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[68style]

Radeonboy has left Hondaracer's life

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by 68style

Isn't the S40 just a Ford Focus?

The platform is, also shared with the Mazda 3, The drivetrain is unique, and probably some of the electronics as well.

[bcrdukes]

But radeonboy's Volvo is not just any Volvo! That Ohlins suspension...

[Great68]

Same Ford Global C1 platform (Euro Focus, Mazda 3, CX7 etc), yeah, but Volvo used their own bespoke engines.

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by donk.

Anyone have any opinions / experience with volvos?

Story cut short theres an orange S40 on FB for 4500$, test drove it, nice car, except for the obvious shaking on acceleration (low to mid concern) due to what seems to be a needed axle swap

I literally know nothing about these cars, dont know anyone who has owned one, etc.

Googlez says they can be expensive to maintain, but axles are 80$ on rockauto + 1-2hr labour per side for DIY.....

Anyone?

Depends on whether the RockAuto axles are quality.
On Subaru and manual Acura models, OEM are really your only option

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by EvoFire

The platform is, also shared with the Mazda 3, The drivetrain is unique, and probably some of the electronics as well.

The later gen versions of that platform are what I'd probably want to own

the Mazda 3s with the Skyactiv engine and transmission and the S60 with the Aisin 8 speed shared with BMW/Lexus

[MG1]

A car built by people who invented the dumbest shopping carts this side of the Milky Way Galaxy.

IKEA, need I say more?
So many wAnderful things there, but twice as many fails.

[radeonboy]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

I’d divorce someone too if they drove a Volvo

Originally Posted by 68style

Radeonboy has left Hondaracer's life

Originally Posted by donk.

Anyone have any opinions / experience with volvos?

Story cut short theres an orange S40 on FB for 4500$, test drove it, nice car, except for the obvious shaking on acceleration (low to mid concern) due to what seems to be a needed axle swap

I literally know nothing about these cars, dont know anyone who has owned one, etc.

Googlez says they can be expensive to maintain, but axles are 80$ on rockauto + 1-2hr labour per side for DIY.....

Anyone?

I don't have any experience with older Volvos so I don't have any input regarding reliability with something from the Ford era. I would just go visit SwedeSpeed if you haven't already to get a gauge on reliability / repairability.

From personal experience on my newer car, parts are affordable for a "premium" brand but accessing parts can be a challenge (which translates to higher labor costs at a shop/dealer if you go that route for repairs). For example, my fuse box is located under the passenger floor carpet (which requires lifting the carpet up after removing some door trim), and the air cabin filter is only accessible from the passenger footwell which requires removing a few mounts (not accessible from the glove box). Neither task is difficult, but it's a lot more work than looking under the dashboard for the fuse box or opening the glove box to access the filter with my other cars.

[Great68]

I always thought V70R wagons were pretty hot....

[Great68]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

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For example, my fuse box is located under the passenger floor carpet (which requires lifting the carpet up after removing some door trim), and the air cabin filter is only accessible from the passenger footwell which requires removing a few mounts (not accessible from the glove box). Neither task is difficult, but it's a lot more work than looking under the dashboard for the fuse box or opening the glove box to access the filter with my other cars.

Exact same location and procedure on my Speed 3 haha

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

I don't have any experience with older Volvos so I don't have any input regarding reliability with something from the Ford era. I would just go visit SwedeSpeed if you haven't already to get a gauge on reliability / repairability.

From personal experience on my newer car, parts are affordable for a "premium" brand but accessing parts can be a challenge (which translates to higher labor costs at a shop/dealer if you go that route for repairs). For example, my fuse box is located under the passenger floor carpet (which requires lifting the carpet up after removing some door trim), and the air cabin filter is only accessible from the passenger footwell which requires removing a few mounts (not accessible from the glove box). Neither task is difficult, but it's a lot more work than looking under the dashboard for the fuse box or opening the glove box to access the filter with my other cars.

I see they've kept the stupid cabin filter location from the Ford era. My MS3 had it in the same place.

[Great68]

It's just a platform thing. I can't imagine it would have been terribly cost effective for Volvo to design their own bespoke HVAC unit which will only fit in their S40's.

It's not even that bad, like I did mine in 2 hours just because I was learning exactly what to do.

After that I did my mom's CAF on her 06 Mazda 3 in under half an hour

[underscore]

That's still pretty tedious for a cabin filter, the longest part of doing one on my Toyotas has been putting all the junk back into the glove box.

[Klondike]

On my 9-5, SAAB hid the cabin filter behind the glovebox, behind the carpet behind the dash.

Spoiler!

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Originally Posted by donk.

Anyone have any opinions / experience with volvos?

I love my Swedish shitboxes. They're safe and don't feel like tin cans while on the highway. I felt that my SAAB felt sturdier than my Volvo.

yray and Matsuda have owned Volvos too.

The 5 speed and 6 speed on the S40/V50/C30/C70 feel like Mazda shifters - surprisingly good, direct but not notchy. Very easy to drive stick or teach someone stick.

They drive about what you expect of a compact executive car from the mid 00s.

The 2.4 non turbo is slow but torquey. T5 engine has meaty, girthy torque.

Seats aren't the best on these P1 Volvos, but the other models have really comfy seats - good for a road trip and my back.

If you want to mod your Volvo, ipd and FCP Euro have aftermarket parts.

IMO it's not really worth getting the S40, unless it's a T5 or manual. These came in FWD and AWD. If you find an AWD T5 with manual, those are actually worth putting money into.

[whitev70r]

OK, which one of you is doing this??!! Or should I have posted this in the real estate thread?

Vintage luxury car lifted into Vancouver's Butterfly building

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vint...erfly-building

[N.V.M.]

it's not even an expensive car. da fuq

[whitev70r]

^ prob just the shell, no? Sounds like someone's idea of deco piece.

[Badhobz]

Typical Porsche douche! Booooooooo !!!! Fuck your lame ass beetles

[StylinRed]

I saw on tiktok it's someone who moved here from Toronto

[Badhobz]

^fucking BCRDUKES. Typical.

[bcrdukes]

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by Great68

I always thought V70R wagons were pretty hot....

I just bought V70R front brakes......

.... for the Type R lol

[whitev70r]

This is pretty wacked ... stolen cars are being sold at dealers and even they can't tell.

Just bought a used car? There's a chance it's stolen, as thieves exploit weakness in vehicle registrations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...nada-1.7181257

Derek Crocker bought a used Ford F-150 pickup truck from a dealership in Toronto in 2022. Just a few months later, his own investigation revealed the truck's vehicle identification number — or VIN — had been replaced, mirroring the VIN of a similar truck registered in Utah.

[GS8]

Was driving home tonight around 10pm and saw the gas stations at 12th and Clarke in Vancouver all advertising gas at 1.94 / L

Traffic everywhere. I almost hit some idiot as they were u-turning around the divider

The nearest gas station (Husky eastbound near Lakewood) was advertised at 2.01 / L

My car needed gas but not that badly...

[yray]

don't buy lolvos, they are for old people or skinny white nerds

why waste time with s40, should get s60R manual