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I drove past a random garage/dealer that I never even knew existed today. The place had about 15 newer Volvos for sale out front, and about 20 other older Volvos around the yard that were either there for repairs or parts cars. As I was driving by, I noticed a 1st gen V70R right next to the garage door that seemed to be all together and in decent shape, not discarded off to the side like most of the others, and it was a 6 speed manual which I've never seen in a V70R.
I'm thinking about stopping by Monday and asking if it might be for sale. Before I do though, are these decent cars as far as reliability, cost of ownership, etc goes? It'll be my daily/beater, so I'm not super concerned about it being in perfect shape. A few problems here and there don't bother me as long as there aren't constant serious issues popping up.
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>>17704101
from my experience with Volvo (which is limited to a first gen S80) they're super comfy, slow and decent handling money pits
I must've spent enough for a brand new Accord keeping that thing running over the years
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My second girlfriend had a 2001 V70. She didn't know shit about cars, it has 250K miles on it, and when I met one of our first dates involved me putting about four quarts of oil into the engine.
But it ran fine and never needed any work other than interior trim parts and brakes.
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>>17704131
The cost of repairs is what I kind of feared. I still think I'm going to go by and ask next week. I only put around 3,000 miles on my cars per year, so I'm hoping that'll help make the need for repairs less frequent.
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Volvo makes a solid car and they're still popular today because of that, but they're basically a single small step below german tier prices when it comes to maintenance and finding mechanics is going to be far more difficult than a german/japaneese specialist.
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