Volvo really that great?

I concur. I have never owned a Volvo. the concept of previous post is what I agree with. I bought a usedd truck in early 99' that most folks would not even consider. that in itself made the truck more affordable to me. and guess hat ? I am still driving it.

 

What kind a truck you have ?

 

I bought a 95 intl cabover. right off of walmart. it had 427,00 miles. this was early 99' I paid $15,000 cash for it. everyone told me , I should of bought a hood. pete's & kw's were going for $30 -$35,000 for the same year & most had 700,000 miles or so. it was not even a year after that the bottom fell out. freight was scarce, repo's going on everywhere, finance co's were buying/leasing acres of land just to put the repo's.


before this downturn, I was made fun of. 14 of us were driving in the same semi dedicated lanes. only I didn't have a truck or trailer payment. I did not have a cool looking truck, but I bought truck to make money not look cool. all the other drivers with the exception of 1 lost it. lost it all. truck house, car. some even lost their wives. i.m.o. champagne taste on a beer budget is what did them in. when I talk to any of the drivers who lost it all & ask them what happened? it is almost always the same answer. they had a decent truck, that they knew all about, but it was not nice, or new, or lots of chrome. they all tell me, ya know what.. I dont know why I got rid of my old truck. was nothing wrong with it.


but they see a long nose pete or something similar going by with a big c.b. radio blarring & they feel insecure about what they drive & have to get one. at all cost. and for some, it cost them all.


then over the years I get the.... well you don't have anything to depreciate, got that from the beginning too. still get it today. they say I need something to write off. from the start. I said i was going to drive the until the wheels came off. not worried about a write off. this particular type of truck appealed to me cause I knew no one else wanted one. I got the same rate as the other drivers. we loaded same place unloaded same place. wentto 1.1 mil before I put anything into truck, except for the usual wear & tear. at 1.1 mil I put clutch in. still had original at 1.1 mil. while at the clutch, had bottom half dome mains e.t.c. just before 1.3 mil had injector go down & replaced all 6.




that out of date, no chrome looking, plane jane, bare bones cabover has bought me more in the last 11 years that most would believe. with a tax write off to boot.

 

previous post on mileage when truck purchased should of read 427,000 miles

 

my point exactly. in my case it's whites and volvos. your's intl. all the same. people laugh or shake their head or whatever at me , when i say these things. i hope i haven't hijacked this post, but to the fellow with the question about are volvos that good, any of them are, if your drivers like em , you keep them up and you don't start out with known dogs such as a engine with bad rep or such as that. my advice is keep all your trucks as close to the same as possible[brand] , brakes , wheel size, that type thing and you will do well from the vehicle side of things.johnny

 

I loved the Volvo's we had. Daycabs (we were a local reefer puller) got between 7 and 8 mpg. If your mileage sucks, slow down, it'll help. Can't say much about maintenance since our trucks were brand new and when I left the company they only had 30,000 on them.

 

sorry but you comparing apples vs oranges

1998 to 2002 the best volvos ever
from 2003 is nightmare for fleet owners

 

I've never had a Volvo but studied the whole debate lots when looking into buying a more comfortable and efficient truck. My conclusion is I'd buy a used low mileage 06 or 07 880 with a 530 or larger Cummins and defeat the EGR valve. 880s are getting cheap since this is the last year of production and they are nice, much nicer than my 379 - except for the fugly dash. If I had a buncha monkeys driving for me I'd buy the smaller ISXes.

 

reread post 15 ,"any known dogs", johnny

 

Lastgoodusername you're talking about whites without Volvo engines that's not even a Volvo. It's a WHITE, yes it may say white Volvo but there's nothing Volvo bout those trucks compared to today's junk. Buy a 09 and see how you like it with that famous D16.