Yeah, I used to live down Queen Street a bit from Soo College. Worked as a Post-Doc at Forestry Canada closer to town.

They were reducing the amount of salt they used when I was there, using more sand instead, but I didn't know they quit using salt altogether. Probably a good idea, as the ditches along the highway were turning into salt marshes!

Long drive through Sudbury and Parry Sound (avoid Parry Sound if there is fog -- seems like there was at least one serious crash on that highway every week in the winter!). I've made the trip with a friend.

Toronto is about the only North American city I would willing live in, very nice.

Wish I'd stayed, but too late now!

I usually had three foot or so of packed snow in the back yard by March, more in front as the snowplow deposited the entire amount from the intersection in MY drive and my fence trapped all the snow off my neighbors place in MY drive -- used to shovel twice a day, once to get out and once to get back in!

The car will survice the warrenty period with 7500 mile changes, but not by much. Conventional wisdom is 3000 to 3500 mile changes with dino oil (Volvo recommends a filter change every other oil change, at 7500 mile change intervals! Even with that big filter, I did one every change at 6000 on synthetic). This works, as we got 350,000 miles out of a 1992 Chevy van with a V6 at 'Speedy Oiler' on 3000 mile changes, no engine work. Three transmission, though!.

6000 miles on sythetic will be fine.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!