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I have several.

Yeah, the Japanese export the same reliable cars they sell domestically! I have five vehicles. Four are made in Japan. The fifth is my Nightster, which doesn’t give me any trouble either. It is old enough to vote, as is my FJ.

www.hagerty.com/media/people... It was never a choice

No tow bar.

Volvo. Not Volare. Although a Volare might have made the jump.

seems like a metaphor for the Multiverse

40 feet, Wow ...40 feet .

but it would've been much more difficult to strap Grandma to the roof don't you think?

The movie woulda sucked more than that piece of shit Volvo.

but avocado green and wood paneling, that's style

Solid plastic.

true

No question 'bout that! 😉

They needed the room to put Grandma on the roof.

That was the entire bit 😆

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But far fewer boobs.

I drove one in Alberta for 7 years and I found it great in the snow provided you had snow tires.

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If you’re taking the tribe across country, the Truckster is your automobile!

If only he knew then what he knows now.

Dudley Moore! Dunno why I'd replaced him in my head with Dustin Hoffman. I bought an old red Volvo in the early noughties. The steering was very heavy, but she was reliable. Boxy but good.

I own a trusty 1976 model, not going for a new one, there are other options available

Yes, but a suitably prepared Volvo of that era full of people with a luggage rack could still overtake and pass a Ferrari on backcountry roads under the right circumstances.

Exactly.

Edna would have had to take the bus. 🤷🏻

Came here to say exactly this.

Try getting parts for a wagon Queen family truckster!

A real "sliding doors" moment

Seriously. Why didn't he go with the Volvo 240 DL wagon? He could have still strapped the rocking chair to the roof and the jump on the gravel road would have had a much smoother landing.😁

Are we paraphrasing the plot of To Wong Foo?

The dead aunt on the roof of the Volvo…? The wood paneling works better!

Volvos are still “upper tier” vehicles but they’re definitely geared toward family and safety.

I would have no ground to doubt that. And, given the lasting quality of those cars, I’d imagine you are correct. I don’t see a family wagon doing well on those circuits 😂

You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it

I love that classic line from that movie. I've unfortunately owned vehicles like that.

I dunno he got a pretty good deal

I put 200,000 km on my 84 with mostly normal maintenance. Looked the same when I sold it as when I bought it 7 years earlier.

I loved my 1990. I only ever replaced the battery and brakes. I wouldn't have gotten rid of it but it was a convertible and it started leaking. I should've just replaced the top but it cost more than I paid for the car in an auction lol.

I had both too. The Volvo 164E was prissy but kept going. But my Newport wagon was huge. Had a great engine too, and tailgate seats. I found a pic like my old one.

Yes, that Volvo was adapt at the Moose test and he would not have spun off the road.

My mom drove a Mercury Montego station wagon ,it never broke down but we waited in line for gas many times...

The footage of the Chicago freeway in the opening credits of "Married with Children" was lifted from "Vacation".

Semesterväg 🎶

That and the Pacer...

Which one was crushed by Lou Glutz Motors? (Where “No-o-o-body works harder to please you!”)

Proving definitively: Clark was an idiot

Although Clark kinda had to choose the Family Truckster since the apparent badass car he ordered wasn't going to be ready for six weeks. Still should have taken the Volvo though.

Yup. Same in Canada.

He spent his life developing new and better food additives.

Why did he buy a Volvo 240 but not the wagon? The whole plot breaks down the more i think about it

Wagon Queen Family Truckster

Not nearly as funny though!

Yeah! Years ago I laughed out loud at some diaster movie, when the hero decided a Cadillac would be the right choice to make an escape. Of course it broke down.

They were supposed to get the sky blue sports wagon but were bamboozled by Eugene levy

THANK YOU! I've always wondered...

you need that extra luggage space

Excellent work man 🍻

Nope. In fact, she’d be taking the bus and she’d probably still be alive. And her dog would’ve survived the trip.

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Swedish = Quality American = Quantity

But not nearly as funny

The Swedes are known for their practical cars, not their hilarious comedy hijinks.

Keep in mind that Clark ordered a completely different station wagon than what he got.

It was a cross-jurisdictional undercover task force...

My parents had the family caravan and the cool car for work. My dad had a work van so the van sat unless we went somewhere with a parent then it was the people mover.

Swedish troop transporters.

From a UK/ European perspective the Volvo 244 was generally regarded as a large car.

Yup

You think you hate this car now - just wait 'til you drive it.

I hate that this makes the Cybertruck seem cool.

Cannot believe nobody has spraypainted "HONKY LIPS" on that bad boy. We used to be a real country.

Had two big Volvo estates when the kids were young, which we stuffed with luggage, bikes and kids. Took us from the UK all around France and Spain..... No comedy value though.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Ellen: “But Clark, I have a blue Volvo.” Clark: “Ok. I’ll lower your bicycle seat before I load the Truckster.”

Trunk in a 240 Volvo is gigantic.

That was my point - they did if course make a seven seater. But yes, to reclaim the lost luggage space taken up by using the third row of seats you’d need to fit a roof rack.

I dunno. I saw “Midsommar” 😳

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Edna would have taken the bus.

In 1975 I bought a new 244DL and loved the car except I had A/C issues that the dealer couldn’t fix.