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I have a little evidense to show the validity of my following claims. The 1998 SV 70 series is actually quite reliable. reliable being as it will get you to work and back, to the store and back, without failing you except rarely. The is a VERY safe, and structural solid automobile. The only thing I see as being wrong with them is small electrical annoyances. My friend's folks have owned a '98 S70 normally aspirated since new and currently has 100k on it. AS he would say:"this has been a truely reliable car, the only things that go wrong with it are stupid little ----." And they BEAT their car, but maintain it as volvo reccomends(my buddy is probably going ot read this and have a few words), but the car has held up nicely.
My father has a '98 V70R AWD, with 50k since new. Very reliable, only thing wrond with it, was the original battery had to be replaced, and it ate the first set of rotors quickly, but it was replaced under warrenty. Other than that it's been very reliable.
I have a used '98 V70T-5M, I have only had it for abut 5k, so I couldn't give you a fair report on it as of yet.
All in all, it is a reliable car. And as mentioned before in a post, and on CNN, Mercedes quality has been significantly dropping, and volkswagen/audi isn't too inpressive either(email me if you want to hear my "adventures" with a certain 2001 GTi, and some stories of audi owners). So right now, in my humble opinion, the old 70 series is one of the last quality/reliable cars made recently. Of course, it's no 200 series, that is probably truely one of the most reliable cars ever made!
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