#parents' car stories

[Kevinl]

wow

never knew Ford still owns Volvo

they dont

[jalopi]

My dad's camel and, of course, is compelled by nature to drive FWD toyota vehicles. Only stupid car stories in my house are mine and I allllwaaayyys have to hear about why I shouldn't have bought a "Bring-Money-Withyou"

[Stanley Rockafella]

they dont

that's not what freeride said

[freeride53]

that's not what freeride said

It is not! Ford owned Volvo from the late 90s through several years ago.
It is now owned by Geely, a Chinese automotive giant. From what I've heard, they're actually doing better now. Also, their cars just started to look decent to me again.

My parents bought a V70 Turbo wagon in 1998 and it was the best car our family ever owned.

Wouldn't doubt it! The X70, or 1st gen S70/V70/C70 was a much more reliable car. It's underpinnings were essentially that of the 850, which was pre-Ford. Also, the tech was much simpler on em - no fancy/underengineered geartronic trannies.

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But OP, your first post includes a "money shot from high school shenanigans."

It shows your parent's car at the bottom of a gravel slope. How fast did it get there, and how did it get back up?
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You surely would think so! But not really. If I ever went hard on the car, it'd be revving it up on the freeways. Dat turbo lag.

This photo was just me parking at a hiking trail head like a d-bag.
Just thought that it was funny that I was able to get it to 3-wheel.
Circa junior year of high school.

Most of the problems in this thread sound like they came about due to little or no preventative maintenance.
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Sadly, my dad is super on-it when it comes to maintaining his cars. Which makes it even more pathetic on Volvo's end for building a poorly engineered car. This model has had thousands of owners complain about the transmission.

Quick summary: Ford/Volvo (Fjord?) comissioned Aisin to build them a geartronic (auto/man) transmission for thier S/V/XC70 models. They conciously cut-corners on costs and equipped their cars with cheap trannys with the "that'll do" attitude.

[jalopi]

Fjord?

This is what imma start calling all the early 90's to mid 2000's volvos now

[Stanley Rockafella]

Quick summary: Ford/Volvo (Fjord?) comissioned Aisin to build them a geartronic (auto/man) transmission for thier S/V/XC70 models. They conciously cut-corners on costs and equipped their cars with cheap trannys with the "that'll do" attitude.

o rly?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_AW70_series_transmissions

p.s. Aisin(warner) has built some of the most reliable auto transmissions ever built as found in several Volvo's (both auto and manual)from the 70's and 80's as well as Toyota (Lexus), and MB's.

[freeride53]

I wasn't questioning Aisin, was I?

[jalopi]

I'm no trans guy, but I did work in a shop that had a trans 'section'. By and far volvos were the worst of the non-'murican cars as far as being in the shop for trans work goes. At least that's what I saw anyway. Guess it's a good tie for the CVT nissans

[Exodus_2pt0]

^ lol I've replaced my fair share of Nissan CVT transmissions still under warranty.