"Bandit" (2bandit)
01/05/2015 at 23:12 • Filed to: volvo
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
01/05/2015 at 23:12 • Filed to: volvo | 2
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My mother has a 2004 Volvo S40 (sadly the T2) like the one pictured. It has 85,000 miles and the original pads are just now starting to squeak. 85k out of one set of pads... As someone use to cars that eat part, I'm impressed. The car hasn't needed any other wear parts other than a set of tires and a set of wiper blades. Sadly however there is some grinding noise coming from the engine that I'm guessing is some power steering thing as the pump has been acting funky lately (squeeking like it needs fluid but the fluid is full). The interior is mint and after I had a small accident with the front bumber, the exterior is mint as well. Anyways, this Volvo won't die and I'm impressed. /ramblings
bob and john
> Bandit
01/05/2015 at 23:14 |
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similar story on my dads A3
120K KM out of a set of pads.
5 years out of a set of wiper blades.
tdi only wants it oil changed every 10K km (REALLY?!?! oh well....)
Big Bubba Ray
> Bandit
01/05/2015 at 23:23 |
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My brother picked up an 06 S40 in august and it is a great little car. Might do a little Oppo review of it soon.
PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> Bandit
01/06/2015 at 01:43 |
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people say cars from this Era are generally unreliable. My uncle's 1999 Audi A3 1.9 TDI disagrees. It has 508,000Km's on the clock, and besides the wear and tear (rust spots, faded headlights, curb-rashed wheels) It's still going strong! heck! it's so good he got a power tune for it at 410,000kms and it works perfectly
Cé hé sin
> Bandit
01/06/2015 at 05:01 |
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I've done 247,000 km on my FTO and I can't recall ever changing brake discs. I must have changed the pads someone but I can't remember when.