Volvo Garage in Barrie?

I trust you do not mean Barry in South Wales, Blurp old pal. LOL.

All the best, Peter.

700/900/90 Register Keeper, Volvo Owners Club (UK).

LOL. Nope, Barrie Ontario. About an hour north of Toronto (once you spend an hour getting out of the city).

Getting down to shorter strokes on accquiring a wagon (i.e. actually talking to sellers and establishing a budget) and there's an 850 Turbo Wagon for around $4000 I'd like to get checked out. I also got word that a 1991 940 Turbo wagon I was interested in (partly due to stumbling on this:

butthe owner replied today to say:"I replaced the turbo in October 2003 for $1100 (I've got all mymaintenance records). It does blow smoke if you really step it anduse the turbo, but this was my wife's car so that didn't happen toooften. On a trip from here to Ottawa I would burn about a half literof oil and could count on one liter of oil needed between oilchanges."

My 240 was/is a Turbo and it has quite an apetite for oil too but it's an '83 with an oil-cooled turbo, this '91 should be water cooled so blowing smoke and consuming oil is a red flag to me.

I asked the question here before and the 940 series came out on top in terms of reliability, longevity, cost of ownership, and ease of repair. I just like the 850 series but it may be beyond our means to get a decent one.

In a perfect world I'd be able to buy from someone here so I'd know it was maintained.

"It takes a village to raise a Volvo" as I believe the saying goes.

blurp

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 01:27:15 +0000 (UTC), the illustrious "Peter K L Milnes" favored us with the following prose:

About an hour going the other way (heading for TO...), there's Suters in Aurora. Resonable prices and will make use of after-market parts if available.

Suter's Auto Service

905-727-2404 31 Industry Street, Aurora, ON L4G 1X6

I use Suter's a lot... They are quite good. I'm happy with the service, and have taken my 760 and my sister's 850 there several times.

You should make an appointment there, which is hard when my car breaks down unexpectedly.. I can't be without it for long. I live in west Toronto, and reverse commute to Aurora every day!

Cheers

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I don't think the car's owner will appreciate me driving it all the way to Aurora for a once-over. was hoping for Barrie so we could just nip in at an appointed time and get the car checked. As it stands I think driving to Barrie is too much effort anyway for a car with 315K km on it.

Thanks again, Blurp

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:23:51 -0500, the illustrious "M.R.S." favored us with the following prose: