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I have always felt that I should be a Volvo owner and have come close on multiple occasions over my forty plus years of motoring, to owning one either as an everyday car or as a classic. Ownership had always made sense to me, after all Volvos are solid cars with a reputation for safety and longevity – they’re utterly reliable aren’t they? Well, sort of…

When in 2018 our reliable Skoda Octavia had transformed itself into an unreliable Skoda Octavia and we needed a replacement urgently. After a bit of a hunt, and coming close to buying an Audi A4, I spotted a 57-plate Volvo S60 2.4D at a local independent dealer who likes to keep the odd Volvo in stock –

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