I owned the 850 right after university. Pretty old car but one thing I have always noticed about the ole station wagons is that they are “heavy”, sturdy, reliable but murder $$$ on the service.
Driving also got me some nice cheap cribs. My former landlord who gave me my first apartment after graduation from uni later told me that the reason why she gave me the apartment after so many people looked at it because I drove the Volvo..plus, the back had a lot of room to umm..fool around.
“one thing I have always noticed about the ole station wagons is that they are “heavy”, sturdy, reliable but murder $$$ on the service.”
- Yeah, Volvos are heavy (compared to most other cars imported to the US at least), reliable, but also expensive to maintain.
However, over here in Sweden they are among the least expensive ones to keep rolling.
Considering the economy of it all, I can’t see why anyone living in Sweden would drive any other car.
But I used to like BMWs. That is before Dame Edna began designing their fronts.
Dame Edna:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6Q4Q9u1pU
What BMW once used to be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_6_Series_(E24)
your landlord liked that? :-)