Volvo c70 t5 turbo buying advice

[LongLiveTazio]

fat freddie said:

You'd like to think so wouldn't you, but again sadly not the case.
I've bought and sold dozens of cars over the years and this was no clunker I can assure you, it was a three owner 85k mile, fvsh example with hardly a blemish on it. It just turned out to be needing more money spending on it than I was willing to shell out on a car I'd decided by that time wasn't a good car.

If I'd liked the car I'd have spent the money, but to me it didn't drive anywhere near as nice as I was expecting/hoping, so I cut my losses and binned it.

Did you not drive the car before you bought it? I had a V70, have driven the C70 and it's a cruiser. It does that very well. Comfortable, refined, great seats, stereo, looks good, etc. Not sure how you expected it to drive or whether there was an issue with yours? Sounds like you bought a poor one. My V70 was on 155k miles when I part ex'd it and was still creamy smooth, if not at all quick.

As for the ETM, it isn't a hidden issue like on some cars and a quick call to a local Volvo specialist will see you right. Which, OP, is something I suggest you do. They'll be able to tell you far more about pitfalls.

An ETM failing after 10 years is not dissimilar, and is cheaper than, DMF failures, EGR failures, etc. on other mass market cars and yet people are still buying old diesels etc.

They are mechanically very reliable but you will be buying a car that could be up to 15 years old. It will need things replacing, like any car. I'm not aware of anything that old you could buy and not have tired items on. Budget sensibly and you could have the suspension renewed at a specialist and transform the car, for starters.

The 2 litre is IMO a more persuasive ownership proposition than the T5. Suits the cruiser nature a bit better, the T5 is never going to be a sports car and the 2 litre has more than ample power for purpose.

[ben5732]

Not the same but ive got an ex plod V70 from this neck of the woods. 166k on the clock now still feels solid though does have one or two little niggles. Given the fact its been hammered day in day out although it was a motorway car its going well and to be fair its got good handling for a FWD estate.