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Unfortunately all my mod money goes to my other two cars, but as a daily driver I absolutely love my Volvo V70 T5 with the 5-speed manual, for all the reasons listed in the OP. Fast, handles great, and once I fit a full size clothes dryer in the back without even folding the seat down. The only mods it has are H&R lowering springs, 18" BBS wheels and aftermarket stereo. But as a daily driver I will always have one of these as long as they're available. When I wear this one out I'll get another one. I'm fortunate enough to work in a company with its own little wagon mafia. The only holdout is my immediate supervisor who has a BMW 5 series sedan. The owner of my company asked if I have the right transmission during my job interview, and was surprised to hear "yes". Owner: Audi allroad 6-speed with upgraded turbos and air springs for highway handling and mountain ground clearance. Owner's son: Audi S6 wagon 6-speed with coilovers and RS6 brakes, and a sleeper '84 VW Quantum with a 2.0T AWD conversion for the winter. VP: Audi A3 TDI wagon Shop tech: 91 Subaru legacy wagon gutted with STI struts and a planned STI motor conversion. All glory to wagons. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jul 31, 2014 |
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Arse Porn Cage posted:I drive on dirt roads a lot, and this definitely is the case with my car. Spoiler-shopping I go. It absolutely doesn't help keep the window clean. These back windows filth up at the first sign of moisture, spoiler or not. I only mounted it because it looks awesome.
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Dec 18, 2012 05:21
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angryrobots posted:I miss my lolvo wagons. He's actually asking $32,000! ($31,999). That is outrageous even with the low mileage. Maybe in 2008 or 2009 it'd be worth that. But yeah. It's not even one of the special weird colors. The 04-07 R models are fairly expensive to maintain if you push it at all. They have very expensive shocks ($250 a corner) that cannot be substituted with aftermarket (unless you want a permanent CEL and failure message). The angle gear (transfer case if you will) that directs power to the back wheels is prone to leaking and if you don't pull it to get it resealed ($300) it will fail ($1500), and there is a coupling sleeve between the transmission and angle gear that is also highly prone to failure, and if it isn't replaced as a routine maintenance item it will weld itself to the transmission and force the entire transmission to be replaced. The early manual slave cylinders were prone to failure in under 50k miles but that's been revised with a more robust design, so most that have been repaired are repaired for good. Other than that the leather is extremely high quality but much more fragile, and must be maintained religiously. Basically they have a few $2000 repairs that occur far more frequently than on any other Volvo but if you plan for it and work with it they are a real blast, and a fairly special car. Most of those repairs will only occur once during any one person's ownership. The 6 speed manual is not anywhere near as hard to find as it is on other Volvo models. The prices are coming down but if you don't have maintenance records then prepare yourself for a few very expensive bills.
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May 7, 2013 15:00
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Stop arguing post wagons. Buddy in the local Volvo club runs this car. Bagged, turbo converted, grabs a lot of attention. Cross posting in the awesome thread too.
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May 22, 2013 19:43
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DJ Commie posted:Turbo timer means that all of the security system in that car is compromised, including alarm and immobilizer. The rest is awesome, but that little part makes me really wary as the wiring to put one in a modern car is complex and easily ruined. The good news there is that 98s are the last year where it might not have an immobilizer to ruin. I'm pretty sure I've seen a build thread for that car on Volvospeed, might want to go search around there Negromancer. JUNK IN DA TRUNK!  4 wheels, 8 tires, can still see out the rear view. Love my wagon. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 07:46 on May 31, 2013 |
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May 31, 2013 07:44
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Oh right, this belongs here too. Got tint on my wagon Tuesday. I've been meaning to do it for 4 years, the timing finally worked out. 35% on the fronts, 20% from the B pillar back.
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Jul 25, 2013 20:11
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StandardVC10 posted:Those wheels look familiar, but I can't remember where from. Are they the factory fit or did you change them out? They're factory fit, but not on this car - they were only offered as an option on the C70. Fairly rare genuine BBS but made for Volvo. I bought these off ebay and first had them on my 960 back in 2008. These are 18" and I have the matching set in 17" on my 122. I guess I'm kind of a dork, I run V70R wheels on my C70 and I run C70 wheels on my V70 and 122.
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Jul 26, 2013 06:16
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Bucephalus posted:Looks like it, yes Hey man, peg pants and headbands were the poo poo in 1990. At least, to the arty girls we were trying to bonk. Evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjaC3A2xjk&t=40s
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Jul 26, 2013 20:27
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The first post on my swedespeed 122 build thread has a little bit of backstory. Feel free to PM me for more if you want more detail. And that thread is a family friendly mirror of my build thread here, I recommend the SA build thread as it's rated R for language. It's still active, currently on page 3.
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Jul 28, 2013 05:42
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Negromancer posted:So I am not sure where else to post this, but I'm looking for a new wagon so this seems like the right thread. Stay away from Volvo wagons from 01 and 02 as a general rule, they put bad software in the transmissions and then told owners to never change the fluid which puts all of them on borrowed time. From 03 onward they are pretty reliable, the 04-07 Rs are awesome but about 4x the maintenance costs with more failure prone items. The redesign came in 09 and those are also pretty solid as far as I know.
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Aug 23, 2013 20:46
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Vigo327 posted:I would REALLY like a RWD whiteblock turbo box wagon. And after being around and working on the S80 i helped my mom buy for the last few years, one of my angsty-est feelings is the sadness that a true s80 wagon was never produced. Are you under the mistaken impression that an S80 is RWD? Because the V70 made from 01 to 09 is on the same platform and pretty much an S80 wagon. Or did you mean S90/V90 which came as RWD whiteblocks but had no turbo.
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Sorry, didn't mean to sound judgy there, I was just really confused because I think the S80 looks really close to the V70, but I have the opposite taste as you (V70 > S80). To each their own.
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The head of our local Volvo club drove one, he said he seriously considered selling all 3 of his current custom Volvos just to buy one. They're very, very nice. What you really want is one of the V60 Polestar cars (only come in black or blue unfortunately) but they're $61k msrp and only 120 are being built worldwide, with something like 70 coming to the US. The R-Design is next best and you can get it with whatever you want, and it's $15k less.
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Aug 19, 2014 00:20
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Sviatoslav posted:Interesting, I have a silver V60 Polestar sitting in my bay at this very moment and there is a red one sitting in the lot. You can get a polestar tune for any regular Volvo, but that doesn't make it part of the 2015 limited edition. But I was wrong in my earlier quote, there's going to be 750 worldwide with 120 (80 V and 40 S) coming to the US.
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Aug 20, 2014 20:37
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Sviatoslav posted:I feel like I should know this, being a Volvo tech, but the little blue polestar badge on the grill and gate designate the "Polestar edition" correct? Or is that just the "Polestar tune" coupled with the r-design? I did some more looking and found that they haven't actually started delivering customer cars yet, So those must be polestar tuned R-designs. Not the hot new one. http://www.volvocars.com/us/top/about/default/pages/default.aspx
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Aug 21, 2014 04:34
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Bovril Delight posted:If you're considering a newer Outback you might as well look at some of the small SUVs. Yeah but this is the wagon thread mother fucker! Wagon recommendations only.
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Aug 26, 2014 05:36
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Tremek posted:This was "Street Wars" - instead of a normal .5 tree they had a red/green stoplight mounted, so everyone's reaction times were terrible but was lots of fun overall. They should have a set of green/yellow/red mounted perpendicular with the ridiculous colorado red-light-runner-enabling lag so it resembled real street light racing where you watch the cross street's light to get a jump on the other guy. That's very cool and I'm also very jealous of your times. Makes me wonder why I waste time on these foreign cars with terrible turbo lag that translate into 3 second 60' times. I mean, my buddy's built Volvo runs a 113 mph trap speed but is well over a second slower overall. Sad.
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Sep 21, 2014 05:53
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That's the one thing I really hate about my FWD wagon with snow tires - I can't loving drift it around without the parking brake and even then the traction control takes the fun away. Safer and more predictable than anything I've ever driven, no fun at all.
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Nov 16, 2014 08:30
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Sexy. In a semi-related note, today a work acquaintance who knows I'm a car guy was asking my opinion about various SUVs. I was polite but in my mind I was going "gently caress SUVs get a wagon".
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ExecuDork posted:ad says "rebuilt" title, not salvage title You are correct in that it's pretty much splitting hairs. Generally they're synonyms as the definitions for "totaled and then re-registered" vary by state. Props to the guy in the ad for posting pics of the accident and damage, looks like they probably frame pulled the front bumper horn and that's it. It might be slightly compromised if it's hit in the same spot again but I'd drive it myself. And he's right, if it can be aligned and doesn't burn up tires, and all the body gaps are good then it's been fixed decently with nothing to worry about. Gorgeous color and car, but it does seem a tad expensive. Looks like book value is in the $5k range.
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Are either of you tall? If so the back seat isn't really that great in these, I'm 6' and couldn't fit the baby seat behind the driver's seat. Didn't really matter because I'm single so the baby seat just went on the passenger side. But even as a toddler my kid would not have enough legroom if the passenger seat was all the way back. Other than that, shop for 03 and newer, preferably 05 and newer. The 01-02 models have a time bomb tranny and they facelifted a lot of things in 05, and also had the reliability really dialed in. Still some expensive maintenance items once the mileage hits 100k unless you're down for doing a 5 hour PCV replacement yourself. I think the perfect mileage to buy one of these is either 60k or 120k, because at 60k you'll have 50k miles before major maintenance, or at 120k most major maintenance should have been done already. Other than that, they're drat safe and drat comfortable. A very classy ride. If you have a huge maintenance budget go nuts and get a V70R. Hottest baby hauler ever.
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Tremek posted:Neat car interwhat! I've spent a lot of time fantasizing about selling all 3 of my current cars and buying one of those instead. I won't, but I fantasize about it.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Honestly, buying it is probably going to come at the end of 2016, if not early 2017. I've got a wedding to pay for first. Half of it was idle curiosity, the other half so I can sperg out on the options for a while. I could probably start looking at something in the ~15k range then, though. That would give me basically half a year to save up a down payment, and God willing I'll be making considerably more money by then, since I'll have had my CS degree for a year. $15k puts you squarely in 2007-2011 territory for Volvos, depending on mileage and model. The P2 generation wagons ended in 2007 and the average price has dropped like a rock. There are still some babied low mileage models in perfect condition for that kind of money, and the platform had 8 years of refinement so they're pretty bulletproof. And they're very practical and decently powerful, you'll have to tell us if it's luxurious enough for you.
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Good, they go a couple hundred thousand miles easily with regular maintenance. I'm at 172k on mine right now, still holds all its oil between changes.
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As to the Volvos, the 5 cylinder is very reliable, but requires more maintenance than the iron block 4. Also that maintenance costs more. But all in all great cars. Avoid the years 2001-2002 when shopping, transmission trouble and throttle body trouble are fairly expensive time bombs in those years.
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Aug 18, 2015 17:26
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chrisgt posted:Did some station wagoning today, stopped to take a picture. Gorgeous. I love that generation MB. A former boss had that car with the euro headlights like this. I wonder how much they cost.
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Oct 26, 2015 06:37
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:If they're the standard H6024 7" lights, Hella makes a retrofit housing that takes an H4 bulb. I'll probably pick some up for the Nova eventually. I think they usually run $40-$45 per side. Plus bulbs. Yes, they should be. I did that conversion on my 122 already, made a night and day difference (heh). I got them as a kit with both lights and bulbs for $70 on amazon prime. You can even get them E-code, which I did. They have the modern hard cutoff beam pattern with the angle up to the right. Here's a link: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G72SKQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00   
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blk posted:Do you have more pics of the 122 somewhere? It's so pretty! I have a build thread on swedespeed, my favorite glamour shots are in this post HERE (scroll down) I had a build thread here but it got archived. I started a new one HERE for the T5 motor conversion, it's on page 3 or 4. As soon as my friend finishes welding my oil pan I'll have an update.
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I miss the northwest, your pictures bring back that awesome forest smell I grew up with. Looks like a nice day trip with a cool buddy.
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XC sixty? More like XC SEXTY! IOC please don't ban me. Congrats. Someday I'll be a grownup and be able to get one of the newer gen wagons. Here's to winning the lottery I suppose.
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Bucephalus posted:Surely your dad can find you a totaled one to fix at a deep discount? Not anymore. He's half retired and forfeited his dealer license. As soon as he sells his shop he's out.
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I should have taken pictures, I just drove my wagon 1300 miles loaded pretty much to the bump stops with car parts. It was very AI.
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Last year when I was employed and thought maybe I could swing the payments I seriously considered selling all 3 of my cars to get one of those, they are a Volvo diehard's dream. Glad I didn't though or I'd be screwed way harder than I am now.
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