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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:03:30 GMT
From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com>
Subject: Re: Help needed! 900s or 900 se?


"ma_twain" <ma_twainnospamo.com> wrote in message news:40E85ED8.7030602nospamo.com... > James Sweet wrote: > > > "David Taylor" <djtaylornospamoot.com> wrote in message > > news:MPG.1b51b16aeb83621f989ca0nospam.individual.de... > > > >>>standard and a turbo. It's a winning combination. If you don't know > >>>how to drive a standard, you can learn. Really, it's lots of fun. > >>> > >>Unlikely :), I'd say 99% of people learn to drive manual transmissions > >>over here. That's a guess mind you, I don't have actual stats but I > >>only know of one person that I know over the past 20 years that ever did > >>an automatic only test and she then had to do a manual test a couple of > >>years later when she changed car. > >> > >>David. > >> > > > > Over where? I know plenty of people who don't know how to drive a manual, I > > don't get it personally, I think automatics are boring and sluggish, can't > > imagine actually preferring one but to each their own I suppose. Went to the > > Volvo dealer today to pick up some trim clips and browsed the new models, > > every last one they had on the floor was auto. > > > > > > > > The Volvo dealer and US headquarters (I sent them an e-mail) will tell > you no one buys an automatic, so why stock them. Perhaps, no one buys a > Volvo manual transmission because they never see one or can't test drive > one. Would you buy a car you did not test drive? Also, you might have > noticed almost all of the Volvos in stock were loaded up with "options", > including the "optional Geartronic automatic". You have to be rich to > buy a new Volvo these days. There was a survey where the average income > of a new Volvo owner was over $150,000 per year. > They were never cheap cars though, most of the models were high end yes, however they did have a couple in the $25k-$30k range which isn't too bad. My parents bought a 240 wagon new in 1986, it was a floor model with few options and it was over $17k, roughly double what a typical base model domestic. My '87 740 Turbo was around $25k when new, probably more like $40k in today's dollars. Thankfully they can be had quite cheaply now.

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