2015 Volvo S90 Concept Car
Photo Credit: Nouphone J. Bansasine
The first time I laid eyes on a Volvo, it was a 1984 model, the 240GL. I imagined a stodgy professor dressed in tweed driving to university, his handsome, worn-in leather briefcase in the seat next to him. I was in love. Later on, I read about the car and learned they were renowned for lasting generations; for lasting hundreds of thousands of miles. After looking at the models, I vowed then and there that when I had my brood, they would be carted around in a Volvo wagon. Nothing but the best. Of course, it was the eighties, and the yuppie (remember that one, lol) era.
Fast forward to the year 2005. I was married, and looking into buying a new car. The wagon model had changed over the years, but I still wanted that car. Fortunately for us, we now had three (preggers with number four, number five not even an inkling yet!, lol) beautiful babies, but unfortunately, once I gave birth, we couldn't all fit in the wagon. It had enough seats, but I had three boys, after all; and I needed room for sports gear and such. Enter the XC90 T6.
I cannot tell you how excited I was as we drove off with our gorgeous brand-new pearl green, cream leather seats (what was I thinking!!!?) car. We even had a ticket to Vail, CO provided to us as an incentive when we bought the car. Life was peachy. Or so we thought.
A couple of years later, we began experiencing transmission problems. Every time we took the car in for diagnostic, it was costing us a whopping $150 just for them to look. We handed over the money readily, because we didn't want to totally throw up our hands and wave the white flag, not just yet. Then, en route to my children's school, the car shut off completely. Imagine my chagrin, sitting there in this $40,000-plus beautiful car, and nevertheless, broken down. Thank goodness I wasn't near anyone and was able to pull over safely.
My friends, I tell you, it was with much trepidation that we purchased our second XC90 a few years later. We now knew as well as any other owner of the fated 2005 model, that there were a plethora of problems, so much so that Volvo did a recall. We had parted ways with ours prior to that.
I am happy to say I am now still an owner of my 2008 XC90 V8, and although there are a few problems, such as the electrical system being buggy, for the most part, it's a good car that drives like an absolute dream. Nothing at all like the severe problems of its predecessor. It still doesn't meet the expectations of those standards I had so long ago, but I don't fault Volvo. I fault the growing trend in industry, building things faster, cheaper, and with not so much attention to quality. We all know that appliances, TVs, et cetera; do not last like they used to.
To answer the question, am I still a Volvo enthusiast? Yep.
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