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scot850
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Ah, the Japanese myth of quality. That may have been the case many years ago, but anyone heard of Toyota, Mitsubishi and others that hide the quality issues? Airbags anyone?

Many years ago I used to deal with Japanese companies in the electronic manufacturing industry, and they regularly hid issues or lied to us on quality issues. Fortunately there were similar products made at the same companies in other countries and they were often better made!

Yes they use a horrible spray salt/de-icer on the roads here that is so bad, even driveway installers no longer guarantee the concrete as the stuff eats into it!

Neil.
2006 V70 2.5T AWD Polestar tune
2000 V70 R - still being an endless PITA
2006 XC70 - Our son now has this and still parked in our garage
2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited
2015 Kia Sportage EX-L - Sold
1993 850 GLT -Sold
1998 V70 XC - Sold
1997 Volvo 850 SE NA - Went to niece in California - Sold
2000 V70 SE NA - Sold

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I remember cracking that nut on my receiver and it was not easy
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