Finance a Volvo or Buy a Mustang?

[OneGoodBulldog]

I have a bit of cash, looking at a new car.

I can drop a grand next payday and get a 2010 Volvo s40 or I can wait and save a bit for a 1980 Mustang 5.0 LX in mint condition for twelve grand. Three grand more than the Volvo and financing would have to wait three months.

I'm a fox body guy, owned a 91 convertible with the V6 pre-covid and really wish I still had it.

I came here to ask the opinion of professional pipe smokers about this important decision. I could be driving a Volvo in two weeks or a neck snapping hot rod in two months.

Thoughts? Comments? Pictures of whatever you erroneously believe is hotter than a fox body Mustang?

Cheers.

 

[anotherbob]

frankly which ever is more reliable for getting from point a to point b. And you're completely ignoring how amazing you cellar could be instead.

 

[Misanthrope]

Get the cheaper one and use the difference to fill the trunk with tobacco.

 

[anotherbob]

Get the cheaper one and use the difference to fill the trunk with tobacco.

great suggestion. Now if he does anything else we'll make fun of his poor life choice, in a fun way not a mean way.

 

[Servant King]

I have a 2009 Mustang. Quite happy with him. Cheap farrier bills (mustangs are known for having good hooves), learns quickly, and a very smooth ride, even at the trot.

What's a Volvo?

 

[craig61a]

Volvos are solid cars. A little spendy when stuff wears out/breaks though. Years ago I had a 240 wagon that made it to 275K miles.

Of course then you have to put up with people saying "That sounds like a body part..."

 

[bullet08]

Volvo. Looks better with pipe clenched in you jaw with mirror sunglasses in teardrop aviator.

 

[elessar]

There's more neck snapping available for 12 g's. Way more. But a trunk full of rustica would make anything feel neck snapping

Go with whatever moves you

 

[shanez]

Which is cheaper to insure?

 

[anotherbob]

I have a 2009 Mustang. Quite happy with him. Cheap farrier bills (mustangs are known for having good hooves), learns quickly, and a very smooth ride, even at the trot.

What's a Volvo?

I take it you skipped half of your anatomy classes if you don't know what a Volvo is. Here is a hint we can't show pictures of them here.

 

[brian64]

I came here to ask the opinion of professional pipe smokers about this important decision.

Any thread with this sentence in the OP is bound to end in tragedy.

 

[rajangan]

I have owned a Volvo and a Saab. I will never own a Swedish car ever again. Don't do it. Please don't do it.

 

[anotherbob]

I have a 2009 Mustang. Quite happy with him. Cheap farrier bills (mustangs are known for having good hooves), learns quickly, and a very smooth ride, even at the trot.

What's a Volvo?

another hint "don't tell your wife your where in someone's volvo.

 

[Servant King]

I take it you skipped half of your anatomy classes if you don't know what a Volvo is. Here is a hint we can't show pictures of them here.

Who needs anatomy class when you have the PipesMagazine.com forum? Everything I need to learn (and re-learn) is right here, man! Besides, I've known about Volvolo Records for quite some time:

 

[anotherbob]

Who needs anatomy class when you have the PipesMagazine.com forum? Everything I need to learn (and re-learn) is right here, man! Besides, I've known about Volvolo Records for quite some time:

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my one ex had a volvo and she didn't clean it up often enough.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

If it is your only form of transportation, there is no decision here. Volvo. The other car is 40 years old. It's suitable as a toy. If you want a head snapping experience, find the nearest amusement park and ride a roller coaster.

 

[crawdad]

I have a bit of cash, looking at a new car.

I can drop a grand next payday and get a 2010 Volvo s40 or I can wait and save a bit for a 1980 Mustang 5.0 LX in mint condition for twelve grand. Three grand more than the Volvo and financing would have to wait three months.

I'm a fox body guy, owned a 91 convertible with the V6 pre-covid and really wish I still had it.

I came here to ask the opinion of professional pipe smokers about this important decision. I could be driving a Volvo in two weeks or a neck snapping hot rod in two months.

Thoughts? Comments? Pictures of whatever you erroneously believe is hotter than a fox body Mustang?

Cheers.

if you’ve got family or an ankle biter on the way, then go with the Volvo with their serious safety ratings (kiddie seats look better in a Volvo than a ‘Stang anyway). first problem with a Volvo and it will bite your ass to fix.

If you’re unattached and got some money to spend get the ‘Stang. Plus Mustangs from the 80s are popular again and if you take care of it, it can be an investment. But like @elessar said above, you can get better neck snapping with 12Gs With other cars.

 

[verporchting]

The Mustang will need a lot of work because, well, Fox body 80s car - not exactly a paragon of reliability and mechanical engineering. Fun though!

The Volvo probably won’t require any work beyond regular maintenance, which is good because nobody will work on it unless you have a friend named Ingmar or Sven. Fortunately they are a paragon of mechanical engineering. Fun? Er, no.

 

[Misanthrope]

Yeah, Volvos are easy to maintain. You only have to take it in to be serviced if you see excessive redness, swelling, or weird odors.

 

[verporchting]

Yeah, Volvos are easy to maintain. You only have to take it in to be serviced if you see excessive redness, swelling, or weird odors.

I hear vinegar and water can help with that?