Thanks everybody. The Michelin defender it is, 600 bucks at Discount tire. Like I say I really need a softer ride -- so want to double check that these will provide that. I'll ask for the H rating. Always had Michelins before I bought these Yokohamas last time (never again).

Thanks, I'll have to get another key made up. I usually only warm it up in my pleasant secluded suburban neighbourhood but one never knows who's lurking. Covid times have brought inner city scum out of city core looking for more opportunity I've noticed as of late. Since both the S60 and XC70 liste...

Courtesy of pgill Miley, The Thermostat is very complicated. (don't buy an eBay part) I wouldn't trust anything except a Thermostat from Volvo or from Land Rover. The 3.2 is your XC90 was built at a FORD factory in the UK (Land Rover and Volvo were part of the Premier Automotive Group under FORD) Th...

P - We keep a spreadsheet on all our used Volvos to evaluate maintenance expense. We bought a CPO 2007 S60 2.5T (Arizona car) in 2010, with 38K miles. We got 8 years out of it. The yearly maintenance average was $750. I saved big by replacing the disintegrating PCV upper "J hose" ($1700 de...

Finally got this in the Repair Database.

Paul, you're an unsung hero.

I'm writing this to have a proper maintenance log of my 99 S70 - NA m56 transmission. I've made plenty of panic threads where I've learned a lot from the community, and a couple where I've shared what I've done. It's also an exercise in sharing my own experience in sunk-cost bias, and naive obsessiv...

I had a SAAB 9-5 about kick my butt regarding this topic of setting the emissions code. Turned out you had to run the A/C and the rear defogger at the same time for a period of time to get them to set. Strange but that is what it took per a Mechanic that I consulted that told me this trick. I am not...

EVAP monitor going ready is the one most have trouble with on Volvo, but P2 is much better than P80 in that regard.

Paul - Here's what I have in terms of a maintenance log for my wife's 2013 XC70 T6. It looks like the same engine as your S80.

I have not owned nor serviced that year of AW transmission. The post you linked seems to show it is the same as the earlier AW Volvo models. If it is like the other AW transmissions in Volvo form - just do a drain and fill and circle back in 10k miles and do another. After that do a drain and fill e...