Recently I had my (baby) Volvo 854 written of because some idiot driving a truck was playing with his cell phone instead of watching the road. As a result he hit us so hard there was only approx 8 inches of trunk left on my car, the inpact also shoved our car under the car in front of us, which removed my front end. Anyway, I was soo impressed with the way our Volvo handled the accident, buy the fact my kids and I were able to open all 4 doors and walk away from this distruction.<P>Now here is were my story begins..... After looking at the Lexus, Infinity, BMW, Mercedes I owed it to myself and my family to get an other Volvo. For the first time in my life I bought a new car, And while it is a beautiful car, I have but 1 complaint and wonder if anyone else is having this same problem.<P>(From another thread post)<P>I have just purchased a New 2002 S60, on my first trip I noticed an annoying low frequency hum coming from the left from tire. It was to the point I was getting headaches from this noise. I originally felt that it was possibly due to a seperated tire, as soon as I got back into town I returned the car to the dealership to get the problem fixed.<BR>The next day I went to pick up my car and I was told that there was nothing they could do, that when they tested other S60's on the lot they all made the same noise. After spending $40+K on a car I was pissed (and still had my headache). I knew that the loaner S60 cars that I had taken for Volvo's 24 hour test drive didn't make the noise so why the H%#^ did mine. It turns out that it is due to the tread pattern on the Michelin 195 15R tires (base rim and tires that come with S60). Even a 2001 S60 with the same tires had the same hum.<P>The test and loaner cars all had the Optional 16 inch rims with 205 16R tires, and these tire were quite. Consequently I got soaked for another $500.00 bucks to upgrade my tires.<P>If anyone else has had this problem, please let me know, I want to pursue this with Volvo / Ford. I don't feel that owners should have to fork over an additinal $500.00 just to make their cars bearable to drive. Also looking for email of Dan Werbin (CEO Volvo Canada)<P>Thanks for letting me vent!!<BR>Sincerely