Ive had my 2001 for 8 years and changed the coils once, just because. I bought the bosch brand.

Go to junk yard. Soldering these wires can be tricky due to copper corrosion (copper needs to be shiny), might need to cut further away from ends than expected. Clean wires with razor blade before soldering use flux and heat shrink. Recommend NOT using Volvo covering. let coils breath.

my 2001 is 25 years young and drives like it just rolled off the assembly line. A few funny noises/clunks but next car anything in stick shift maybe even a Skoda if no volvos available.

I would really have to get used to RHD with 1st up and to the left! I understand, when i rent LHD stick cars i actually prefer shifting with my right hand with 1st being towards me. Takes a little getting used to, found out the door switches dont shift gears same as reaching for the seat belt on th...

I got the full row, sort of. My car only came with two switches the child lock and folding mirrors. Unfortunately the previous owner swapped them out, if i could buy just the motor not the whole mirror?...notice the pen holder is gone :0

I was briefly thinking to gut the internals of the phone module and install 5G electronics, would have to pull one for cheap at the junkyard then haul it (looks heavy) back to Australia...maybe a later project.

I never liked that pop up screen..those phones were popular in Europe seen heaps at the junkyard. Did you include the steering wheel RTI button option?...i have one and it works in VIDA just not interested in cutting my steering wheel to fit it.

Tool the gas pedal apart but it was pretty clean. Part numbers are interesting on these apparently same part number has different mountings, Looks the the design changed in 2009 does the pedal pivot or is it fixed?? ..

I can feel a very slight hesitation at around 2K RPM most noticeable at lower speeds. Completed the ETM test as well as gas pedal test and noticed gas pedal glitching (freezing) randomly around the 20% throttle area . I previously upgraded from brush to contactless, maybe a cleaning will fix?? contc...

Yes, alot of patience is required, i would describe working on the rear seat backrest as like solving a "rubiks cube" trying to solve multiple puzzles at once using alot of Swedish swear words.