Alright Oppo, last one I swear!

"Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom" (jeremyhampson) 03/26/2014 at 17:33 • Filed to: None

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So, I found something that is pretty jalop, a manual wagon. A 2001 Volvo V70 T5 to be exact, my questions are, what is there to really know about these cars? All the research I've been doing has been on the S60/80, so I know next to nothing about the wagons, anyone want to enlighten me?

Edited because I screwed up the model name

Craigslist ad

Frosted > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:37

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Same deal with the tranny on the s80. 01-02 v70/XC70s have a terrible rep for having the tranny fail around 100k miles.

For Sweden > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:37

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The V50 is an S40 with a different body.

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:39

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Haha, he removed the picture of the nastiness of the seat.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/mildly-discust…

Frosted > For Sweden 03/26/2014 at 17:42

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They also hold their value surprisingly well. I was looking to buy an 06 one but the seller wanted 10 grand for it.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 17:47

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Hah, damn you were looking at this too?

Textured Soy Protein > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:47

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The ad says V70, and the car in the pictures is a V70. This is a V50.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > Frosted 03/26/2014 at 17:48

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Ahh alright, so just move right on along then

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:48

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Haha, I couldn't resist this one. That is until I saw the interior. Gross.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/26/2014 at 17:49

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So just move right on along then?

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 17:50

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Yeah it is pretty bad, but I mean, I try to use stuff like that to my advantage, be like, "Oh uhh, this is going to need a REALLY good detail" and get some money off

Frosted > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:51

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Look at late 03s if you want a Volvo, my 03 XC70 cost me 5600 bucks and has been pretty decent in terms of reliability. It's sitting at 115k roughly and hasn't needed anything more than 2 oil changes and a coil pack since I bought it in August.

(Note - I did need a new ABS sensor and power steering pump but this is because of my hoonage.)

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:52

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That's a good strategy. That's going to be one hell of a detail, Haha.

For Sweden > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:53

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I thought the add said V50, derp.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > Frosted 03/26/2014 at 17:56

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Hmm, alright. This weekend I'm going to check out a 2004 S60 with 134k miles on it, hopefully I can get it for 4k

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/26/2014 at 17:56

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Yeah it did, I typed it wrong

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 17:57

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Well, I do enjoy cleaning my cars, plus it's a good way to really learn the interior and how it's put together

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 17:58

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Same, I enjoy detailing my car. Vomit and Dog shit aren't my favorite things to remove. (I've dealt with both, Gag)

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 18:08

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Yeah fuck that. Thats a big ol bag of nope, straight to the detailer

Frosted > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 18:09

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That could be a steal if it doesn't need work and you're ready for preventative maintenance.

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 18:10

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Haha, Lesson learned. Lucky for me, the dog shit and the vomit were in the Jetta.

BeaterGT > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 18:17

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I was driving alongside one of these today! I wondered "Is this the Volvo wagon the Jalops go crazy about?" Yep, seems so!

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > Frosted 03/26/2014 at 18:30

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Preventative maintenance I don't mind, I can do the vast majority of things myself, I just don't want to have to do a bunch of catch up work on it

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > BeaterGT 03/26/2014 at 18:31

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Yeah, but the problem is not just jalops hoon these things, so they tend to be in bad shape sometimes

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 18:32

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Hah, nice. That is why I always try to get leather seats in all my cars, I have a kid, and a wife that likes to make messes. So much easier to clean

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 18:35

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Haha, my old Jetta had seats like this picture (Not my picture)

The vomit blended right in, Haha.

I just removed the seats and rented a steam cleaner.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 18:50

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Holy shit man. You know it's bad when you have to remove seats just to clean. Good looking interior though, those seats are batshit crazy I love em

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 19:06

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Yeah, Haha. Mine was bone stock on the inside though, no steering wheel cover or blue stuff. It was a good car, somewhere around 300k on it when I crippled it, can never be sure with older cars though.

Sick roommate was the perp. The dog was the shit perp.

I just had to remove the passenger seat luckily, not a very pleasant job that anyways.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > jkm7680 03/26/2014 at 19:09

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Yeah I bet, that shit starts smelling really rancid after a while

jkm7680 > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/26/2014 at 19:11

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It didn't smell pleasant, that's for sure. But thanks to the power of Febreeze and a bunch of chemicals and carpet cleaner. It was gone.

I have the worst luck involving bodily fluids and cars it seems, Haha.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/27/2014 at 18:06

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Hey brother so I have a question, since you have an s80. So I've found a 2000 s80, it has 158k miles, the transmission was replaced at 134k miles. Guy is asking 3500. Should I go for it?

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/27/2014 at 18:07

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124k miles* sorry. But still very recently

For Sweden > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/27/2014 at 18:14

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Seems high, but if it's clean and the trans is only 24,000 miles old, I say go for it.*

*The author takes no responsibility if something goes wrong.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/27/2014 at 18:17

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Haha I got ya.

Would you think that 3,000 would be more appropriate? I'm going to make a post here in a bit and post the ad and the correspondence I have had with this guy so far

For Sweden > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/27/2014 at 18:30

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I'd offer $3000

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/27/2014 at 18:31

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Alrighty. And you had a 2001 S80 right?

For Sweden > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/27/2014 at 18:36

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Still have it.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/27/2014 at 18:38

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How do you like it? I'm going from hot hatches and an 80's sport car to this, so don't know what to expect with it. What do you average with mpg?

For Sweden > Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom 03/27/2014 at 18:41

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I love it; fantastically comfortable DD with ergonomics from Odin himself.

I have the non-turbo, and I can get the equivilant of 30 mpg highway, 22 mpg city. I imagine the T6 will be worse.

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > For Sweden 03/27/2014 at 18:46

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Hmm nice.

Yeah the vast majority of my driving (at least a good 80% each week) will be interstate driving. I can deal with around 25 mpg or so. Before my wife started working I was driving the 300, if I was lucky I would get 20 mpg combined, and my Accord right now averages a good 27 mpg or so. so if I can hit 22-25 combined I'd be happy