The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Bought an S80 S80

posted by  122 and 940 and too many on  Wed Jul 12 13:54 CST 2006
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Mon Apr 25 13:12 CST 2011
[RELATED]

I'm amazed Volvo don't sell it in the US, it's very refined. I test drove an S60 D5 which had been chipped to just over 200BHP before buying the S80.

The engine feels much like a petrol, it revs freely with a broad power band. Fuel economy seems decent, the dash readout of historic fuel economy was reading 41 miles to the Gallon, or about 35 in US measurements.

The S80 I bought is standard and it really feels powerful, certainly not disappointing after my 940 SE Turbo petrol. It has all the bells and whistles, the only big items the original buyer seems to have not gone for is the inbuilt phone kit and the satnav, even went for both sunroof and airco. It has leather, memory seats, climate control.

It's frightening to consider though that in 43000 miles and 3 years it lost over 50% of it's new price!

Pete






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.