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what kind of mileage can a Volvo do? What's yours?

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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tom39
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Year and Model: 2011 S80
Location: USA Virginia
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Re: what kind of mileage can a Volvo do? What's yours?

Post by tom39 »

Mine is a youngster its only a 1998 S70 with 165k/mi but it still gets 22mpg.
11 - S80 Silver 132k/mi

micah861
Posts: 144
Joined: 11 September 2009
Year and Model: 98 S70, 98 S70 T5M
Location: Cheyenne, WY

Post by micah861 »

my 98 S70 N/A has about 120,000 and usually gets 26-27 highway. took one trip to texas and had a peak of 30. im assuming thats due to a combination of the injector cleaner, the tank was 100% highway on cruies and overall the trip was downhill.

I just got a 94 850 Turbo, and its has 210,000 on it, and it needs so much mantinance i havent been able to drive it far eneough to get mpg
Red 98 S70 T5M
Black 98 S70 N/A

Warren561
Posts: 93
Joined: 9 April 2006
Year and Model: 2000 S70 5sp Auto
Location:

Post by Warren561 »

Just passed 110,000 mi on my 2000 S70 NA (automatic).
About 22 mpg city
On road trips, 30 mpg at 65mph

That's with a bad airbox thermostat too! :lol:

xrevoltadox
Posts: 5
Joined: 18 September 2009
Year and Model: Volvo 850 GLE 2000 T
Location:

Post by xrevoltadox »

Hello i have volvo 850 GLE 1996, 310 000 km and made 12ltrs on 100km

egads
Posts: 89
Joined: 31 March 2009
Year and Model: S70 98 XC90 08 C40
Location: Canberra, Australia

Post by egads »

My 99 V70 NA has done 235 000 kms and does about 10 litres per 100k although my commute is part highway so prolly a little higher if it was all city kms.

confused_al
Posts: 1025
Joined: 4 August 2008
Year and Model: 1996 TLA wagon
Location: NJ

Post by confused_al »

95 850n/a about 24 mpg combined (w/ some "aggressive driving").
06 V70 n/a gets 27 mpg combined (30+ on highway).
96 850 Platinum Wagon
98 MB ML320
06 V70
95 850 GLT(RIP)

mgambuzza
Posts: 11
Joined: 12 September 2009
Year and Model: V70 T5, 2001
Location: Syracuse, NY

Post by mgambuzza »

Our 1999 V70 AWD has 115,000 on it. Recent trip through Finger Lakes tallied approx 25MPG. Not bad for this vehicle - and a heck of a lot better than the vehicle it replaced - 2001 Chevy Tahoe - 18MPG highway, 13MPG City - 48k miles.

wattvolvo
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Joined: 29 March 2009
Year and Model: 850 GLT 1996
Location: Amherst New York
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Post by wattvolvo »

Mine is a 96 850 GLT entire life in Buffalo NY. 163,830 mi.

Romort628
Posts: 90
Joined: 15 August 2009
Year and Model: 2001
Location: Carlisle Pa

Post by Romort628 »

1995 850 175,000 ran until my step-daughter drove it 3 quarts low on oil
2001 S80 95,000
2001 XC70 94,500
1997 XC70 113,000 TRADED OFF

fasteddie042
Posts: 3
Joined: 8 September 2009
Year and Model: 1995 850 turbo
Location: Toronto!

Post by fasteddie042 »

Volvo 850 turbo 5 speed with 240K Km
hwy it gets around 8.5L/100km (27.7 MPG)
city it gets around 11.5L/100Km (20.5 MPG)

and it seems a bit slow...

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