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2007 V70 2.5T White/Oak, 112K miles. My daily driver and GORGEOUS
2000 V70R wife's. Won't sell, now at 148K miles !! and still (almost) perfect.
2000 S70 GLT SE with 29,000 miles!!! A time capsule, V70R front bumper, Volans, etc. SOLD!!! (I Will regret selling this!)
Had to use some torx bits and a screwdriver to get my car started in the supermarket parking lot at 1:00 in the morning... Damn shift ignition cylinder.
A police officer drove through the parking lot twice while I was there with a head lamp on my head and tools in my hand but he didn't bother to ask me WTF I was doing. I'm sure it looked like I was trying to hot wire my car. I guess he figured if I was car thief it wouldn't have been taking me so long...
Toby
2008 S80 T6 AWD Black Stone / Anthracite Black 85k miles
2008 XC90 V8 Ember Black / Offblack 100k miles
SOLD: 2005 XC70 Lava Sand / Taupe 176k miles
Sammamish, Washington
Pain, oh the pain. 2001 xc70 with 162,000km, in to dealer to have cam belt changed, pcv replaced, couple of turbo hoses replaced (with silicone) and when it is all done, what do the say? Oh by the way you need to replace the exhaust cam as it is throwing out the timing!!! $800 for just that dam sprocket that's NZ$ btw, so about $560 US. I have now done, or had done:
ETM (Xmodex)
MAF
TCV
TPS
Coils (IPD)
All hoses to IPS Silicone
Cam, water pump etc.
It better run properly when I get it back or it and I am going to get it from the boss.
Threw a mountain bike in the rear... no dis-assembly required and went mountain biking.
05 running with 78k miles running like a champ.
Smoked the transmission.
Now I have an XC70 Drivetrain swap to 6spd manual to do and another trans repair on my OnRoad AllRoad!
2010 Fusion Sport | Tint 70/20 | LED Lighting | OE Aluminum Pedals | Steeda Strut Tie Bar | Intake Resonator Delete | Steeda Rear Sway Bar | ...
2014 Expedition | 4x4 | Limited | Loaded | Stock
2015 S60 T6 AWD R-Design Platinum w/ Polestar | Stock for now...
Let's file it under middle-aged crisis? If its still that at age 59. New:
17" Pegasus wheels
Bridgestone Turanza Serenity Plus tires
V70R sway bar
IPD Stainless steel braided brake lines
Side Scuff Plates
Last edited by edwa; 02-15-2013 at 03:54 PM.
07 XC - Ruby Red/Taupe/Touring, Climate & Prem. pkgs
Well, last night on the way home I hit a big raccoon. The crazy thing was in front of the car before I even had a chance to brake. Hit him at about 45mph and put a good dent in the front skid plate right under the grill. Anyone know how much one of these will cost and a good source of supply other than a dealer?
Thanks.
Jim<><
'04 XC70 AWD CrossCountry 2.5T
'99 Land Rover Discovery I (sold )
'86 Saab 900i (sold a long time ago...)
Ipd
All emails please use: jrl1194 (at) aol.com
2007 V70 2.5T White/Oak, 112K miles. My daily driver and GORGEOUS
2000 V70R wife's. Won't sell, now at 148K miles !! and still (almost) perfect.
2000 S70 GLT SE with 29,000 miles!!! A time capsule, V70R front bumper, Volans, etc. SOLD!!! (I Will regret selling this!)
Took our '03 into the dealer last Thursday for routine maintenance and got my 10-year old original battery replaced! I didn't think there was anything wrong with it as i had no symptoms of a weak battery, but I told him it was the original battery and asked him to check it out since my daughter is driving it at college. the service guy was amazed that the battery had lasted that long. Up until my battery he said the longest life battery he had seen in a Volvo was nine years on an S60. 19 Feb 2003 is when we took delivery of the car.
Cheers, Gary
2022 XC60 B5/Black
2021 XC60 T5/ Osmium Gray (Wife's)
2017 XC60 T6/ Bright Silver (Loaned to my Son)
2015.5 XC70/Silver (Loaned to my Daughter)
2007 XC70/Rubyred (RIP)
2003 XC70/Platinum Green (RIP)
2001 V70/White (RIP)
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