Finally drove it to work yesterday and a mix of a good and bad.

Air director seems to have repaired itself...which is both good and bad as now it works but I am not sure why or for how long (heater core goes in tomorrow).

I am pretty sure I do not have a cheap thermostat in it because it had a lot of trouble getting up to temp and once it did, would drop to two bars below normal on long highway cruises (32 f outside).

Weird whoop, whoop sound from the front at cruise over 55 mph. It rises and falls rhythmically in spite of speed staying steady (thinking this one might be the single ancient tire on the passenger front).

Right front brake is sticking a bit.

Won't always go all the way into park...likely a motor or tranny mount I assume.

The good is: cruises great and accelerates much better now that it has had a bit of driving and an "Italian tune-up". Tranny still shifts more intuitively than any FWD Volvo I have driven. Pulls a bit but until I get the brakes and tires sorted, not sure how much is alignment.

Stereo sounds amazing playing a CD but sounds like dog poo on FM. Best description on of the sound is like it has squelch turned up too high on a portable radio...nails on a chalkboard for all frequencies around 4-6000hz (upper range of spoken voice) but highs and lows are fine.