nice car 
wont be popular for this but... im thinking of moving onto Volvo after the recent expensive trouble with my Omega 
are they more reliable than the Omega?
....lol they are indeed fakeys
and yes im looking at buying some new black volvo centre caps, those are off the facelift none R cars only from memory
made in germany though
in general and i say general they seem more reliable and better built but they do have some issues such as:
the electronic throttle control pre 02 has been known to fail causing shite idling problems (300 quid to fix) but my 51 plates been fine (dont know if it's had the throttle changed or not)
the tyres rub on full lock depending on size of wheel/tyre and also which steering bump stops you use (and thats an mot fail on cars but the volvos get let off as it's due to the design)
the door lock solenoid can go fooked and pop back up when you lock the car (you can easily find this fault when you go to look at one by locking and unlocking a few times)
urm timing belt is every 96k (some people say that they're 90 or 110k depending on engine number so meh 80k lol
Power steering fluid loss - either failure of the hose or seam going on the tank so shouldnt be too hard to spot if you have a look round one
then theres just your common front wishbone bushes and drop links and also check the engine stabiliser bush (its on the bar between the strut tops)
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Topic: its an omega...honest :P (my new wheels) (Read 1614 times)