1999 Volvo V70R 2.4 AWD 265

[Waugh-terfall]

It was a current.
That...:

[robcooper]

! I thought it may be that one - a guy owns one in the middle of Cambridge, in a minty greenish colour - probably the same as this but it looks slightly different...

IMO that shape is pretty boring - too much of a neutral design, trying to please everyone rather than having 'out there' or 'boxy' designs......oh well....

Rob

[Waugh-terfall]

! I thought it may be that one - a guy owns one in the middle of Cambridge, in a minty greenish colour - probably the same as this but it looks slightly different...

IMO that shape is pretty boring - too much of a neutral design, trying to please everyone rather than having 'out there' or 'boxy' designs......oh well....

Rob

I really like them, but Boxy V70's FTW!!!
That's one thing my friend Alex was really upset about when their V70 went, he'd miss the boxiness of it, but now the Mazda 3 is growing seriously on him.

[robcooper]

Posted this up mainly for Tom - hope this is allowed

http://cars.trovit.co.uk/index.php/c...ue=volvo-v70-r

Dont see many of these for sale i can tell you ....

Cheers

[Equinox]

I love volvo cars also. They are great cars that are unfortunatly like you said 'Underrated'.

I like that 1999T VOLVO V70 R AWD. Very nice car. I would love to have one. I'll take any Volvo.

[Waugh-terfall]

Posted this up mainly for Tom - hope this is allowed

http://cars.trovit.co.uk/index.php/c...ue=volvo-v70-r

Dont see many of these for sale i can tell you ....

Cheers

£5k, not bad at all!!
The one we looked at was bright red with black leather/alcantara but I'm pretty sure it ran on 17s. Another cool feature was the registration: T*** TOM hells yeah!

[robcooper]

Haha, cool that'd have been a great buy, and a personalised plate without having to get one seperately! Lol. And yeah, most go for about £5 - 7k, so, quite a bargain.

And at Equinox: Yeah great cars, but there is a good side to having an underated car, you can burn up some surprisingly good cars haha, and their faces when a Volvo goes past...ah dear...

On the way back from my dads parents, we pulled up behind an orange Focus ST2, and we were level pegging til about 140, then we took him
And then later a 3.0 E36 M3 5dr (286bhp), but that just about got away....

Cheers, Rob.

[Waugh-terfall]

Ever beaten any 1.8T's in particular?

Personalised plates are a pain in the ass, I looked up M5 TCW (May5th Thomas Charles Waugh) because I want it for MY car next year, but it would cost be a about £3k!! Haven't tried M5 TW yet but that might have too few characters...

[robcooper]

Not sure really, there's been so many wins....
*whistles* , christ! My Dad wanted 'V70 RMC' (V70R and V70 RMarkCooper) lol, and before that got snatched up it was about £400, not too bad i think.....

[Waugh-terfall]

How many miles has yours done?
My friend's that just sold their '98 V70 SE Sport 2.5Auto had about 130,000mi and was in perfect condition save for the leather looking a little tired and the leather on the doors starting to bubble up in the corners, it went because the steering rack had broken causing the car to pull to the right all the time. it had been driven very hard for the last 4/5yrs though
And another friend's Dad has a 1995 850 2.4Auto, looks good save for a few electronic gizmo's having packed up, I've noticed that it rattles and squeaks from the exhaust or suspension when in motion, anyone have any idea what it could be?

[robcooper]

Its just done 108,000. Dad bought it 3 years ago next month, with 60,000 on the clock. Dad has had many minor problems, and a couple of major ones. The steering rack has been done twice, and a couple of weeks ago, there was a problem with ignition - there was a loose 'conection' so wouldnt tick over 8/10. But that got repaired..at a high cost.

And im afraid i have no idea what it could be myself, although i'll ask my dad. He might know...Although i dont think a lot of Volvos had self-leveling suspension, so that could be it...just knackered....??
Not sure.

Anyway, cheers.

[muscas]

Hi Rob, I sounds like I have something like your dads car!

Patrick

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Heh heh... any pictures, Patrick?

[robcooper]

Hi Rob, I sounds like I have something like your dads car!

Patrick

Sweet - pics!!

[robcooper]

Hey guys.

Another video I took the same day as the other one, but ive only just uploaded this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WiFVS0SG2Y