I can’t say as I’ve ever had a strong attraction to Volvo or it’s wagons, but I do love station wagons and I really can appreciate a good ad campaign, as rare as those are. In the late 80’s and early 90’s Volvo had some very clever advertisements designed to tout the performance of their station wagons. Here are the ads for your viewing pleasure.
Well, today was the day. The Roadmaster went into the shop to have the Safety Inspection and Emissions tests done. Cleaning the EGR valve and running Seafoam through the vacuum system failed to get it to pass an emissions test last week so it’s up to my mechanic to figure it out now. The mechanic…
Well it was an eventful day. The Mrs. and I headed off this morning to pick up my new Roadmaster wagon. We paid for the car, transferred the ownership and put a temporary plate/sticker onto it so that it could be driven home. I had no problems with the car at all on the way…
The Buick Roadmaster wagon interior replacement went relatively well last fall. Since then the Roadmaster has been languishing in the garage waiting for the weather and free time to finish up the last of the work. One of the big hurdles for me has been the colouring on the steering wheel. Like most of these…
I haven’t been outside to work on the Roadmaster much over the last little while.
Phoenix Systems new BrakeStrips are a pretty slick tool for testing your brake fluid.
While I’ve been driving around I keep hearing a sloshing sound from the rear of the car. I presumed it to be a rear washer fluid jug at first but it turns out that the Roadmaster wagon doesn’t have a rear fluid jug. I started nosing around in the back and ultimately started tearing out…
