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

Nikolaech · Post by **Nikolaech** » 06 Aug 2022, 12:53

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.

Post by **scot850** » 06 Aug 2022, 16:33

A lot of the money spent was on therapy!!

Neil.

454cid · Post by **454cid** » 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.

Nikolaech · Post by **Nikolaech** » 07 Aug 2022, 03:39

scot850 wrote: 06 Aug 2022, 16:33

A lot of the money spent was on therapy!!

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.

Post by **Goupil** » 07 Aug 2022, 06:12

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

Post by **Chuck W** » 07 Aug 2022, 06:33

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.