So Unreliable

"cmill189 - sans Volvo" (cmill189) 01/05/2018 at 10:59 • Filed to: None

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Can you believe this shit?

I drive 1,300 miles, only stopping for fuel and toilets, TWICE, and this is how it repays me.

I lost a brake light bulb. When it was -10F. The car even had the nerve to tell me about it. I haven’t been this mad since the last time I hooked it up to a scanner and it had no codes.

I guess the internet was right. Never trust an R.

MonkeePuzzle > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:12

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I like your blue gauges. lets be friends.

AestheticsInMotion > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:16

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That’s terrible. You may as well just give it to me so you don’t have to deal with the headache anymore

shop-teacher > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:19

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Man, that is frustrating. You really should trade that in for a Corolla with a CVT.

Sovande > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:20

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But the angle gear. And the suspension.

You should sell it to me to ease your mind. That thing is fantastic. I already have a Volvo with blue gauges so it will feel right at home.

Svend > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:20

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I had the exact thing on my Superb Mk2.

Three years of ownership, one brake light bulb blown, each side has four bulbs in each cluster, so even though the car said a bulb had blown, I couldn’t see it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:31

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Stop rubbing it in!!!!!

functionoverfashion > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:36

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After three years of ownership my 15 year old bmw finally decided it had had enough of being perfectly reliable because it knows it’s not supposed to be... when it was below zero every day for 10 days straight the 7 year old battery decided it wasn’t up to the task of turning over the freezing engine. Based on the age of the car it was probably its second battery ever. What a POS, I should probably sell it for scrap.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > MonkeePuzzle 01/05/2018 at 11:39

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You got it.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > functionoverfashion 01/05/2018 at 11:48

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On this note, I’m soooooo glad I changed my battery. I thought it would be fine and I could nurse it through another year... I mean, it should be fine in warm weather and it’s not like our winters are really that cold. Right?

Well, it was starting to struggle at -7C... you do the math

Ash78, voting early and often > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:48

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LOL. Sadly, this is actually how a lot of people think. I’ve had a faulty battery for a few months (bad cell — slow to start) and a replacement was $225, so I was putting it off. But my wife kept commenting on how I needed to get a new car, it was falling apart, etc.

It’s a subtle but powerful mindset.

1967ers - lover of dead auto marques > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 01/05/2018 at 11:57

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Changed my battery Monday, about a year after I probably should have done it. Now, even at -17, the car is gleeful about starting. I think it’s showing off.

1967ers - lover of dead auto marques > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 11:58

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I like those. If the 9-5 packs it in, that’s on my list.

random001 > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 12:20

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I love that car. What year?

cmill189 - sans Volvo > AestheticsInMotion 01/05/2018 at 12:33

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Please save me from this car. It’s always making me stare at it.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > random001 01/05/2018 at 12:45

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2004

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Ash78, voting early and often 01/05/2018 at 12:46

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You’re 100% right.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Sovande 01/05/2018 at 12:49

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Oooohhh nooooo. I car with suspension ahead of it’s time is costly to replace but will still last as long as any other strut.

I do need to pull the angle gear though. It started weeping after I replaced the passenger axle. I think I nicked a seal.

random001 > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 12:49

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Oh, is so nice....

functionoverfashion > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 01/05/2018 at 12:51

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I was hesitating to just replace it without being sure what the problem was; the date stickers weren’t marked on the top. But when I pulled it out, I saw an AUG 2010 sticker on the side and was quite pleased. It probably would have lasted another year or more if it weren’t for the winter temps.

This is a case where a heated garage would have hidden the problem, until I got stuck somewhere other than home. So there’s some silver lining to having my cars outside all the time?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > functionoverfashion 01/05/2018 at 12:58

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Pretty sure mine was a 2010 battery too. Though I couldn’t find any date markings on it.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Svend 01/05/2018 at 13:12

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What a handsome wagon.

I have no idea how to be sure but I think this bulb was 14 years old. It’s stamped as coming from Hungary.

Svend > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 13:18

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Thanks, she was a great car.

This was a month or so after we let her go.

That’s a pretty good life for a bulb.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/05/2018 at 13:23

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I’m sorry. Look at this seat. I’m forced to sit comfortably all the time. Even 20 hours straight with no back pain. What kinda sick car would do that to you?

Sovande > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 13:37

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I went so far as to do this in my 1987 El Camino. From a 1998 V70.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Sovande 01/05/2018 at 14:02

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Nice! Volvo seats seem perfect for swaps because they don’t look like a particular brand or time period.

Sovande > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 14:47

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Very true. It took a while to get them in as the seats were wider than the brackets I had to retrofit, but it was definitely worth it. I makes it feel like a completely different car. The old aftermarket buckets were much smaller and at 6'4, I always felt like I was about to fall out of them. They still need to be cleaned, a little touch dye on the bolster, condition the leather and clean up the wiring and they should be good to go.

pip bip - choose Corrour > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 17:21

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never had to replace a taillamp bulb in my 14yo Mitsubishi yet.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/05/2018 at 17:34

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Consensus seems to be that I should just scrap it and move on.

pip bip - choose Corrour > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/05/2018 at 17:45

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yeah about time i guess

:P

Tapas > cmill189 - sans Volvo 03/24/2018 at 01:27

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I’ll take the wagon off your hands for about three fiddy .