Driving home from Christmas dinner at the in-laws in Daytona Beach (100 miles) in the Volvo, the transmission warning light came on and it went into limp home mode. Basically the same as its manual setting where is starts in 2nd and shifts gently at lower RPM's (snow driving mode). The next day my mechanic ran the codes and it indicated faulty transmission position sensor and faulty selenoid 1 (he said it has a total of 7). Getting it fixed for a reasonable price, luckily. I guess the point is I got a lift home and started up the SVX. Ended up driving over a 100 miles in the country with Ben and came home with a big grin on my face. It's always there when I need it, or not.
Gene
PS: Last year the transmission did fail backing out of the driveway, $1,200 rebuild with heavier duty clutches, and a power stearing hose sprung a leak on a trip, simple connection came loose. Did stain a good friends driveway though, very embarrassing.