neither does mine. The foreign cars that my family members and I have owned have been far less trouble than the American cars. Europeans have really got us beat in styling, too. Most American cars make me yawn.
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Volvos are great American cars but have a bit of a quality problem in the models I looked at. I just thought it would have been hilarious if i had a volvo stationwagon or something. That joke would have probably sucked once the novelty wore off.
-Rudey
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03-02-2006, 04:04 PM
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Volvos are great American cars but have a bit of a quality problem in the models I looked at. I just thought it would have been hilarious if i had a volvo stationwagon or something. That joke would have probably sucked once the novelty wore off.
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1. The quality certainly does NOT suck in the older models. Now, I can't vouch since Ford bought them, since although the whole family drives Volvos we don't have any newer models. But the 240, 740, and 850 series certainly DOES NOT suck.
2. What's wrong with a station wagon? I mean, granted, with a dog I'd get a little more use out of one than you might, but they're very useful for hauling, say, lumber.
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03-02-2006, 04:05 PM
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1. The quality certainly does NOT suck in the older models. Now, I can't vouch since Ford bought them, since although the whole family drives Volvos we don't have any newer models. But the 240, 740, and 850 series certainly DOES NOT suck.
2. What's wrong with a station wagon? I mean, granted, with a dog I'd get a little more use out of one than you might, but they're very useful for hauling, say, lumber.
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Yes men haul lumber in their station wagons all the time.
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03-02-2006, 04:11 PM
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Yes men haul lumber in their station wagons all the time.
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Rudey, you are lollericious.
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03-02-2006, 04:13 PM
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Yes men haul lumber in their station wagons all the time.
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Aside from that, they get excellent gas mileage, and while they have next to no horsepower (116), they have a great turning radius.
-- yay!
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Aside from that, they get excellent gas mileage, and while they have next to no horsepower (116), they have a great turning radius.
-- yay!
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You shouldn't have wrecked it. You could have still been riding that beautiful creature.
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03-02-2006, 05:10 PM
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You shouldn't have wrecked it. You could have still been riding that beautiful creature.
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I KNOW. It had sweet cloth seats.
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03-02-2006, 06:33 PM
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I KNOW. It had sweet cloth seats.
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You didn't put in all sorts of awful and fancy electronic add-ons right? Because manual locks and windows is the way to go if you have cloth seats.
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03-02-2006, 07:38 PM
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You didn't put in all sorts of awful and fancy electronic add-ons right? Because manual locks and windows is the way to go if you have cloth seats.
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Sadly, it came with power windows and locks. Volvo started using power locks real early on - they were the first to come up with "safety doors" that wouldn't fly open in a crash, which lead them to power locks.
Of course, by power I mean when you turned the lock in the driver's door, all the other locks either locked or unlocked. It's not like I could do anything while driving, or 50 feet away, or anything.
It did have a sweet little tray on the dashboard. For pencils and stuff.
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03-02-2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally posted by Rudey
Volvos are great American cars but have a bit of a quality problem in the models I looked at. I just thought it would have been hilarious if i had a volvo stationwagon or something. That joke would have probably sucked once the novelty wore off.
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Volvos are Swedish cars, silly! That's why I named mine Sven. And my first Volvo was named Ulf.
My BMW was named Regan and if it had had a head it would have spun around and vomited pea soup.
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03-02-2006, 09:56 PM
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Volvos are Swedish cars, silly! That's why I named mine Sven. And my first Volvo was named Ulf.
My BMW was named Regan and if it had had a head it would have spun around and vomited pea soup.
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Volvo is originally Swedish, but Ford bought Volvo in 1999. Fiat and VW both wanted it, but Ford got it.
HAHA good name for the BMW. In other news, my seizure-addled mom refers to her BMW as "the BM".
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03-02-2006, 10:07 PM
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Volvo is originally Swedish, but Ford bought Volvo in 1999. Fiat and VW both wanted it, but Ford got it.
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Well, Ulf was a '97 so I guess his name will stay the same (wherever he may be). But I don't have to change Sven's name to, say, Rudey or something do I???
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03-02-2006, 10:13 PM
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Well, Ulf was a '97 so I guess his name will stay the same (wherever he may be). But I don't have to change Sven's name to, say, Rudey or something do I???
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Well, Sven's extended family would be in Sweden, seeing as Volvo Corp only sold their Cars division (they make trucks, marine equipment, etc. too.)
Plus, I think Rudey's asian, so that just wouldn't fit.
What color is Sven?
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03-02-2006, 10:41 PM
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Is there a truely American or Non American car?
Hell My Honda comes from Ohio, Toyota comes from at least one plant in Tenn. Mazda one Model is built in Ford Plant in KC Metro, and on and on!
Actually some of the finest looking cars designs are by Mitchabishi(SIC) and Nissan.
Most cars look so much alike that they are not any damn different. 
Some are going back to retro cars of The Good Old Days, Dodge Chargers and Mustangs for a couple.
My 6 year old Honda Accord does Me fine. Of course only have 40,000 miles on it!!!!  
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