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my opinion of volvo/p80 seats

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
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1997 - 2000 V70-XC
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my opinion of volvo/p80 seats

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I came on here to post about my cloth interior and just found FireFox's post about the cloth door cards. Quite a coincidence. My first volvo was a base 01 v70. the leather seats werent that great. decent comfort. i traded that for a 98 xc. the leather seats were not as good as i thought they would be. they were softer than ones at the junkyard for sure. better than the 01 base v70 seats. of course ive had the 98 base s70 with the same leather seats. they were softer than the xc. and of course ive had the 96 960. those leather seats blow away any and all other leather seats ive sat in (which are countless). I really like having cloth door cards and armrest. Unique because most out there are leather. To be fair i have never sat in factory s/v70 cloth seats. But no seats, including the 960 leather, come close to providing the comfort of an 850 cloth seat. It is the epitome to me. I was rarely hugged as a child; the occasion would be fake or later on trying to 'fix' my broken human emotions. About a month or so ago, I shared a life event with my Granny. And then she offered a hug. Each time I get into my v70 to go someplace, its about 75% as good as a hug from my grandmother.
95 854 Turbo 258K, auto, current
09 Rav4 Ltd3.5Fwd, red, 208K, current
98 V GLE/SE red, 379k (277k), 5sp, trailer in progress...
05 CRV EX AWD, Navy, 170K/184k, sold
03 Accord 2dr V6 silver, 196K/214K, 6sp, t-boned, sold
98 S GT white, 175K, 5sp, sold
96 964 silver, 146K, diff&trans/engine self-destr, crushed 😭
98 XC black, 151K, flooded&bent rod, crushed
01 V Base white, 168k, traded for XC
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Logging on to MVS in the morning is the best hug I get until I wake up SWMBO with a cup of coffee , every morning.
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abscate wrote: 29 Apr 2023, 01:49 Logging on to MVS in the morning is the best hug I get until I wake up SWMBO with a cup of coffee , every morning.
That's a good one. :P :lol:
95 854 Turbo 258K, auto, current
09 Rav4 Ltd3.5Fwd, red, 208K, current
98 V GLE/SE red, 379k (277k), 5sp, trailer in progress...
05 CRV EX AWD, Navy, 170K/184k, sold
03 Accord 2dr V6 silver, 196K/214K, 6sp, t-boned, sold
98 S GT white, 175K, 5sp, sold
96 964 silver, 146K, diff&trans/engine self-destr, crushed 😭
98 XC black, 151K, flooded&bent rod, crushed
01 V Base white, 168k, traded for XC
09 Impala LT1 gray, 196K, sold for 01

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Post by wizechatmgr »

abscate wrote: 29 Apr 2023, 01:49 Logging on to MVS in the morning is the best hug I get until I wake up SWMBO with a cup of coffee , every morning.
For $5, I can give you a hug and a cup of coffee... Can't compete with the wife =P
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1999 V70 XC AWD 2.4 T -- ~231k miles
1998 V70 2.4 NA -- ~184k miles

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