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Consumer Reports on the XC70 and V70 V70-XC70

posted by  bill d cat on  Sat Aug 19 04:31 CST 2006
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The 1998-2001 and XC70 is on the Consumer Reports "Used Cars to Avoid" list.

Going from a 240 to a XC70 is like going from a Wright Brothers' biplane to a supersonic jet.

One that was built by the Russians.

You might have some hope with a basic V70 with a stick shift if you can find one. My T5 turbo still uses no oil but I've been fairly anal about it's maintenance and I don't know that most previous owners would have been.

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 169k mi, velour cloth seats, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, XC grill, Lidatek LE30, V-1, Mobil-1 since new. Goal: "Moonshot" (227,063 miles at it's perigee)

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." -- Douglas Noel Adams (1952-2001)






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