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Prestigious reality
For Volvo, the image of one of the most expensive cars in terms of content has long been fixed. And where do volvaters go? To voluntarily embark on the path of bankruptcy a year and a half ago, Mikhail Kolodochkin decided. The manager of the car dealership was on top.
- Antitute? he asked politely. - You can, of course, but - why do you need it? The Volvo brand stands apart - not boys go to such cars, but serious and respected people! Trying to sell one of them stolen hood or car is naive: that's why these cars do not steal.
The rest of that day I was thinking about whether I approached the role of serious and respected. And then he admitted to himself that he had long wanted to travel a little on Volvo - after all, I always preferred classical music of pop. Source squinted at the price list and realized that, in spite of everything, he had matured.
Let me remind you that the bare version of the S60 (140 hp, mechanics) at the time of purchase (July 2006) cost $ 29,900 multiplied by the then rate. For me, the presence of a machine gun and an engine of 170 hp, as well as a CD player, separate climatic and parking sensors, was fundamental. My unwillingness to pay for cast discs and a leather interior was equally fundamental. As a result, to persuade the gray -eyed Swede to go to my house for about 900 and a small thousand rubles.
More precisely - for 970 thousand. Details are later
The price of civilized possession
I felt the prestige of the brand instantly: on the sink, they began to request from me almost twice as much as for the previous Volga. Street beggars, contemptuously ignoring the Nizhny Novgorod creation, from now on plaintively scraping at the intersections of my glass. And the grandmother from the neighboring entrance unexpectedly showed knowledge of marketing and muttered a neighbor on a bench: we’ll estimate the Volvo-Machin.
Indeed, the cost of the first (15,000 km) facilitated the pocket for almost 14 thousand RE. There were two more funny defects: warranty, and therefore free. First, the drive cable fell off in the rear door, and then both sound signals faded overnight. But about that - then.
We continue to count money. The average fuel consumption for 23,000 km of run was only 7.5 l/100 km. The numbers are quite real: the fact is that the abomination of Moscow traffic jams forced to minimize trips around the native city. That is why a kilometer of run on 95 gasoline costs me now no more than one and a half rubles. But
But the buzz from the trouble -free driving near Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky ruined the Zarulev habit of pedantically calculated all sorts of things - for example, the cost of a kilometer of mileage. And here are the fabulous one and a half rubles instantly grew up five! The reason for such a default is in the given table: the frantic jump in the price gave rise to insurance. Its cost is such that even becoming gasoline is free, and the car is completely indestructible and unbearable, a kilometer of run would cost me more than 5 rubles. And with fuel and maintenance - please 7 rubles 95 kopecks!
However, the notorious high cost of Volvo has nothing to do with it: this is the price of civilized ownership of any modern car from a serious price range. You can, of course, abandon the corporate service, spit on insurance and wash the Swede from the Vederochka, but this is a return to the era of garage volgico. I do not want.
True, there is another solution to the problem - cardinal: the transition to the services of girls on call - rolling machines. Insurance, inspection, rubber change, maintenance, repair, garage - costs for all these articles will replace the rent: fill in gasoline - and ride. But this is a completely new car life for me, I am not ready to talk about seriously.
No need about a sad No, I do not intend to part with this machine at all. The step in civilization is made, and the pleasure of communicating with the technique of this level exceeds any costs, material and moral. I note that for the first time in my life I began to ride with an absolutely empty and clean trunk (without a canister, rags and jars of shirts), in which it is not scary to put even my own jacket. Sin - I forgot how to open the hood: to fill the washer, every time I am looking for the desired lever. However, so that the Swede is not arrogant, a couple of times I click her on the nose.
Wide front racks - a tribute to the notorious safety - make sighting in the S60, to put it mildly, imperfect. Blacks in the windshield from ventilation grilles is not good. As well as the fact that for some reason there was no regular place for a first-aid kit in a modern machine; I had to shove it into the trunk of the trunk next to the battery. A two -liter fire extinguisher went into the niche to the right rear light. True, it was possible to buy branded, for $ 200: he would have climbed under the front seat with a mount. But - to blame, he wilted.
Now - again to the positive. To my great surprise, Volvo has already forgave me several times bad habits acquired with GAZ-3102. There, I sometimes hooligan and allowed myself to park at the fence or wall until a bumper touched. So - a few rather sonorous blows with the front skirt on the curb stone got away with me. And for this - a separate respect for those who made this part of the correct plastic.
And the general conclusion is clear: the civilized content of the modern car is incommensurable than the usual scoop. Understanding this, one of my acquaintances consciously travels all year round on the gagged Lada or Odam, changing them every fall. Sinks, insurance, repairs, anti -angles - he does not know and does not want these words, and almost nothing loses nothing on resale. Well, you can ride so.
But already without pleasure!
From the life of a volvation
HUMAN FACTOR
Why did both signals suddenly died on my serglaza -a step. However, the malfunction is nonsense, you should not worry. I’m calling the service in Izmailovo, I report a defect and immediately sign up for the next Sunday morning. The car is quickly taken away, and they hand me a coupon in a bar - they will treat the juice with a free glass of juice there. Class! And I do not want to notice that the unfriendly girl was late for her rack for minutes, like 50 ..
Two hours later - everything is in order, here are the keys. Only now there is no set of signals in stock - call back the day after three or four. In the meantime, only a low -frequency was screwed to you - travel like that. Hmm, well, okay.
Four days later, I call - there are no signals. When they will, we don’t know, look for yourself! Guys, did you not work at the VAZ station before? I’m calling the service of the same company on the Kiev highway - they are surprised there: there are signals! The manager immediately draws up an application - already tomorrow, the clases will deliver to Izmailovo to my name!
Again I sign up for the next day off. I arrive - I am not carrying signals to Kiev - after a couple of hours Volvo again bibs, and in front of me apologizes for the behavior of irredeled colleagues. Say, here is the application of such and such - there was only only to reach out to the shelf or send the client away. In the Izmailovsky service they chose the second - well, they will not see me anymore.
However, I’m not sure that this fact will strongly upset someone. Apparently, the demand for services so far greatly exceeds the offer.
Mikhail Kolodochkin
Source: The magazine "Driving"
