Recent items of news within the Volvo Owners Club and the Volvo world http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:29:56 +0100 robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:29:48 +0100 robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.0) http://www.feedforall.com To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Volvo Cars, a Volvo Marque Day will take place at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire on Sunday, 2 September http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/gaydon2007.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 409F74D5-3080-43DF-8C91-73A3344A5F63 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:29:48 +0100 The Volvo Owners Club has teamed up with Volvo Heritage for the forthcoming Classic Car Show at the NEC Birmingham this November http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/nec2007.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 157684F7-21F6-46EE-9A7C-11E79826C3DC Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:28:41 +0100 We have added a number of new items to our range of club products. These include high impact plastic mugs in 6 colours, CD-DVD wallets in 4 colours, Ripper wallets in 4 colours and Gel Pens in 3 colours. Full details on our Online Shop http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/online_services.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) AF7001C1-9CDF-4792-9304-FE039E5790CA Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:09:27 +0100 The Volvo car production statistics database has been updated to include figures up to 31 December 2005. Some new search options have also been added. http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/history/production.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) C7006905-25E8-46BD-9693-CFE41B5632DB Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:31:23 +0000 It started with an email from a worried satnav user, Lloyd Reid of Trichromic LLP an IT consultant who knows his way around a computer and knows a virus when his AV software flags one up. The cause for his concern being a newly purchased TomTom GO 910 satnav unit that, once connected to his PC, immediately caused an anti-virus software alert. Not one, but two alerts in fact. http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1276.html robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) FE7426A8-2D2F-42D7-9240-80AF6AA606B4 Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:54:11 +0000 Volvo has released details of the new Volvo V70 that will be available from around August 2007 http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/press_releases07.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) D8BF0616-F062-4394-9024-0FB3626C4D4A Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:00:03 +0000 To celebrate 80 years of Volvo cars there will be a Volvo Marque Day at the Heritage Motor Museum on 2nd September 2007. http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/news.shtml#gaydon robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) D81750EE-27E5-4C77-8D9D-88E552F2DEEE Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:27:39 +0000 Volvo Car UK has asked us to re release the three bulletins they issued on this matter. http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/etm.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 7C54CC40-A08C-47FD-B32F-7EF58632DACB Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:19:10 +0000 This affinity scheme has just been approved by Volvo Car UK whereby a VOC member can get discount on a new Volvo car http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/buying-a-new-volvo.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 4C52352E-4BEA-4C68-9657-497861473897 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:29:49 +0000 This web site now has RSS Feed support. http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/about_rss.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) D1664274-1415-40BA-B31D-BAB1101BB135 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:54:13 +0000 Full details of press releases from Volvo covering technical and general specifications of new models http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/index.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 57B7A898-D27A-4B10-BA04-55A455460150 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:52:48 +0000 Information on the new Volvo XC60 http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/information-xc60.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) E0765A69-8578-44D0-910A-48712C75882F Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:30:20 +0000 Information on the Volvo C30 http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/information-c30.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 5B9FB3C0-A30B-4DAB-A3F2-9947E1BC52CC Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:28:21 +0000 Advice and information from Volvo http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/releases/2006/child-car-seat-legislation.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) ACEA1FD1-1670-4095-A3C4-3D0C21D24041 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:24:59 +0000 Volvo have released details of their new refined XC90 that will have a 3.2 litre engine http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/releases/2006/idnr791.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 4B0D3B57-AD5B-422F-B8C0-9D5EB492987D Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:22:30 +0000 Details of the new S80 from Volvo http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/index.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 61AE4CB0-6C89-415B-AB05-99214A302058 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:20:44 +0000 New database with full details. http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/history/year_stats_search.php robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 9FBA2833-03E2-4575-B4E7-E4DC1A1CFD7D Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:18:20 +0000 Volvo will show two new concept cars at the 2005 SEMA show, the T6 Roadster and the XC70 AT http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/releases/2005sema.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 3C26A7E7-52E3-46F7-8218-0C99A8B0FB30 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:16:55 +0000 Owners of Volvo cars with over 150,000 miles can have their car entered into the official register after providing reasonable proof of the mileage of their car http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/hmc/index.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) B6E897DC-F365-4F6F-B21E-0DB104F60472 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:14:34 +0000 Full details of the 2006 range from Volvo Car UK http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/volvo2006uk/index.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) D6BA2BBC-89D3-4FA3-B80A-E932748216E8 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:12:47 +0000 Volvo have released details of the new C70 that is both a convertible and hard top http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/releases/idnr687.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) D61D673E-BA42-4591-84D1-A5F1DD6CF97D Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:10:14 +0000 VOC members can save on the parking fee at Airport Parking and Hotels http://www.aph.com/partners/?volvo robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) C067E022-6938-4AA8-A5FF-3093AB1DBF40 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:08:09 +0000 The club parts service for post 1985 cars has stepped up a gear. Our supplier, Nordic Car, are agents for the Volvo specialist parts manufacturer BSR http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/partsand.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 1E681466-F082-4E59-BC7A-53D8F526561D Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:06:14 +0000 A complete list of all possible accessories for any of the current range of Volvo cars is now online http://www.volvocarcampaigns.co.uk/accessories/ robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 1738D981-725E-4FC7-8E50-E34A717B9196 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:04:18 +0000 Bulletin from Volvo Car Corporation on issues with the heated seats in some of the 850 model range http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/pdf/VCC_Bulletin_850HeatedSeats.pdf robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 0C636DBA-2852-4652-8D9A-2B708A2ADA93 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:02:21 +0000 If you have a vehicle manufactured between 1921 and 1974, you can get a tax disc for the year your car was made. The tax disc is an exact reproduction of the disc issued at that time http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/old_tax.shtml robert.isaac@volvoclub.org.uk (Robert Isaac) 2ABB4372-56AE-4A16-AC7D-CE5193C838FC Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:00:47 +0000