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Purchased 98 V70r & 00 V70r after 3yr search

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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caz2773
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Joined: 21 March 2011
Year and Model: 98 V70r
Location: bronx ny

Purchased 98 V70r & 00 V70r after 3yr search

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Recently purchased two V70r's for 1500. And that's for both I have been searching for almost 3 yrs to find 1in decent shape and got two for about 1500 now I have a black and a silver v70r. I love these cars

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I wish you a lot of luck with those cars. I have a 2000 V70R and it drives me nuts all the time. The list of what hasn't broken is way shorter than the one that has all the things that have.

Check the rear sub-frames are not eaten up behind the rear wheels where they mount to the main frame. We get a lot of spray de-icer on our roads up here and it looks like someone has poured acid on them. Replacing them or finding good used ones is hard and expensive. Many parts for the rear of the cars are now obsolete or hard to find. The rear vented rotors on the 2000 were a 1 year model specific fitment and the rotors may now be available but I am not sure of that. There may be aftermarket options out there though.

Neil.
2006 V70 2.5T AWD Polestar tune
2000 V70 R - still being an endless PITA
2006 XC70 - Our son now has this and still parked in our garage
2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited
2015 Kia Sportage EX-L - Sold
1993 850 GLT -Sold
1998 V70 XC - Sold
1997 Volvo 850 SE NA - Went to niece in California - Sold
2000 V70 SE NA - Sold

caz2773
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Joined: 21 March 2011
Year and Model: 98 V70r
Location: bronx ny

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Good advice man the crazy thing is I got the car in Connecticut and I thought the car was gonna be rusted and need a lot of repair but the car is amazingly clean and no rust the po had the car garaged for almost every winter

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Good deal on the pair, enjoy the cars!
00 V70R Venetian Red/Charcoal M56 Swapped 214k
07 XC90 V8 AWD Sport Titanium Grey/Black 220k
92 245 White/Beige 249k
91 944 Turbo 175k
…and a bunch of other stuff
Sold-
03 S60 2.4T
00 S70 GLT
98 V70 GLT
93 944
98 S90
95 850 GLT
01 S60 2.4T
05 S60R M66
08 S40 2.4i
88 744 Turbo M46

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