About 9 to 10 months ago I totaled out an 05 xc90. I bought a Lincoln LS in its place. That marked the first time in 20 years that I had not owned a Volvo. Since then I have totaled out the Lincoln and bought another just like it. I guess I like it because it reminds me of my 960's, 6 cyl, 2.9 l, free reving, rwd etc. Just so you don't think that Volvo has all those crazy things go wrong I give you the hydraulic operated 2 speed engine cooling fan. Yes, that's right, hydraulic. The Lincoln has Jaguar S type running gear with Lincoln clothing. I guess Lucas decided to get in hydraulic because it is known for it's inopportune failure. Dlr fix, $1500, used car dlr where I got it, $500 to replace with an electric, or $175 if you buy the actuator on ebay and install it yourself. Oh, transmissions, just so you 01-02 5 speed guys don't feel lonely the v8 LS has tranny problems. Multiple transmission failures on one car. Sound familiar? Actually I love the car. It's an NA example, has the HP of my 01 V70 t5 and the mileage of the S90 they've got cheap seats!! I miss my Volvo seats.

I have 850 seats in my 544 - the swap was not really difficult.

It depends on the mounts in the Lincoln.

In the 544 they were flat rails - I ground the mounts off the 850 seats and had two flat 3x1/2 ,inch aluminum bars welded on - made a plate to bolt in place of the rails, and bolted the bars to the plate.

I even kept the electric controls, and could have saved the side airbags if I had tested the fit before I disabled the bags.

When you get tired or too old for the Lincoln, find a nice S80. Decent mpg and great seats!!

The only car with better seats is a RR.
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Keeping it running is better than buying new

"...find a nice S80. Decent mpg and great seats!!
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A 2015-2016 S80 with E-drive is rated at 37 MPG Hwy. A simply trimmed T5 version with less than 50K miles can be had at a bargain price. (Relatively speaking for nowadays) If I was in the market for a sedan right now I would certainly look that direction before an S60 that has no back seat legroom and costs just as much.
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Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)