Do you have any recommendations?

We have 3 Hondas right now, and I'm impressed that you can get to both the heater core and AC evaporator without too much drama. But the Japanese makes have just about as much character as my refrigerator. And lousy seats.

The unreliable Eurojunk fits my butt much better than the Japanese. The dilemma - do you want to be annoyed when the Eurocar breaks, or be annoyed every day driving Japanese with the uncomfortable seats? If I buy another Volvo, it will be with the extended waranty, and I'll trade it the day before the warranty expires.

So what would YOU buy -today- to replace your S80?

-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)