[95avblm3]

Excellent choice and she’s a beauty.

We replaced a rust bucket BMW with an ‘05 V70 just over a year ago. We needed a beater grocery go-getter and bought ours at silent auction on a local Army post. $1500 purchase price, no rust, decent body, great interior. It needed a taillight bulb to pass inspection. 155k when we bought it, almost 170k now. Since then, we did the timing belt (piece of mind), replaced one bad coil, refreshed the PCV system, brakes and most recently, I rebuilt the turbo. It was reaching an age and mileage that it needed some love, so we have been loving on it and getting it dialed in.

Having been through this, I can say that 1) Volvo’s are easy to work on because access is good and they resist corrosion well, 2) parts are easy to source from our host and others for reasonable prices. 3) if you decide you want to add Bluetooth, check out Grom audio... Volvo’s are a little quirky when it comes to aftermarket electronics but I have had good success with Grom.

Enjoy it!