[s-cars] Volvo V70 R Wagon (NAC)

[JC]

Yep. Taka that's a huge annoyance these days. Having been on a car 
search from sometime, bunches o' dealers have decided listing Autos as 
Manuals and then burying some BS weasel-word like "auto-manual" 
somewhere in the text is a clever way to get clicks and I guess they 
hope to get somebody interested enough to test drive and get them on the 
hook even if they really wanted the manny.  Drives me crazy.  I ignore 
almost everything else about a listing at this point and look for the 
pic of the shifter/pedals before I even bother going further.

Re: the newer 5ers, they are notoriously "great driver but impending 
moneypit", and many believe the Motorwerks has a significant problem 
looming as the resale/residual values for mid/late-2000's cars across 
the lineup is starting to tank.  So far it only started to bite them but 
will likely start hurting the leasing rates soon, then trickle-down to 
outright buyers interest as they start to be concerned about trade-in 
values.  Takes a long time for that to develop but we're getting to 
about the right time.  Huge BMWCCA topic of debate these days... Try 
looking at E60 M5 resale prices.  Looks affordable and tempting... as 
long as you have a fat maintenance endowment...

On 1/22/2012 1:26 PM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> I found 9 nationwide, only 3 that you can confirm visually that they are
> truly 3-pedal manual transmissions. Without that, you have no idea whether
> or not the car is a 6-speed steptronic or a real manual. Of course, they
> will pop up from time to time because they're still coming off lease and
> are available if you do a nationwide Manheim search. You'll almost never
> see a V70R on Manheim any more.
>
> No doubt that the 535xi Touring is a much better driving car. Also, there
> is a huge difference in price- you're talking about comparing a car that is
> in the $10-17k range versus a car that is $35-50k. For three times the
> money, I surely hope that it's a better car.
>
> For $50k I'd be looking at a late W211 E63 wagon, CTS-V wagon or a Cayenne
> Turbo.
>
> I'm not saying you're wrong, just that there is a significant difference in
> power potential between the N54 and N55.
>
> Taka
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