Dan
@oldvolvos.bsky.social
A guy from New Jersey who likes weird old cars. I’ve recently been around on Mastodon but checking it out here.
I seem to have been put on a very specific scam list for people who have been trying and failing to get an EV charger installed for 2 1/2 months.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I seem to have been put on a very specific scam list for people who have been trying and failing to get an EV charger installed for 2 1/2 months.
I’m not a Pontiac guy but I do fancy this ugly vintage cap.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m not a Pontiac guy but I do fancy this ugly vintage cap.
Over two months and I’m still charging this thing with a 25ft extension chord sticking inelegantly out of the garage.
And it’s kinda fine.
I can drive about 400 miles a week either by making one 20 minute fast charger stop or taking a different car to work one day a week.
And it’s kinda fine.
I can drive about 400 miles a week either by making one 20 minute fast charger stop or taking a different car to work one day a week.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Over two months and I’m still charging this thing with a 25ft extension chord sticking inelegantly out of the garage.
And it’s kinda fine.
I can drive about 400 miles a week either by making one 20 minute fast charger stop or taking a different car to work one day a week.
And it’s kinda fine.
I can drive about 400 miles a week either by making one 20 minute fast charger stop or taking a different car to work one day a week.
As impressions and reviews start to trickle in about the Polestar 4, I can't get over how it's being called a "coupe-like crossover."
It's just a sedan. I've sat in one not for one second did I think I was in a crossover.
insideevs.com/news/777906/...
It's just a sedan. I've sat in one not for one second did I think I was in a crossover.
insideevs.com/news/777906/...
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As impressions and reviews start to trickle in about the Polestar 4, I can't get over how it's being called a "coupe-like crossover."
It's just a sedan. I've sat in one not for one second did I think I was in a crossover.
insideevs.com/news/777906/...
It's just a sedan. I've sat in one not for one second did I think I was in a crossover.
insideevs.com/news/777906/...
Volvo 760 Diesel with M46 manual transmission sitting in my friend’s body shop yard freshly painted.
It had been sitting inside a different body shop for 20 years that shop shut down, so they brought it to Mike.
It had been sitting inside a different body shop for 20 years that shop shut down, so they brought it to Mike.
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Volvo 760 Diesel with M46 manual transmission sitting in my friend’s body shop yard freshly painted.
It had been sitting inside a different body shop for 20 years that shop shut down, so they brought it to Mike.
It had been sitting inside a different body shop for 20 years that shop shut down, so they brought it to Mike.
Halloween is pretty great around here. Just immaculate vibes. Literal trainloads of kids come into town, many from poorer neighborhoods plenty of candy for everyone. Smiles and happiness everywhere.
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Halloween is pretty great around here. Just immaculate vibes. Literal trainloads of kids come into town, many from poorer neighborhoods plenty of candy for everyone. Smiles and happiness everywhere.
Sure it’s potentially dangerous, but 50mph wind gust play into our family Halloween costume theme perfectly.
Think of the content!
Think of the content!
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sure it’s potentially dangerous, but 50mph wind gust play into our family Halloween costume theme perfectly.
Think of the content!
Think of the content!
Need to meet the staff member who drives this, no one drives a manual(!) Chrysler Crossfire by accident in the year 2025
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Need to meet the staff member who drives this, no one drives a manual(!) Chrysler Crossfire by accident in the year 2025
I continue to be unimpressed with the cost savings of an electric car. Since it's a low electricity usage time of year you can clearly see when the car was plugged into a level 1 (110 volt) charger with the tall light blue lines. The dark blue line is last year's usage.
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I continue to be unimpressed with the cost savings of an electric car. Since it's a low electricity usage time of year you can clearly see when the car was plugged into a level 1 (110 volt) charger with the tall light blue lines. The dark blue line is last year's usage.
I got to stretch the Polestar2’s legs on some of the excellent roads in the Appalachian foothills this weekend.
I could complain that the steering lacks feel. The truth is it’s the first car I owned in a while that is capable of way more than I am as a driver. It was pretty fun.
I could complain that the steering lacks feel. The truth is it’s the first car I owned in a while that is capable of way more than I am as a driver. It was pretty fun.
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I got to stretch the Polestar2’s legs on some of the excellent roads in the Appalachian foothills this weekend.
I could complain that the steering lacks feel. The truth is it’s the first car I owned in a while that is capable of way more than I am as a driver. It was pretty fun.
I could complain that the steering lacks feel. The truth is it’s the first car I owned in a while that is capable of way more than I am as a driver. It was pretty fun.
Update: The Polestar is cozy at the cabin and happily sucking up electrons. Nothing appears ready to catch fire.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Update: The Polestar is cozy at the cabin and happily sucking up electrons. Nothing appears ready to catch fire.
Meeting the family at our cabin after work. For the journey I had to decide whether I trusted my mechanical handiwork and take the Volvo with 277,000 miles or my electrical handiwork and use the untested NEMA 14-50 outlet I installed during my last visit.
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Meeting the family at our cabin after work. For the journey I had to decide whether I trusted my mechanical handiwork and take the Volvo with 277,000 miles or my electrical handiwork and use the untested NEMA 14-50 outlet I installed during my last visit.
Last spring I woke up to my wife yelling help Casper is fighting a snake! To find my one of my cats battling an angry black rat snake in the hallway.
What a harmless fun story.
Today I go upstairs and find this dude chilling out — this is becoming a problem.
What a harmless fun story.
Today I go upstairs and find this dude chilling out — this is becoming a problem.
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Last spring I woke up to my wife yelling help Casper is fighting a snake! To find my one of my cats battling an angry black rat snake in the hallway.
What a harmless fun story.
Today I go upstairs and find this dude chilling out — this is becoming a problem.
What a harmless fun story.
Today I go upstairs and find this dude chilling out — this is becoming a problem.
Every convertible in NJ is out today. Corvette owners love the Saab.
My daughter refuses to take pictures with me. ☹️
My daughter refuses to take pictures with me. ☹️
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Every convertible in NJ is out today. Corvette owners love the Saab.
My daughter refuses to take pictures with me. ☹️
My daughter refuses to take pictures with me. ☹️
Gave the Volvo 240 a good wash to thank it for filling in as I wait for a level 2 charger.
I signed another contract to have it installed, fingers crossed 🤞
I signed another contract to have it installed, fingers crossed 🤞
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Gave the Volvo 240 a good wash to thank it for filling in as I wait for a level 2 charger.
I signed another contract to have it installed, fingers crossed 🤞
I signed another contract to have it installed, fingers crossed 🤞
I almost hate to praise such a heavily influencer marketed product.
But these floor mats are really fucking nice.
But these floor mats are really fucking nice.
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I almost hate to praise such a heavily influencer marketed product.
But these floor mats are really fucking nice.
But these floor mats are really fucking nice.
Busy at the turnpike charging station today. I got to use my NACS adapter for the first time.
Looks kinda janky but it worked — charger recognized the car and plug and charge fired up.
Looks kinda janky but it worked — charger recognized the car and plug and charge fired up.
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Busy at the turnpike charging station today. I got to use my NACS adapter for the first time.
Looks kinda janky but it worked — charger recognized the car and plug and charge fired up.
Looks kinda janky but it worked — charger recognized the car and plug and charge fired up.
There is a hole on the bottom of my fireplace where I sweep the ashes.
They go down a shoot into the basement where there is a little door where I could clean them out. But I won’t.
If the shoot ever becomes full I will be forced to move.
They go down a shoot into the basement where there is a little door where I could clean them out. But I won’t.
If the shoot ever becomes full I will be forced to move.
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
There is a hole on the bottom of my fireplace where I sweep the ashes.
They go down a shoot into the basement where there is a little door where I could clean them out. But I won’t.
If the shoot ever becomes full I will be forced to move.
They go down a shoot into the basement where there is a little door where I could clean them out. But I won’t.
If the shoot ever becomes full I will be forced to move.
hate that my car needs to come with a screen and piano black cleaning cloth.
It’s a fantastically nice cloth though. Best glasses cleaning cloth I’ve ever owned.
It’s a fantastically nice cloth though. Best glasses cleaning cloth I’ve ever owned.
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
hate that my car needs to come with a screen and piano black cleaning cloth.
It’s a fantastically nice cloth though. Best glasses cleaning cloth I’ve ever owned.
It’s a fantastically nice cloth though. Best glasses cleaning cloth I’ve ever owned.
Long live the lift back AWD sedan!
October 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Long live the lift back AWD sedan!
As an aside paying sales tax on electricity seems wrong for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As an aside paying sales tax on electricity seems wrong for some reason.
First DC fast charging experience at this lovely stop on the NJ Turnpike.
The charger claimed up to 400 kW and seemed to work as it should and was reasonably priced.
Almost flawless, except somehow fast charging messed up the audio and required an infotainment reboot.
Just Polestar things.
The charger claimed up to 400 kW and seemed to work as it should and was reasonably priced.
Almost flawless, except somehow fast charging messed up the audio and required an infotainment reboot.
Just Polestar things.
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
First DC fast charging experience at this lovely stop on the NJ Turnpike.
The charger claimed up to 400 kW and seemed to work as it should and was reasonably priced.
Almost flawless, except somehow fast charging messed up the audio and required an infotainment reboot.
Just Polestar things.
The charger claimed up to 400 kW and seemed to work as it should and was reasonably priced.
Almost flawless, except somehow fast charging messed up the audio and required an infotainment reboot.
Just Polestar things.
Been flipping through looking for Volvo or Saab ads. The cheap Swedes could not even spring for color for this uninspired ad.
October 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Been flipping through looking for Volvo or Saab ads. The cheap Swedes could not even spring for color for this uninspired ad.