[s-cars] RE: Volvo S60R as UrS4 replacement?

[Theodore Chen]

--- Mark Chang <mark.chang at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have a friend that has one. Went from a B5 S4 to it and cannot wait to
> get out of the car. Just a boring car, in his opinion, and very, very,
> very, front-drive biased. Fit and finish and all that is fine, it just
> doesn't have that rush of his B5 S4 (which I now drive).

well, if nothing else, the S60R has a very nice interior.  love
the stitched leather on the binnacle.

> The other problem that he has had is that he has bent THREE of the
> four struts in the car. We agree that there is somewhat of either a
> lemon issue with his car or simply a structural problem. He is driving
> on the same roads that he drives on with his other cars and it has ate
> suspension components.

that's bad.  is that a common problem or is your friend just lucky?

the volvo looks good on paper, but the FWD bias doesn't make me want one.
so what other choices do we have in a fast AWD sedan that's fun to drive?

-teddy


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