u/Glittering-Garage345 — reddlx

Got new brakes and rotors in March. Now my brakes are squealing heavily and shedding a lot of brake dust

‘97 850. Tried googling but getting different answers. It’s well past the break in period, I’ve put about 2,000 miles on it. Had it replaced in March by a Volvo speciality shop that says they use genuine OEM parts.

The brake dust seems to be excessive only on the front wheels but still a decent amount shedding in the rear

Any idea what it could be and if I could fix it on my own before I take it to the shop again and see what’s up with it? Not too mechanically inclined but if it’s an easy enough fix, but I want to learn how to work on this car and I’d rather save time and money and do it myself.

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u/Glittering-Garage345 — 6 days ago

▲ 1 r/BlundstoneBoots

Blundstone Ankle Dress (1900) vs Heritage Series (156)

Is it worth paying almost double for the heritage series? Haven’t been able to find too much information on where the heritage series is made or what type of leather it is. At $400 USD, should I just go up a little extra and get like RM Williams?

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u/Glittering-Garage345 — 18 days ago

▲ 2 r/Volvo850

fix? or just temporary

Driver side door wasn’t opening from the outside. I rolled down the window, heard a thunk, rolled it up and down a few more times. Now it’s “fixed(?)”. Is this something I should look at/worry about anymore? Or did I actually fix the problem

edit: 97 850 GLT

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u/Glittering-Garage345 — 1 month ago

▲ 32 r/GamingLaptops

Moving abroad, want to replace my desktop

Budget: $2300ish

Country: US, moving to France

Use Case: Gaming only

Preferred Specs: 5070ti

Notes: 

Moving abroad next year and want to replace my current desktop build (11900k, 3070, 32gb RAM). Use is purely just gaming. I have a MPB 14 for all my other tasks. Bouncing between the G14 and Strix G16. G14 for the size + OLED + 32gb RAM. Slightly concern about running high demanding games at that higher resolution. 

Strix G16 for better(?) CPU, higher wattage GPU, and presumably, better cooling. My only concern is the 16gb ram + 1080p screen. As a desktop replacement, the Strix G16 seems like the right choice but I havent seen too many reviews of this specific specs. What are your thoughts/any other recommendations I missed out on? I'm not too familiar with the gaming laptop space.

u/Glittering-Garage345 — 2 months ago

▲ 8 r/Bellingham

Cool Volvos!

In the few years I’ve been here, i’m honestly so happy to see the amount of cool vintage 70s-90s Volvos I’ve seen driving around. As an enthusiast myself, I’ve never witness this many concentrated in such a small city. Is there a club or group in town?

(and if anyone has a sweet 240 sedan they are looking to trade/part ways with… lemme know!)

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u/Glittering-Garage345 — 3 months ago