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This is my first post, but I have been reading the forum for quite a while.
Get out of the Volvo and try a SAAB if you want that europen feel and a Honda if you do not want to stranded or have any problems. I bought an new '87 Acura Integra when I went to college and sold it in 1998 with 147K miles and only replaced two CV boots, that's it. I bought my wife a 1998 V70 Turbo R AWD when we had our first daughter. I really went all out and bought the "Ultimate Wagon" for her thinking I would drive it until 200K. It stranded her twice before 30K and once being on an offramp in the middle of a cold Chicago winter. The computer decided it did not like the cold. I sold it the next weekend and bought her a Subaru Limited Wagon. The Subaru is running strong with 65K and the only problem was a rear seat belt jammed. It is not even close to the performance of the Turbo R, but I trust it with my wife and two daughters now. The way I see it is Volvo reliability reputation is from the Rear wheel drive 240's that had no computers, or electronics and most had no PW, PDL and were four speed manuals. THEY drove 200K+, not the new ones. The new ones will run 200K but you have to spend $10K+ on sensors, computers, relays, switches, etc.
Go buy an Acura MDX.
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