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V70 - Shall I Go For It? V70-XC70 1999

posted by  someone claiming to be Tom Farmer on  Fri Aug 29 05:58 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Buddy, I have a '99 V70 and I wish I had a 740 like yours.

It's true that Volvos like your 740 are "barely broken in" at 112k, but I don't know if our V70 will make it to 100k miles. It's just come off warranty after compiling an astounding list of repairs in the first 4 years/40k miles: seal failures, dead AC evaporator, toasted headlight sockets, mystery front end noises... we average a trip to the dealer every 4000 miles.

The car's been a damn invalid since new. It's great to drive when in runs right, but so were British sports cars, and you know how many of THOSE there are around nowadays.

I thought I was buying into the durability/longevity values represented by your 740, but these 1998+ cars are cut from different cloth. I guess you could say that I always wanted a Volvo, but by the time I could afford the car I wanted, it wasn't that car anymore.

I agree with the guy who said you should get the V70 if you really like it, find a deal, and stay away from the AWDs. But keep your 740 for all the days when the V70 is sick.






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