Used Volvo Gear Sticks

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About Gear Sticks

The Volvo gear stick is a metal lever that attaches to the gearbox in a manual vehicle. It is usually located between the front passenger and driver seat and is on the left hand side of the driver in a UK standard vehicle and is used by the driver to change gears whilst driving. Some vehicles, particularly those in the United States, have gear sticks that are attached to the steering column. 

To operate the Volvo gear stick, the driver should depress the clutch pedal. This disengages the engine and enables the vehicle to change gears. 

On top of the Volvo gear stick is a gear knob, which has a diagram of the positions of the gears on the top of it for the driver’s convenience. For the driver to change gears he/she has to move the Volvo gear stick in the relevant directions shown by the diagram. They will feel the gear engaging when the Volvo gear stick pushes in to place.

Some 4 x 4s use a second Volvo gear stick which engages another gearbox for off-road terrain.

Problems with the Volvo gear stick may result in an inability to change gears.

Volvo trivia

• During the 1950s, Volvo was doing so well that they started offering five-years worth of insurance with every car sale. It wasn't a long-lived campaign.
• The Volvo 240 is considered the benchmark by which all car safety standards are set. The 240 is so well identified with driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety that the US government even purchased 24 of them just to test for themselves how safe they were.
• The Volvo V40 is considered the safest car ever made and has the highest score to ever been awarded by EuroNCAP.
• A Volvo is always good for mileage, but the holder of the world record for best mileage is the 1966 Volvo 1800S, which clocked three million miles in 2013. Owner Irvin Gordon had bought the car in 1966.
• Volvo was the first manufacturer to install fog lights on the front and rear of their cars.