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Both my Babies ... old to the new (l - r)
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Oye Maddy, is your Volvo an s60 or s80? What year? How do you like it, any regrets/problems? The lease on one of our cars is coming up in November and I'm seriously considering the new s40, it's nice and sporty, but I've heard a lot of Volvo horror stories from people as far as maintenance etc are concerned. Please tell me that your Volvo is great and you have had no problems with it.
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I bought the car in January this year, it’s a 2002 year and had done 73,000 kms when I bought it (just under 50,000 miles).
It’s been great - despite being 3 years old the car is rock solid. No squeaks or rattles whilst driving around, just whisper quiet smooth driving.
Here’s a review on the car that I put on another website.
What has gone wrong with the car?
I have only had 3 problems with the car, none of them significant.
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Power locking does not like the doors being unlocked through pulling the door handle when locked. This will result in the door unlocking correctly, but sometimes (about once a month) the door will not lock again through power locking on the first attempt. The power locking must be engaged and disengaged several times before the door will lock. This problem does not occur if the doors are initially unlocked through the power locking.
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Once every 3 months, I get a “Bulb Failure” error message informing me that a position bulb has failed, whereas they are all working. This problem is solved by opening the trunk and slamming it closed. Researching Volvo forums on the internet suggests that this problem occurs due to an overly sensitive bulb failure sensor that can be triggered by dirt (which is dislodged by the impact of the trunk slamming).
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The dipstick was stuck in place and snapped off the first time I tried to extract it. This was not covered under the certified pre-owned warranty, but only cost me $17 Canadian to fix.
General comments
This car has been fantastic so far. The light pressure turbo and five-speed auto make it extremely lively at any speed and the handling is superb. I’ve never felt anything, but confident attacking on- and off-ramps, or even snapping around corners.
In the winter snow, with 16-inch snow tires it gripped well and never threatened to lose control, whilst the 17-inch all-seasons I put on in summer give the car excellent grip and handling.
Inside, the factory installed 8 speaker sound system delivers crisp sound, whilst the comfortable leather seats are supportive enough to make long distance drives downright refreshing. You get out no more tired than when you got in.
Noise suppression is also very good, and it’s all to easy to wander well over the speed limit because you can’t hear the engine making any effort at all.
The only 2 gripes I have are that the the car suffers from quite a lot of wind noise at speed. Though this was apparently helped in later models by redesigned wing mirrors, in the 2002 model this means that after a while you reach to turn the stereo volume up…
Also, the car has not too much legroom in the back. It’s great for kids and for occasionally driving around adults, but beware if you’re taking tall people long distances!
Overall though, this is a fantastic car so far. The dealers treated me with enormous respect and professionalism and left me happy enough to choose to continue going there for maintenance such as tires and oil. I’ll definitely seriously consider another Volvo based on my experience so far.
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The one thing that I would warn against would be buying a first year of manufacture car by any maker. The 2001 Volvo S60 had a lot of electrical gremlins (especially premature light bulb failure) that were fixed in the 2002 model.
If you buy the S40, make sure you get a 2006 model year car. In November/December, that should be likely.
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Here is mine. Acura Vigor
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^^ Neat I am driving the same thing these days.
Where in Canada are you?
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umer unkil ki car is THE BEST......LOBE IT
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my two cents.. :-)
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Sweet! I noticed that your rear tire side is not rusted. All Vigors have this problem. Did you get it fixed or took care of it really gooooood?
I’m in Scarborough Town neighbourhood.
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now this 1.6L impreza .. yet 2 b modified … gonna xtend wid Carboon fiber … race filterz … and blah blah …
i installed Spioler … 2 give better Air pressure at the back of car while speedin …
oh one sticker is also there 
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chupkese ] thx …
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My ride PONTIAC G6
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as promised....:)
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And here is my "Ferrari" ;):
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Wow :love:
Nice cars everyone :k:
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I 've never seen that Pontiac G6 before,, what is it a new model or something?
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nice carz
so when id u move to cananada?
no wonder we dont have london guppy meets nemore, lol
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yeah its a new model(2005)… it has actually replaced PONTIAC GRANDAM.
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I got Dodge Caravan 2004 SE silver colour, will post the pics soon