Hi guys, I wrote on Friday about the results of my diagnostic. Basically big price tag ($1500) from the dealer to fix a catalytic convertor and 2 oxygen sensors.
Thanks for your reponses so far......

I picked up the car at the dealer and now it's sitting in front of my house..waiting. Not sure what to do. I talked to my parents (I'm just out of school..) and they suggested either fix it at the dealer or donate it to charity (we were thinking about getting rid of the car anyways in the spring).

But I'm wondering about a second opinion. Basically the dealer said nothing about the structure of the exhaust system--when I look at the car the tailpipe is sagging and they didn't seem to mention that. I'm wondering if they've missed something, but I always thought the dealer was the Gold Standard.

My question: Should I take it somewhere else? I'm in Baltimore and don't know of any places that can fix a Volvo properly. What do you guys think about commercial places like Speedy or Jiffy Lube? What is the quality of their exhaust system work?

The overall picture here is that I don't want to keep pouring money into my car if we're thinking about getting rid of it w/in a year anyway. Just last month I put in a new starter. The car has 216K on it.

Thanks again for your responses so far. You guys are a big help.

greenie