I remember those rims, beautiful, but easily damaged.
For what little distance driving we do in our early 80s, we bought a 2007
V70 Turbo. It drives wonderfully, but I would not attempt to do much
maintenance on it myself. Now that the factory warranty has expired, I take
it to a local independent Volvo garage which has a Volvo boneyard on the
premises. They have managed to get access to the factory website, and have
a very competent mechanic in charge. Life is good!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ian Manners" <void@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 12:52 AM
Subject: [OM] 264 - was Re: The Age of Vehicles We Drive In
> Hi Jim,
>
>> How has your 264 held up?
>
> The flying lounge chair as I call 'her'.
>
> Apart from a tank of mud from a service station a few
> decades ago, it's been a very reliable car. The odd needed
> part like the Overdrive solenoid have been sourced from
> the wreckers, though I think I'd be pushed to get anything
> decent from the wreckers for a car that old these days.
>
> Most of the wear was from my ex wife, who has been
> the only one to crash it, think it cost the insurance
> company as much to get the front end fixed in the 90's
> as it would have to write it off and give me the money.
>
> I was also lucky, my father use to be a volvo dealer,
> so I got he car with a boot load of spare hoses and
> assorted parts including 2 spare alloy rims.
>
> It doesnt get driven that much any more, no longer
> registered as I really dont need 2 cars, so it's like an
> emergency spare. Main problem is the deterioration
> of the upholstry and aging of the cabin plastics and dash.
>
> The 264 has nothing on the complexity of the 850, I've
> just recently tracked down a fault in the 850 Aircon unit,
> turned out to be an intermittent shorting diode in the aircon
> relay behind the glove box but it took me almost a month.
> Error codes were very misleading.
>
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> Of nowhere in particular.
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