Author Topic: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile (Read 2830 times)

wildcoyote · « **on:** January 14, 2007, 02:35:54 pm »

My wife totaled her 2003 Volvo S40 yesterday, and walked away unscathed.
Not a scratch on her , and only very minor aches and pains on the dreaded day after.
It was single car accident, no one else was hurt either.
She used to have a :cough: go cart :cough: Miata and it always made me uneasy that it was a damn death trap.
It took some convincing, but with the help of her family I talked her into the Volvo. Great decesion. For those unfamiliar, the S40 is the litte Volvo:

It\'s also the least expensive, so you don\'t have to shell out an arm and a leg for a little quality. We\'ll be getting her another one just like it.

leith · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2007, 02:39:40 pm »

"Volvo. They\'re boxy, but they\'re good."

davepeck · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2007, 05:31:20 pm »

bri - first and foremost, glad to hear bridge is a-ok.

that said... pics?? (of the car, pervs!!)

FreeSpirit · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2007, 05:58:44 pm »

Quote from: davepeck;130976

bri - first and foremost, glad to hear bridge is a-ok.

:that:

How & where did the accident happen?

wildcoyote · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2007, 06:25:05 pm »

Quote from: davepeck;130976

that said... pics?? (of the car, pervs!!)

The only pics we have were taken with Bridget\'s cell phone. If there is way to upload those here, I don\'t know it (surprise, surprise).

Quote from: FreeSpirit;130977

How & where did the accident happen?

How- Bridget drives faster and takes more chances than a drunken NASCAR driver and it finally caught up with her.
Where- Route 9 New Britski en route to West Farms Mall

boombox · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2007, 06:29:05 pm »

Quote from: leith;130965

"Volvo. They\'re boxy, but they\'re good."

Actually, the new ones aren\'t that boxy.

Been a Volvo man for ten years now and would not change. First of all, a 440 saloon, then two V40s, the estate/stationwagon version of the S40 (now replaced by the V50). The current one is a diesel too - 46-47 mpg on a combined urban/motorway cycle - also means I pay lower road tax as the car is greener.