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Title: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile
Post by: boombox 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.
Title: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile
Post by: wildcoyote 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
Title: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile
Post by: FreeSpirit 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?
Title: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile
Post by: davepeck 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!!)
Title: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile
Post by: leith on January 14, 2007, 02:39:40 pm
"Volvo. They\'re boxy, but they\'re good."
Title: Volvo still makes a damn safe automobile
Post by: 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:
(https://thebreakfast.info/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auto-broker-magic.com%2Fimages%2F611.jpg&hash=4cb20ce279abcedfdecfcdd33021a0435f3ca776)

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.