seeking advice: ovlov v70r..

[thejimrose]

oh for mass CL searches i like crazedlist for FF

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Henry A Harper III <hah at alumni.rice.edu>wrote:

> Don't give up on the B7 dream! I finally found one, 2005.5 manual avant
> 2.0t
> w/nav, for 16.9k @60k mi. Cosmetically not quite perfect but 36mpg on the
> first road trip. Allroads are too heavy & too much stuff to break although
> my fiance likes the looks of them. Keep digging,
> www.themccumbers.com/States.htm is great for mass trawling of craigslist.
>
> Still working on selling the GTI and 200q though...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of thejimrose
> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:08 AM
> > To: quattro list
> > Subject: seeking advice: ovlov v70r..
> >
> >
> > hey boys n girls. need to replace the ol b5 a4 soon and wanted to see if
> > anyone in my favorite collection of carnuts had any thoughts / experience
> > with the volvo v series wagons?
> >
> > i want to spend about 20-25k. ideally would get a b7 a4 manual
> > wagon but no
> > luck finding one for less than 30k. i've considered bmw, merc, subaru,
> etc
> > etc but don't jive w/ any of them. want something over 20mpg, practical,
> > somewhat fun to drive, well built, etc. another ideal would be a 2.7t
> > allroad manual w/ none of the offroad nonsense [normal suspension, single
> > body color, etc].
> >
> > tangent: had a customer at stasis w/ an AR setup just like that - ohlins
> > c/o's, alcons, stage 3+, short ratio gearbox, body cladding repainted,
> etc
> > etc. favorite car ever..
> >
> > anyway i've found a really nice 06 v70r locally. 50k for 22k. looks
> really
> > well kept. always loved the look of that car, reviews / forums seem to
> say
> > they're a bit dodgy in build. reviews say ride quality is dismal.
> > wonder if
> > that can be remedied? looks like they use active dampers - anyone know if
> > the suspension is replaceable w/ standard aftermarket stuff
> > [doesn't really
> > look like it].
> >
> > any other thoughts / experiences w/ these would be much appreciated!
> >
> > thx!
> > jim
> >
>
>