Thanks so much for your time and help!

Thanks Bill, this is helpful albeit disappointing. I just love this car. We would be near a Volvo dealer in NH, but even nearer a Subaru dealer in Norwich VT (apparently Subaru is the official state car of VT, 8% of all vehicles there are Subaru) and the new Outback is very similar in features to th...

Thanks so much for replying! We have performed all the maintenance checks and repairs over the years through the dealer's repair shop, so we have kept it up. Our last round of repairs, timing belt, etc. were done by a local Volvo repair person highly recommended who has been in business for years. T...

We have a 2001 XC70 w/ almost 79000 miles. We live in Texas but we will be retiring to Vermont in about 4 years. In 2008 we replaced the Turbo. In summer 2009 we replaced the AC, had cam seal work, and replaced the timing belt (pre-emptory strike before it went out.) Now we are having transmission p...