<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Lincolnman / Lincolnman&amp;#39;s Page</title><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/</link><description>I&amp;#39;m Lincolnman. Nice to meet you.  I&amp;#39;m an American living and working in Tokyo - I have been in Japan for over ten years (but my Japanese is very poor - my apologies).  I own a 2012 Volvo C30 and think it&amp;#39;s a great car.....</description><copyright>© LY Corporation</copyright><language>ja</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:20:18 +0900</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/images/minkara108x32.gif</url><title>Lincolnman / Lincolnman&amp;#39;s Page</title><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/</link></image><item><title>Ten Year Maintenance Visit</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/45675324/</link><description><![CDATA[My C30 turned ten years old this Fall - so it was time for an expensive maintenance visit to Tokorozawa Volvo.  The timing belt for my engine is due t ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 21:01:31 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Spring Cleaning...</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/45098945/</link><description><![CDATA[Spring cleaning during Golden Week - Clay, Meguiar&#39;s Color X, with top coat of Mother&#39;s Pure Carnuba...





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It has been quite some time since I posted on Mikara - but I am still a proud owner of my C30, which is now seven year ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:48:14 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Windshield Leak</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/36986902/</link><description><![CDATA[I was washing my C30 last week and noticed several small drops of water on the inside of the windshield.  Checking further, it seems I had a small hol ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:58:31 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Four Year Maintenance</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/36380400/</link><description><![CDATA[September is yearly maintenance month, so I made an appointment to take my C30 in yesterday. &amp;nbsp;In the past, I have gone to the Volvo dealershi ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2015 21:43:29 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Golden Week Wash and Wax...............</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/35610388/</link><description><![CDATA[Golden week wash and wax with Meguiar&#39;s Color X and Mothers carnauba.............

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Very impressive - 400 horsepower and 640Nm of torque - T6 engine driving front wheels and 60KW electric motor driving rear...........]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 20:59:19 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Polestar Video</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/32818194/</link><description><![CDATA[Very nice video at this link with Robert Dahlgren, who you may know has been racing factory Volvos for about ten years and currently races a Volvo Pol ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:37:25 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>STCC Article</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/32053685/</link><description><![CDATA[Nice pictures, article and video at this link..........

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Exterior........




Interior.........



Tires. trim and engine bay........



Results......... ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:53:33 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Volvo Polestar Models</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/31742796/</link><description><![CDATA[Found this picture on the Autoblog.com website announcing the new V60 Polestar - very nice.........

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Went st ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:40:31 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Volvo at Tokyo Motor Show</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/31659030/</link><description><![CDATA[Looking forward to the Tokyo Motor Show - and the Volvo display..........

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I found this interesting article comparing the C30 with the VW Scirocco.  I have to admit, if I was to pick a current  ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:49:17 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Volvo&amp;#39;s 85th Anniversary Article</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/31108922/</link><description><![CDATA[I just thought I would share this article with my Japanese friends if you have not seen it before - it is from the US car magazine &quot;Motor Trend&q ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:22:22 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>C30 Top 5 Likes and Dislikes</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/31094578/</link><description><![CDATA[I saw where Minkara has a review feature where you can add your personal review of a car.  I checked the C30 review page and the last review was in 20 ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 08:52:46 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Wash and Wax Day</title><author></author><link>https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/1980638/blog/31083968/</link><description><![CDATA[Tokyo has been rather wet this past week - which given the lack of rain we had during the summer, is a &quot;good&quot; thing - we need to get those r ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:03:40 +0900</pubDate></item></channel></rss>