I don't buy a vehicle to look at it. I would rather have a truck which is butt ugly but does what I need, than have something with nice lines but spends all of it's time in the shop, or costs so darned much to maintain that I don't dare drive it.
Big Cars are killing Americans
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AchingBack
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A big car likely saved my life. I was t-boned in my 1995 Thunderbird's driver door. Almost any other passenger vehicle wouldn't have protected me as well.
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Those old Volvos are well built. I also like the B 21 (Red block) engines long lived and a hp per cubic inch. That said I would certainly drive their new electric version of the XC 40
I mean it is electric but LOOKS like a "Normal" SUV.
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The same could be said about all the "safety" stuff they're putting in cars these days.
I never thought Volvos were ugly, I rather like the bling-free styling. Then again, most modern cars are kind of ugly.
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This P1800 is bad azz lookin
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Their trucks are world class
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I remember seeing a Volvo sports car like that running around town when I was young. I thought the little fins on the tail were sweet!
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The Long Mile 3 1/4 million mile Volvo driver and car:
God Speed Irv.
God Speed Irv.
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Man! That's a great story. 
buckeyefarmer
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Around 1978 our family was traveling down a snowy interstate in our Buick Electra, when some one going the other direction lost control, came across the median and hit the side of us. Spun us around like a top, and fortunately no one behind us to hit us. In a small car, we might have been killed. We drove the car home. That car became the car I drove in college. A big car saved us.
