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The How "Volvo" is your area? Fun poll

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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Post by EngineeringBloke »

Saw about 60 today. Stopped by the dealer to get a turbo boost pressure sensor screw, after replacing the sensor on my S60 with one for an S60R. Seems to be working, but the screw was rusted and I need a replacement.

On the road I was not counting but think I saw about 3. north of Boston, MA. Usually see a few every trip.

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Post by ZionXIX »

Stillwater Oklahoma, I have seen 3 volvos in 6 months. Same 3 volvos.
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ZionXIX wrote: 10 Jan 2019, 14:09 Stillwater Oklahoma, I have seen 3 volvos in 6 months. Same 3 volvos.
Hey there, I'm over in Enid!

I think I have one of maybe 4 Volvos in town here. I've seen a crappy beat up old white V70, a newer V70, and an XC90. Probably more, but that's all I've seen in my 6 months here so far.
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Post by LOB »

In the Norwegian (somewhat wealthy) town where I live there's 100 Tesla for every single Volvo P80 but maybe 50/50 all Volvo's vs Tesla's (electric cars are heavily subsidized by the Norwegian government, no VAT, can be used in buss lanes and no congestion fees). A new V9O T6 is about the same price as a Tesla Model x.
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LOB wrote: 10 Jan 2019, 15:07 In the Norwegian town where I live there's 100 Tesla for every single Volvo P80 but maybe 50/50 all Volvo's vs Tesla's (electric cars are heavily subsidized by the Norwegian government).
Technically regular cars are really really heavily taxed making up for the difference between a model s and a new Volvo. Outcome is the same as subsidies though.

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Post by Ozark Lee »

In my neck of the woods they are a bit more rare. A typical commute I will see F-150, F-150, F-150, F-150, Honda, F-150, F-150, F-150, Toyota, Tahoe, F-150, Silverado, E-250 (with a roll of carpet hanging out the back door), F-150, F-150, Transit Van........ At any given moment there is a good chance there is a F-150 in front of me, clogging up the left lane.

On a typical day with a 30 mile commute on the interstate I see 10 or fewer Volvos and often one is my wife.

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I love Tesla but who wants to smell like Musk?
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Post by June »

Volvo cars are really popular here in Jacksonville and in Tampa as well. I see tons of 2016+ XC90s every day. I have seen pleanty of the new XC40s and even a few 2019 XC60s. I still see classic Volvo every week and pleanty of S80s but fewer and fewer 99-06 S80s, but plenty of the last body style S80, XC60, and S60s.

So I would estimate Volvo has a minimum of 5% market share here. June
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Post by abscate »

Hmmm, June doesn't see any Rs. I wonder why?
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Post by erikv11 »

We keep squinting into the rear view mirror, but she's not back there. I wonder why?
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6 :shock: 153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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