Newb from Chicago area
#1
Newb from Chicago area
Hello!
I have a teenage girl who will be driving in couple of years, and I'm already starting to look for a car. Being the age she is, she grew up watching 'Twilight Saga', and she's mentioned that she likes Edward's car... so here I am.
I'm from the Toyota/Lexus/Honda world, where I drove my last car to 200k miles with zero problems (but was turning into rusty dust), and one before that, 350k miles with ABSOLUTELY zero issues. I have only one experience with an European car, which my parents had a Merkur Scorpio (Ford Granada Scorpio in Europe, I believe) in the late 80's and the car was a pure nightmare.
I have no knowledge on Volvos other than my high school girlfriend's mom had one, (creamy yellow wagon... that's the exterior color... and.. never mind) that my GF took with her for college. that thing had rust holes on the floor board, but still ran like a champ... and boy did we have some memorable moments... lol.
So I'm here trying to do a little research on C30. I will try to find out what platform it's made on, (someone told me it's a Focus chassis? can that be true!!??) how reliable it is,(again, my standards are pretty high) and etc, etc.
I rather stay within my comfort zone and stay Japanese (used WRX Hatch?) but I really love my daughter and like to get her something she wants for once... I mean, this girl scrubbed my toilets, mowed lawn, shoveled snow, tutored her 2 younger siblings for years to get her iPad/iPhone, gets straight A's... and yeah... I won't feel an ounce of guilt spoiling her on a car.
So I'd like to absorb what I can here, and if I do end up getting a C30, I will try to contribute here as well.
Thanks everyone!!!
I have a teenage girl who will be driving in couple of years, and I'm already starting to look for a car. Being the age she is, she grew up watching 'Twilight Saga', and she's mentioned that she likes Edward's car... so here I am.
I'm from the Toyota/Lexus/Honda world, where I drove my last car to 200k miles with zero problems (but was turning into rusty dust), and one before that, 350k miles with ABSOLUTELY zero issues. I have only one experience with an European car, which my parents had a Merkur Scorpio (Ford Granada Scorpio in Europe, I believe) in the late 80's and the car was a pure nightmare.
I have no knowledge on Volvos other than my high school girlfriend's mom had one, (creamy yellow wagon... that's the exterior color... and.. never mind) that my GF took with her for college. that thing had rust holes on the floor board, but still ran like a champ... and boy did we have some memorable moments... lol.
So I'm here trying to do a little research on C30. I will try to find out what platform it's made on, (someone told me it's a Focus chassis? can that be true!!??) how reliable it is,(again, my standards are pretty high) and etc, etc.
I rather stay within my comfort zone and stay Japanese (used WRX Hatch?) but I really love my daughter and like to get her something she wants for once... I mean, this girl scrubbed my toilets, mowed lawn, shoveled snow, tutored her 2 younger siblings for years to get her iPad/iPhone, gets straight A's... and yeah... I won't feel an ounce of guilt spoiling her on a car.
So I'd like to absorb what I can here, and if I do end up getting a C30, I will try to contribute here as well.
Thanks everyone!!!
Last edited by lightning_mcqueen; 10-14-2014 at 09:23 PM.
#3
I'm still bit nervous about dipping into uncharted territory for me, (European)
but I do understand that the Volvo isn't like VW or BMW when it comes to reliability and maintenance.
#5
struts don't bother me... clogged sunroof drain, that's something I'm new to, although I think the car I owned in high school, an 84 Mustang had rust all around the sunroof, probably for the same reason. AC compressor clutch sounds like a pain. None of the three, I don't think is a show stopper... I may start searching for one real soon. (manual)
Thanks ES6T!
Thanks ES6T!
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