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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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Happy Birthday MVS!!

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Post by wizechatmgr »

Good stuff =)

I know the forum and folks have helped me immeasurably.
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In order to learn how to fix something, you must first learn how to break it.
1999 V70 XC AWD 2.4 T -- ~231k miles
1998 V70 2.4 NA -- ~184k miles
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Post by matthew1 »

:D :D :D Eighteen!
Help keep MVS on the web -> click sponsors' links here on MVS when you buy from them.

Also -> Amazon link. Click that when you go to buy something on Amazon and MVS gets a cut!

1998 V70, no dash lights on

1997 850 T5 [gone] w/ MSD ignition coil, Hallman manual boost controller, injectors, R bumper, OMP strut brace

2004 V70 R [gone]

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Post by Stu70 »

The best, most informative, thorough and trustworthy site - a wealth of knowledge and a great bunch of people. Thank you for all your efforts Matthew,and all the mods too!

Might be time for more tee shirts ? This time world wide shipping (crosses fingers)?
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1998 S70 10v BiFuel - Sold
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Thanks Stu and yes, it's time for more shirts. I'll start cooking some designs up. I'll work with you to get yours shipped to NZ.
Help keep MVS on the web -> click sponsors' links here on MVS when you buy from them.

Also -> Amazon link. Click that when you go to buy something on Amazon and MVS gets a cut!

1998 V70, no dash lights on

1997 850 T5 [gone] w/ MSD ignition coil, Hallman manual boost controller, injectors, R bumper, OMP strut brace

2004 V70 R [gone]

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Post by JimBee »

Hip Hip Hooray! Many thanks to Matt for helping us to keep these Swedish machines in good repair!
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Post by abscate »

Moved to the P2 Forum for visibility

And now back to the XC90 Forum

..and back to the P80 Forum, the Forum of Champions...
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Post by brunocerous »

Happy Birthday, MVS! I don't know how to quit you (nor do I plan to).
2000 V70, base, MT, 'The Silver Bullet'
1998 V70, base, AT, 'Blue Steel'
1998 V70 T5, AT, project
2004 XC90 AWD (sold)
1999 V70 XC AWD, AT (RIP)
1998 S70 T5, AT (RIP)
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Post by erikv11 »

HBD MVS!!!

#18, that's makes it an adult forum now???? Ummm never mind. Will clip off 18 more before you know it, 3 cheers!
'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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Post by abscate »

And we turn 19 today!

Congratulations Matt, and to the best forum users anywhere

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