| > My experience leans toward the 850s - I only had one seven series and it | > wasn't impressive. | | I had a 760 Turbo - it was an excellent car. However, just about | everything with the 850 and S70 is better - handling, power, comfort, | safety, and mileage. | | I did get close to 200K miles out of the 760T before we sold it. It needed | a turbo rebuild at 130K miles, but everything else was original (except | consumables like plugs, wires, distributor cap etc.) | | So far everything on the 850 is original at 88K miles (one change of plugs, | wires, cap). | | My preference for the 850/S70 is based on comfort/driving experience after | having owned 240s, a 760T, '96 850, and a '99 S70. What I find peculiar | is those who chose to knock Volvos that have alloy-block engines (960s, | 850s and their derivatives) haven't actually owned these cars.
Agreed - it does, indeed, seem strange that the naysayers generally haven't driven/owned the models they knock....:)
As for my 850 versus the seven series, the engine has not required anything beyond normal maintenance except for replacement of the EGR valve at about
150K miles.....:) I did have to do the "dreaded: A/C repair when the evaporator failed - but, on balance, that's not too bad....:)
PC
| | -- | Bev A. Kupf | "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to lerne" -- Chaucer