Volvo wagons.

[alleghenyman]

Why avoid awd? Reliability?

Most importantly, will it swallow a sheet of plywood?

I'm looking at these since 4runner prices are so high.

[A.Wilder]

edit, wrong pic.

[eatpiealot]

Strong supporter of Volvo, and I am indeed a wagon lover. Had a 2000 V70XC for the winter, thing was a monster in the snow, 190 hp, and suuuuuch a comfortable ride. (only got rid of it because 5.1 hours for a radiator job was a little more than I felt like investing)

for volvo

[Fettes Brot]

Why avoid awd? Reliability?

Most importantly, will it swallow a sheet of plywood?

I'm looking at these since 4runner prices are so high.

I read a lot about viscous coupling problems, but I've only ever seen one fail. Others have faulty propshaft bearings ( have to buy a new shaft, or send it out to be rebuilt.) and leaking angle gears. On top of that, it's really heavy. When it's in good working condition though, it works really well.

Unless AWD is a must for someone, you can avoid a lot of hassle with a fwd.

I'm not positive it would swallow a sheet of plywood, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did.

[mbkicks10]

I have one! Love it. In fact today I was driving and a deer literally jumped into the car striking the drivers side front quarter panel and put a good dent in it. Nothing serious.

I believe if I was in my jetta it would have been much much worse.

[dcris]

http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/3040656499.html

[simon_C]

I just got a new 99- XC grill, which looks way better. No good shots yet.

always thought the XC had the best looking front end of that chassis. but man, you need to polish your headlights and markers.

[Fettes Brot]

always thought the XC had the best looking front end of that chassis. but man, you need to polish your headlights and markers.

Get off my back!

[Philly215]

Volvos are awesome. We have a Volvo parade coming up next weekend. It's pretty entertaining but extremely weird. They do a Volvo ballet or something. Not a huge fan of the matte look because it's pretty played out now but this is cool.

[HideYoKids]

I just bought this for a grand, new Daily Driver.



1995 Volvo 850 non turbo, manual.

[Fettes Brot]

I just bought this for a grand, new Daily Driver.


1995 Volvo 850 non turbo, manual.

Damn, that's about as rock-solid as they come.

[HideYoKids]

My friend has a few Volvo's ... these are his daily drivers ... Oh, that 4-cylinder in the Volvo makes more power than a Stage 1+ VW 2.0t ... crazy built cars.

haha, I know Matt.

[HideYoKids]

Damn, that's about as rock-solid as they come.

and it was owned for the last few years by a Volvo master tech that I work with

Quebec plated, and he's fixing the little issues with it, cut me a deal cause I need a daily driver.

edit: the non turbo actually still has enough power to keep up with traffic, it's faster than my unreliable Golf project car, and cruises down the highway great.

[kenny301]

I slept on a base model v70 wagon with a manual transmission a few months back. I should have swooped right away but I was really looking for a 240 wagon instead. It had 218k miles on it and they wanted 2500 IIRC.

[iampakman]

http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/3040656499.html

sigh... If I hadnt already paid half of a gti off, Id call him now.

[BlackJelli]

We love our V70R

[Philly215]

And this is the Volvo Ballet... Embedding for the video is disabled.
http://youtu.be/Gd3nJMudaBY

[josh_did_what]

And this is the Volvo Ballet... Embedding for the video is disabled.
http://youtu.be/Gd3nJMudaBY

Wut... did I just watch...

[dubinsincuwereindiapers]

We love our V70R

Im jelly. I acted too slow, and missed the opportunity to buy that same red R wagon, with the natural leather "baseball glove" leather interior and MT

[Philly215]

Wut... did I just watch...

Welcome to Ithaca, NY, one of the strangest places I've ever lived.

[zhenya00]

Welcome to Ithaca, NY, one of the strangest places I've ever lived.

10 square miles, surrounded by reality.

[Philly215]

10 square miles, surrounded by reality.

Haha...

[seadoo2006]

haha, I know Matt.

Matt's a great guy ... I live just across the freeway from him.

[kharma]

I love mine, but damn is it a money pit. I've been tossing around the idea of selling it, but can't find anything newer that does so many things well.

[A.Wilder]

I love mine, but damn is it a money pit. I've been tossing around the idea of selling it, but can't find anything newer that does so many things well.

What exactly has been a money pit about it?

[01tj]

The T5M is the most sought after, even more than the R cars, because the R is auto only, & is weighed down by the early AWD system.

.

I searched Autotrader for fun pedal equipped V70's under 100k miles and 6/8 of the ones found were R's.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...Radius=0&Log=0

Are they listed wrong or were there only certain years with the joy stick.

[A.Wilder]

I searched Autotrader for fun pedal equipped V70's under 100k miles and 6/8 of the ones found were R's.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...Radius=0&Log=0

Are they listed wrong or were there only certain years with the joy stick.

i think he was referring to the 97-99 V70, the face-lifted 850 that looks like this:

[01tj]

i think he was referring to the 97-99 V70, the face-lifted 850 that looks like this:
[IMG]http://www.javadocs.net/beachnut/volvopics/98v70red/v70capeharbor1.jpg[IMG]

I figured it was something like that because he seems to know volvo's. The interior shots of those V70R's look like they would be a really nice place to spend some time. I've sat in the R seats before and loved them

[kharma]

What exactly has been a money pit about it?

Some I chalk up to routine maintenance (I'm approaching 90k mi), some has been a surprise. In the past year:

-rebuilt M66 transmission due to shot bearings
-repacked angle/bevel gear
-replaced alternator
-replaced pwr steering reservoir / hose with updated version
-replaced control arms
-replaced front spring seats
-replaced front endlinks (twice)
-tires, rotors, pads all around

Still to do:
-rear hubs (bearing whine)
-parking brake shoes (not de-laminating yet, but not taking my chances)
-timing belt

Don't get me wrong, I love the car and there's very few I'd trade for it. Most of my issues have not been R-specific and are things to be on the lookout for on a higher mileage example.

[trigtm]

I have a 98 V70R and a 97 854R. The AWD is quite picky and fragile on the V70 so unless you want to spend half the time under the car fixing it, stay with the FWD platform. Car handles really well in FWD mode in inclement weather anyway.

If you do go with the AWD and it breaks, you can remove the prop shaft but depending on your issue, it might not solve anything (bad viscous coupling for example). If there cars were run even for 500 miles on tires of different sizes or god forbid, towed with 2 wheels on the ground...

[BartVW]

YES! I love them Volvo wagons! 240's, 740's and I especially like the later model 940's:

Stills looks contemporary to me.

[freedomgli]

Welcome to Ithaca, NY, one of the strangest places I've ever lived.

I think Ithaca once had the highest number of Volvos and Saabs per capita in the entire country. Sadly, many were lost to the ravages of rust and hippies with no money to maintain them.

[Philly215]

I think Ithaca once had the highest number of Volvos and Saabs per capita in the entire country. Sadly, many were lost to the ravages of rust and hippies with no money to maintain them.

I don't find that surprising at all. There's still a ton of Volos and saabs around but it seems like they are definitely being replaced by prii or however you spell the plural form of Prius, subarus, and small econo cars like new fiestas and sonics.


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[eurotekms]

Nice thread.


Anyone have thoughts/experience on a 2002 V70 2.4T (100k)?
Feel free to PM me.







edit: oops, 7 is above 4...

[Fettes Brot]

Nice thread.


Anyone have thoughts/experience on a 2002 V70 2.7T (100k)?
Feel free to PM me.

Do you mean 2.4T?