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The official "Ive driven to Moon" Thread for P80.g.and P2 (221,753 miles) .and anyone else.

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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The official "Ive driven to Moon" Thread for P80.g.and P2 (221,753 miles) .and anyone else.

Post by abscate »

Inspired by Bill's tag line...
Goal: to da MOON! (221,753 miles at perigee.)
When you have reached this goal, feel free to post your model and your favourite moon phase

New Moon

Banana Moon

Cheshire Cat Moon

Pizza Moon

(Clarifier - the Moon Trip has to be made in a single car, because we all know you can't change cars in space, especially if you've forgotten your space helmet)
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Post by smoggyama »

1996 855T. leather is fine, turbo is good. Replaced trans at 180K. Also replaced windshield, all front end components, mounts, rotors, fluids, reservoir, heater core, hoses, seals, belts. White ext. Grey int. 280K miles. I'm on my way back.
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1998 S70 T5M. 263k miles. I guess I'm going to da moon and back. Driver's seat in ruins. Original windshield. New delta links and shocks at 240k. Cooling system refreshed including heater core at 250k. New calipers on front. Brake line refresh. Many parts still from factory. The view on the way back is better.

Harvest Moon
'98 S70 T5M - 323,000mi - awaiting heart transplant :shock:
'98 V70 T5M - 324,000mi - my new project
'99 S70 "AWD" - 220,000+mi - gone :cry:
Knows enough to be dangerous :wink:

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1998 C70 T5 A/T, MTE Stage III, 316K miles and still going strong... Replacement list too long to remember...

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2000 V70XC @ 270,000 miles. Been coast-to-coast several times and up to Alaska and back. Dad bought it new in 2000 and I got it in 2008, so I've legit grown up in this car and it's been with me through the ups and downs of life ever since. I've done almost all the maintenance on it since getting it, thanks to these forums. Unfortunately, it's currently sitting disabled in my garage with stripped threads for the TB tensioner (I had a **** weekend). Love this car to death though, so I'm getting it taken care of next week with the pros.
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2023 V60 T8 PE

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Post by abscate »

Don’t forget your favourite moon, too.
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Post by FlyingVolvo »

That's no moon...

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Post by configsys »

I'm closing in on it at 201K miles
'16 S60 AWD
'17 S60 (totaled)
'13 XC60 Polestar
'12 S60 T5
'04 XC90 (sold)
'02 S40
'00 V70R
'93 850 GLT (sold)
'13A DICE/VIDA

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Post by abscate »

configsys wrote: 07 Oct 2018, 13:47 I'm closing in on it at 201K miles
You are in orbit and preparing to deploy the lunar lander.
It looks like about March 2019 for me.

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Post by rspi »

My black wagon is half way back at 390,483 tonight.
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