The How "Volvo" is your area? Fun poll
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JimBee
- Posts: 1915
- Joined: 9 December 2008
- Year and Model: 93 and 2 96 850's
- Location: Minneapolis
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Minneapolis: very Volvo. When I bought my first one, the 93 850 in 2008, there had been 4 or my block. Once I started to notice them, I was seeing them all over the area and still do. 850's are getting scarce but there are still quite a few around, and on up from there.
- abscate
- MVS Moderator
- Posts: 35267
- Joined: 17 February 2013
- Year and Model: 99: V70s S70s,05 V70
- Location: Port Jefferson Long Island NY
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Orange County CA
Average number between Volvos 19, 35 samples
Average number between Volvos 19, 35 samples
Empty Nester
A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
Link to Maintenance record thread
A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
Link to Maintenance record thread
- kallekula
- Posts: 1074
- Joined: 2 March 2014
- Year and Model: S70 2000
- Location: Orange County, CA
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Here in southern ca they are pretty common. Most common cars are japanese though. A few weeks ago I even spotted a car that I fixed up and sold (99 S70 T5). Looked really good still and still has the ugly black spoiler mounted that I put on there for some reason.
BMW 540i 2002
S70 Base 2000
- callahanoffroad
- Posts: 437
- Joined: 30 June 2014
- Year and Model: 1995 850
- Location: St. Louis Missouri
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I don't have raw numbers but I live in West St. Louis County Missouri, I have a dealer about 3 miles away. Mostly we drive European out here. Probably half the cars are European mostly five series and audis. A ridiculous number of golf GTI's. But I'd say that one in ten cars are Volvo's. Old and new in even proportion. Lots of XC90's. I kinda want one....
Author, Chef, and Shade Tree Mechanic
1995 Volvo 850, Non-Turbo, VVIS, LH FI, Green, 215,000 miles. B5254FS engine. Herman. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84393
1996 Volvo 850, died at 280,000
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1995 Volvo 850, Non-Turbo, VVIS, LH FI, Green, 215,000 miles. B5254FS engine. Herman. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84393
1996 Volvo 850, died at 280,000
Founder of: CookingForChemo.Org
Read my Silly Comic Book at: therealpizzabros.com/
- manovlov
- Posts: 1180
- Joined: 6 July 2011
- Year and Model: 1995 850 GLT 2.5 170
- Location: Grenoble, France
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Well, the desert right here. I mean, no camel, no sand no palm trees and no Volvos. Sometimes, when you don't expect anything at the point that you feel that the life Spirit itself has deserted the place, comes through a brand new recent model, a kind that leave a bocks cloud on the back...
By chance, there's gonna be mine in the aeros soon (Saturday). If you're nice, and kind, may be will I tell you the all story...
By chance, there's gonna be mine in the aeros soon (Saturday). If you're nice, and kind, may be will I tell you the all story...
1995/02 850 GLT 2.5 170 Petrol M56
- erikv11
- Posts: 11800
- Joined: 25 July 2009
- Year and Model: 850, V70, S60R, XC70
- Location: Iowa
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If I drive loop the block from in front of my house to in back I see Volvo-Volvo-Volvo-Volvo-Volvo. Because my neighbor has the other one in town.
'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
153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
'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
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
- mrbrian200
- Posts: 1554
- Joined: 20 January 2016
- Year and Model: 2006 S60 2.5T FWD
- Location: Northern Indiana/Chicago
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I'm seeing a bunch o new to town P2 & P3 sedans in the last year. Started seeing another 'new to someone' 2013-2014ish black S60 rolling about town just a few weeks back. Sometimes I wonder if I had anything to do with at least a couple of them - I park my uber pretty blue/arena MY06 S60 in a very high profile spot for morning coffee where random people walk right by it going into the grocery store (Starbucks in town is one of those co-branding coffee corners at the local market). I keep it meticulously clean inside and out, the interior could pass for showroom new at a glance.
I can see the car where I sit inside sipping coffee, people check it out on their walk past often enough to conclude it's catching a few people's eyes. Prior to my S60 I think the only Volvos I ever saw about town, maybe 3 or 4 of them, were all wagons + 1 early model XC90.
We might be up to 12 or 15 Volvos now in this little town, which is probably somewhat high for a small isolated rural town with no regional VOLVO dealership presence/local corporate advertising.
I can see the car where I sit inside sipping coffee, people check it out on their walk past often enough to conclude it's catching a few people's eyes. Prior to my S60 I think the only Volvos I ever saw about town, maybe 3 or 4 of them, were all wagons + 1 early model XC90.
We might be up to 12 or 15 Volvos now in this little town, which is probably somewhat high for a small isolated rural town with no regional VOLVO dealership presence/local corporate advertising.
- manovlov
- Posts: 1180
- Joined: 6 July 2011
- Year and Model: 1995 850 GLT 2.5 170
- Location: Grenoble, France
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Hy Band of volvo drivers,
I went to Amsterdam this week end to pick up a car: there were Volvos everywhere, imagine, these cars have theirs owns Volvos pedestrians crossing : some olds 240 series, some 940 wagons, a lot of V70 III wagon, I saw 2 850 ( one was mine !), a lot of V70 II also.
Amazing country for amazing cars...
so much emotions : one solution : park the car on the beach and enjoy !
I went to Amsterdam this week end to pick up a car: there were Volvos everywhere, imagine, these cars have theirs owns Volvos pedestrians crossing : some olds 240 series, some 940 wagons, a lot of V70 III wagon, I saw 2 850 ( one was mine !), a lot of V70 II also.
Amazing country for amazing cars...
so much emotions : one solution : park the car on the beach and enjoy !
1995/02 850 GLT 2.5 170 Petrol M56
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stephansvolvo
- Posts: 362
- Joined: 25 November 2013
- Year and Model: V70 GLT 1998
- Location: Longbeach, WA
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When my family came to Portland OR 5 years ago on vacation my sons and I counted Volvo’s. There were so many I felt like, well, like I belonged. So we moved to SW WA on the coast and there are more Volvo’s here psm than Portland. Of course now I’ll count in between sightings.
Stephan
84 240GL my first(sold)
88 240GL(timing belt killed it)
98 V70 GLT
98 S70 GLT
73 IH Scout ii
84 240GL my first(sold)
88 240GL(timing belt killed it)
98 V70 GLT
98 S70 GLT
73 IH Scout ii
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