[speeder]

I owned a '99 V70-R and I have a friend w/ an '05. They are great cars but they use a LOT of super-unleaded in town, (4k lbs. and AWD), highway mileage is considerably better. I absolutely loved driving mine, I have never felt safer at speed in any car in my life. It feels better @ 100 mph in the rain than most cars @ 50 mph.

I sold mine when gas went over $3.00, (the first time, in '05), it was killing me as most of my driving is city and I couldn't keep my foot out of it. My friend remarked about the horrible consumption of his, and he has a high 8-figure bank account.

I have heard that reliability took a schit when Ford took over, like in '01 and newer models. I'd research it further. Resale is horrible, but this means that you get a lot of late model used car for no $$.