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Dec 26, 2008 | 11:08 AM

Overclocker

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Volvo Brings Back Free Maintenance

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It's our pleasure to announce that the economic downturn is responsible for something you might actually want, other than cheap gas: Volvo is offering free maintenance for three years or 36,000 miles on all 2009 models. Volvo ran the program most recently until 2006. But with sales in the tank, Volvo dealers have been pleading with Volvo to bring it back in a bid to get more customers. Volvo higher ups finally agreed, and dealers think that this will help a potential customer choose Volvo over another make, especially a domestic, if she knows she won't be on the hook for creaks and leaks. BMW, Land Rover, MINI, and Saab also have free maintenance programs, and VW has started the program for its 2009 models. Now if only Volvo offered the S60 Concept with free maintenance...

Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/23/v...nance-program/

Dec 26, 2008 | 11:25 AM

luxury1

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I think this is a really good idea. Whatever you can do to get people in the door!

Dec 27, 2008 | 12:33 AM

IS-SV

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Yes it helps, at least a little bit.

Dec 27, 2008 | 06:20 AM

mmarshall

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Cars, nowadays, tough, need less and less traditional "maintenance". Many transmissions are sealed for life, with no fluid flushes or changes. Batteries are generally maintenance-free, although a few cars may still have the water-fillable-caps. Wheel bearings are sealed for life, and don't need grease packing at 30,000 miles any more. Even oil changes.....the traditional life blood of the engine......are controlled more and more these days by oil sensors and computer-generated intervals (a practice, BTW, which I STRONGLY disagree with). Coolant often is designed for 100,000-150,000 miles....another practice I strongly disagree with. Spark plugs go for 100K or more.....and get burned into the engine block threads from the engine heat so hard that is difficult or impossible to unscrew them.

So, the way I see it, "free" recommended maintenance nowadays is not really giving you that much.

Last edited by mmarshall; Dec 27, 2008 at 06:24 AM.