Hey, who here is in Washington?!

Looks like it's just you and me!

Where are you located?

Marianne, "volvo2004s40", lives in Washington. She hasn't been on in a while but I'll tell her you guys are looking for Volvo drivers. You guys planning a meet?

I'm up in north Seattle. Let me know if you want to set something up

Just keep on checking this thread. Depending on who all posts up we can perhaps get a meet together. I'm sure a lot of you would be more then happy to have a small meet of somesort, so lets start getting people on here.

I live in Washington also =) I'd love to meet up and compare vehicles =P or mob around

I live in Portland, but spend a lot of time in Vancouver and Camas...

Where do you live in WA state?

Olympia here...

Bay Center (35 miles south of Aberdeen on the coast) here!

Bay Center (35 miles south of Aberdeen on the coast) here!

Nice! I've been there....once haha Nice little town.

We should get a meet together sometime.

We should. I'd love to BS about these Volvos....I'm still learning all I can by reading, I'm a aircooled VW guy LOL

Hahah Aircooled VW ftw. I have a 73 VW Beatle, it's pretty fun to drive.

Hahah Aircooled VW ftw. I have a 73 VW Beatle, it's pretty fun to drive.

Nice. I have a 66 bug. BTW, what does FTW mean?

Ftw=For the win

FTL=For the loss

Gamer/online terms.

Lynnwood here... You guys got plans?

Ftw=For the win

FTL=For the loss

Gamer/online terms.

LOL I asked a younger guy at work what ftw meant and he told me it was F&%$ the world....I didn't think that was what you said hahaha:)

No plans yet

Where do you guys think would be a good place to meet up sometime?

Would anybody be down for the NW toy run? It's this weekend at Pacific Raceways in Auburn, at 12-6.

I'll be waiting at 11 am at the Winco in Kent. (SR-167, 212th St exit)

Pm me for my number.

Sorry man, I have a busy one this weekend...also gonna be tearing the Volvo apart to do some repairs.

POO

Anyone else?

I'm in Hoquiam myself. (right next to Aberdeen, basically the same town).

Joe L, Nice 854, and bug in the garage. I'm in Oly as well. Are you by chance on OlyDubs at all? My dad and brother are both on there. My dad has a Giah and my little bro has a couple of bug's.
I suck at mechanical stuff but I have some good Volvo resources so if you get stuck let me know and I might be able to get you the info you need.

Oh, I've lurked on Volvoforums from time to time and I just stumbled across this thread and thought I'd join up and say hi. I'd be down to meet up sometime.

I'm in Hoquiam myself. (right next to Aberdeen, basically the same town).
I almost bought a White 854R in Aberdeen a couple months ago. I saw it on a Sunday and went back to check it out the next Saturday it was gone.

I live in Vancouver, WA.

Joe L, Nice 854, and bug in the garage. I'm in Oly as well. Are you by chance on OlyDubs at all? My dad and brother are both on there. My dad has a Giah and my little bro has a couple of bug's.
I suck at mechanical stuff but I have some good Volvo resources so if you get stuck let me know and I might be able to get you the info you need.

Oh, I've lurked on Volvoforums from time to time and I just stumbled across this thread and thought I'd join up and say hi. I'd be down to meet up sometime.


I almost bought a White 854R in Aberdeen a couple months ago. I saw it on a Sunday and went back to check it out the next Saturday it was gone.

Nick your brother, and butch your Dad? Yeah I know them both. I'm actually one of the admins on Olydubs, my friend Rob and I started that forum.

I actually think I've met you before...and I saw your Volvo next door to Stolz auto. I had Matt do a PNP switch on it when I first got it. I've had to do a ton of other stuff on this car as well, but tackle all that myself. I would Love to get together and discuss these cars one of these days. I bought this car just to haul the kids around in...didn't realize how damn fast the thing is until I did a tune up!! LOL

Haha, yup, that's them.

Our service Center is is right next door to Stolz. In fact I just got home from there. Matt, just installed a new passenger side axle on my 850R, and some time this week we'll install the new PCV System.

Did I meet you over at Damon's? I've me a few VW guys there. I have VADIS at home so it you get stuck on anything I should be able to get you whatever info Volvo has on it.

It's funny, people don't realize that a little ol' Volvo can get up and go! What trim 850 do you have there?

We should defiantly see about getting a WA GTG set up. I wonder when the VS meet is???

Nice, I need to do a drivers side axle on mine...and did the whole pcv system a few weeks back, plus a few other things while I was in there. I'm getting more confident as I go! Seems there's just tons of little things that go wrong with these cars...but the PO didn't do any of it, so here I go lol Almost done I think!! What is VADIS?

You have an 850? The Volvo I saw was much newer...I actually mistakened it for an Audi, but your Dad set me straight haha. I think I've met you a couple times, but the one I remember was at Mark of Northwest Foreign Autos funeral.

yeah, I think it suprises people when I get on it and light the tires up! Love it!
Not sure what you mean by trim, it's just an 850 turbo, 2.3, leather, power, auto trans yada yada...

This is the car most know me by...though it's just been sitting since I spend all my time working on the Volvo :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/1955ccbug/10117_1163242695525_1661607634_3041.jpg

Very nice!

Yeah, I remember meeting a few guys there at Marks funeral. Very sad day but it was cool that a lot of the Air Cooled community came out to support him.

I just picked up the 854R a couple weeks ago. The one you probably saw was the S60R that's sitting in the garage awaiting nicer weather.

Where are you getting your parts from? Driver side axle is $175 from iPd. That's where I got mine.
http://www.ipdusa.com/version.asp?strPageHistory=category&numSearchStartRecord=0&strParents=72,152&P_ID=2204&CAT_ID=152&V_ID=5264

Or from www.fcpgroton.com at $109.90
http://www.fcpgroton.com/product-exec/product_id/49726/nm/Volvo+850+Turbo+Left+Axle+Assembly+%28EMPI%29

VADIS is Volvo's after sale software that was distributed to the dealers with all the instructions on every car they sell.

These cars are like any other old car. It's gonna have it's issues but usually they're small.

That S60R sure is a sweet car ;)

I've bought parts from both those supliers...good service and parts from both.

Pics of the 850R?

Thanks for the offer on the vadis, that sounds useful for sure. Funny you call them "old" LMAO this car is new to me!! haha My other two cars are a 71 chev truck and a 66 bug :) I guess the wifes Mercury milan is an 06...but that's hers.

We should definatly get together and talk cars one of these days. As soon as I'm done fixing all the little problems, I'd like to make it go faster hehe It would be cool to make it at least as fast as the bug.

I see that the Puget Sound chapter of the Volvo Club of America is having a "general meeting" on Jan 6, 2010. Anyone going?
It's in Woodinville at 7:00 pm at Teddy's Bigger Burgers

I would go, but it's a bit far up north for me.

Thanks Man. :D

Yeah, her car totally doesn't count. Lol

And I was talking to Nick last night, and from what he says, It might be kinda hard to make any 850 as fast as your bug....

Oh and there is going to be a small GTG in Lynnwood This Sunday at the Fat Burger. Should be anywhere between 10-15 Volvo guys, mostly being newer S40's.

http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=131692

I've done some more work to the S60R over the last month or so....
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs042.snc3/12940_187703609441_775614441_2954788_1956197_n.jpg

And Here's the 854R...
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p95/madmattferris/Volvo/854R/IMG_9834.jpg

Yeah, that is a sick car :D

LOL the bug is not that fast...14.1 being the fastest it's gone. I think there's a 13.xxx in it, just needs tuning and seat time. The 850 sure feels fast. I like going about 30 and stomping on it and breaking the tires loose! Wet roads of course haha. Though it does have a boost fade problem when it shifts to second...I have yet to figure that out.

I wanna see that 854R! How much did you pick that up for?

I have a feeling you might be understating the bug....:p Lol.
I don't know enough about these cars yet to even begin to figure out the boost issue you're having. Volvospeed has a huge 850 community, you might want to poke around over there to see if you can find something to help you out.

I found the 854R on Craigslist in Portland for 4k. You'll see them come up for sale from time to time for about the same price.

lol The bug is pretty quick, for under 2 liters. I actually ran that 14.1 with a smaller cam...I upped the cam and it "feels" faster, just the time slips say other wise with 14.4's last summer.

The boost fade might be a intercooler hose colapsing...there was a lot of oil floating around in there before I changed out the PCV system...seems oil rots those hoses, or so I've read. I'd like to upgrade to the reverse intercooler with silicon hoses....mmm maybe someday :) Or it could be something else, I just haven't been able to track it down yet.

I have been on Volvo speed. Good info on there, just some weird issues with adds on there I don't like. I have to turn off my add blocker just to view the site....

Yeah, that's pretty quick!!!
On my SR, the hose from the Over the engine pipe to the IC is completely saturated with oil. I need to get that replaced sooner then later. That's weird about VS. My home PC works just fine over there but my office PC's don't.

Ouch, that doesn't sound fun. Should we do a VolvoForums get together sometime? Either that or a joint one with Volvospeed.

We should!!

When would anybody be free?

Fridays are usually pretty good for me. Can't this weekend, and I'll be out of town next weekend so maybe sometime after?

That woudl be good. I have an invitational for swim to attend.

Hey guys, here is a good chance for us to meet up with other Volvo guys here in the PNW. Pictures from last years event can bee seen in my thread over on SS.
http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=132593

February 14, 2010 “The 4th Annual Swedish Car Cruise-In”.

The Puget Sound Volvo Sports America Chapter will again host the 4th annual “Swedish Car Cruise-In” meet, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Sunday, President’s weekend at the 1930 original Pacific Northwest XXX Root Beer Drive-In in Issaquah, Washington. Volvo and Saab Clubs will meet again for a fun day in our NW mid-winter. Please dine on some great food from the XXX Drive-In menu and visit, and see old friends again for this car event. Gary Ramstad, Swedish Cruise-In meet club Coordinator for all Swedish car clubs with the great owners of the XXX Root Beer Drive-In.

PSVSA website: http://www.psvsa.org.

The XXX Root Beer Drive, 98 NE Gilman Boulevard, Issaquah, WA.98027
website: http://www.triplexrootbeer.com

Directions: I-90 east to the Issaquah exists. Take the Front street exit, right turn lane to the stop sign. Turn right, and change lanes ASAP to enter the far left turn lane and the left green arrow at the stop light to Gilman Boulevard. Next turn left and head east on Gilman Boulevard to take the second left turn into the Virginia Mason Hospital parking lot not the XXX Drive-In since no parking available

This was a great event last year and keeps growing!! Lets have a great NWVS showing!! Lets see if we can break the 100 car mark! And for the member with a girlfriend, bring her, it's Valentine's day!!

Argh! it's on a sunday :/

And it's on Valentines day at that....

Anybody else down for this?? If so, I'm meeting up with the OVTuner guys off the freeway here in Olympia and joining their convoy up to Issaquah

http://www.ovtuners.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5610

I would go, but I can't do sundays :/

:( Darn, I'm really hoping some of the guys here can make it up.

I'm just south of the border, in Astoria. I'm up in Port Angeles quite a bit.

My '94 940 is at 156K and needs the standard service. Any recommendations? Any places I should avoid?

Thanks,

Naimnut

What doyou mean by standard service? Do it yourself!

I've heard good things about Daisywagen in north Seattle. I haven't taken my car there, but thanks to receipts I know that the previous owner did and everything seems to be holding up fine. I went to All Volvo in Ballard a couple weeks ago for a stubborn diff drain plug and the service was good.


I'll be at the Issaquah XXX Cruise-In, should be a good time.

I wish I could be there.

i hope to have my 850 turbo wagon running by then

Greetings from the skagit valley! just signed up here a couple of days ago and would love to attend some sort of meetup i just missed the v-tines day one but i'll keep my eye on this thread for other events.

anyone from Spokane?

Hmm, we really got to get a meet going on soon. I'll talk to Volvospeed to see if they're doing anything soon.