abscate wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 05:25 When COVID 21 wipes out the world, Manov and I will have each other. And Volvo floats.

There is nothing to add.

Excepted, maybe, one or two more Volvo ...

Of course !

volvolugnut wrote: ↑03 Jan 2021, 10:05 Many, like me, will keep a car going beyond economic loss because of emotional attachment.

The difference between a car and your car.

Finally got around to finishing the seat. I ended up removing the slider mechanism and ordering a shorter cylinder for the office chair base to lower the seat height a bit. Then I used some 1 inch ply and some L brackets to mount it to where the slider had been attached. I had to trim down the metal...

This doesn't apply to what I did to 'my Volvo' but moreso what I did with a few p80 parts that no one seems to want. My computer setup is the most important part of my apt besides my bedroom. With a Volvo wagon lineup as my monitor background, I might as well finish the job right? Hung up both v70 g...

The wall is the best place for waterfall grilles... S/V/C70s all need egg crates! But if we're talking 850s, I definitely prefer the waterfall to aftermarket egg crate grilles I've seen. What do you do with all the shells? I’ve heard they will also fowl your motor. There’s a magazine dedicated to c...

Does the apple car mean that it will need to be replaced at full price every year, because the old one is no longer supported and it won't start.....??

I was impressed. And they never dumped the fuel, which is interesting. Over a city, not high enough, no time? Or no need, as it was flying just fine on one engine as designed? But heavy, right, with a non-stop to Hawaii? Speaking as a layman here - The way that engine was shaking in the mounts, may...

I'm writing this to have a proper maintenance log of my 99 S70 - NA m56 transmission. I've made plenty of panic threads where I've learned a lot from the community, and a couple where I've shared what I've done. It's also an exercise in sharing my own experience in sunk-cost bias, and naive obsessiv...

It sounds like you are doing late in life education. Is this a new education effort or a type of continuing training to maintain relevance? I have been working on classes to meet ongoing education needs for engineering license. volvolugnut Hy Volvolugnut, It's a kind of "style of exercice"...