98 V70 T-5 Manual Transmission

dbm123 · Post by **dbm123** » 06 Jan 2012, 23:00

I know these kind of questions get asked often, but please indulge me. I am looking at buying another V70. This one is a 98 T5 with a manual transmission. What are the top things I should be concerned about when deciding to buy or not? Mileage is 150K....

Post by **jblackburn** » 07 Jan 2012, 11:15

Same as you would with an automatic; but check out the synchros at ~4000 RPM between gears. The change from 1-2 can grind sometimes as well as 2-3.

Other than that:
-MAINTENANCE RECORDS!!!
-PCV
-Timing belt
-Road manners
-Odd tire wear patterns
-Does the AC work?

Most don't need a clutch til around 200,000 unless it's been abused.

I wish they'd made more T5 sedans with a manual - you seem to see them a lot more in the wagons for some reason. Not sure if that's true in the numbers produced or not.

Burn-E · Post by **Burn-E** » 12 Jan 2012, 12:43

Actually, the 98-2000 T5 numbers and my own experience in tracking the sales of these models is that there are FAR more sedans than wagons with the manual transmission. I don't have the exact production numbers in front of me but I see 10 used S70 T5Ms on the market for every 1 V70 T5M.

Edit, here are the numbers for S70 T5M:

1998 : 361 cars
1999 : 197 cars
2000 : 75 cars

for the V70 T5M:

1998: 127 cars
1999:
2000:

Can't find the numbers for the other two years right now but suffice it to say they followed the same trend as the S70.

Post by **JRL** » 12 Jan 2012, 14:15

Where did you get the wagon numbers?
From what I've been told a LOT less
About 50 for 1998, and only about 20 V70T5 manuals for 1999