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by matthew1
20 Dec 2023, 11:45
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Re: Volvo Findings! (What have you found on Craigslist?)

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by matthew1
22 Dec 2023, 10:37
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Vehicle Buying Maximalism

"Vehicle Buying Maximalism" -- a phenomenon that leads to ownership of generally very large vehicles that cover 99% of use cases, but the edge use activities within that use case continuum represent less than 1% of actual daily driving tasks. There. I just coined a term that you'll find i...
by matthew1
25 Dec 2023, 10:05
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Re: Problem with Onboard diagnostic system?

HI Ed. The diagnostic system would not fail. As a component of cars, it's a fairly large item (not necessarily physically large though). The whole system might fail say for instance in a case of a flood, but day in/day out, no. Parts of the system can and do fail on cars all the time. It sounds like...
by matthew1
26 Dec 2023, 13:59
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Re: Problem with Onboard diagnostic system?

Hm, not much meat on those bones... I'd take it back in and get to the next step. Then when it turns out to be something else, ask for a refund or partial refund for the MAP sensor replacement.
by matthew1
29 Dec 2023, 08:20
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Re: Car Buying Maximalism

IMHO taxes should be absolutely linked to vehicle weight, without moronic congressional loopholes to help GM, Ford, and Ram (Stellantis), which were engineered by their lobbyists (read: the usual, normalized practice of bribing congress members). "But Matt, surely you can't be saying there are ...
by matthew1
03 Jan 2024, 13:09
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Re: Let's play Name That Car

Nobody besides gnalan will get this one.
by matthew1
05 Jan 2024, 14:17
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Re: Matthew's '98 V70

This car is for sale, $1200, or $1000 if you have an account here registered before today. I need to pay for my son's middle school trip to Washington DC in the spring. Yesterday she passed emissions. My heart jumped, because the CE light came on while I was in line . I had a couple minutes to decid...
by matthew1
08 Jan 2024, 19:36
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Re: 96 850 AWD Upgrades

The link says the final year of the 850 was 1996. In North America it was the 1997 model year (August 97). You're talking about my page (link above, in my post) that itself links to https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/191851/the-model-that-aimed-for-the-stars-the-volvo-850-...
by matthew1
11 Jan 2024, 08:21
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Re: Let's play Name That Car

BlackBart wrote: 11 Jan 2024, 08:01 Lamborghini Islero.
Nobody but BlackBart will get this one...







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