Volvos.... School me...

[Conrad]

Thinking of picking up a 2000 volvo xc90 I think it is... Its a 5 cyl turbo awd...

Anyone know anything about these? Are they reliable?

[john]

XC is the Cross Country crossover, right? A pal of mine bought one for his wife. I believe hers was turbocharged, but I may be mistaken. VERY nice cars, unbelievable crash test rated, and somewhat of a luxobarge.

[doogie06]

From what I've heard of Volvo is this, they are great....but god forbid if something breaks...basically the parts and labor rate is through the roof.

[BlueFang08]

From what I've heard of Volvo is this, they are great....but god forbid if something breaks...basically the parts and labor rate is through the roof.

Isn't that all European cars?

[Conrad]

From what I've heard of Volvo is this, they are great....but god forbid if something breaks...basically the parts and labor rate is through the roof.

short of motor failure I think I can handle the mechanical.. but im looking for wagon with some power... preferebly awd.. and audi's all have electrical issues.. and subi's are too expensive in this state.. damn hippies.

[Mario]

Well the XC90 didn't start till 2002, so... wanna figure out which car you're looking at? Lol.

[Conrad]

lolz

hold on....

[Conrad]

XC 70.... sorry..

[Conrad]

ouch.... i was wondering why I saw so many right around 90K miles.... The guy at volvo told me the 90K service is 2200 bucks... wow.

[way2slow]

Volvos are pretty nice cars, if its turbo charged expect the power steering pump/rack to go, and the turbo tends to go bad around 100,000 miles. I believe that there has been a recall on the power steering rack but not on the turbo issue. When we had ford.volvo, mazda at the auction I used to work at these were pretty common issues.

[asianjkim]

A friend of mine in Iowa has a volvo. Very nice cars and very smooth ride. I would get one but I already have a car.

[myshtern]

I used to be really into volvos, check out this website:
http://turbobricks.com/

I love em'