Can /o/ redpill me on Volvos? So far all I know about them is

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i have a v70
i love the 5 banger sound other than that what you you wanna know?

>>17589308
Sweet. Assuming you do routine maintenance, hows it been holding up? Are parts hard to come by? Expensive?

>>17589288
I have a 940 what do you want to know?

>>17589360
i havent had any issues. i had to redo the suspension at 99k miles but you can say that about any old car.
turbo works great uses no oil

I owned a C30 T5 for about three years and put 25000km on it. In these three years nothing broke on the car not even a ligthbulb. Besides normal maintenance nothing had to be done on the car.
All parts I ordered from my local Volvo dealer were available within two days. E.g. I ordered some new strut bearings because I installed lowering springs and didn't want to use the old ones.

>>17589288
I have an s80 v8. Shit's cash.

Volvo died in 1993

>>17589288

have a 2005 s40 2.4i

car has been stupidly reliable for a premium euro brand. only done basics like brakes, shocks, oil changes, and timing belt.

get a manual one if you can.

only annoyance on my ride is the falling headliner which I ripped out yesterday and going to reupholster tomorrow.

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Anyone own a Bertone?

>>17589557
wish, they are old and hard to find

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>>17589288
240 a best

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>>17589548
>doesn't like Jans last design
go fuck a dog

>>17589592
>slow
>rear leaf spring
>seats must be rebuilt periodically
no

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>>17590331
>hot hatch
yes

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>>17590424
>rear leaf spring
Wtf are you even talking about?

Redblock+RWD is the only way to go.

Turbo is a good plus

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>>17590512

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>>17590517
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I actually really like the v70r's s60r's and some of the ford era stuff. I just find they aren't as easy to wrench on and aren't as reliable as the prime volvo years stuff, anything 95+ is just iffy for me

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>>17590532

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>>17590544

>>17590544
>>17590553


I don't have anymore cool pictures of redblock volvos at my work laptop, but you better believe I'm going to spam them when I get off.

How do you feel about 850's?

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>>17590563

>>17590566
POST THE WAGON

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>>17590570

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>>17590450
was thinking about 900 series
>didn't argue slow
kek

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>>17590570
k

>>17590586
It's slow as fuck, good platform for swaps and suspension work though, which is what I did.

>>17590586
The 900 isn't leaf spring either you retard

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>>17590597
i like the turbos

>>17590605
>awd/fwd
>haldex
Junk ass car I'm sorry lol

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>>17590609

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>>17590603
>doesn't know about transverse leaf spring in 900 series
>too busy fucking dogs to search for "940 volvo leaf spring"
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=91051
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81114
cool story fgt
also you're still slow as fuck
>b-but my suspension!

>>17590618
thats fucking sexy no lie

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>>17590618
>two oil caps
wtf

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>>17590630

>>17590638
double the oil

>>17590628
Fite me on the togay fgt

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>>17590654

>>17590638
>wtf
it's a two stroke

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>>17590654
>fite me on teh too-gay
you forgot your trip, fgt
but K
>Gumtape deathmatch
>tap cumdumpster from behind on a turn
>this happens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw2-bzII7Bw
I am become shingu,
destroyer of fgts who use padlock clasps to shut their gloveboxes

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I love my S60R M66 but she is a maintenance whore when driven hard.
>>redo the suspension on my e36 for under $1k parts
>>redo suspension on my R for ~$2800 parts only
4c a cunt.

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>>17590679
no rly tho
>single head
>two oil caps
>no weld seam in valve cover side
fucking swedish magic

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>>17590721
fine look at a stock one theres a plug there. he just took it off

>>17589557
my dad used to own a 262c, loved it to death ever since he sold it he's wanted another

>>17589592
Got a 240 1990 over 500 thou. Can confirm its the shit

My friend gave me his carbureted 2.0L 240. Had a blast because driving it was so entertaining. Once the exhaust broke off just before the muffler and that thing was so loud and shot flames like crazy.

>>17590618
What a waste on money

>>17590628
Not leaf.
https://youtu.be/kLE6DzxK7KI

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>>17590839
Yes leaf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HhuFtHLtGM

>>17590888
>960 has a leaf
>says 900 (meaning all 900 including 940) has leaf
>this is completely wrong
>also said the 240 had leaf
God damn you're so fucking dumb
Stay absolutely blown the fuck out

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn06BFdDejo
VS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7V-G3PiRUc

>>17590717
Yeah that's one of the many reasons I got rid of my S60R. 4c a big fat expensive shit although installing 25mm sways with front and rear braces fixed its handling issues up except for the turning radius of course. That and the bonkers fuel consumption is what made me put it out to pasture though. Regret it slightly because the Atacama interior was something else.

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>>17590957
>gets this assblasted over a simple troll
>both forum links in >>17590628 specifically say 960/V90
kek, yiff in hell furfaggot

>>17590992
>earlier in the thread said 240 has leaf (it doesn't)
>earlier in the thread said 900 series has leaf spring (only the 960 does, not the 940)
Stay 100% factually incorrect, please.

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>>17591003
babbys first troll
>formula:
>create/find volvo thread
>tell a 240 lie woven with a bit of truth
>wait for cumdumpster
>????????
>profit!!!
so predictable
>mfw still posting more relevant content than tripfag
you are such a massive faggot, go call your boyfriend aelphonzo before u get rek't

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>>17591031
>I was just trolling guys I'm not actually retarded
It's ok we know you are, only a retard would own a Volvo made after 93
Please continue melting down

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>>17591043
>resorts to waifuposting
seen it before, try harder

>>17591093
Continue your meltdown

>>17591121
stop projecting your asshurt furnigger

>>17589288
I put around 100k miles on an 08 S40T5

Peppy little car, good gas mileage, reliable

Stupid thing consumes oil, but that's really the only negative.

>>17591136
>s-stop projecting!
Continue your meltdown

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Daily reminder.

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>>17591144
>autistic_rage.exe
someone get the popcorn

>>17591093
>>resorts to waifuposting
sensible chuckle

>>17591184
Why would I be raging?
I'm not the one who was objectively wrong twice.
Lmfao

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>>17590424
>Fwd

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S70 owner here--glad to have gotten in before Ford gutted Volvo and tossed the corpse to the Chinks, but my car will never have the allure of the "proper" RWD Volvos to enthusiasts.

Pic Related: some of the joys of later-model Volvo Ownership, when they started shoehorning failure-prone electronics into every fucking thing.

>>17591232
>i'm not raging i swear!

lol but you are.

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>>17592338
>less than 120 hp
stay mad
and go make friends with some beetle owners

>>17592357
>doesn't know unreliable MAFs has been a problem since early 850s
>posts the aftermarket throttle body service which fixes problem
$411 isn't a bad price either

>>17592408
Explain why I would be raging, I'll wait

>>17592459
>120hp
>leaving the stock engine in it
Why so cucked?

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Are S60s good?

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>>17592491
>Damage control
>level: together we can solve the puzzle
cool down enough yet?
or are you still projecting meltdowns on different an/o/ns?

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>>17592548
>keeps posting dogs he's fucked
gross
you got an answer, need to work on that reading comprehension
however keep asking why
it amuses me
>just spent a lot of time with a young 'tism
>he also acted like this

>>17592548
waifuposting!

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>>17592548

>continue ur meltdown

>>17592568
>xD dogfucker!
Enjoy your shitty nu-volvo lmao (if you even own a car at all)
>>17592860
read above
>>17593788
cute pic

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Trust me there are no leaf springs on this, thats only the 960/v90 unless you have one of the euro ones. There's even a euro version with IRS for some reason.

>>17591043
>not wanting the best version of redblock volvo produced

do you even have a turbo in your volvo?

As long as you stay away from the Chinese models, you should fine.

>>17593986
93/94 redblock owners are the true volvo /masterrace/

>>17592508
Only with the 6-cylinder T6.

>>17593986
>do you even have a turbo in your volvo?
I have a V8 in my volvo

>>17589288

Status vehicle? check
Heavy and slow? check
Overpriced? check

>>17594345
Is there anything wrong with the 5 cylinder or the newer super+turbo 4?

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Nice loaner that's will probably be posted upside down.

>>17594465
The 5-cyl was only good in its T5 or R trim, pre-2007. It was sort of neutered and sanitized after that.

I've heard great things about the 4-cyls, but you lose that a e s t h e t i c engine note that the B52xx engines had and you don't get the symphonic howl of the SI6 in exchange for it, either.

Also, the Saab driver in me gets triggered by the fact that the better Swedish brand is dead and now Volvo is building the 300hp balance-shafted super-4 that you just know the Saab engineers wish GM had let them design for the 9-3.

>>17594381
Carb or efi?

>>17594534
EFI, 5.3 LM7

>>17594560
4l60e or t56?

>>17594517
The 5 cyl in the R is prone to cracked cylinder walls because boring it out to 2.5l was a little too far.
>>17594391
>Volvo
>status
u wot m8

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>redpill me

>>>/pol/

back to your cesspool

>>17594577
4l60 gonna toss that when it explodes from the turbo and throw a 4l80 in it
I can't justify spending 2000 dollars on a used t56 when the car itself was 400 and the engine was 300.

>>17594638
I feel that. Did you do anything to the rear end or suspension or are you just living dangerously?

>>17590628
You moron, only the 960 wagon had a transverse leaf spring.

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>>17594649
I put a Ford 8.8 in the rear and boxed/heimed the upper and lower arms

>>17594593
New luxury volvos are higher status than BMW/Mercedes/Audi these days among the wealthy.

How are C30s?

I really like their aesthetic.

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>>17591093
>>resorts to waifuposting

>>17594682
I love the way it looked but hated the way it drove. I heard the polestars are pretty good though.

>>17594517
But pre 2007 t5 made around 215 hp while post 2007 t5 did 230hp

How is that neutered??

>>17594682
Own one, they are pretty much tanks on how they drive, heavy and with a soft suspension, get some coilovers if you want to corner like a polestar
>>17594593
Wrong, ferd sourced 2.5L on the focus st were the 2.4 blocks bored out to 2.5 and will crack when booster beyound factory specs
Actual t5s are true 2.5L blocks and can take stupid ammounts of boost, polestar made one with 400hp by just putting a huge ass turbo on it and using stronger pistons
You can also find online about people breaking their trannys from too much power and not their engines

>>17593986
*940SE had the IRS. It had the body of a '960 but with a B230FT. Biggest difference between a 960 and 940 aside from motors was the cowling and subsequently the windshield, -94 at least.

>>17594340
Squirter block is the only.

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>>17595338
S Q U I R T E R B L O C K

I own a 2016 Volvo V40 Kinetic. It has a 2.0L 120BHP engine and automatic transmission. IMHO:

>albeit is is very subjective, the looks of the car are very nice. It is a different look from the normal cars you find in European roads, The trademark central dashboard is a monument to design and good taste.

>the engine is pretty good very everyday use. I seldom drive above 140KM/H and it is more than enough for that use. I have driven with two more people aboard and it can easily do an overtake if needed. The consumption is 5,9L/100KM.

>it is extremely comfortable, the seats are a must, it can easily sit four people (five if they are not too fat in the back).

>in terms of reliability and maintenance, I cannot speak because I've had the car only for two weeks.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=8GxyPprD&id=CB54FCDF8CF6772AD9262826A18ADF2DA1D2910A&thid=OIP.8GxyPprDc0HbjpiGhRe2PAEsC-&q=2016+volvo+v40&simid=608036975534276993&selectedIndex=7&ajaxhist=0

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The interior on the new volvos is on par or even better than some mercedes benz's

>>17591093
good one.

>>17594517
How was it neutered and sanitized?

>>17596538
I think it surpasses them because of its lack of meme bullshit.

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>>17596765
wish it was mine, totally another an/o/ns
>repeat what you like

>>17596538
It's cool that you can use the screen with gloves on.

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For the retard claiming Volvos have leaf suspension, here is a picture of my 940.

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>>17599079
And for the OP, Volvos are great cars but stick to the old ones. New ones are still good cars but the reliability is nothing special anymore.

Pic is my 940, it has 156k miles, I've owned it for a year and the only thing that broke was the handbrake wire which was very simple (and cheap) to fix.

>>17592508

I have an R-Design. It's faster than 95% of what's on the road around here and was cheap. Haven't had anything break in 2.5 years of ownership.

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>>17599366

Forgot pic

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>>17599368

Also had an S60R and love hated it.

If I were to buy one of those old, boxy, indestructible RWD Volvos should I go for 200 or 700 series one?

>>17599437
Depends really, both are of course good choices.

200-series is very simple, not much that can break but not a lot of luxury either. However, they are older so in the end you might have to do more work than on a newer car.

700-series is still a very robust and simple car, but with slightly more modern features. If you get one of the later models, 88 to 92, you have much better rust protection.

I would say go for the 700 series. Even better, the 900 series, they really are the best when it comes to RWD Volvos. Much easier to find a turbo too.

This is speaking as a swede though, I'm not sure how the situation and availability is in America.

>>17599088
>>17599670

OP here thanks for the info. From what I've heard of the <92 Volvos the transmissions are their weakpoint. Is this true? Can they only handle close to stock power?

>>17599861

Don't buy a Volvo. They're for gaybois and nostalgic boomers.

>>17599670
>This is speaking as a swede though, I'm not sure how the situation and availability is in America.

If he's in the northwest, he will have a very easy time finding any kind of old RWD Volvo. There's entire shops that are specialized in old Volvo repair around here.

>>17601246
I want to tell you you're wrong, but if people believe this, maybe Volvos will stay cheap...

>>17599861
First thing to go is the clutch, you will 100% need an upgraded clutch if going for more power (the pressure plate is too weak). Older transmissions like m46/m47 are not good for much more than stock power. M90 is the trans you want for more power, it was standard on the 940 from mid 94 and on. That's why late 940s are the best for tuning.

>>17601578
I want an automatic tho

>>17601598
I know very little about those, but I don't expect you can get much more power out of them. 30 year old slushbox isn't really the best for tuning.

>>17589557
No, always wanted one but I've heard they're maintenance nightmares, since the only thing Volvo about them is the engine, the rest is French junk
There's actually one for sale near me for $2200