Third time's the charm, right?

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
09/09/2019 at 11:53 • Filed to: Volvo theme day???

Also known as... DOTS.

My heart said leave a note asking if it’s for sale, my brain just about had an aneurysm at the very thought.

Turbo manual Volvos will forever be my fetish.

DISCUSSION (31)

412GTI > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:01

Yup, need.

gmctavish needs more space > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:03

This reminds me, there are currently two Volvo 850 AWDs for sale near me.

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/cto/d/vancouver-1997-volvo-850-awd-5spd-manual/6970254576.html

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/pml/cto/d/maple-ridge-1997-volvo-850-awd-5-speed/6943993368.html

That’s a full 1% of north american 850 AWDs ever sold

Nothing > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:08

I do love me the V70R, but you reminded me to check and see if my other Swede is still available on CL. Yup, the Viggen is still there.

AestheticsInMotion > gmctavish needs more space
09/09/2019 at 12:08

There was a white turbo manual awd 850 for sale in BC about a year ago that I still kick myself over not getting. Some kind of Volvo test mule, of which there were only like 10 made...

I want that first one. Bad.

AestheticsInMotion > Nothing
09/09/2019 at 12:10

Make oppo Swedish

AestheticsInMotion > 412GTI
09/09/2019 at 12:17

I'll pay for the car, you pay for the maintenance. Joint custody.

boredalways > gmctavish needs more space
09/09/2019 at 12:21

I'm sorry, but it is my duty to report you to the mods for posting car pr0n.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:21

I don’t know, I’m thinking you something less conspicuous and more reliable, like FutureHeapOwner’s V50 T5 MT AWD. Very nice driving car.

BrooklynEagle > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:26

Swedespeed forums have classifieds, as well as a running “unaffiliated” thread capturing listings elsewhere. Lots and lots of R cars turn up there.

https://forums.swedespeed.com/forumdisplay.php?34-FWD-amp-AWD-Cars-For-Sale

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/09/2019 at 12:33

I need a Tacoma

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:36

You need lots of cash then.

AestheticsInMotion > BrooklynEagle
09/09/2019 at 12:37

I’ve both bought and sold Volvos off the swede speed classifieds. That place is dangerous...

I do love how they do their monthly unaffiliated listing there

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/09/2019 at 12:39

Ugh. I need a better jerb.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:41

You’re talking to the wrong guy there.

[looks over at house]

[whispers]

We’re actually squatters

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/09/2019 at 12:47

I'm about 6 months of indecision away from going to Asia as an English teacher

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:48

Don’t torture yourself with with the FWD Volvo problems. Get yourself a RWD Turbo Manual Volvo. You’re only fooling yourself if you think the newer ones are more reliable.

Kinja'd!!!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:49

If the pay is good...

My brother lived in Paris for four years teaching French to English students or something like that.

punkgoose17 > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:53

Get a Saab instead.

CobraJoe > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 12:53

I think a V70R would be the perfect donor car for my dream build: A V8 5 speed RWD wagon.

Coincidentally, most of the problems with the turbo Rs are engine and driveline related...

AestheticsInMotion > CobraJoe
09/09/2019 at 13:07

We’d be good friends.

I’ve always dreamed of a V70R with an STI running gear/engine swap. All the style, comfort and luxury of the Volvo, with the superior awd and reliability of the Subaru.

I could get behind a V8 version too.

AestheticsInMotion > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
09/09/2019 at 13:09

Well... Of my two manual turbo fwd Volvos... Both of them exploded within a week. Don’t worry, I don’t think any of ‘em are reliable. But they’re still soooo good.

I like the boxy rwd wagons, but they’re a nemic. Swap an engine in there and we’re talking!

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 13:20

I want to like them, FWD aside (5 cylinder is super cool) but your experience seems to be par for the course, also parts seem to be a little more in my experience .

You found the Turbo RWD Volvo anemic? Was it modified at all? I’ve never driven one so I’m curious to hear your experience. I know they weren’t rated for much from the factory

AestheticsInMotion > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
09/09/2019 at 13:24

The turbo rwd I drove was stock. To be fair, I was coming from a 95 850 T5 that was nodded to make 300hp at the wheels, and a V70 T5 that was stock, but still had a good amount of oomph. I love them both, but it wasn’t the right time to own something that required so much upkeep.

I've been a pretty big advocate for rwd, but those two Volvos... Oh man. They gave me a new appreciation for fwd. Add enough power and with a manual transmission, just about anything could be fun. I remember having two sport bike riders pull up next to me at a stop light amazed at how quickly the 850 wagon accelerated!

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 13:25

LS (or Whatever V8 Was Laying Around) all the things, but the STI running gear is such a good idea because you get the Subaru AWD and suspension that will put up with some off road shenanigans. I don’t really think of Boxer when I think of realiable though, but who cares with that sound

AestheticsInMotion > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
09/09/2019 at 13:28

Ha, reliable compared to the Volvo mill. And I have to wonder how much of the reliability claims are due to the types of owners who buy STI's...

CobraJoe > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 13:40

After owning an LGT, I wouldn’t choose the turbo boxer for myself, but I can absolutely respect the idea. (It is a tiny engine, I bet it could be used to make RWD versions of many FWD vehicles).

Actually making one is high on my list of future project vehicles, but my current project is still probably a couple years from moving under it’s own power.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 13:54

I completely agree about FWD, 90’s Honda showed me the light on that. And that makes a lot of sense, I understand owning something ‘old’ is daunting

gmctavish needs more space > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 14:36

I mean the 850 AWD in general was a test mule of sorts, so like a test mule of the test mule then. Crazy.

I also want the first one, but they are pretty famously unreliable....

cmill189 - sans Volvo > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 17:50

Pitter patter. The good ones have only been increasing in value. My guess is there are far less than a 1000 V70R still in circulation. Remove the rusty northeastern cars and the modified ones and the pool shrinks by the day.

AestheticsInMotion > cmill189 - sans Volvo
09/09/2019 at 17:54

Hmm. I still see them fairly commonly... I’d guess higher than that, but then again I am in a Volvo market and I don’t know total production numbers.

Regardless, I need one. Trade ya for a super practical Miata

cmill189 - sans Volvo > AestheticsInMotion
09/09/2019 at 18:16

Haha, I’d love Miata but it’s not currently in the cards. You’re r ight about your current location. The PNW and New England seem to have the majority. Only 3500 VRs for the US over four years. Quite a few more SRs but those aren’t half as cool in my opinion.