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Thu 2 Apr 2009 17:58

News just in - Madux's Volvo passes MOT! - madux

(Well, it did need half a new exhaust, but I knew that.)
It needed 2 new lightbulbs last year (With daytime running lights you don't realise if the sidelights are not working) but apart from that it has sailed through 6 MOT's since I have had it.
Not bad for a 1995 banger.
Are all 940s like it or am I just lucky?

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Thu 2 Apr 2009 18:12

News just in - Madux's Volvo passes MOT! - TheOilBurner

Sounds like a typical Volvo to me, both mine just sail through MOTs like they just rolled out of the factory....touch wood...

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Thu 2 Apr 2009 18:32

News just in - Madux's Volvo passes MOT! - Mapmaker

'99 Vectra last week needed a sidelight (I knew about it but had to wait until 9am for the factor next door to open); the two number plate lights were not working; a smidgen of emery paper and remodelling sorted them (I hadn't noticed they were both out; it's passed the last 3 tests with only 1...).

It's not just Volvos that keep going after 10 years old. But those number plate lights are so badly engineered it's just not true...

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Thu 2 Apr 2009 18:40

News just in - Madux's Volvo passes MOT! - rtj70

I remember with my Vectra in 1998 being told it needed a rear light bulb. I reversed into a space each night so used that check or bulbs each day. Turned out the Vectra had two bulbs for that function and one had gone.

Now park on the road and wife's car in the garage. Used to put a Passat in each night when I had it until my wife's car was newer and not the very old Polo ;-) Her sunroof leaks at times so lucky it's in there.

If I got a supermini we could have both in there.

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