Past 300,000km on the big fella ?
It's developed a couple of additional old age health issues
ICM is dead (head unit won't turn on, assume dead caps)Pass side window regulator is b0rked – thought it would just be the retaining clips but instead one of the arms is bent :/Sometimes seems to pull left under braking at speed, which can feel a bit hairy - must look at that soon, shed still full of Saab and def will be for the foreseeable. Not sure if caliper is sticking or something like that?
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Regardless of the drama over these years and 29 pages (!) of OzVolvo thread, it's been a fantastic vehicle and now I can only think of it as a faithful old friend. We've put at least 80,000km on it and it continues to move us about in comfort and safety, and the shape has aged quite gracefully IMO. It's absolutely my kind of vehicle.
We're intending to get another year out of it so I'll be hoping to give it some care over the next 12-ish months - probably due a belt change, and I'll be fixing the above issues. And then? I guess it'll go to a new custodian - the thought worries me, it deserves to keep rolling but not everyone is quite so stupid as I am :P
But until then – 300,000 deserves a bit of recognition. It's just a number, but it's a number that tells a story about a quality bit of Swedish metal.
