Any Volvo owners on here?

[Uberjager]

I need a "new" car, and for some reason the S40s and S60s have really caught my eye. I'd be looking at getting at ones from 2005 or newer. How's reliability? Is maintenance a pain? I'm not dead set on these, just curious mostly.

Thanks guys. I can always get a Geo Metro and spend the remaining money on guns.

[spyder]

I have a 01' V70 XC. I'm the third owner of it, and they are built like tanks. Mine has just under 190k on it, and for the last 4 years has been great. Their internal parts are treated with a carbonitride metal treatment as a little fun fact. An owner of an R8 totaled his new car with the rear end of mine, and all it did was cdack my bumper (which I also had to zip screw back on because the impact broke most of the clips). Other than the breaking of the linkage on my passenger rear door because of the kids, the car has been great.

[Irving]

S40 is on Ford Focus chassis. I don't know if that matters one way or another to you or not. I always liked Volvos.

[tmleadr03]

They are pretty good. Computer diag can be a bit tricky and require special tools. My snapon can do a lot but not everything.

Mechanically pretty sound, but keep in mind it is a Euro car so it is more expensive to repair over said Geo metro if something does break.

Get a PPI before you buy it.

[jmg8550]

I rolled a '75 244 over twice. Drove the car home. Built like a tank. Expensive to keep maintained though.

[streetglideok]

I prefer to not work on the things, personally. Again, I don't care for euro cars as a rule though. Some Volvos have a reputation for cooked transmissions. Finding used ones is all but impossible. If you never owned a euro car, expect to have higher maintenance costs, and repair bills. This isn't your daddy's oldsmobile. Definitely nothing like the old 240GL's , etc.

[Badger]

I need a "new" car, and for some reason the S40s and S60s have really caught my eye. I'd be looking at getting at ones from 2005 or newer. How's reliability? Is maintenance a pain? I'm not dead set on these, just curious mostly.

Thanks guys. I can always get a Geo Metro and spend the remaining money on guns.

My brother, (a master Volvo tech,) would suggest you run far, far away. Just saying, no personal experience other than my bro's word that I'd never doubt to guess otherwise.

ETA: I'm a general mechanic (gas/ethanol specialty), and every Volvo I've ever had the misfortune of looking at has been a headache of both logic and monetary being.

Badger

[Great-Kazoo]

Not since these.

[RonMexico]

My ex's father was an anesthesiologist in the ER and because of Volvo safety record that's all he would buy. She had a 2010 s40 and never had a single issue. Like someone said above it's based on a ford platform like my Mazda 3 but obviously the fit and finish was nicer. Overall I know they would take them in for expensive service but otherwise their 4 Volvo never had any problems.

[theGinsue]

Get a PPI before you buy it.

Pardon the ignorance, but what is a "PPI"?