I've owned/own some older Volvos (740,240) and fell in love with the first one I bought about 7 years ago. About 2 years ago I needed to replace an aging Isuzu and went looking for a decent 850 wagon. None were available locally so we travelled to Toronto (2hrs away) to find one, after losing 2 cars to other buyers we got a little exasperated and came upon a Limited Outback that turned out to be one of the best cars I have owned! Now when the 740 has begun to show age and have some issues we started looking again- initially it was minvians, but neither my wife or I could swallow having one despite how practical they would be. So V70s became feasible and after looking at a few we settled on the 98 we purchased last week. The car is great all around, just a little bumpy, rougher than my 740 ever was when all the susp. was in good shape. To be honest, if Subaru made a car that was bigger than the Outback or Forrester I probably would have bought another simply because of the great experience I have had with ours, but my heart will always belong to Volvos.

Mike