RickHaleParker wrote: ↑17 Nov 2019, 20:00 No ... Two different cars: 2006 is Platform 2 (P2) 2008 is Platform 3 (P3).

MY 2008 had both platforms.

MY 2008 had both platforms. Cars do not have platforms. They are of a platform. They can only be of one. It was 2007 that Volvo produced both P2 & P3 V70s. The model year, not the car, had both platforms. But lets rephrase then: During the model year 2008 both platforms were sold. This was in t...

Those are calendar years. They do not correspond to model years 1:1. The P3 was launched the summer 2007 as MY2008. And the P80 was still the 855 for MY96.

As another example my MY2004 was registered April 2003.

Those early S/V70 Awds are rare over here as well. Even the XC was never very common. And since the awd is both quite useless and prone to break you barely ever see them anymore while the regular versions are still around in decent numbers.

I went out and took a few pictures, including of the world's least read book. Euro spec bulb is BA15d 21/4W. What that is in US numbers I don't know.

Oh I'm not saying sludge isn't a thing but they don't actually die completely from it as easily.

Replace the springs with the front struts. It made a world of difference in front height. Once you are sure the suspension is all tight and you still don't have that European feel than replace the tires with either the correct S80 tire the Michelin Primacy 4 which replaced the 3 or MXM4 original eq...

If air isn't coming through it's the air flow that's clogged and flushing the coolant won't do much.

Now if air was coming through but there was little heat the coolant flush would be a reasonable thing to do.

It's relatively easy to dismantle the entire motor assembly if you take it out of the car. A project for a rainy day.

Noticeably softer. I bought a set of 17" Arakkis wheels because they look nice but I went back to 16" after just a month. Sure different tyres and so on as well.