Volvos are probably no worse than any other European car, and better than some. Generally speaking the "road feel", performance and handling of the Eurocars is superior to the Japanese. Generally speaking the reliabiliy and durabiliy of the Eurocars isn't Japanese, either.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

For specific problems try Kino's Volvo Site and click the "survey" tabs in the lower RH corner. On mine the failures have generally followed the pattern on Kino's surveys, some for the second and third time. My Volvo has hardly been the worst car I've ever owned (that would be a '78 Plymouth Horizon) but my experience has been such that I've pretty much given up on Eurocars in general and specifically Volvo now.

-Samurai Jack



'04 Acura TSX 6-speed, box stock, 0.0k mi.

'98 V70T5 5-speed, 127k mi., iPd stabilizer bar, factory sport suspension, HD Bilsteins, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, Valentine-1, Mobil-1 always, e-code headlight lenses, Dunlop SP5000s

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