Just a quick update. I took my Volvo on a road trip to the beach. Averaged 29.75 miles to the gallon. The ac worked well (see other thread about my ac woes). Just such an enjoyable car to drive on a long trip.

This might not be the place to share these two stories but here goes:
1)I was driving on a long boring stretch on I 16 a little past Macon, GA. I saw another blue volvo which was the exact color as mine. It was approaching at a hight rate of speed. Just when I wondered where that Volvo was, I looked to my left. It was next to me and a woman in the passenger's seat gave me a thumbs up and a spontaneous smile. It was just a great Volvo moment.
2)On my way back home, I was on I 75 north driving past the town of Rossville, GA. It was windy, rainy and pitch black. It was so scary that I wanted to pull over at a BP station at the closest exit. That BP station was flattened two minutes later. So I missed the tornado that nearly destroyed Rossvile by a matter of just a couple of minutes. I've been on my knees a lot lately after that.

George