VADIS lists two or three grills for the S80 2001 (at least) there is the chrome slit face, and a graphite mesh version. they are ostensibley interchangable; i am odering the mesh in place of my chrome grill.[/quote]

the S80 T6 has been my favorite car. classic comfort, and a sleeper performance (at a price i can afford) that come in handy. i had a nose-to-nose decleration on the highway at night with a state police car last week. if i had a hopped beat box, or a know muclecar, i doubt he would have let me loose...

i have had volvos from 240s to 850's, and they all had some kind of electrical problems over my 15 years as a Volvo owner. also wife has had a few other makes of cars with equally bad problems Honda Oddyssy is side door problems, doge caravan with the demonstrabley bad transmission. Only had one wei...

STC is the acronym for the system that keeps the front wheels from delivering all the drive to the FWD wheel that is slipping, similar to read wheel limited slip trick. i drive with the STC on and off without any problem. like most any other thing that non-trivial i take my car to my mechanic (had h...

you can generally definetly get a kick from a good ECU upgrade, you be shackled to 93 octane, and frequent service inspection. to me it WAY worth it. i get 286->302 HP and 280->340ft-lb's on my T6, i don't know if they offer one for the 2.4L http://www.ipdusa.com/pdf/ipd_performance_upgrade_99_02_tu...

software upgrade that the dealer can't privide? or he wants money for them? i would be interesting in what the difference is i have an IPC/TWE ECU upgrade. i hope they're not mutualty exlusive!

i agree in my 2001, the read defog/defrost is slow to work i'll add that to my list of checks for my next rip-up-and-repair.

no clue about the steering wheel. but i got the IPD chip (damn expensive) but way worth it; car really makes me 'happy'. 268->302HP and a wicked boost in torque 280->340ft-lb's increase. once i get my Ferrita exhaust insystem(IPD/TWE phone support said they dropped the sport exhaust systems due to l...

hrm, can't address your problem directly. but my fan often runs 'quietly' even when the car is off. perheps this is a remove the whole console operation; general those are the really expensive ones. in my last volvo (740 wagon) the blower would make horrible noises, that was an expensive fix

I had 17 inch alloy's included with my T6 when i bought it; they ride very nice. I use 16 inch for the snow tires. whether it's tires or diameter, you can really tell the difference between the two.