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+1 to the Japanese daily driver. I've now had experience with three of them-
A 10 year old 626- brakes, exhaust, I think a tie rod, and a battery. It had lived a rough city life, and was in pretty good shape. The auto tranny seemed like it was getting screwy when we sold it. Then again, 100k miles of stop and go probably did that. You'd get a manual anyhow.
2005 RX8- 2 years, no issues
2006 Accord- 2.5 years and ticking, no issues.
I think you should bail on the volvo and get a used Mazda 3 or similar, as suggested above. But I understand your 951 pain.
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