. "The CEO of Ford has said China's EVs are "far superior" to what the West has to offer. Farley praised Xiaomi's maiden electric vehicle, the SU7, last year after testing it." . The entire economy in China is control and subsidize by the Central Gov. Cheap things will get dumped...

Everything in this world has a price. We can opt to open or close our eyes when it comes to a fine print. In terms of every totalitarian or communist regime you think you are buying goods from them, but in reality you are building up their military might. I heard the same story when I was a kid in ...

Thanks again for your posts and info. We should be able to try the steps we outlined in the next week or so and I'll report back.

I think those bump stops get worked down for city drivers because the P2 turning radius is measured in kilometers.

Getting older I limit my garage stints to 4 hours. That’s enough wrenching and calisthenics for me to put my tools down and relax, and go at it another day. When I did my clutch on my P2 I planned it over 2 weekends , 4 hours per day and I learned it was much nicer on me. That was 10 years ago, and ...

You can get an ODB connector and an Android phone with an app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.metaverselabs.obdandroid , https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ntdevelopment.v_tool and monitor it that way. Or use 850 OBDII which is authored by none other than MVS me...

It was smelling BEFORE he filled the tank. Worse afterwards. Just about to lift the car on the hoist to have a look around. No engine codes given currently. I've heard of the fuel pump cracking so that is a definite are to check for sure!

Many thanks guys.

Neil.

Stockholm?? I thought we had the much rarer Gothenberg variant??

Neil.

I love my 2005 and keep driving it, but all 4 Volvos I've had were money pit basically. My family grew, free time annihilated, I had to make family fleet decisions... The decisions don't brake. Nothing seem to happen to them. Boring as boredom can be, that's why I keep driving my 2005