The Volvo thread

[Drago]

There's a guy on one of the XC70 fb pages who owns the car in question bought from Matt in Romiley. I think he has artistic licence on some of his costings....recently he had a Volvo he made a video on and the gearbox was £120 for a service/oil change....that sounds like pie in the sky.

The transmission oil is major expensive. He might get a single sump sump for that, but it's a largely pointless exercise most of the old fluid would still be in the box.

 

[Hicky]

The transmission oil is major expensive. He might get a single sump sump for that, but it's a largely pointless exercise most of the old fluid would still be in the box.

7 years ago I paid £160 at an indy for a gearbox service.

 

[Drago]

7 years ago I paid £160 at an indy for a gearbox service.

That'd be about right for a proper pump job.

 

[Hicky]

That'd be about right for a proper pump job.

After around 200miles it settled down and solved the very loud clunk the gearbox made when going into first when coming to a stop.

 

[Drago]

After around 200miles it settled down and solved the very loud clunk the gearbox made when going into first when coming to a stop.

When they have new oil they're supposed to run an adaption program on the box, but they will self adapt over a few hundred miles or so which fits perfectly with your experience.

 

[Hicky]

When they have new oil they're supposed to run an adaption program on the box, but they will self adapt over a few hundred miles or so which fits perfectly with your experience.

Just another reason to love the cars!😎

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 5th


Butcher Lane car-park
Rothwell
Leeds

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 21st

This appeared on my FaceBook feed earlier

Nicely ‘woody-fied’, with brown mudflaps too!

Edit; Sunday 22nd @ 08:13
I didn’t upload it twice, that’s how it appeared on screen to me

 

[Drago]

Saturday 21st

This appeared on my FaceBook feed earlier

Nicely ‘woody-fied’, with brown mudflaps too!

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Herr Von Volvo would be turning in his grave if he really existed and were dead!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Herr Von Volvo would be turning in his grave if he really existed and were dead!

Did someone like the American station-wagons, & wanted to copy them?
(or maybe a Cortina mk1 estate?)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Commitment evident. Don't mind that, TBF

 

[Drago]

To be fair the execution appears tidy enough.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 21st

This appeared on my FaceBook feed earlier

Nicely ‘woody-fied’, with brown mudflaps too!

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Is it just me, or possibly the camera angle, but do those load-space windows appear longer than normal?

 

[Drago]

No lad, that's how they are. I learned to drive in a 245 wagon, which explains a lot.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

My mate has just bought a 2018 S90 (I think) 2.0 diesel. Sure its an S90, its like the size of a Skoda Superb. It's a very nice looking car, inside and out. He says he's a bit dubious as he reckons that it was made in China, but didn't know what else to get as he didn't fancy a Superb as he'd had a bad experience with a VAG car in the past. Don't think the China thing would put me off these days. Looks a bit more upmarket than a Superb, nice looking thing.