After talking it over with Elmo, Kevin decided not to try and change the blown belt. As we have no garage, the idea of lying under the car in the pouring rain just didn’t quite peak Kevin’s interest. Instead, he found a local Volvo shop and took it in. Half and hour and 30 bucks later, the old Volvo was as good as new.

The guys down at the shop, however, were impressed. “We don’t see a lot of ‘87 740’s here,” the repair man said, looking over the old ovlov. “When’d the belt go?” he asked Kevin.

“Yesterday,” Kev replied, proud to have brought in such a fine specimen of a 740.

“Well,” the guy replied, “you could keep driving it for a while.”

Kevin looked aghast. “But that would hurt the car!” he cried in despair.

The mechanic looked at Kev and said, “Man, you sure must love this car.”

Damn straight we love the Volvo! Kevin proceeded to the waiting room where he spied the latest IPA catalogue. “Cool!” he exclaimed as he settled in to wait for his baby.

The mechanic looked surprised that Kevin knew about IPA. “You do your own work?” he asked.
“Oh yeah,” Kevin fudged a little on this one. “I’d replace the belt myself but I don’t have a garage and with the rain and all, I thought I’d bring it in.”

The mechanic looked at Kevin with new found respect and managed to squeeze in our Volvo even though they were booked solid and were down on mechanic. So the Volvo is back and kicking!