SK Says: Here's Why Old Volvos Last Forever

Post by **vtl** » 09 Nov 2019, 22:03

Old Volvo lasts forever, because its owner has a Stockholm syndrome and, apparently, some decent cash in pockets.

$24k in parts in 7 years.

Post by **kallekula** » 17 Nov 2019, 03:21

I used to subscribe to his youtube channel

Post by **Rattnalle** » 17 Nov 2019, 03:31

I can't stand him tbh. Nor mostly any YouTuber really. Though I realise that makes me sound older than I am

But really. It's down to designed life span. When Ford bought Volvo there was a terrible culture clash when they tried to force Volvo to make cars as terrible as the rest of Ford's product portfolio. Ford's reasoning being that cars shouldn't last more than at most ten years because you'd need your customers to buy a new one. Volvo's reasoning was that nobody in their right mind would buy their cars again if they didn't last very long.

BobbyS1 · Post by **BobbyS1** » 18 Nov 2019, 11:23

Hi Scotty,
Love your videos just bought a 2000 Volvo V70 estate great price and goes well.
Didn't realise Ford had bought Volvo,always meant quality not any more sadly. Now a day's your lucky if a car last 10 years!
Regards
Bobby S A Yank in England

Post by **Rattnalle** » 18 Nov 2019, 11:27

BobbyS1 wrote: 18 Nov 2019, 11:23 Hi Scotty,
Love your videos just bought a 2000 Volvo V70 estate great price and goes well.
Didn't realise Ford had bought Volvo,always meant quality not any more sadly. Now a day's your lucky if a car last 10 years!
Regards
Bobby S A Yank in England

They sold it again though, to Geely, almost ten years ago now.

Post by **RickHaleParker** » 18 Nov 2019, 11:58

BobbyS1 wrote: 18 Nov 2019, 11:23 Didn't realise Ford had bought Volvo,always meant quality not any more sadly. Now a day's your lucky if a car last 10 years!

Volvo ownership

AB Volvo 1927 - 1999
Ford Motor Company 1999 - 2010
Geely (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd) 2010 - present.

Geely also owns Lotus.

Post by **abscate** » 18 Nov 2019, 19:04

They make motorcycles too

The infamous Geely Wheelie

I turned Scotty up to drown out by bad wheel bearing but he sounded worse,.

Post by **RickHaleParker** » 18 Nov 2019, 20:42

abscate wrote: 18 Nov 2019, 19:04 I turned Scotty up to drown out by bad wheel bearing but he sounded worse,.

If you turn on You Tube's auto generate CC, it thinks Scotty is speaking Dutch.

Post by **abscate** » 19 Nov 2019, 04:40

RickHaleParker wrote: 18 Nov 2019, 20:42
abscate wrote: 18 Nov 2019, 19:04 I turned Scotty up to drown out by bad wheel bearing but he sounded worse,.
If you turn on You Tube's auto generate CC, it thinks Scotty is speaking Dutch.

I think our Dutch contingent will not be amused by this .