Old Volvos and the Idiots Who Own Them

Why would someone want to own a car that costs an arm and a leg each time something minor goes wrong? Send your Volvo to the “proper” Volvo service center and you get the feeling ther next visit is going to cost you a kidney. Dammit, Volvo spare parts are EXPENSIVE.  And the Volvo workshops will make you change every frigging part they can think of,charge you premium prices for the shittiest little part, and hit you with massive workmanship charges for every little step of the way.

Fck Volvo workshops,and fck Volvo for running their workshops the way they do. In fact, Fck Mr Volvo too, really wherever he is, I hope his grave has lots of shitty engine oil all over it.

So you can imagine my horror when last night, as I was driving, ALL the warning lights on the dashboard suddenly came on.  Engine was still running, and I was near my house, made it home safely. And then proceeded to a sleepless night just knowing I’d be screwed today by Volvo at their workshop.

Enter the local mechanic. Runs a workshop in a swampy area. Rustic old shack. Some basic tools.

He comes to my office, picks up my car, comes back a few hours later. Car is fixed. Some fan belt had broken. New fan belt, plus replaced 2 other old belts. Total cost (parts+labour) = US$20/-

If I had gone to Volvo, I would have been charged nothing less than US$200/- , and most likely they’d have made me change all sorts of other parts as well and brought the bill to US$400/-. Really.

FCK VOLVO WORKSHOPS.