Nice. I hope you treated her to a fine vintage synthetic!
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Nice. I hope you treated her to a fine vintage synthetic!
I ended up selling it to my mechanic for $4250. He knows it is a good clean car and the few things that need work this year (exhaust, bushings and likely more). He has been using a gold V70R...
Thanks JRL. My car is not perfect but just very good so I assume I should expect $4-4.5k on the conservative side. At least the dealership wasn't totally ripping me off considering they would have...
Thanks for those examples, kind of what I thought the range would be. I checked with my mechanic and he said he has a buyer for $4000 which seems reasonable. The dealership will also let me sell to...
Well, the time has come to part with my 2005 XC70 after 9 years of generally satisfied ownership. I have a tentative trade in offer from the dealership of $3000 CDN, but I am wondering what a good...
My commute is very similar and I get the same lousy fuel consumption in the winter. Out on the highway I get a good 8-9l/100km and the average consumption reading falls quickly. I have found no...
I have been looking at units on Crutchfield, and under installation details it indicates replacing my factory unit will lose the center dash speaker and the Park Assist feature. That's what I meant...
Thanks for the heads up. No doubt replacing the factory unit will involve compromises, so it's good to know there is an option for this.
OK, so make it 58. Seriously though, if you are saying the unit itself is failing, and this is one of numerous symptoms of the same result, then there would be no point trying to replace the loss of...
I have been having an odd issue with my HU-850 recently. The audio normally cuts out when the Rear Park Assist is activated, and it has periodically remained off unless I turn it off and on again. ...
That's what I am hoping. It was apparently quite bad with quite a bit of play. After driving to work I checked the wheels and I didn't feel any heat on any of them, and the car is running smoothly.
On the highway last week I noticed a vibration that increased with speed, which turned out to be the RF wheel bearing. It was replaced and the vibration is gone, but while on the highway I noticed a...
I never reset the average fuel consumption but it currently shows 12.1 l/100km with a mix of highway and city. When I check the instantaneous reading cruising on the highway it is about 7-9...
I can sympathize with the OP on the litany of repairs, but these really are more an inconvenience than a reliability problem, given the age of the car. My 2005 has had the radiator leak, coil...
The second shop had noticed more of a gap on the RF such that the full surface of the pad was not contacting the rotor. I did not experience the symptoms you describe, but that is good info to have...
Well, I had another garage look at it and they noted a few issues. They did an alignment, replaced the L and R front tie rods, and noticed the RF brake pad wasn't making full contact with the rotor,...
I had a stuck caliper a couple of years ago which resulted in some damage, so he replaced both front sets (rotors, pads, calipers) at the same time as they were due. Not sure what rotors, but he used...
Thanks folks. I think I will take it to another shop I have used and trust to see what is going on. There could very well be a combination of issues given the age of the car (it does say 2005 in my...
Don't recall, but not recently. Probably a good idea, but would that account for the stuttering braking too?
One of the several little issues I have been trying to deal with recently is a stuttering when slowly coming to a stop. It is only noticeable when the car is warm, and only as I come to a stop, not...
This is why I got confused. Bi-xenon supposedly uses a HID bulb for both high and low beam (hence the "bi"), but there is a halogen bulb for high beam use. Regardless, the bulb I need is a halogen....
Thanks Bill, that was a factual and helpful response. Manuals do not contain this kind of information which is why forums populated by real people with real experience are (mostly) a good source if...
Thanks JRL. I do, but as I said it was not clear to me from the manual if the high beam was for all types. I did read that on a volvo parts website but I just wanted to clarify. If it is the...
4000 km later and no 2-3 flare issues, but 200 km into the trip I got the daytime running bulb failure notice. The driver's side DRL is out, but I'm not sure from the manual which bulb to get. I...
Thanks. This guy is a Volvo specialist so I believe he knows what to look for in the XC70, and usually has a good handle on common issues. I think the trip to Florida will be a test as I can't...