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98 s70 base manual 0-60; s70 vs 960 sedan opinion

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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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CIK7
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Re: 98 s70 base manual 0-60; s70 vs 960 sedan opinion

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abscate wrote: ↑04 Jul 2020, 03:53 I thought the 1992-1998 all ran the same locking stuff, and 99 was the change over year to vin pinned stuff including keys and fobs programmed through VIDA
97 (for the US) was the last year that car owners could program their own remote. it's been a pain for me with my 98 xc because I decided not to buy into the dealer's fob price of $200-450.
95 854 Turbo 258K, auto, current
98 V GLE/SE red, 379k (277k), 5sp, trailer in progress...
09 Rav4 Ltd3.5Fwd, red, 208.5k/213k, sold
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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I would go for whichever of the two is in better shape. The 98 S70 with N/A and stick would be the most reliable combo, and with the stick, you have more gears, and less weight than your AWD XCs, so the slight lower output won't be noticed in accelerating. The 97 GLT would be a straight across donor/recipient of parts from your XCs. Which ever needs less to be reliable.
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1998 V70 T5, 112k sat 5 years, still in mechanical coma (finally at the top of the pile )
2004 XC90 T6 AWD: 186k, 60 on transaxle ( traded in )
1998 POS70 N/A: DD/training aid, 236k but really about 240k, I think...ABS module( passed on to son who sold it)
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