Volvo's came from Sweden, where it is very cold. The starter in the 240 is getting weak, so it doesn't like cold. However, engine block heaters are what is needed. I keep the wagon inside. With its posi-traction and longer wheel base, the wagon is better on icy roads than my Jeep. The only thing that stops it is deep snow. I don't live where it gets deep very much. I bought a snow plow for the Jeep 4 years ago and it has only been used 3 times... Cheap snow insurance.

Rear wheel bearings are a tough job requiring pressing them on and off. Fortunately I have a relative with a welding and machine shop. He wouldn't take a dime when he helped me do the 240.

I am remote with 2 miles of private gravel road, where there are no building inspections or permits. When looking at land it is imperative that you talk to the local building department first because it varies county to county. Tax rates also do. Montana has no income tax and permanent plates on older vehicles. I pay nothing annually for 4 vehicles, a camper and a work trailer. My blog is handybobsolar.com. I won't put all the details there for the whole world to see, but it would give you an idea and you can find an email address there. The city water in my closest town is "legal", but nobody will drink it because it contains trace amounts of several things. You should see the stains it leaves in toilets and on sidewalks. Everything including wells, building codes and now the vaxx is about money. Anybody who got vaxxed (including those in the medical community) has not spent enough time looking at real news. They are lying about everything. Omicron is the common cold. Yes, it really is. We have a relative whose wife is a doctor, who listens to the medical community run by the pharmacy industry, so the whole family is vaxxed. We just heard that the guy is very sick with covid. Maybe now people will start to realize that the vaxx is neither safe nor effective. My count of people I knew who died suspiciously after getting vaxxed is at 7. I believe the vaxx caused deaths will be huge.
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Bob