I have the S60 t5 2.4, and it is a lot on the front wheels, I agree, it eats front tyres, even without spin, every 37 000 km, I need a set, and every 74 000 (kms) all 4.

are 850 t5r exspensive to own and run in todays world im in the uk

marruc2h2 the car has good visibility I agree with u

The Turning circle is horrific on the P80s.

What u can expect from woman

Sod off! Seriously!? £200!? Just bought one for $1,995 and thought I was getting a good deal. Ahhh to be in the old world.. 😊 Peace be with you my friend!

V70 is very easy to park, because of the big windows and great mirrors. And i think old V70s had a extra feature that you could get, parking assistance sensors.

no they worded it wrong. it has compensated rear shocks so when you load up the car with luggage, people and general things, the ride height will stay the same as it raises itself back up to prevent rubbing

ramawson I getcha thanks for reply

thats exactly what i thought xD

Niviomat rear shocks

Or, ford; litterally using the Volvo 2.5 R engine + bigger turbo and putting it in a fwd focus

We are now converting an Awd R into fwd because of the poor awd system, it will get 400bhp, those tyres aren’t going to like that:-)

The hate didn't begin.

dayway05 the hate is illogical. wagons are very practical. they only people who don't like them are immature 'cool kids' too afraid of being called old fashioned by their fellow immature buddies. Once someone put on some more years of age and can't care less about being 'cool', wagons start making a lot more sense.

+zeebazu The 'cool kids' like them even less when you smoke their dumb asses in a damn VOLVO WAGON

yeah the surprise in some of their face after getting beat by a wagon is priceless. that's why I love the unassuming S4 avant so much. especially with chip tune they pretty much match RS versions.

Here in my state they only recently changed the restrictions on cars, so I was lucky enough to be allowed to drive the T5 we have, which has been slightly modified with a 3" exhaust. The other cool kiddies buying their souped up cars with hardly power at all due to these restrictions we have on "real" cars, and then there's me

+Josh Reitz for a 2 wheel drive system was the words she used, and unless you are as much as a muppet you seem like, you will know the V70 comes as fwd....

Josh Reitz if the car had been rwd there would not be a problem with power delivery, but i have driven a 850R for some period of time and 250hp does not get transfer well to the roade with only the fwd system... as you will spin the wheels in 3d gear at a hard pull, this is what she meant with to much power for a 2 wheel drive system, remember volvo is not a car maker that makes useless wehicles but sensible ones.

Or as she said. 2:16 "...Far too much power for a 2-wheel system to handle properly.."That meaning FWD as that is the only other option besides AWD.So.. yes! Ståle understands perfectly well. Just a tip..If you "step in it" just stand still..don't start dancing around.

secularnevrosis well in your original comment it seemed like you thought they used 4wd instead of rwd as you spoke of it, thats why i felt i needed to "step in it" to get you out of it, but if you do know the other option was fwd then it make me ask, why the first comment at all?

ståle starheim Sorry Ståle. I intended to comment on Josh (The muppet?) lack of knowledge that the V70 has FWD or AWD. And his "crazy" reply when you pointed that out to him...

vix121 In 1998 it was...

22fret Ya, i guess it was lol

Today, you can buy a Golf with 300+ HP, I think, that says it all... ;-)

I'm completely with you. I have had an 850 estate, and now I drive a true classic: a 740 estate. A bit lethargic, but edgy and beautiful...

That was quite a bit for 1998 c'mon I mean that was V6 and even some smaller V8's territory not too long before, remember a BMW m5 of that time had 400bhp so really 240bhp, for a 5 cylinder, and an estate (think about that), that was quite something back then. My dad's old 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500SL had a 5.0 V8, 240bhp, see what I'm on about? Also it's just as much about the torque figure (and where it's delivered in the rev range) which tells you how good it is to drive in daily use, high hp is great for maintaining high speed and good off-the-line go, but torque is the fun pulling sensation and mid-range grunt you need like 90-odd% of the time, and what gives an engine it's real poke going through the gears, so all-roud driving you need good torque aswell, she don't give us that. Yes by todays standards it's not brill, but then again in the US cars were strangled with emissions gear so they needed bigger engines to gain the power the European market could get with smaller units, I still reckon this is one of the most practical, usable and best bang for your buck estate out there even today, even better if you can find one on the used market at a rock-bottom price, then again these probably hold their value well, another good reason to buy. My uncle's had 2 Volvo's Solid things, good economy, safe, even his V40 Diesel 5 cylinder he has now has got plenty of grunt, equipment for the price can be abit stingy sometimes, and as another reviewer put it, the price of options added toa high base price is a joke, but then again, you could say that about many other brands aswell.