A little over a year ago I spent several weeks bringing back a 'free' 2002 XC70 for a friends son. The car had the usual neglected and minimalist maintenance carried out in it over the last few years. The car was donated for free by another friend. The first task was to eliminate the 12 (yes 12!!) e...

I have owned several p80 FWD and several p2 AWD. I usually buy them in about the 150k range but I look for well maintained cars. The p2 cars definitely cost more to maintain. These are the main reasons for the additional expense: - AWD parts. They will fail. You can ignore it and drive FWD, that is ...

Yeah I found one with 200k miles, cheap. Its something like burgundy or candy apple red. Beauty. But Im on SSI. Im familiar with the p80 but not p2. P80 is cheap to deal with. Do I need deeper pockets to own a 200k mile xc70? I dont know what else to include in my query. pull the awd fuse, the rest...

Many, many 2.5T engines on P2 get a burnt exhaust valve in the 220k-250k miles range. Because of solid tappets vs hydraulic lifters you had on P80.

FWD P2 with N/A engine (2.4) is much more affordable to own. These ones don't have many problems, especially later years.

Large SUV with V8 would be expected to cost more for fuel and maintenance.
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I thought that on the pre-2005 cars you could just replace the thermostat and not the full housing? Has the gasket for the older unit gone NLA? The 01/02 runs the viscous coupling system of the P80 cars, although some parts that were supposed to start did in 2002, but not the drive-line. Personally ...

My previous 1998 S70 burned an exhaust valve #3 at 178K miles. Then the Auto Trans reverse solenoid was kaput at 180K miles. Both of these jobs are high labor/high cost, even if I DIY. So, I traded it in at a used car dealer for $500 and bought a 2004 V70. This is why I usually by the P2 at ~100K bc...

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The P2 cars are more fuel efficient.
So you save money on gasoline.

I appreciate easy ecu and trans swaps, drive-by-cable (not wire), no complicated key making, no vvt. Crazy solenoids this, more electronics that. I suppose yall helped me figure it out then. Thank yall. Yeh I thought the same about my red block 740 wagon, low tech, simple to wrench on. I killed it ...

I'll take $2300. I had the back up on ramps yesterday to clean the ABS sensors. There is rust on the exhaust and some fasteners. After sensor cleaning I didn't get Tracs/ABS light, but it was only one test drive, and the lights were intermittent, so I can't assume the cleaning worked yet. IMG_1899.j...