New Volvo owner, Old Wrench~

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Post 771242 by MarkySparky on 2015-05-03 03:44:46

Hello all! I'm Mark, and I recently acquired a 2000 V70XC with about 175000 miles on it for $1500. All in all, its probably about the best $1500 car I've owned, but its not without its little issues. That said, I LOVE driving this thing! Anyway, I live in White Salmon, Washington USA, in the beautiful Columbia Gorge, where we have lots of fun twisty roads to drive on! I've been working on vehicles since I was a kid, having grown up on a farm. I have done pretty much everything repair-wise on vehicles, except complete auto transmission rebuilds. When I got this car, I purchased a CheerLink OBD reader which ended up being DOA, so I also got a OBDLink MX. A much better tool! I also picked up a generic blue "dumb" cable for future experiments with NefMoto and other such programs. Today's issue, being a hot day, I found that the air conditioner is not working, so now trying to learn how to use VIDA 2014B... I guess I'll find the relevant threads on this site and post questions there if I can't figure it out. Anyway, I'm looking forward to learning a lot more about Volvos here! Have a great day!

Post 771243 by stribo on 2015-05-03 06:45:39

Welcome to the forum, pictures are always welcome, not all members can read.;)

Post 771247 by MarkySparky on 2015-05-03 07:14:30

Well, I don't have any real good pictures of my V70 XC yet, I guess I should run it through the car wash and take a few pictures!

Post 771250 by Santa on 2015-05-03 09:30:22

Welcome :)

Post 771253 by V70 Graham on 2015-05-03 09:52:09

Welcome to the club.

Post 771256 by stutgart69 on 2015-05-03 10:13:29

Welcome buddy , from a somewhat soggy West of Scotland :)

Post 771260 by S40kieran on 2015-05-03 11:01:31

Welcome it's like it down the bottom of England aswell Stutgart soaking wet, this time last year I was sitting outside the pub on the seafront in baking hot sunshine and enjoying the bmad festival chatting to a brummie.