Can Veeky Forums redpill me on Volvos?
So far all I know about them is that they are consistently known for safety.
How does their reliability compare to other European brands?
What are some notable models throughout the years?
Any Volvo owners on Veeky Forums care to chime in on their car?
What are some good used models to look out for if I want a safe reliable car for under 5k? (don't care too much about performance)
Also Volvo general.
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i have a v70
i love the 5 banger sound other than that what you you wanna know?
Sweet. Assuming you do routine maintenance, hows it been holding up? Are parts hard to come by? Expensive?
I have a 940 what do you want to know?
i havent had any issues. i had to redo the suspension at 99k miles but you can say that about any old car.
turbo works great uses no oil
I owned a C30 T5 for about three years and put 25000km on it. In these three years nothing broke on the car not even a ligthbulb. Besides normal maintenance nothing had to be done on the car.
All parts I ordered from my local Volvo dealer were available within two days. E.g. I ordered some new strut bearings because I installed lowering springs and didn't want to use the old ones.
I have an s80 v8. Shit's cash.
Volvo died in 1993
have a 2005 s40 2.4i
car has been stupidly reliable for a premium euro brand. only done basics like brakes, shocks, oil changes, and timing belt.
get a manual one if you can.
only annoyance on my ride is the falling headliner which I ripped out yesterday and going to reupholster tomorrow.
Anyone own a Bertone?
wish, they are old and hard to find
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240 a best
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>doesn't like Jans last design
go fuck a dog
>slow
>rear leaf spring
>seats must be rebuilt periodically
no
>hot hatch
yes
>rear leaf spring
Wtf are you even talking about?
Redblock+RWD is the only way to go.
Turbo is a good plus
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I actually really like the v70r's s60r's and some of the ford era stuff. I just find they aren't as easy to wrench on and aren't as reliable as the prime volvo years stuff, anything 95+ is just iffy for me
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I don't have anymore cool pictures of redblock volvos at my work laptop, but you better believe I'm going to spam them when I get off.
How do you feel about 850's?
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POST THE WAGON
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was thinking about 900 series
>didn't argue slow
kek
k
It's slow as fuck, good platform for swaps and suspension work though, which is what I did.
The 900 isn't leaf spring either you retard
i like the turbos
>awd/fwd
>haldex
Junk ass car I'm sorry lol
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>doesn't know about transverse leaf spring in 900 series
>too busy fucking dogs to search for "940 volvo leaf spring"
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matthewsvolvosite.com
cool story fgt
also you're still slow as fuck
>b-but my suspension!
thats fucking sexy no lie
>two oil caps
wtf
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double the oil
Fite me on the togay fgt
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>wtf
it's a two stroke
>fite me on teh too-gay
you forgot your trip, fgt
but K
>Gumtape deathmatch
>tap cumdumpster from behind on a turn
>this happens
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I am become shingu,
destroyer of fgts who use padlock clasps to shut their gloveboxes
I love my S60R M66 but she is a maintenance whore when driven hard.
>>redo the suspension on my e36 for under $1k parts
>>redo suspension on my R for ~$2800 parts only
4c a cunt.
no rly tho
>single head
>two oil caps
>no weld seam in valve cover side
fucking swedish magic
fine look at a stock one theres a plug there. he just took it off
my dad used to own a 262c, loved it to death ever since he sold it he's wanted another
Got a 240 1990 over 500 thou. Can confirm its the shit
My friend gave me his carbureted 2.0L 240. Had a blast because driving it was so entertaining. Once the exhaust broke off just before the muffler and that thing was so loud and shot flames like crazy.
What a waste on money
Not leaf.
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Yes leaf
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>960 has a leaf
>says 900 (meaning all 900 including 940) has leaf
>this is completely wrong
>also said the 240 had leaf
God damn you're so fucking dumb
Stay absolutely blown the fuck out
Yeah that's one of the many reasons I got rid of my S60R. 4c a big fat expensive shit although installing 25mm sways with front and rear braces fixed its handling issues up except for the turning radius of course. That and the bonkers fuel consumption is what made me put it out to pasture though. Regret it slightly because the Atacama interior was something else.
>gets this assblasted over a simple troll
>both forum links in specifically say 960/V90
kek, yiff in hell furfaggot
>earlier in the thread said 240 has leaf (it doesn't)
>earlier in the thread said 900 series has leaf spring (only the 960 does, not the 940)
Stay 100% factually incorrect, please.
babbys first troll
>formula:
>create/find volvo thread
>tell a 240 lie woven with a bit of truth
>wait for cumdumpster
>????????
>profit!!!
so predictable
>mfw still posting more relevant content than tripfag
you are such a massive faggot, go call your boyfriend aelphonzo before u get rek't
>I was just trolling guys I'm not actually retarded
It's ok we know you are, only a retard would own a Volvo made after 93
Please continue melting down
>resorts to waifuposting
seen it before, try harder
Continue your meltdown
stop projecting your asshurt furnigger
I put around 100k miles on an 08 S40T5
Peppy little car, good gas mileage, reliable
Stupid thing consumes oil, but that's really the only negative.
>s-stop projecting!
Continue your meltdown
Daily reminder.
>autistic_rage.exe
someone get the popcorn
>>resorts to waifuposting
sensible chuckle
Why would I be raging?
I'm not the one who was objectively wrong twice.
Lmfao
>Fwd
S70 owner here--glad to have gotten in before Ford gutted Volvo and tossed the corpse to the Chinks, but my car will never have the allure of the "proper" RWD Volvos to enthusiasts.
Pic Related: some of the joys of later-model Volvo Ownership, when they started shoehorning failure-prone electronics into every fucking thing.
>i'm not raging i swear!
lol but you are.
>less than 120 hp
stay mad
and go make friends with some beetle owners
>doesn't know unreliable MAFs has been a problem since early 850s
>posts the aftermarket throttle body service which fixes problem
$411 isn't a bad price either
Explain why I would be raging, I'll wait
>120hp
>leaving the stock engine in it
Why so cucked?
Are S60s good?
>Damage control
>level: together we can solve the puzzle
cool down enough yet?
or are you still projecting meltdowns on different an/o/ns?
>can't explain why I would be experiencing any rage
>projecting this hard
Go hug your mommy lmao
>keeps posting dogs he's fucked
gross
you got an answer, need to work on that reading comprehension
however keep asking why
it amuses me
>just spent a lot of time with a young 'tism
>he also acted like this
waifuposting!
>continue ur meltdown
>xD dogfucker!
Enjoy your shitty nu-volvo lmao (if you even own a car at all)
read above
cute pic
Trust me there are no leaf springs on this, thats only the 960/v90 unless you have one of the euro ones. There's even a euro version with IRS for some reason.
>not wanting the best version of redblock volvo produced
do you even have a turbo in your volvo?
As long as you stay away from the Chinese models, you should fine.
93/94 redblock owners are the true volvo /masterrace/
Only with the 6-cylinder T6.
>do you even have a turbo in your volvo?
I have a V8 in my volvo
Status vehicle? check
Heavy and slow? check
Overpriced? check
Is there anything wrong with the 5 cylinder or the newer super+turbo 4?
Nice loaner that's will probably be posted upside down.
The 5-cyl was only good in its T5 or R trim, pre-2007. It was sort of neutered and sanitized after that.
I've heard great things about the 4-cyls, but you lose that a e s t h e t i c engine note that the B52xx engines had and you don't get the symphonic howl of the SI6 in exchange for it, either.
Also, the Saab driver in me gets triggered by the fact that the better Swedish brand is dead and now Volvo is building the 300hp balance-shafted super-4 that you just know the Saab engineers wish GM had let them design for the 9-3.
Carb or efi?
EFI, 5.3 LM7
4l60e or t56?
The 5 cyl in the R is prone to cracked cylinder walls because boring it out to 2.5l was a little too far.
>Volvo
>status
u wot m8
>redpill me
back to your cesspool
4l60 gonna toss that when it explodes from the turbo and throw a 4l80 in it
I can't justify spending 2000 dollars on a used t56 when the car itself was 400 and the engine was 300.
I feel that. Did you do anything to the rear end or suspension or are you just living dangerously?
You moron, only the 960 wagon had a transverse leaf spring.
I put a Ford 8.8 in the rear and boxed/heimed the upper and lower arms
New luxury volvos are higher status than BMW/Mercedes/Audi these days among the wealthy.
How are C30s?
I really like their aesthetic.
>>resorts to waifuposting
I love the way it looked but hated the way it drove. I heard the polestars are pretty good though.