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VOLVOS! are they expensive to maintain?
Help! I would love to purchase a new or like-new
Volvo, but I hear parts and maint'. are a bit
costly. I make around $30,000 a year. Is this
enough? I want to go back to school in a few
years, just about when I may need some maint' on a
car bought today. Could someone please tell me of
his/her experience with Volvo vehicles. I am
looking at the wagon model, specifically. I know
that they are excellent cars, but could I afford
it?
See Also: Volvo Tech Talks About Maintenance Costs
Volvo, but I hear parts and maint'. are a bit
costly. I make around $30,000 a year. Is this
enough? I want to go back to school in a few
years, just about when I may need some maint' on a
car bought today. Could someone please tell me of
his/her experience with Volvo vehicles. I am
looking at the wagon model, specifically. I know
that they are excellent cars, but could I afford
it?
See Also: Volvo Tech Talks About Maintenance Costs
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This is misleading. Every other service at 5000 miles on the 850 is simply a small service--oil change, brake check, fluid check. Some services are going to cost more, and it's likely that the services at every 10k are going to involve a few more things--safety inspection, spark plugs, other stuff. Don't be mislead simply because the mileage services are different. My guess is that the costs are about 1/4-1/3 less on a car on a 10,000 mile service schedule. But this is only on service stuff--oil, filter, etc. Timing belts, fuel filters, plugs, and other "major" tune-up items are going to be done at similar intervals. Brakes are unpredictable, you could do several sets of brakes in the course of a year or not, depending upon your driving habits.
Furthermore, consider this. If your car has a brake inspection at every 5000 miles, rather than at every 10,000 miles, you're more likely to catch them before they wear all the way out, and do damage to the rotors! Imagine if you had to replace rotors with every brake replacement, instead of every other one!!
Anyways, what was worse, was one time, they said they needed to drive for 5 minutes to see if the problem was solved... Well... We watched them drive off, and not return for 45 minutes.... And the trip odometer showed like 37 miles accumulated since we brought it in... Joyriders....
Anyways, its basically an 850-Turbo with EVERY option, plus 17 inch TITANIUM wheels... The wheels on the T5-R look better than the ones on the 850-R... Same color, just 17", and 5 spoke, which look better than the 6 or 7 spoke on the 850-R...
Though the tire size was a wierd one... 205 45 ZR-17, with Pirelli P-Zeros... He got a flat, and they said they had to "import" the tire from europe, so it would cost $400, but he went to a dealer in LA, and had them swap tires from a T5-R they happened to have inthe showroom for$300...
Yes, it seems every third brake pad replacement requires a new set of rotors, but other than that I've been very lucky with my two Volvos. The extra cost for maintenance is worth having the cars last 150K miles and 10+ years before they START showing signs of wear.
P.S. My cars are parked outside 24/7/365. They're not babied, but I do maintain them as you would any "tool."
Yes, it seems every third brake pad replacement requires a new set of rotors, but other than that I've been very lucky with my two Volvos. The extra cost for maintenance is worth having the cars last 150K miles and 10+ years before they START showing signs of wear.
P.S. My cars are parked outside 24/7/365. They're not babied, but I do maintain them as you would any "tool."
I just checked out the S70 Sedan at Edmund's: 60-0 at 135 feet. Compare that to the Integra GSR: sedan 140 ft, coupe 128 ft. Volvo can tout their safety, nothing is better than brakes that perform like this. And in a sedan? Wow.
Rear brake rotors should be resurfaced to reduce brake noise after the pads are replaced. Volvo front wheels ought to be torqued properly after a brake replacement, otherwise you run the risk of having warped rotors.
I would expect a harder pad to eat the rotors quicker though. Is that not necessarily true?
Why is it so important to check the torque of the wheels on the Volvo? For some reason they are extra sensitive to the tightness of the wheels?
Guitarzan, to clarify--torque is important for two reasons. First, uniform torque on the lug nuts is important so that the wheel/rotor is tight on one side and not another. If the tension on the nuts is not uniform, then as the brake rotors heat up and cool off, the uneven tension adds to the warp of the rotors. Second, correct torque is important so that the wheel rims don't get damaged. Aluminum wheels take a lighter torque than steel wheels.