Volvo

[Tri-Ungulate]

Looking to make the switch to BEV and put a deposit down for an AWD EX30 next year. But it's not really a Volvo, merely a gussied up Geeley. We'll see.

[Aldo]

Seems like I’m a Volvo guy - kids off in the xc70 and I
Just bought this project from customer at an agreeable price….. 05 s60 awd 2.5T auto
Needs work but with only 115k on clock awful lotta miles left in her.

Regards
Swedish chef

[gravitylover]

I know you can do it better than that dip shit at Torchlight where we got the XC60. Become the NJ Volvo go to guy. Do it!

[fatnslow]

Seems like I’m a Volvo guy - kids off in the xc70 and I
Just bought this project from customer at an agreeable price….. 05 s60 awd 2.5T auto
Needs work but with only 115k on clock awful lotta miles left in her.

Regards
Swedish chef

You should turn that into a rally car and rule the ski area parking lot by climbing a few trees with it.

[Aldo]

This is exactly why I couldn’t pass up a 5cyl turbo awd sled….

But gravity you could be onto something - using some version of the swedish chef tag I go on late night local access cable making cheesy commercials dressed like the chef and babbling away in swedish tongue….

Imagine

[BmillsSkier]

Seems like I’m a Volvo guy - kids off in the xc70 and I
Just bought this project from customer at an agreeable price….. 05 s60 awd 2.5T auto
Needs work but with only 115k on clock awful lotta miles left in her.

Regards
Swedish chef

Nice. The lady had that car in the T5 trim and it was a completely enjoyable vehicle. Very handsome too.

[jm2e]

In Italy now. Seeing a lot of D5 models. What’s keeping people from importing them to The States?


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[gravitylover]

This is exactly why I couldn’t pass up a 5cyl turbo awd sled….

But gravity you could be onto something - using some version of the swedish chef tag I go on late night local access cable making cheesy commercials dressed like the chef and babbling away in swedish tongue….

Imagine

You could specialize in the Bertone Edition(s) because NJ loves Italian named things. For real though, every shop that focuses on used Volvos is anti regular maintenance and they all refuse to change tranny fluid because they're "sealed for life". You can figure what else they choose to ignore.

[fatnslow]

This is exactly why I couldn’t pass up a 5cyl turbo awd sled….

But gravity you could be onto something - using some version of the swedish chef tag I go on late night local access cable making cheesy commercials dressed like the chef and babbling away in swedish tongue….

Imagine

Does it need a prop shaft , ETM, blank dash and pcv service ?

[MontuckyFried]

Just bought this project from customer at an agreeable price….. 05 s60 awd 2.5T auto
Needs work but with only 115k on clock awful lotta miles left in her.

Nice! Just run through all the typical items you'll want to do at that mileage and it should prove to be a great car. I have two 2.5T's (about to be down to 1 here soon) and it is just such a neat little power plant. I'm bout to sell my 2013 S60 T5 AWD you guys saw my progress on to make room in the garage for the new car. I've really liked it though.

[MontuckyFried]

For real though, every shop that focuses on used Volvos is anti regular maintenance and they all refuse to change tranny fluid because they're "sealed for life". You can figure what else they choose to ignore.

You got that right! Every shop, including the dealer, has fought me on wanting to do trans drain/fill telling me the same thing. I've always had to tell them to just do it anyway. Transmission on my XC70 still shifted like new when I passed it on the next person, even at 230K. I attribute that to ignoring the manufacturer's "lifetime" fluid statements and doing it every 50K or so.

[Aldo]

Does it need a prop shaft , ETM, blank dash and pcv service ?

Ha you’re familiar- I’ve already made a mental to do list that’s 5x what I paid for car.


And it’s also a hail damage car -it’s literally like dimples on a golf ball - don’t mind it.

[fatnslow]

Ha you’re familiar- I’ve already made a mental to do list that’s 5x what I paid for car.


And it’s also a hail damage car -it’s literally like dimples on a golf ball - don’t mind it.

Those dimples help with aerodynamics to make sure all 4 tires stick on the ground, I believe that's the Swedish airforce option that cost $2800 when new.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Those dimples help with aerodynamics to make sure all 4 tires stick on the ground, I believe that's the Swedish airforce option that cost $2800 when new.

You should consider adding some ‘speed holes’ to the areas the hail couldn’t reach.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Does it need a prop shaft , ETM, blank dash and pcv service ?

You forgot the oil trap.

[fatnslow]

You forgot the oil trap.

That's the main part of pcv service

[plugboots]

In Italy now. Seeing a lot of D5 models. What’s keeping people from importing them to The States?


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Look up grey market cars. Not worth it for any car really. Also:

The D5 is a great powerplant for the European market. The problem with bringing that engine to the US is with the quality of US deisel fuel. Much of the US consumption is by the trucking industry, which uses a "less refined" deisel. The D5 is designed for a "low sulfate" deisel, which is unavailable in the US. If the oil companies would provide the proper fuel...

[J. Barron DeJong]

Look up grey market cars. Not worth it for any car really.

There are exceptions to every rule: the manager of the race team I worked for had a grey market Tommy Makinen Edition Mitsubishi Evo VI.

[fatnslow]

There are exceptions to every rule: the manager of the race team I worked for had a grey market Tommy Makinen Edition Mitsubishi Evo VI.

Lot of rich folks have grey market cars for track days.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Lot of rich folks have grey market cars for track days.

This one was registered to drive on the street; not used on the track at all. Not sure what hoops he had to jump through, or lies he had to tell to get that done.

He wasn’t what anyone would consider rich, but not poor obviously. Apparently he’d work for a few years in industry when he needed money and then go back to working in motorsports when he could afford it, since that’s what he actually liked.

After he finished the stint with the team I worked on he went to work at General Dynamics as the engineering manager of a project to develop a mini Hummer type vehicle that would fit in a V-22 Osprey. He took a lot of the team with him to work on that. I was asked to join but didn’t for a few reasons, not least of which being that as a Canadian I probably couldn’t have gotten clearance to work on the project anyway.

(Team owners would be the ones with the cash for grey market track day cars.)

[gravitylover]

Gave the wife's XC60 Polestar T6 a little love a few days ago. Tranny fluid exchange, both diffs, transfer case, Haldex fluid change, spark plugs, PCV service with new intake gaskets, oil change and that fkn pita cabin filter. Now that it's not trying to spit pressure out the dipstick tube (that PCV must've been nearly clogged) I can get in and clean up some more details but for now it's running and shifting great! Zoom zoom

[jm2e]

Called local Volvo dealership today about getting a third key fob. They said the fob wold cost $300, and the labor to reprogram it would cost another $500.
Local Indy Volvo repair shop can’t do it. Another indy shop 35min away will do it (no price yet) but they need to keep the car for a day or two because they’re super busy.
Local locksmith that specializes in autos said they don’t have the computer programmer to do Volvos.



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[Doremite]

Called local Volvo dealership today about getting a third key fob. They said the fob wold cost $300, and the labor to reprogram it would cost another $500.
Local Indy Volvo repair shop can’t do it. Another indy shop 35min away will do it (no price yet) but they need to keep the car for a day or two because they’re super busy.
Local locksmith that specializes in autos said they don’t have the computer programmer to do Volvos.



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I’d google DIY options to program. Used fobs can be obtained as well. $800 is ridiculous. I think you can possibly do it yourself for <$50 but never pulled this off myself.

[MontuckyFried]

Called local Volvo dealership today about getting a third key fob. They said the fob wold cost $300, and the labor to reprogram it would cost another $500.
Local Indy Volvo repair shop can’t do it. Another indy shop 35min away will do it (no price yet) but they need to keep the car for a day or two because they’re super busy.
Local locksmith that specializes in autos said they don’t have the computer programmer to do Volvos.

Well, that sucks. Surprised your Volvo indie doesn't have VIDA which would allow one to program the fob, but does require a brand new key fob. Dealer price you got quoted is outrageous!

I saw one "life hack" on one of the Volvo forums where dude said he just told his insurance company he ...ahem... "lost" both his keys and ended up getting 2 brand new ones at the dealer, all covered for essentially the price of his deductible.

[fatnslow]

Called local Volvo dealership today about getting a third key fob. They said the fob wold cost $300, and the labor to reprogram it would cost another $500.
Local Indy Volvo repair shop can’t do it. Another indy shop 35min away will do it (no price yet) but they need to keep the car for a day or two because they’re super busy.
Local locksmith that specializes in autos said they don’t have the computer programmer to do Volvos.



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What year/model ?