myLot Discussions on Volvo C70 | | My One Guilty Splurge: Volvo C70 | | I've never been the kind of female who went ga-ga over cars. I always said that I wanted a car that would get me from point A to point B. My dream car at the time was a simple pick up truck. Flash wasn't in my budget. One day while looking through my favorite woman's magazine, I came across an ad for the Volvo C70 convertible. The page turning stopped. The Volvo C70 was the first car to make me want to go out and drive. I come from a family of people who love to drive and behind this beautiful piece of machinery I would drive until the engine collapsed.I don't know anything about the engine. I don't know any thing about the gas per mile. I know that I like that I can have a convertible with a retractable hard top. I liked versatility. I like the safety options. I like the way I will look driving this baby away in the sunset.But the $40,0000 price tag is a reality check.So I made a challenge with myself. I want to write and sell books I have written online. I have to write, package and market my books. If I can sell enough copies of one book to cover the cost of a used Volvo C70, I will buy one for myself. My sweet beautiful little piece of heaven. I will give... | |
| | Just some informative news... | | DETROIT (Reuters) - Volvo, a unit of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F - news), is recalling about 360,000 cars because of a problem with vehicle speed controls that can cause engines to lose power without warning, Volvo said on Friday.Volvo said a defect in the electronic throttle module in cars built between 1999 and 2002 could cause the vehicle to shift into a "limp home" mode in which the maximum speed is about 15 miles per hour.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ordered the Volvo recall.The recall applies to Volvo C70 and V70 models built between 1999 and 2002, S60 models built between 2001 and 2002, and S70 and V70X models built between 1999 and 2000.Volvo spokesman Christer Gustafsson said the automaker has fixed the speed control problem on about 165,000 vehicles of the recall total after sending out notices to owners in March.California's Air Resource Board had first flagged the throttle control problem. NHTSA informed Volvo that it was making the recall mandatory earlier this month, Gustafsson said.Volvo owners who bring their cars to dealerships will have new software reinstalled for the throttle control unit, he said."We're... | |
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