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[quote=Anonymous]If it were me I'd be much more careful in buying a dependable car. There are ratings online to show you reliability of each car. Volvo does not have good reliability.

Sell the car. It's not worth the risk of things going wrong again within the next few months. Realistically, you'll have to drive the car without any further issues between 5-6 months to make it worth fixing it. Why put yourself through that hassle?

This time, buy a used car (Toyota) with low mileage (30k-45k miles), either a certified pre-owned (which you will pay thousands more for in fees and uncharge), or find one on Craigslist, auto trader, etc... take the car to your trusted mechanic to give it a thorough inspection ($100). Sellers are accustomed to this. I've had sellers give me the keys to the car to take it to my mechanic, and I've had sellers follow me there, but I have never been turned down by a seller to get an inspection on a car. You can get a good, used Toyota with all of the maintenance records, for $7-10K less than the same car you'd get brand new. You can get a car loan for it and make payments on it the same you would at a dealer (only the dealer will charge you an extra $450-$595 to press a button to run the software that gets you your loan).

Don't go to Carmax. [/quote]

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