Does anyone here love Volvo? I don't know what I find so appealing about them, but they are amazing

Does anyone here love Volvo? I don't know what I find so appealing about them, but they are amazing.

I like them because they offer good quality without being flashy. They're perfect if you want something reliable and comfy without needing to flex like an underage nigger.

They're BMW/Audi quality without the negative associations. The perfect dadmobile

Believing Volvos have good quality is like not believing in evolution.

They do have good quality.

No. They dont. They get water intrusion through their inferior weather stripping. They put retarded aluminum trim everywhere that easily gets dented and scratched and looks like absolute shit almost instantanioulsy. They have 1200 dollar sde mirrors that that are as durable as egg shells. Sweedish people do not know how to make plastics or computers . The autotragic transmissions clunk so hard you almost get whiplash when they change gears and they cost 7000$ to replace in the first 10 years of ownership.

How reliable is the V70 D5 (or S60)? I'm looking for a practical reliable diesel daily driver with a lot of torks that sounds good (for a diesel). For some reason every single one for sale has more than 330000 km, should that be a concern or can they last a long time?

My dad use to have 2 jetta's, then he got a volvo. And now volvo is the only brand he'll get.

>water intrustion
not on mine

>aluminum trim
it's not scratched on mine

>$1200 mirrors and 7k transmission
same as any luxury car

Fuckin kek, Man.
So you dont have water intrusion or scratched dented aluminum trim cause your probably some sperg who lives in a shit desert.
But apparently by default your confirming yours does in fact have a clunky neck breaking autotragic , eggshell side mirrors, brittle cheap plastic and a crappy ecu.

mine has 200k km and the only problems were minor electrical bugs. top tier cars

they'll never be as good as they were

The old volvos interiors go to shit though, worse than a japanese cars.
With a japanese car you probably get the usual couple dash board cracks, but with an old sweedish car you get complete interior meltdown.
I used to work at a volvo dealership and every old volvo that came in the door panels were broken into milions of tiny shards and then Reassembled and held together with clear shipping tape. It was kind like putting dinosaur fossils back together with clear shipping tape , in the way that the dinosaur fossils are broken up into millions of tiny particles and the archeoligists somehow manage to piece them all back together again.
Plus the same thing happens around the shifter and radio bezel and the dash boards crack. The sweeds really have no business making plastic. Maybe thats why their country is so much cleaner than everone elses because they dont use the proper chemicles to make durabke plastics at the cost of their environment. I guess thats cool, but why even try then is the real question.

what years? I know late 80s had that problem big time, but I've never had any problem with 84.5 or older

The 80s boxy ones with the solid rear axles. Those interiors do not hold up well at all.

I have battered owner's syndrome. I like mine but I probably wouldn't recommend them to other people.

They are for beta males too weak to be bad boys and bask in the douche factor a BMW or Audi gives you.

Also people that are too dumb to care they are wrong wheel drive.

Nu-Volvo?
Soy boy.

They sure don't, any part you tried to remove from the dash cracked into a dozen pieces.
The only cool part of the old Volvos is the body, fuck the engine fuck the interior fuck everything except the body itself.
I stripped mine completely down and put all Chevy and Ford parts in it.

>shit desert

bump. I also want to know this.

Stock D5 that has been well maintained will live far beyond 500 000km, probably safe up to 750 000km. When buying a D5, ignore motor and worry about chassis. Also upgrading the tune will make it much more fun to drive.

Thanks. I have more questions though.
Are petrol engines also as reliable? My daily commute is ~10km and I've heard that driving a diesel on such short distances isn't doing it any good. Is this a meme or should I rather aim for a petrol engine (2.4 or 2.4T).

The petrol ones are quite reliable. However don't get a 2001 model of S60/V70 as they had faulty throttle bodies. The 2.4 is just boring as fuck, get one with a turbo. The 2.4T is ok on consumption but feels slow for 200hp. The T5 on the other hand is fast as fuck but has awful fuel consumption on anything but a straight, level road.

2.4t is pretty good. Same engine used in the Escort RS of that gen

Oh, and get a manual.

Pretty sure the Escort only came with 4 cyl engines.
Were you thinking of the Focus RS?

Yeah OK senpai

>Door panels
Can relate
>Shifter handle
Fuck just crumble my shit up senpai

>Fuck the engine
Literally best part my mans

good company overall
i love the polestar and of course i love the 240 series

used to dream of having a nice 245 to sleeper

Sadly no T5 on sale in my country. They probably weren't even an option here but there's plenty of D5 and some 2.4T. Thanks for the 2001 model warning.
I'll go look at a few that are close by and maybe try to get the owners to let me test drive them. I probably won't be buying before spring anyway because the current shitbox is registered until April.
Definitely

Aight aight. What country you in? In some EU countries the tax rates for old diesels are so high that the money you save on fuel goes right back into taxes.
Oh and also, when inspecting the car before purchase, get underneath the car and check for oil residue between the gearbox and engine, if there's oil, the oilseal around the crankshaft has to be replaced, and dropping the trans to have it done on one of those sucks.

I'm in Slovenia. I don't think I'll pay taxes on an old diesel.
Registration is classified by weight (under 2.5 tonnes) and engine displacement (1800cc-2500cc)
Insurance mostly takes into account the base price of the vehicle and engine power.
As this will be the first vehicle registered and insured under my name I'll get shafted. An S60 D5 will cost me 1351€/year and an S60 2.4T will cost me 1606€/year excluding discounts (I think I'll have a 20% discount because my family has everything insured at one company)

Hell even my T5 has 360000kms
D5 should do easily 500k, there are plenty of +600k d5s for sale in my area