Where are you from, guys?

[regent]

Atlanta GA - best place ever!

[ronnie2067]

I am from the USA. Hello every one I just bought a 1998 Volvo I think it is this model 1998 v70 t5 wagon bought it today from my aunt needs some work it has 175,000 miles this sight has already help me out thanks I had a windows would not work it is the relay switch thanks you all out there. I love this wagon.

[t-cheap]

Hi everyone,
Paul from Baltimore, MD, in the USA, North America, Earth. Ever use Google maps to convince yourself that it's true? Anyhow, I just bought my second Volvo ever--a 1990 240 DL wagon. Back in the late 1980's I had a 1974 140 wagon and loved it. Now I traded my beloved but impractical '65 Ford F100 pickup for an "old" Volvo with 275k miles. We'll see how it holds up, and who got the better deal. So far, I like the modern conveniences of brakes with a 2 chamber master cylinder, and windows that don't leak. I expect fewer "thumbs up" on the roads, but hopefully a calmer ride with no shifting gears, and I already notice the difference in the cost of feul! Adding a trailer hitch and going to make some simple repairs and hope to drive the heck out of my wagon. I really like this website--used it to convince myself that I was ready to give up the "pickup owner" identity and try a Volvo wagon again. Hopefully I'll only be an "occasional" repair advice seeker.

[sit22II]

Lima, Peru

[1800ES]

Hi all. I'm from Plainsboro, NJ. I grew up in a Volvo family. Dad bought his first in 1986, a 740 turbodiesel. He drove that car for 17 years and finally decided to part with it in 2003 in favor of a new V70... in almost the exact same color. The old 740 had 276,000 miles on it and was still chugging away when he donated it to a shelter for battered women. His 2003 is up over 200,000 miles already as well, though with nowhere near the reliability of the old 740.

My personal Volvo experience started in 2005 when I purchased my 1973 1800ES. Love that car! Most recently, I just purchased a 1996 850 Platinum Edition wagon, which I'm looking forward to getting on the road as soon as we finish some unexpected cooling system repairs as well as removing some of the performance mods that had previously been done. Hopefully by the end of this week, she'll be on the road.

Glad to have found this site. It has already proven to be extremely helpful in the brief week that I've owned the "new" car.

[sc_hoaty]

Owner of an S70 and an S90, both 1998 models. I'm in South Carolina. Thanks for all the folks who post great "how to" stuff on here. If I get really stuck I will post a question, but generally I find I'm not the first on to have a particular problem.

For example, my S90 driver's window has become reluctant to raise. I found if I fiddled with the switch, said the right combination of cuss words, and held my mouth just right, it would finally cooperate. This method finally failed me a week ago. I was getting ready to take it to the shop, or figure how to pull the door panel.

After a bit of poking around here, I learned I didn't need to pull the door. Instead I just carefully pried out the switch assembly. I was able to use the passenger side switch in the driver's contact block to put the window up. Despite attempts to clean the driver side switch with alcohol, it still refuses to work, so a replacement is on the way.

Thanks again for this great resource!

[hatpmv]

I am from Covington, Ga just east of Atlanta, I bought my first Volvo 4 years ago, 98 Volvo S70 base, was undecided at first but the sales lady said they will run forever. and remembering my late uncle who used to drive them off the boats when they arrived here, said that was one solid car. I purchased it and now on my second, and I am sold

just recently purchased a 2003 s80, put 3,000 miles on it so far with only 2 minor problems and I am addressing them, otherwise a nice car.

glad to have found this site, already learned quite a bit.

[slantvaliant]

I'm in Lubbock, Texas. We recently bought a 1993 850. It's my first Volvo, but I've been tinkering on cars on and off for many years. Nothing in the 850 scares me so far, but I'll be picking your collective brains for information as I go through it. I've already been digging through the forum and found some nice nuggets of information. I"ll try to be a constructive member of the community.

[gena]

I am from Northern California, in the US. I bought my 1963 544 about 3 months ago.

[hanzbe420]

Hi all I am from Connecticut, USA. I first got my 1994 Volvo 850 turbo wagon in November of 2010. I was looking for a car with about 1300 in my pocket. My dad found a ad in the paper were there was a Buick. So i went there with no intentions to buy a Volvo. So we go there and i saw the wagon he had for sale to. And i said eh and said OK i will take this Buick for a test drive. And it wouldn't go into over drive, it had that stupid shifter on the ignition, and the wheel was so skinny and it just wasn't what i expected for 1000 Buick. So i said what the hey let me try the Volvo to.o and before i took the Buick for a test. He said o there is a guy on his way to look at the Volvo, so i said OK took the Volvo for a drive. And it was much better shifted nice, fast, i loved the heated seat option the turbo option the sunroof and everything the Buick didn't have. But there was problems with it like the pcv and all the regular Volvo 850 problems. the speedometer stopped. But after i came back, the other guy was already there and he looked at the car but didn't even take it for a ride. so as i talked to the owner while he was still looking at it, my dad said OK 1000 for it he goes eh no.So my dad starts walking away. i said wait wait how low will you go? he said do you really want this car? and be4 when i was on the test ride with my dad my girl was there telling him how bad we need a car and she was pregnant and we needed it to start a family. so i guess he new i needed it and said 1100 and i said deal. And the other guy was very disappointed and walked off. Hey he probably inquired about the Volvo first but i was there first and money talks so yea now i have a wonderful turbo wagon that i can roast all other cars with. And i love it so much for my daughter and girlfriend. And this site has taught me everything pretty much. thanks to all the kind helpers. This is such a good service to the people at no charge. Thank you so much. Sorry for the bad punctuation and rambling.