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How long have you owned a P80 - 850 or S/V/C70

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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Nikolaech
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Re: How long have you owned a P80 - 850 or S/V/C70

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Volvo 850. Bought in 2006 in disrepair 1,2$. Replaced the body, related parts. Restored for several years. Invested $5.5. All work except painting, did himself. Since then all is well.
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scot850
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Post by scot850 »

:lol: :lol:

A lot of the money spent was on therapy!! :D

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
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454cid
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Post by 454cid »

matthew1 wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 12:12
454cid wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 01:55Personally, they annoy me a little because they don't seem to fully return to their horizontal resting spot very well, and I don't find them all that useful.
You might find the results of this poll interesting. I deleted mine. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49983
So apparently they have their fans. I noticed today that they're sitting closer to where they should. Other than the wipers I don't have any reason to take the frontend apart, so they'll stay for now. Otherwise, I'd likely remove all of that system.
1996 850
1999 S70 GLT (sold after deer hit)

2010 Ford Focus SE
2006 Cadillac CTS
1996 Mercedes C220
1999 Chevrolet K3500
1969 Buick LeSabre Custom 400
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Nikolaech
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Post by Nikolaech »

scot850 wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 16:33 :lol: :lol:

A lot of the money spent was on therapy!! :D

Neil.
From a practical point of view, yes, a bit pricey. From the point of view, with your own hands, for the soul. It's free. :)
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Goupil
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Post by Goupil »

454cid wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 22:05
matthew1 wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 12:12
454cid wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 01:55Personally, they annoy me a little because they don't seem to fully return to their horizontal resting spot very well, and I don't find them all that useful.
You might find the results of this poll interesting. I deleted mine. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49983
So apparently they have their fans. I noticed today that they're sitting closer to where they should. Other than the wipers I don't have any reason to take the frontend apart, so they'll stay for now. Otherwise, I'd likely remove all of that system.
I bought some motors to replace my dead ones, just because I find headlight wipers cool :lol:
1998 Volvo V70 B5254T M56
1994 Volvo 945 B230FT M90
1985 Volvo 240 B230E
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Chuck W
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Post by Chuck W »

Bought my first, a '96 GLT (NA) sedan back '14 when I was looking for a manual DD. The car was kind of beat, but ran well and I started to like it.

A couple years later, we bought my wife her '97 GLT (LPT) and I started to delve more into the turbos. A year later I bought my '97 T5 and scrapped the '96 GLT (Saved parts for the new cars). It's manual currently resides in my T5.

We both really like these cars. I don't see her giving hers up any time soon.
'97 854 T5 - Manual Swap/M4.4/COP/NA cams/P2R Brakes/16T/ chassis bracing/ XC70 nose swap
'97 855 GLT - Hers. RN swap/16T/COP/VVT/exhaust/302s/Flashed M4.4/ chassis bracing/ 2 kid seats
'78 GLE - Waiting in the wings. Future whiteblock/T5 swap.
The Others- '83 TBird turbo, '85 Mercury Marquis LTS (1 of 134), '86 LTD Wagon, '81 Granada GL, '76 Beetle, '93 F-150 I6
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