Really?
A chain not worth more than 200 000km should not go inside any engine.
How credible is the source and how did they come to that conclusion?

The point of using chains are...

IPD to the rescue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5df2WQPONI0

Something between your finger and the odometer pin might be needed as it might hurt like hell keeping the pin pressed for an extended...

page 228 in my owners manual
3.2 and T6: Refillable oil volume between MIN and MAX is 1.2 litre

I have MY08 so specs should be the same.

Totally unscientific observation and I do not claim...

Watch for cheap paint job on short side of the doors, where they meet the body so too speak. Very thin applied and might even get rubbed to bare metal when washing your car (It happened [cussing] )...

Changed my battery short after getting the car. Left the light dial on full beam setting which apparently drains the battery flat in no time, well let the car sit for two days like that so go figure....

Heard a lot of complaints about jerky interior, 5th gen AWD gets no one excited and so on.
I do have 08 and have had no problems so far, 4th owner and well taken care of car. Some improvements to...

Not to be overly stupid or anything, you do keep the maintenance in order?
New fresh recommended A5/B5 oil once a year, good tires not on the monster truck side of the threading and everything else...

Good thinking about not towing any loads if you go for the 3.2, it will set you back for sure as the engine is very thirsty. But that is also the only fault of the model I can think of.
The winter...

You will absolutely get horsepower & torque gains from higher octane fuels. In modern cars with modern ECU's the car will adjust accordingly depending on octane used.
Had no idea you could run as...

You will get on board message at specific points, either 12 months or 30 000km (the latter being way too far driven in between).
The problem is, have somebody changed the oil and not reset the...

depends on the engine mounts being the same, which I would guess they really aren't. So easy will probably be off the table at once. But hey, I've seen smaller version BMW converted to V12. Talk...

As for oils anything according to specs are fine, in short terms standard for the car would be SAE 5W-30 Full synthetic according to API SL once every 12 months or when the dash indicator tells you...

I did FUBAR the hell out of my first reply. I don't mean 30k miles, I meant 300 000km (~186 000 miles or something) according to Volvo certified super mechanic person guy .
Since Volvo apparently,...

If you could find/access VIDA it would be wonderful. But since VIDA is for certified workshops only and available trough internet access with secure validated login to VIDA-servers... you are not...

You would probably get that sort of answer. I did. My tech guy almost laughed when I compared gear changing vs Mercedes, BMW and other in the segment.

If you have intermittent problems even with...

Some functions of the DTSC will never be disengaged, which would be undesired in many driving situation anyway.

I have tried just to disengage DTSC electronically just too see if I can feel...

With severe city driving (red lights, lots of accel and braking) I avg 17mpg at best. There is no way to drive the 3.2 beast fuel efficent. It's heavy, has AWD and used natural aspiration. This car...

Either get better led's and switch out the stock bulbs in the roof (front and middle section) for better interior light as that might help a tiny bit (improves battery performance as well giving more...

I was curious about importing my Swedish XC70 3.2 MY08 into Norway due to work related staying after the one year exemption(very confusing rules regarding that).
Turns out it would cost me...

I'm about have a 1-year service indication done on mine no later than oct 20th. Visited my mechanic and specifically asked about automatic fluid change. Got a very firmly "no it should not be done...

Wouldn't that depend heavily on fitted car options?
Could be that T6 had Four-C and Adaptive power steering options

Nice writeup. Looks easy if you have the tools for it. And yeah, typical Swedish instructions.
Currently looking for these anywhere but in Sweden, they are so ridiculously expensive ($700)

Where...