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Originally Posted by nh500sl
 So I have a great mechanic who only works on Volvos. Him and his wife have driven Volvos for ever. His wife is a school teacher. They currently have a couple of 240s a 1993 940 turbo wagon which she drives and he has a 1985 740 sedan. They have had both for about ten years.
She has been mentioning to him that she wants a new car, while hers has 260,000 miles it has been very well maintained. He of course said he saw no reason for it etc. She dropped by the shop yesterday, as I was just taking my newest Volvo off the rack to see what it would be needing.
We talked for a few moments and she surprised me when she said that she was tired of having the oldest car in the lot. She knows that the newest Volvos are not very good and she has one of the last good ones. I gave her my opinion and she seemed to agree.
Its funny all of my cars are old but I don't have any shame driving them anywhere. |
I really couldn't care less about what I'm driving, in fact my plan is to sell my TJ and get something older and pre-emissions unless I find a deal I can't refuse. While my wife has never said anything about caring what she drives I will probably always keep her in something nice and newer for hauling the kids around. We live in a fairly well-off neighborhood and there are plenty of too expensive cars in line waiting to pick up their kids. I have no intention of trying to "keep up" but OTOH I'd like her to like what she's driving. She may not even have a problem pulling up in a sun-faded, rust-spotted old TD (as long as the AC worked), but I'd just rather keep her in something more up to date, unless I can find a mint '87 TD for the right price.
