JRL, Your comments towards me are absolutely stunning. "I fail to understand your comment about a remote?
EVERYONE uses a remote in a modern car and to say that is just plain childish or ignorant."...

JRL, If it just takes 10 mins, then why are they charging me for an hour and a half?
And what can I do about this? Nothing it seems.
Telling me I did not do my homework also sounds kind of...

3 months ago when I bought my Volvo, I found out it only came with one key. This is a pretty substantial problem for anyone, I would guess.

My first stop after handing over the cash for my car...

Skinning the seats is just getting the leather off JRL...

So can you tell me what is the actual process for skinning the seats Swim?

I am wondering about what the proper thing to do here is. Do the seated need to have the leather skins taken off? Which would not be a bad thing as I several weeks ago , left the sunroof open during...

Thanks Howard and Hoonke. The nearest Volvo Service centre is a short 10 hour drive away, Howard, can you link me to the diagnostic tool you mentioned? And , I would imagine,this is the only way I...

My Buddy Mike the audio Tech helped to get the radio/CD player out of my '03 XC70, and emptied out ( 3 CDs jammed into the single slot,and about 4 bucks in change. 2 year olds sure get into a lot of...

It was a private deal SSI. The people were nice too. I have been looking for quite some time for this car, as my 850 was vera slowly dyeing. After Gerry at the local Subaru dealership told me that...

I just drove the car back from the 9 hour from Edmonton. Wow! The turbo was the biggest surprise of all the new things to get used to. At one point I had to get past 4 cars and a mega-motorhome, and...

Thanks for the answers. Actually SSI Carman, the local Subaru dealership WAS the local Volvo dealership till about ten years ago. Jerry the head mechanic over there is a total mensch and one of the...

Just an add on here: It's pretty darn good to have an open line of communication with folks. The Seller did not tell me that there was a second page of the inspection report ( Vehicle inspection...

Howdy Folks! I am a long time Volvo wagon owner, and I am buying an '03 on Monday. It will be my 3rd one... I have the inspection report, and it says that the all wheel drive is not working.
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Howdy Folks! I am a long time Volvo wagon owner, and I am buying an '03 on Monday. It will be my 3rd one... I have the inspection report, and it says that the all wheel drive pump is not working. My...